HIGH-END MUSKOKA
Lake Rosseau
3042 118 Highway W. #6 (Port Carling) Asking price: $7.95 million Taxes: $16,848 (2017) Bedrooms: 5+2 Bathrooms: 5 EXCLUSIVE
When shopping for a cottage, potential buyers have a long list of wants. As when buying any type of real estate, location is an important factor.
This property is on South Rosseau, “close to all the Ports — Sandfield and Carling, says listing agent Sandy Waldie of Chestnut Park Real Estate. “It’s a sought-after location that’s great for a busy, active family.”
The 11.9-acre property features level land, with ample room for tennis or sports courts, something else potential buyers want, she says. “There’s a superb beach for young children, as well as a cross-country area.”
The four-season resort property also offers a magnificent view and is “amongst other similar calibre properties, distinctly high end,” says Waldie, who has listed the property with Samantha Waldie and Jamie Blair.
The five-bedroom, fivebathroom “Hamptons meets Muskoka” resort was carefully planned down to the last detail by its current owner, who also owns Forest Hill Fine Homes, as his family vacation property, she says. “They spared no expense as it was built for themselves.”
Ian Maclaren was the architect on the project.
It was constructed about seven years ago and features beech floors, two stone fireplaces, a stone pillared terrace and state-of-the-art mechanicals. A movie room with theatre seating and a 60-bottle wine cellar are other features potential buyers want, she says.
At first sight, Waldie says she loved how the home sits gracefully on the land. “It’s large and impressive, tastefully done in a Hampton’s look and a Beaumaris espresso colour. It has a traditional Muskoka elegance. Light-filled rooms and modern features are synchronized with the feeling of Muskoka.”
A couple of years in the making, the cottage offers a spacious master bathroom with a heated towel rack and heated flooring for added comfort.
The property has 320 feet of shoreline, a fire pit that people love to gather around, beautiful tree lighting and a koi pond with a waterfall.
At the water’s edge, a two-storey, two-bedroom boathouse awaits overnight guests.
“The property is a great family playground,” Waldie says. “It has buckets of square footage, a beach and is family friendly. You can run into Port Carling for ice cream or go to the movies in Bracebridge.”