What type of boat dock is best for your lakefront lifestyle? It’s best to think about how you and your family will be using it most of the time…fishing, swimming, sun-bathing, boating, entertaining, dining…or maybe all of the above? Photo courtesy of Wahoo Docks – www.wahoodocks.com. You need to keep...
Thinking of a Lakefront Vacation Home? …Here’s 4 Tips
If you’re thinking about making an offer on a second home in this market – perhaps a property that’ll become your eventual retirement place – here are four things to keep in mind: 1. Never forget that the key to vacation lakefront homes is location, location, location. Sure, this...
Springtime Boating: Pulling Your Boat Out of Storage
That sound you hear is ice cracking, snow melting and the Northern Hemisphere warming up for spring. Can boating season be far behind? If you hauled out last fall, here are some tips to make sure you can re-float your boat when you pull it out of storage. Did...
Lakefront Home Plans – From Small to Well-appointed
Lakefront home plans span a wide range of design styles, from smaller vacation cottages to sprawling, well-appointed residences. These homes have a “natural” look to them that is enhanced by waterfront settings. Lakefront floor plans also offer excellent views, no matter the size. Depending on the home’s orientation to...
America’s best lake: And the winner is…
By Laura Bly, USA TODAY Lake Tahoe – North America’s largest and most popular alpine lake, a place Mark Twain once called “the fairest picture the whole earth affords” – is the champion in USA TODAY’s survey. The poll generated more than 5,000 votes via Facebook and Twitter. Lake...
Advantages of Sit-on-top or a Sit-inside Kayak
“Should I get a sit-on-top or a sit-inside kayak”? This is one of the first decisions you need to make when buying a kayak for your lakefront home. The truth is, the decision to get a sit-on-top or a sit-inside kayak will be based mostly on personal preference. Here are...
Outdoor Showers For Your Lakefront Home
An outdoor shower can provide convenience as well as relaxation. There are few things more pleasurable, rejuvenating and fun than showering outside in nature. Outdoor showers are perfect for your lakefront home. These practical showers are becoming popular for homes in any New England Lakefront location. Whether coming in from...
Lakefront Buyers Seminar a Huge Success
A record number of potential lakefront property owners packed the function room at the Mansfield Holiday Inn on Saturday, 3/29/14. In the two hour seminar, they talked through the key differences you need to know when purchasing your dream home on the water. One even walked away with a free kayak. “Purchasing...
Tiny Houses Getting Giant Reviews
To save money or simplify their lives, a small but growing number of Americans are buying or building homes that could fit inside many people’s living rooms, according to entrepreneurs in the small house industry. Some put these homes in their backyards to use as offices, studios or extra...
Attend a Lakefront Buyers Seminar
For many home buyers, the chance to own a home on a lake is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To help educate buyers so they can make that big decision an educated and informed one, Lakefront Living Realty is hosting its annual “Keys to Buying Lakefront Property” seminar on March 29,...