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Cottage of the Week: $12 million for a manicured 1.6-acre island in Muskoka

Cottage of the Week: $12 million for a manicured 1.6-acre island in Muskoka

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St. Helen’s Island
ADDRESS: St. Helen’s Island

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Muskoka Lakes

AGENT: Richard Scully, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage

PRICE: $12,000,000

THE PLACE: A 1.6-acre island on Muskoka’s Five Mile Bay with a main cottage, a two-bedroom guest cottage and a boathouse with yet more accommodation.

BRAGGING RIGHTS: Other than owning an entire island? How about the 1,677 feet of waterfront—you’ll be able to find a sunny patch at any hour of the day.

BIG SELLING POINT: The three-slip boathouse has a massive deck, dockside gazebo, wet bar, stone patio and fire pit (and amazing sun exposure). If only garages in the city were this well-appointed.

POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The great room in the main cottage, with a huge stone fireplace, dark wood finish, deer and duck taxidermy and antler-like light fixtures, has the impressiveness of a hunting lodge, but is probably a love-it-or-hate-it room. Vegans will want to redecorate immediately.

BY THE NUMBERS:
• $12,000,000
• 6,400 square feet of living space
• 5 bedrooms
• 4 bathrooms
• 3-slip boathouse
• 1.6 acres
• 1 island

Topics: cottage country Cottage of the Week cottages Houses hunting island Muskoka Real Estate

18 thoughts on “Cottage of the Week: $12 million for a manicured 1.6-acre island in Muskoka”

  2. Manicured indeed. Far too much tweaking with nature here. A much more natural landscape would be nicer.

  3. They’re kidding with the ‘gentlemen’s game room’ and ‘ladies sitting room’, right?

    There’s a whole lot of ugly in that place.

  4. That’s hilarious. $12 million for a cottage on less than 2 acres AND one you have to boat to? really? Here’s an idea. Why don’t you guys start showing cottages that sensible people might buy?

  5. “AND one you have to boat to?”.

    No, YOU”RE HILARIOUS.

    The idea of a cottage that is only boat access is romantic, rustic and so Canadian. What could truly be more ideal?

  6. whole bunch of haters on here.

    I think it’s lovely and super sympathetic to the traditional turn of the century cottages that were originally built in that area.

    I spent time in a much smaller version also built on an island and long before there were roads or towns up there. When the cottage was built everything had to be sent up from New England via train and then boat or sled. Modest cottage that it was, it still had imported english china printed with an illustration of the cottage as seen from above, real silver utensils, crystal glassware and imported german heavy woven wool blankets and asian silk throws kept in custom wood chests at the foot of each bed.

    They knew how to cottage in the 1800’s I’ll tell you that. This style of cottage is something that gets handed down from generation to generation for private use, which is why few people even get a chance to see such a thing and perhaps why it may seem so foreign. Too bad people think a crappy plywood 70’s shell or a viceroy special are the way to define a traditional Canadian styled cottage.

    This new build is far more in keeping with the style and intent of the area. So what if it costs 12 million, it’s not like any of us are going to buy it anyhow.

    Just enjoy being able to see what’s inside for a change…

  8. Very nice cottage! Over the top for nearly everyone? Sure, but still authentic however grand. I’d ditch the frilly materials and floral prints in some of the rooms, and go for landscaping similar to the path around the perimeter (i.e., *much* less finished), but those are personal preferences. Otherwise, I generally love the aesthetic and materials throughout…if only I could afford it.

    It’s also great that we’re getting cottages now, rather than houses on lakes.

  9. awwww. littledoe seems shocked. To have to take a boat to a $12 million dollar tiny island IS ridiculous. Sorry if you are offended by it. Personally I’d much rather be on a small motorboat-less lake without the multi-millionaires flashing their cash because they can. These are NOT cottages. They are mansions. As a lifelong summer cottager I know what I’m talking about.

  11. i personally think a cottage is a place i want to go to relax!

    gimme 2 bedrooms, a sleeping cabin, small useable kitchen, good sized dining table to play board games on at night, and a couch with a big picture window over looking a lake.

    this 12 million dollar cottage seems way too “fussy” to have any fun in! can you walk thru this place with a wet bathing suit without your housekeeper screaming at you for dripping on the antique floor?

  12. Really it’s a chance to see what’s out there, and to see inside. If your shopping hit up MLS and type in your price range, this is may doing what they do best- showing stuff off. All the haters that roam this site – get a life!

  17. …props to Laura for this:

    “This style of cottage is something that gets handed down from generation to generation for private use, which is why few people even get a chance to see such a thing and perhaps why it may seem so foreign. Too bad people think a crappy plywood 70′s shell or a viceroy special are the way to define a traditional Canadian styled cottage. ”

    She nailed it.

  18. What a hole. I guess if you have the 12M for it, then you likely have another 1 or 2M to replace the horrors…

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