Property Watch: Bavarian Cottage

Schuss Mountain in Cedar? A rocket ship ready to launch? No, but it could be a place to launch your lake life. This A-frame home at 6801 S Glazier Beach Drive in Cedar ($924,900; MLS #1912520) looks like nothing else around it. The side facing the water includes two decks, with the upper one offering a panoramic view of South Lake Leelanau.

Originally built in 1940 before the A-frame addition, the home is an interesting combination of styles, with the scalloped fascia on the A-frame roof and the spindles on the railings inside suggesting old Bavaria, the decks and swing a rustic cottage. Add the catwalk leading to the upper deck with its heavy slab floating steps, the pole building garage, and the cedar shakes inside where the kitchen leads into the living room, and you’ve got a little something for every architectural taste.

Of course, it’s the views and lake frontage that most will concentrate on. With 51 feet on the lake, those decks, a fire pit and a new dock, it definitely has a summertime appeal. Those Germanic touches notwithstanding.

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