Cottage of the Week: $3.45 million for a waterfront house (plus farm!) in Prince Edward County
ADDRESS: 94 Soup Harbour Road
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Point Petre, Cherry Valley
AGENTS: Laurie Gruer and Sam Simone, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited, Brokerage
PRICE: $3,450,000
THE PLACE: A low-slung three-bedroom house sitting on a 158-acre plot of workable farmland near Point Petre in Prince Edward County.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: Being at the locus of locavorism. Foodies flock to Prince Edward County for its wines, artisanal cheeses and farm-to-table dining (and there’s even the opportunity for you to participate, since tests on this property’s soil show excellent potential for a vineyard).
BIG SELLING POINT: The property has over a mile of limestone shoreline. Nude sunbathing, anyone?
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: Even though a local farmer takes care of the property, urban types may see it as a lot of land to take on.
BY THE NUMBERS: • $3,450,000 • $1,537.16 in property taxes (2011) • 6,000 feet of waterfront • 158 acres of land • 6 skylights • 4 bathrooms • 3 bedrooms • 2 wood-burning fireplaces • 1 wood-burning stove • 1 rustic barn • 1 local farmer to sow the land
