$689,900
Welcome to Life on the Lake on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore
The property at 418 West Side Indian Harbour Lake road is on the west side of the lake at one of the lake’s widest points. It offers good deep water off the dock for swimming, fishing and boating. This home is a year round energy efficient luxury retreat from the hustle and bustle and with all the modern conveniences nearby. A great place to raise a family, the layout of the property is also ideal for a home-based business with ample parking and privacy of the home from the activity areas. If you want to keep it for your family’s future plans and earn now, this property readily lends itself to anAirBnB or a rental property.
From the well designed home to the lovely landscaped grounds, this property is impressive. Built 24 years ago, the house has been very well cared for and no expenses spared to enhance its efficiency including new heating systems and metal roofing.
Main floor open concept living areas feature a vaulted ceiling with pine beams. The lower level finished to the same quality as the main level provides that extra space for teenagers, in-laws or rental potential. Flooring throughout the home is wood or ceramic. Both levels have walkouts to the lake. Outside is a deck ready for your hot tub, complete with outside hookup and panel breaker. A deck runs the length of the house lakeside wrapping around to the side entry. A second entry has a large porch - a great spot to enjoy some sun.
A large detached garage with power and water has a workshop area, space for a large vehicle and a small greenhouse. There is a generator hookup with a flip panel in the house. The garage floor and entry is concrete pad with a newly installed tile drained gravel roundabout approach. A second smaller garage is used as a garden shed on one side and storage for mowers and water toys and fishing rods on the other. It also has electricity.
All wiring on the property is underground. There is firewood storage for the wood stove near the house and at the far end of the property, a larger shed for longer term firewood seasoning and storage.
This lakeside property of 2.24 acres has 153 feet of lake waterfront. The layout of the property ensures there is no chance of flooding and the property drains extremely well and holds up against whatever Mother Nature is in the mood for, including Hurricane Fiona.
A few minutes drive brings you conveniences of shops, local garage/gas stations, health facilities, grocery stores, drug store, library and schools. This property offers the best of both worlds - everything you need for life and work and nature with wonderful waterfront - maybe some fresh caught trout for the bar b q. And of today’s ‘must haves’, there is high-speed internet service (fibre)for working at home, school studies and all that Internet Streaming demands.
Indian Harbour Lake is a highly desirable lake located on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. It is one of seven lakes in the area. The lake is clean and deep enough to enjoy swimming, fishing, water sports and boating. If fishing is your favourite pass-time, there are trout and sea bass. You can go clamming on the ocean beach at the south end of the lake and there are nearby fishing spots to fill buckets with mackerel. The lake is home to bald eagles and loons and local residents include rabbits, grouse and deer.
Ocean tides replenish the lake at the south end. A short walk to the ocean’s shore brings you to a long sandy beach for ocean adventures - clamming, swimming or just relaxing on a lovely quiet beach of Port Hilford -the cove of the location of the future Whale Sanctuary.
Nearby
A few minutes by car, you find what you need in Sherbooke of St. Mary’s Municipality - an auto-mechanics garage, gas stations, grocery stores, NS Liquor Outlet, coffee shops, a drug store, a bank, Canada Post, the local library, St. Mary’s Elementary School (with bus service) and St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital. The historical ‘Sherbooke Village’ hosts a farmer’s market with seasonal offerings and throughout the area are shops with local grown vegetables, fresh eggs and local wares.
Antigonish is less than an hour away and the Halifax International Airport 2h20.