Country Cottage & Land For Sale

In a nutshell, here's what you get:

Cottage

1. 3 bedrooms
2. 2 bathrooms 
3. Living Room
4. Dining Room
5. Kitchen
6. Basement
7. Attic

Land

1. 3 acres
2. Stream
3. Panoramic view of lake and mountains
4. Clearings to build a house, barn or outbuilding
5. Harvestible timber
6. Hunting and fishing
7. Vinyard
8. 10 x 12 workshop w/electricity
9. Gardens
10. Meadow
11. Fruit trees

Situated in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, this is our summer cottage, the nature retreat to escape the crowds and hot and humid weather. Step outside the door and you've entered your own private nature reserve.  There are no public roads running through this property.   

Plenty of room to run your frisky dog in the morning.
























This is your inner sanctum, cordial in nature, so do what you wish. Sit atop the hill with a cup of coffee and watch the sun rise from behind the mountains. Relax beside the stream and read a book or sip a daiquiri. How about both? Putter around the garden and munch on raspberries or apples. (Speaking of putter, there's two golf courses nearby.)

It’s forest land with fruit trees, a small vinyard and plenty of wildlife - deer, hawks, eagles and mink. There's a year-round stream and a great view of the village, Torch Lake and the Huron Mountains. Fishing and boating is 5 minutes away. This waterway connects to Lake Superior and Portage Lake, one of the premier walleye lakes in the Midwest.

It's very private but also close to shopping, restaurants, docks, houses of worship, playgrounds and a top-notch University - Michigan Technological University.

This area combines endless opportunities for both anglers and hunters. It's also an historic area with two national parks nearby:

The Keweenaw National Historical Park

In July, treat yourself to fried bread, wild rice soup and Indian dancing
at the local pow-wow at the Baraga Indian Reserve.













In the fall, walk out your door and go hunting. With all the fruit trees and berries on this property, this is ideal hunting land. You can find cover on the hillside and watch the deer wander through the glacial cut on the lower property. (See the topographic map for elevations.)



A mining captain built this 1,200 square foot house about 1915. It’s two stories, with two bathrooms and three bedrooms, a dining room, which we use for an office, a living room and kitchen.

All the floors, with the exception of the kitchen, are three-quarter inch tongue and groove hardwood maple.

The east and north face of the house are done in tongue and groove northern white cedar. The west and south face are not done.  We nailed down a new roof about 8 years ago and it has a 30-year warranty. The plumbing is recently upgraded.

The house has 120v and 240v service.

There's a large attic for storage and a basement/cellar that we use to store wine, canned goods and other things that say “basement.”

There's also a 10 by 12 foot workshop/storage shed with electricity.



About 3 acres of land abut the house. There’s a great view from the hill overlooking the village of Lake Linden, Torch Lake and the Huron Mountains to the east.

This parcel is secluded - at the end of a cul-de-sac - with your nearest neighbor about 100 yards distance on the upper property. About 25 apple trees of various ages and conditions dot the terrain. Lots of trees - oak, maple, birch, poplar, pine. Some trees are quite large.

The stream flows year ‘round. There's a small vinyard that provides wine and jelly.

There's the "Upper" property, situated atop the hill. It has the view and a clearing for building a house, shop or barn. On the "Lower" property is the house, stream, gardens, fruit trees and meadow.

To get a better picture of this property, look at the plat map or look at the topographic map.





On a clear day, Isle Royale National Park can be seen on the horizon. This is one of the least visited national parks in the United States. It has both a moose herd and wolf packs and serves as a living laboratory for scientists at Michigan Technological University. The park is open for hikers from about May until mid-October. Access is via the ship Ranger III, the Isle Royale Queen or a sea plane. Docking is available at the island for private boaters. Fishing is exceptional on the island's lakes and streams, while deep lake fishing waits around the island.




A closer look at the house details. Note the shutters and the machined copper slabs in the cedar frame above the picture window. Each slab is naturally salted with hundreds of bits of copper. When the morning sun hits the copper slabs at the right angle, the copper bits light up like stars on a clear night sky.







This is the trail going up the hill. It’s a natural cut in the hill made by retreating glaciers, covered with leaves, rocks, lichen and brackens. The trail rises at a consistent and gentle 30 degree slope, not at all difficult to walk up.  You enter the property at the botom of the hill. It’s covered with red oak, sugar maple, yellow birch, white birch, soft maple and mature poplars. Overall, the forest is leaving the juvenile stage and entering maturity. Some big oaks and white pine. Have also planted thousands of ginseng seeds and other shade-loving forest plants like lady slippers, jack-in-the-pulpit and bloodroot. The vinyard is set back in a sunny opening near the stream.






