One or more photo(s) has been virtually staged. Location! Location! Rare opportunity to own one of the waterfront homes in the coveted Gated Sanctuary at Tampa Palms. The Sanctuary is a maintenance-free gated community with HOA fees covering tree trimming twice a year, mulching, lawn maintenance, irrigation (including water), security gate, street and sidewalk maintenance as well as exterior painting every 5 years. This waterfront 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home with 2 car garage and screened patio is everything you have been dreaming of. As you enter through the front door open floorplan with vaulted ceiling, engineered hardwood floors and shutters, welcomes you into the living and dining room. The galley style kitchen offers wood cabinets with solid countertops with a dinette area. Through the kitchen/dinette, you enter into the enclosed Florida room with windows overlooking the pond in the backyard. The Florida Room provides access to the screen enclosed patio where you can sit and enjoy your morning coffee, overlooking the pond, surrounded by mature landscaping. The house offers a split floorplan with the primary bedroom that also has access to the screen enclosed patio. The primary suite has skylights that provide natural light in the bedroom as well as the bathroom. The second and third bedrooms share a second bathroom. You also have an inside utility room with access to the 2-car garage. The house has beautiful plantain shutters throughout as well as double paned hurricane windows. House is set back off the Cul de sac and has an oversized driveway with ample parking. Another exclusive feature of The Sanctuary is the Concrete Tile Roofing Systems on all the homes. Truly one of the most robust, weather defiant and longest life span roofing systems available. Finally, the community associated with this home maintain 5 parks including a Jr Olympic heated pool and kiddie pool, to tennis courts and pickleball courts with lighting for night play, to basketball courts, as well as updated playgrounds and open fields. Owner can also enjoy the 45 acre state-park-like preserve directly on the Hillsborough River with canoe access, hiking trails, camping and all the amenities of a serene backwoods- right in the middle of a major metropolitan area. Close to I-75, University of South Florida, Moffit Center, VA Hospital, Schriners Hospital, Pepin Heart, Busch Gardens and everything Tampa Bay has to offer.