Jessica Giraldo

North River Ranch | Riverfield | Parrish, FL | 4BR/3BA | Pond View | Eastern Exposure | Cardel Home | 2,500 Sq Ft Some homes check boxes. This one makes you forget there was ever a list. Built by Cardel Homes in the award-winning North River Ranch community in Parrish, FL, this 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom residence delivers 2,500 square feet of thoughtfully designed living space, complete with a private den/office, a flex/bonus room, and one of the best backyards in the neighborhood. The layout works. Open-concept kitchen and great room flow naturally into each other. The bonus room off the kitchen flexes for movie nights, a playroom, or hosting. The den, tucked toward the back with views of the water, gives you an actual quiet space to work, read, or just breathe. Then there's the backyard. Your home backs to a serene pond with coveted eastern exposure: golden morning light, wide-open skies, zero homes looking back at you across the water. In a community this desirable, a lot like this is genuinely rare. The community is the other reason this listing exists. North River Ranch has won Manatee County's Best Gold Award for Best Master-Planned Community four consecutive years. That's not marketing, that's residents and judges agreeing, repeatedly, that this place is different. Walk out your door to resort-style pools with water slides, multiple clubhouses, fitness centers, game rooms, dog parks, bike-share stations, and miles of trails. A full-time lifestyle director keeps the social calendar packed year-round, music in the park, fitness classes, food trucks, craft nights, community events. Something is always happening here. Families get the full picture too. North River Ranch is zoned for highly-rated Manatee County schools including Barbara A. Harvey Elementary, Buffalo Creek Middle, and Parrish Community High. The brand-new Harvey K-8 — a state-of-the-art campus with labs, gym, music department, and sports fields, opened right inside the community for the 2025/2026 school year. And it's only getting better. The North River Ranch Village Center is under development with grocers, restaurants, retail, and a 150-bed HCA Florida Healthcare hospital campus on the way. A Publix-anchored plaza is already serving the community today. The infrastructure is catching up to the lifestyle, and getting in now means watching both your home's value and your quality of life rise together. North River Ranch | Riverfield | Parrish FL 34219 | Manatee County | Near Bradenton, Sarasota, Tampa | Master-Planned Community | New Construction Area | Pond View Home