Cottage of the Week: $525,000 for a Kawartha Lakes cottage with a wall of windows

Address: 315 Crego Lake Road
Neighbourhood: Kinmount Agent: Steve Brand, Royal LePage Lakes of Haliburton, Brokerage Price: $525,900 Previously sold for: $354,000, in 2008

The place

A 1.24-acre property in Kinmount, a two-hour drive outside of the GTA.

There’s a small dining area:

On its lake-facing side, the cottage is basically nothing but windows:

There are three bedrooms. Here’s one:

Another one:

And the master bedroom:

The bathroom has an intricately carved wooden vanity:

There’s a subterranean workshop:

The deck, just outside the living room, faces the lake:

There’s also a bunkie. It’s rough inside. The owners are using it for storage:

The view from the lake:

The history

This home is a 1972 prefab home by Viceroy. Around 1994, a previous set of owners raised it off its joists and added the unfinished basement. The current owners bought the cottage in 2008 and made some additions, like the custom-built kitchen cabinets, done by a local Mennonite craftsman:

Big selling point

The living room has 13-foot-high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. In the back, there’s a 250-square-foot deck with a view of Crego Lake.

Possible deal breaker

The lake restricts boaters to 10 horsepower or under, so those cigarette boats will have to stay in storage. On the plus side: the cottage comes with a paddle boat:

By the numbers

• $525,900 • $3,983 in taxes (2016) • 1,200 square feet • 150 feet of waterfront • 13 foot ceilings • 3 bedrooms • 1 bathroom • 1 Mennonite-built kitchen • 1 paddle boat