West of Trail coastal-inspired residence in Granada Park. Located between North Siesta Key and Oyster Bay, this home is designed with a contemporary coastal look that embraces pleasing proportions, uncluttered …
Buttonwood Model Home – Granada Park
This Sarasota West of Trail coastal-inspired residence in Granada Park sold to a couple that were downsizing from a waterfront home on Siesta Key. Granada Park is located in the …
Modern Ranch in Southside Village Sarasota
Photo Credit: Matthew Holler The owners of this Modern Ranch home engaged MGB Fine Custom Homes to help them create their dream home with room for visiting guests, a formal …
Custom Narrow Lot Contemporary
This Gorgeous West of Trail home began as a custom spec home by MGB Fine Custom Homes and was purchased by an amazing couple who were downsizing from a …
Dream Island Getaway on a Water-Access-Only Private Island
A dream retreat on Jewfish Key provides blissful family weekends. Original article on SarasotaMagazine.com MICKEY AND NED DAVIS have the area’s coolest commute: a three-minute boat ride from the Mar Vista …
McClellan Park Lot and Home to be built
To Be Built West of Trail in McClellan Park – Walk to Southside. Welcome to McClellan Park, the historic west-of-trail bayfront neighborhood developed by Katherine and Daisy McClellan from Massachusetts. The …
Modern Getaway on Siesta Key
MGB worked with a snowbird couple from Columbus, Ohio, with a passion for modern art, to design a modest, modern getaway with 3 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths, a …
Hibiscus – Granada Park, West of Trail
The Hibiscus is a Green Certified Home nestled within a Green Certified Community. This custom crafted home by MGB Fine Custom Homes features 2,300 square feet of high-styled interior space, offering 3 …
Longboat Key Waterfront Home
This nature loving couple’s dream started with a large bayfront peninsula home site with a tropical feel, neighboring pod of dolphins, and an open, unobstructed view of the Downtown Sarasota …
Carl Abbott House Restoration
When the time came for a classic 1980’s Carl Abbott house renovation (Mr. Abbott is a renowned architect and preeminent member of the Sarasota School of Architecture), preserving an iconic …
Siesta Key – Point Crisp
Go East, Young Man (and Woman) In a reverse kind of manifest destiny, a Hollywood actress and her producer husband sought to produce a dream home on Florida’s Gulf …
Lido Key Beach Bungalow
A Cuban laurel tree runs through it. An oasis/classroom for a meditation teacher was the focus of our design in this 1940s hip-roof bungalow. MGB was commissioned to create a …
Westway Drive Waterfront Home New Construction – Addition
The fifth and final addition to this luxury gulf-front residence on Lido Shores in Sarasota was all about the kids – and tying together the past 4 additions and remodeling …
Siesta Key Gallery House
We were fortunate to work with architect Frank Folsom Smith, one of the original members of the Sarasota School of Architecture, to create a home that was designed from the …
Tropical Ranch
Created for two proponents of modern architecture and horse enthusiasts, this modern interpretation of a ranch home sits on a large East Sarasota County parcel of land. It was designed …
Casey Key Beachfront
Denizens of larger, more complicated residences, the homeowners—a physician and his wife— had lived in upstate New York and on barrier island Casey Key for 30 years. When researching a …
Historic Sarasota Home Addition
Gracious entertaining was the catalyst for this renovation to a classic 1926 Sarasota center home. When a retired Marine aviator/Washington lobbyist and his Google lobbyist wife sought to open smaller …
Siesta Key Town House
“We need to be in by the season!” MGB was challenged by two Midwesterners, as their children and grandchildren wanted to be “in by the season.” In just five months …
Bird Key Remodel
t 3,289 square feet, this three-bedroom, three-bath (plus study) nondescript 1960s ranch was ample enough space for the homeowners, one of whom is a top realtor for Sarasota’s renowned Michael Saunders & …
Longboat Key Beach House
This nature loving couple’s dream started with a large bayfront peninsula home site with a tropical feel, neighboring pod of dolphins, and an open, unobstructed view of the Downtown Sarasota skyline. After consulting the team at MGB Fine Custom Homes, plans
Sanderling Cottage
A classic four-bedroom, three-bath waterfront Florida bungalow warranted a whole-house facelift. On the homeowner’s agenda was an expanded master bedroom wing, oversized living room and new garage, all designed in …
Sanderling Santa Fe
In a bow to its graceful surroundings on Siesta Key’s Heron Lagoon, the new owners of a 1953 non-descript ranch house with low ceilings, an awkward floor plan and lots …
Enzymedica Corporate Headquarters
LIFT – A singular design inspired by the shared passion of the builder and client leadership. Helmed by a sailor and a pilot, just like MGB’s Steve Ellis and Grant …
Black Bird Home Gallery
Atlanta-by-way-of-Los Angeles transplants Wayne and Mindy Rollins wanted to channel their passion for art and design into an elegant, contemporary Sarasota gallery for their unique selections of handpicked furniture, art, …
Siesta Key Waterfront Zen
1978 mold-ridden ranch house beckoned for a sustainable makeover, ending up designated the greenest house in Florida by the Florida Green Building Council (FGBC) in 2009. Our environmentally-conscious client hired …
Sarasota Island House
Nestled in a 1.5-acre parcel of georgic island land, the Ellis family vacation home looms large though homegrown and nurtured behind its boats-only access. Sited on stilts—22 piles dug 20 …
Carriage House Renovation
A tasteful, functional artist-in-residence environment was the charge for us to convert a beautiful 1920s carriage house on the grounds of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast in Osprey. …
The Goldenrod Project
The Goldenrod Project – 2007 Grand Aurora Winner This prototype green rebuild transformed a 1,000 square-foot postwar two-bedroom/one-bath block-home into a 2,100 square-foot three-bedroom/three-bath energy-efficient luxury home. The Goldenrod …