Shore Haven Sells

The single lane associations on the south shore of Geneva are some of my favorite lake access associations. These are not large associations like Cedar Point Park or Country Club Estates, rather they’re intimate skinny lanes with a handful of homes, perhaps 30, perhaps 50, rarely more and rarely less. These associations generally offer one thing that the larger associations cannot- transferable boat slips. Excepting Sybil Lane, the other three in this stretch- Shore Haven, The Lake Geneva Club, and Oak Shores, all offer each home a fully transferable slip. Some slips are larger and others small, some shallow and others deep, but if you’re a buyer on these streets then you’re going to be buying a boat slip, and that is always a good thing.

Some buyers don’t want boat slips. I’m not a boater, they say. I don’t even own a boat, why would I want a slip? Considering I’m a sage old Realtor at this point, I can tell pretty early on if the buyer is the sort who claims to not want a slip but who will, at a later date, wish for one. If a buyer wishes to spend $300k on a lake access home, that’s terrific news. But that buyer won’t be buying a boat slip for that sort of money. The home they can buy will be nice enough, with lake access through an association park and pier system, but a transferable slip will not be possible at that price range. However, if a buyer is looking at $500-600k lake access homes and doesn’t think they need a slip, I’ll always encourage that buyer to consider homes with a slip first. To vacation at Lake Geneva and not have access to a boat is like sitting down for a dinner at your favorite restaurant and not being allowed to order.

Last week, I closed on my listing in Shore Haven for $675k. This was a nice house with terrific proximity to the lake, but that’s not why it sold. It sold because of its wonderfully large and deep transferable boat slip. Today, the home next door to that one is closing to a customer working with me, and that home will be selling because it’s cute, sure, but mostly because of that slip.  Today, buyers searching for sub-$800k homes with boat slips are not going to be overwhelmed with the multitude of options available to them, but they are going to have options. As of this morning there are 6 homes with transferable slips (or pier) for sale priced under $800k, including my rare offering in Ara Glen listed at $775k.

The next home to sell on this list will likely be my painfully cute cottage in the Lake Geneva Club listed at $609k, pictured below. That home has a nice slip, a double lot, and all sorts of cottage charm. If you want to pull up to your lake house and feel a deep sense of contentment, then email me and let’s make a deal.  It’s May 1st, which means summer isn’t some far off thing we’re quietly dreaming about. It’s right here, right now, and before you know it you’ll be sitting in your Saturday suburban back yard wondering where all your cool neighbors went.  The time is short, but there’s still plenty of it. Buy this house, be in for Memorial Day Weekend, then wonder how you ever spent Memorial Day Weekend anywhere else.

$609k, with slip.