
Price Range
$720K to $6.88M
Square Footage
1,788 to 6,901 sq ft
Est. Monthly Fees
$784/mo
Legends Bay suits buyers who value water views and privacy over big-community programming — the amenity set is intimate (clubhouse, pool, dock, preserves) rather than resort-scale. It's also a fit for custom-home buyers: Medallion allows semi-custom and full-custom builds, including homesite-only purchases with elevated construction on select lots to maximize bay views. Buyers should be comfortable with CDD assessments and higher HOA carrying costs relative to inland communities.
Legends Bay is a new construction community in Bradenton, FL, with homes priced $720K to $6.88M, HOA $472/mo, CDD/MUD $3,739/yr.
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HOA Fee
$472
monthly
CDD / Stewardship
$3,739
Annually
Est. Monthly Total
$784
community fees
Special Assessments
Service Assessment Bond yearly included in CDD
* Fees shown are the latest amounts supplied for this listing, not a final quote. Confirm the current HOA, district assessments and billing periods with the community before buying.
Learn more: CDD, MUD & PID fees explained · CDD vs HOA · Lot premiums
Short-Term Rental Policy
Long Term Only (6-12 Months)
Water Access
🏖️ Beach: 8 miles
Primary Use Case
Full-Time Living
Transportation
🏌️ Golf Cart Friendly Community
Exterior Materials
The day opens before you do — Sarasota Bay goes glassy-pink outside the bedroom sliders, and you can hear the water from the lanai even before the coffee finishes brewing. Breakfast happens on the covered porch because, honestly, it always does here; the breeze off the bay does the air-conditioning's work until ten. Mid-morning, you walk the neighborhood's preserve paths or take the boardwalk out to the bay pier, where herons stalk the shallows and the Cortez fishing boats putter past on their way out. Lunch is a quick drive into Cortez or the village shops, then an afternoon float in the community pool or a few laps on the treadmill in the clubhouse gym while the sun shifts across the bay. As evening comes, neighbors drift to their lanais — that's the real social scene in Legends Bay, porch to porch — and the sky puts on its show: orange, then violet, then the first stars over the water. Dinner, a walk past the dock, and home through the gates. It's the rare waterfront community that feels private rather than showy: no crowds, no high-rises, just a mile of bay frontage and a neighborhood small enough that people learn your name.
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Important factors to be aware of before making a decision
Yes, this is a gated community with controlled access.
Palma Sola Elementary School, Martha B. King Middle School, Manatee High School
Included in HOA
The Legends Bay CDD levies an annual O&M assessment — proposed at $2,138.18/year for FY 2025-26 for homes with a certificate of occupancy — plus a separate annual debt-service assessment for the district's Series 2007A bonds. Both appear on the Manatee County tax bill. One 2025 listing showed total CDD of ~$3,739/year. Confirm the exact figure for the specific parcel before buying.
Yes. Medallion Home offers semi-custom and fully custom builds, including homesite-only purchases with in-house drafting support for structural changes and elevated construction on select homesites to capture bay views.
It depends on the lot. Because the community sits on Sarasota Bay, FEMA flood zone designations vary across the community. Verify the zone for the specific address; some homes in the community have been noted as not requiring flood insurance, while bayfront lots may carry higher-risk designations.
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