The Belita, one of London Bay Homes’ newest floor plans at The Founders Club, is now open for viewing. The three-bedroom, three-bath maintenance-free golf cottage includes ivory-toned tile flooring set in a running-board pattern, white kitchen cabinetry and naturally aged eucalyptus flooring with a river rock finish in the study.

The spacious 3,091-square-foot floor plan offers a dining room, family room and kitchen with a home office, walk-in pantry and casual dining area. It has an entry porch and courtyard, three-car garage and large outdoor living and dining area, bringing the total square footage to 4,502.

As with all cottage homes built by London Bay Homes at The Founders Club, the Belita offers a pool and spa with landscape maintenance provided through the neighborhood association.

“These cottage homes are spacious and offer great views,” said Mark Wilson, president and CEO of London Bay Homes. “The maintenance-free factor is a bonus for those residents who like to travel, and for those who enjoy a carefree lifestyle.”

The unfurnished Belita home features arctic white kitchen cabinetry with shaker-style doors, a free-standing breakfast bar/island and Giallo light granite countertops. Additional accents include a bronze tile backsplash and an antique copper-finished door and drawer pulls.

Sliding glass doors in the adjoining family room open to the covered al fresco area, offering a full summer kitchen with a built-in grill, cast-stone banding accenting a stucco hood, unfinished flat-paneled cypress doors and a Saudi brown granite countertop.

The lanai and pool deck have paver flooring, and the pool and raised spa’s water lines are accented with tile.

The master suite features light and white painted walls and offers two closets, one a walk-in. The bathroom has arctic white vanity cabinetry with his and her sinks, a dressing table, mystery white marble countertops and a mosaic backsplash. The separate tub features an arctic white cabinetry skirt and the floor is finished with Calcutta tile, which also reappears inside the shower and as wainscoting.

The Belita’s two guest rooms share a bathroom that offer two Kohler Chalkstripe wood vanities with integrated cast-iron countertops and sinks, a tile floor and mosaic tub walls.

The third bathroom has a pedestal sink and a checkerboard tile floor.

The Belita, priced at $1,165,130, represents one of London Bay’s 20-plus available floor plans in the community.

Furnished model homes, featuring the award-winning work of Jennifer Stevens of Romanza Interior Design, are open daily at The Founders Club, which offers home and homesite packages from the $650,000s to more than $3 million.

London Bay Homes owns a majority of homesites in The Founders Club and manages the on-site sales effort at The Founders Club Sales Gallery.

London Bay Homes, named America’s Best Builder by Builder magazine in 2008, offers golf cottages, single-family homes and one-of-a-kind estate homes at The Founders Club.

Golf cottage home and homesite packages are priced from the $650,000s and offer 2,000 to more than 4,000 square feet of living space, including exterior landscape maintenance for a lock-and-leave lifestyle. Offering golf and lake views, cottage homes are conveniently located within walking distance to the clubhouse.

Reserve Collection homes, available on fairway homesites, range from 2,800 to more than 5,000 square feet of living space. These single-family homes provide a variety of design options that can be customized to a buyer’s preference. Home and homesite packages are priced from the $800,000s.

Estate home and homesite packages are priced from $1 million to more than $3 million and offer a wide range of customization and designer options. Floor plans feature dining and living rooms, studies, plenty of al fresco living spaces and large master suites with walk-in closets and spa-like bathrooms.

Several homes are available for immediate occupancy.

A traditional private golf and social club community, The Founders Club features intimate neighborhoods with homes nestled along lakes, fairways and nature preserves. The community’s amenities are designed to foster camaraderie among residents and a connection with nature. Miles of winding boardwalks and paved walkways meander throughout the community, which is punctuated by palm trees, pines and moss-covered oaks.

The member-owned Founders Golf and Social Club offers 18 holes of championship golf by Robert Trent Jones Jr., with the area’s only traditional caddie program. Golfers are allowed to walk the course, and membership is limited to just 275 to ensure members enjoy year-round golf with no tee time required.

Training facilities include two putting greens, a short game area and state-of-the-art TrackMan radar technology offered through Florida Golf Performance Center.

The 24,000-square-foot Golf Hall, overlooking an oak hammock and the 18th hole, offers a main dining room, bar and grille, outdoor verandah and private dining room for casual and fine dining. The facility also has a professionally staffed and fully stocked golf pro shop, state-of-the-art fitness center and men’s and women’s locker rooms and lounges.

The club offers a vibrant, active social calendar and recently introduced an in-season reciprocal partnership with Sarasota Yacht Club.

Additional facilities at The Founders Club include two Har-Tru tennis courts, basketball and sand volleyball courts, and a picnic pavilion. Fitness and wellness classes, educational and instructional programs and social gatherings are coordinated by a professional staff.

The Founders Club Sales Center is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at 3001 Founders Club Drive, three miles east of I-75 on Fruitville Road, exit 210. The community is just minutes from Sarasota’s famed Gulf of Mexico beaches as well as the shops, acclaimed local restaurants and arts and cultural venues of downtown Sarasota.