I’ll live my entire life without buying Waterworks tile. I have dabbled with buying a Waterworks faucet or two, but even in that IR…
Indian Hills For Sale
At the Lake, the off-water market lake access market is made up of three very important and distinct sub-markets. There are homes with slips…
1530 Lake Shore Drive
There’s a problem with owners who buy on the lakefront in Geneva Manor. They buy in the Manor for any number of reasons, but thereR…
New Cedar Point Lakefront
Wander through Williams Bay and follow the lakeshore to the southern tip of Cedar Point Park and you’ll notice something. Something serious.…
Lake Geneva Market Update
I brought a new property to market a week or so ago, and if you’re looking for a vacation home with transferable boat slip, then you&#…
New South Shore Club Listing
The South Shore Club is all quite nice. The pool and the entrance, the tennis courts and the piers. There’s nothing like it here, and …
389 North Lakeshore Drive
There are three things that attract people to houses. Yes, there are renters who rent based on price and convenience, those who say they won…
Woodstone
The thing about houses, is they’re all the same. A few bedrooms, some bathrooms. The number of each signaling the value, sometimes. A…
Valley Park
Follow South Lakeshore Drive far enough from town and after some time you’ll be in the general vicinity of Black Point. But weave farther an…
New Buena Vista Lakefront Listing
I have a particular thing for porches. This affinity is owed to my youth, to a childhood home where little mattered except that old porch. S…
New Geneva Lakefront Listing
It is no secret that the South Shore Club is an exclusive development. Anything numbering just 40 in total would be viewed as exclusive. Whi…
Clear Sky Lodge Home For Sale
You don’t really want to be me. Some of my friends think they’d like to be me. To work a bit and make money a bit and drive a ni…
Bluff Lane
Buyers have a unique tendency to focus on one or two aspects of a purchase, and in doing so, convince themselves to proceed with the transac…
New Lakefront Listing
The South Shore Club is all quite nice. The pool and the entrance, the tennis courts and the piers. There’s nothing like it here, and …
Lakeview Pointe
I’ve written often about Geneva National. It’s a staple in our market, one of the largest pieces to this puzzle. Without it, a r…
Whispering Oaks
What is it that makes a lakeside property desirable? Is it the view? That has to be some of it. Any nice house on any lot is fine, but a ni…
Basswood
Large homes tend to have similar problems. When designing a custom home, there is one usual and obvious limitation. Budget. But this is when…
New Elgin Club Listing
It’s the word Club that throws people off. There’s some significant confusion in the market regarding the Elgin Club. Is it a Cl…
Jerseyhurst
As an agent, there are certain streets around this lake that I revere. The streets that don’t encourage visitors. The streets that don…
New Lake Geneva Club Listing
There are certain houses that are, for one reason or many others, better. They might not be gilded with gold, or polished to the highest dia…
New Geneva Lakefront Listing
The thing about entry level lakefront is that it’s entry level lakefront. It’s not fancy. If it were fancy, it wouldn’t be…
New Glenwood Springs Listing
In the world of collector cars, an untouched car with original paint, matching numbers, and original factory features is a very desirable ca…
700 South Lakeshore
There are homes that you know. Stone Manor. You know this place. You know the Driehaus property and the Wrigley cottages. You know where the…
Pleasant View
When you see a wolf, it’s best to tell someone. See something, say something, they always say. That’s why that little boy cried …
New South Shore Club Listing
Within the South Shore Club, there are several market segments. First, the homes up front. The homes on the water. Those are the kings of th…
New Lakefront Estate
This lake is lined with $15MM houses. There are others at $20MM. Some, still at $12MM. Several at $17MM. There are estates that the owners l…
Woodhill
By now, everyone knows Basswood. It’s a street on the lake, or it’s the street on the lake, either position is acceptable though t…
New Lakefront Listing
When I was a kid, I’d walk to Gage Marine. It wasn’t far from my house, and so I’d walk down the shore path, across those …
New Lake Geneva Listing
There are many reasons to frequent this blog. If you wanted to know what my latest hobby is, for instance. How else could you know? You coul…
Pikewood Estate
My grandmother was not necessarily a memorable fashionista. The was too old by the time I was old enough to recognize style, and by then I r…