Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Anderson/Chillura Home

The home is at 6526 Bayou Hammock Road.

  • By Kristen Herhold
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 24, 2016
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From Longbeach Village to Bay Isles, the Longboat Key Garden Club’s 40th annual Home and Garden Tour will feature six picturesque homes from around the Key, each unique in style and architecture. Take a peek inside the homes to be featured on the tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5.

 

Anderson/Chillura Home

6526 Bayou Hammock Road

When Tina Anderson and her husband, Ken, along with her brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Patsy Chillura, were searching for a vacation home in 2014, the house on Bayou Hammock Road stood out because they believed it was perfect for two families.

“We have a boys’ wing and a girls’ wing,” Tina Anderson said. “We have four boys and two girls between families, and instead of splitting up by family, we have boys on one end, girls on the other end.”

The home features a 3,000-square-foot main house with two living areas and two upstairs master suites where the adults sleep. The boys' and girls’ wings are connected to the main house by enclosed breezeways.

Outside, the 1.65 acres of land allow the families to enjoy swimming, playing beach volleyball, cooking in an outdoor kitchen area or enjoying the 235 feet of land on Sarasota Bay.

The home was built in 1949.

“It is a historic property, and we kept the home exactly as it was,” Tina Anderson said. “We just updated it.”

The boys’ wing of the house features bunk beds that can fit up to six boys.
The boys’ wing of the house features bunk beds that can fit up to six boys.
The fireplaces from when the house was originally built in 1949 still stay the same with the exception of an updated mantle.
The fireplaces from when the house was originally built in 1949 still stay the same with the exception of an updated mantle.
The 1.65-acre backyard includes a sand volleyball court.
The 1.65-acre backyard includes a sand volleyball court.
Although the families kept the interior of the home the same with some renovations, they remodeled the backyard and built a new swimming pool.
Although the families kept the interior of the home the same with some renovations, they remodeled the backyard and built a new swimming pool.
The boys’ and girls’ wings are brought together through a living room area.
The boys’ and girls’ wings are brought together through a living room area.
The home features a main house and two wings connected by enclosed breezeways.
The home features a main house and two wings connected by enclosed breezeways.
The home features a main house and two wings connected by enclosed breezeways.
The home features a main house and two wings connected by enclosed breezeways.

 

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