If you are a lakefront Buyer, flood insurance can cost anywhere from $1,000 to $3,500 per year! Make sure you understand if the property you’re looking at is considered “inside” a flood zone. If you are a lakefront Seller, you may not be paying flood insurance now. But then...
Lakefront Living – 10 Tips to Keep Your Lake Healthy
Loving Your Lake – 10 tips for keeping your waters clean and healthy– forever By Steve McComas, Published: August 1, 2005 People have a remarkable affinity for and attraction to water, so more and more of us are moving to the lake or dreaming about it. Maybe you have...
Lakefront Living – Visit Candlewood Lake in Connecticut!
Candlewood Lake is the largest lake in Connecticut and one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States. The Lake has a surface area of 8.4 square miles (5,420 acres) with 86-miles of shoreline. Most of the lake is approximately 40 feet deep. Candlewood Lake was created in...
2012 Lakes Region Fine Arts and Crafts Festival
August 25 & 26, 2012 I was reminded how great Lake Winnipesaukee was while hanging out in Meredith, NH a couple of weeks ago. Here’s a suggestion for August 25th and 26th, 2012… Take a ride into Meredith and park at the public docks. Watch the boats come in and out...
Lakefront Living – So You’re Ready To Build A Dock
Design it around your lifestyle. Create a requirements checklist before you start. Docks can be very simple and functional, or elegant and elaborate. Of course, the first considerations when figuring out what kind of dock is right for you are budget, the weather conditions and the water depth. A...
Lakefront Living – Shred Some Waves!
Shred Some Waves! Wakeskating tips & tricks from an expert! By Zenon Bilas, Published: April 16, 2010 Tow sports have an amazing ability to evolve, to pull in new ideas from land sports, and to morph into a variety of tow-sport offspring. Take wakeskating for example. It’s a tow...
Lakefront Property Specialist Goes Above and Beyond
One of the questions I’m always asked is how a Lakefront Property Specialist/Realtor is different from your standard Realtor. The picture of one of our realtors, Rick Stockhaus, illustrates that quite clearly. Whenever he meets a potential buyer at a lakefront home, he immediately takes them down to the...
Lakefront Living – Dive Into Fun
By Sally A Kane, J.D., Published: June 18, 2010, Photos by Jacek Chabraszewski, dreamstime.com Whether you own a cabin on a lake, a cottage by the sea or a ranch by the river, water sports offer a fun and relaxing pastime during the summer months. A vast array of...
Lakefront Living – PWC Safety Tips
Jet Skis are fun, fast and simple with just a handle bar, seat and an jet powered engine! You must respect a machine with this much power. Boating.com provides safety tips and information you need to protect yourself and other around you while operating. Make the most of your...
Lakefront Living – Visuals of the Lakefront Lifestyle
Have you discovered Pinterest yet? I’ve been posting some cool visuals of lakes and the lifestyle recently. Check them out here. What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard. Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan...