The Fritz Home – 38740 Lake Michigan Court

On a Lake Michigan lot 269 ft. deep with 80 ft. of frontage. This home is in a secluded spot with an absolutely beautiful view to the North of Squaw, Whiskey and Garden Islands. It is not sandy beach, but the large white rocks and formations out front frame the color of the blue water and are sort of like the Maine sea coast. This is a three bedroom, two bathroom home with 1152 sq. ft. of absolutely beautiful finishing work done by the Amish of Northern Indiana. The owners bought what was an unfinished frame and had Amish crews do what is almost a completely new house. The lower level has very expensive, high quality Acacia flooring. The upstairs bedrooms are carpeted but the Master bedroom and bath on the first floor is all the beautiful board flooring.  There is a very good deck with high quality railings on the lakeside. It needs a larger entry deck on the inland side to be finished. This lakefront lot is the last lot West of the North Shore Park with its West line on a 42 acre undeveloped parcel that was the site of the early 1800’s Indian Village area. The kitchen area was handcrafted by master carpenters to create a lot of excellent countertop and seating area on the living room side of the u-shaped counter. This house has a full basement with walk-out doors from the basement on the lakeside of the house under the deck.  This location is on the big lakeshore Northwest of the Boat Launch on Font Lake. This location is about 2 ¾ miles from the center of the town of St. James with very good roads between. The basement has block walls that have been carefully treated with vapor barriers and special wall paneling to keep the basement very dry. The house has a number of heating and air conditioning units with three mini-splits, a wood stove in the living room, a pellet stove in the basement, an electric wall heater in the living room area and other heaters in the basement. The only outbuilding is a woodshed to the Southeast of the house at the edge of the circular drive. This house would make a nice summer cottage for a family or a retirement home for a couple or a fantastic rental. The lot raw land value is about $130,000.00 and the replacement cost of just the house itself is around $470,000.00. It’s therefore priced right at only $495,000.00.