This is the stream at the bottom of the trail. The stream is clear and cold, providing water for animals, birds, deer and your pets. It branches off from one of several tributaries generated by the Douglas-Houghton Falls, about 2 miles dis tance away. The stream runs year ‘round. We run a pump in here to water the garden beside the stream. It’s a peaceful and quiet retreat. We have this land blocked off with plantings and a fence so kids on ATV’s or dirt bikes can’t get through. This is your own private park and reserve.







We’re now at the fence defining the front of the property atop the hill. If you walk up the trail, this is where you end up. The house and stream are down the hill, to the south.  It's completely private with no roads going through. Towards the left and behind the spreading red oak - the highest and widest tree in the background - is a clearing to build a house, open a business or hang out and picnic. You can see the clearing in back of the red oak. To the right of the oak is more level ground that makes an ideal building site. Plenty of room for a house, driveway, garage, garden, workshop and an outbuilding. The trees in front give you complete privacy.








 
While leaning on the fence, turn around. This is your view. The buildings in the background are your nearest neighbors. You’re on the end of a dirt cul-de-sac. There’s no road beyond here. In the cut between the lombardy poplars and white pines is the road to Lake Linden. The bell tower and cross of St. Anne's Church is visible from this cul-de-sac.

You’re in the township so you avoid the village taxes. Beyond here is Torch Lake, which connects to Lake Superior, and the Huron Mountains, all visible on a clear day. The lake - fishing, boating, swimming - is a 20 minute leisurely walk. The boat launching ramps and piers are a five minute drive. This is one of the prime tracts of land in this area for both privacy and a view. Makes a morning cup of coffee special.



Look down from the hill and here’s the cottage where we started the tour. You're at a clearing atop the hill. To your left are big lombardi poplars that can be seen in the photo above. Okay, let’s head back down.










Here’s your peach tree. Some say peaches won't grow this far north. Here's proof that they're wrong. You have two peach trees. Also there’s two plum trees. And another apple tree. There's two paw-paw trees. Plus a rare American chestnut tree - the real thing, not a hybrid. They’re on the east side of the house. There’s also cone flowers, raspberries, Virginia strawberries and French taragon, mint and sage. All you need is a bowl, a meal plan and an appetite.









Let’s stop at the workshop, built in 2001. You're looking down on the workshop from the southern edge of the property. It’s where I do the woodwork for the house. There’s four large windows facing south to let in plenty of daylight. It’s built with 10-foot wall studs to give lots of height to swing around 8-foot lumber or sheets of particle board. The roof is metal. The workshop is 10 by 12 feet. I wired it for 120V but there’s 240V service at the box, if you need more power. Inside the shop is a workbench measuring 8 feet by 28 inches. In back of the bench is a sunny 3 foot by 8 foot platform for raising seedlings or setting work. There’s drawers in the workbench, shelves and a cabinet. You’ve got 160 square feet of storage in the loft above before you hit the roof slope. There’s five grounded outlets around the shop, a four-foot neon light above the workbench, several light switches and a wood burning stove. Storage for firewood is outside on the landing - enough for two-thirds of a cord. There’s even a foldable clothes drying rack mounted near the stove. Okay, let’s go inside the house.



The living room is highlighted with four-foot high northern white cedar tongue and groove panelling - all cut locally. There’s a two by four foot box window on the west wall - one-foot depth. And a large picture window facing north toward the apple tree that you saw in the first picture. I cut white cedar molding and made a one-inch round bit cut to inlay copper strips in the moldings. You can see it at the top of the picture.



This 8 by 11 foot bedroom has a hardwood maple floor, a small closet and the old plaster and lathe walls would benefit with a sheetrock overlay. The two other bedrooms are similar, with one the same size and other slightly larger.







The upstairs bathroom is 10 by 8 feet and was given a plumbing update. Has two windows recently installed, one is visable in the photo, plus new oak flooring and sheetrock. The clawfoot tub is ready to go. Hook up the water lines and the drain and you’re in the suds. It has a closet. The downstairs bathroom is the same size but with a shower and clo set.












Here’s the east side of the house where the tongue and groove can be seen better. On this side, we built a 16 foot long frame, dividing the upper from lower floors, and then installed 2 by 1-foot copper ceiling tins. The tins light up nicely, reflecting the rising morning sun, and can be seen for a good distance. The tins are treated with a plastic coating, so they won’t turn green as most copper does.







We are more than happy to provide information or pictures.  Please e-mail us here. Include your name, phone number and best time to call and we'll give you a ring.



The cottage is $33,000. The Land is $29,900. Buy both together for $57,900, a savings of $5,000.

We will entertain land contract and lease-to-buy offers. Since you know your financial situation best, we ask that you design any offers yourself and submit them to us. In your offer, please include a proposed down payment, interest, monthly payments, length of terms and a final or balloon payment.



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