HEAVEN HASN’T GONE –
It’s Just a Little Further Down the Road!!
As a result of the unprecedented growth in demand and finite offering of quality waterfront property, many Ontarians are working harder and smarter to find the best deal for their dream property. Fortunately, a little looking can pay off in big savings and in the unrivalled quality of life that a family cottage offers.
Elliot Lake is leading the way in Ontario for affordable, pristine waterfront lots. In the Spring 2006 edition of Cottage Life magazine, Elliot Lake was noted to have the best value in recreational real estate anywhere in Ontario. Since the spring, consumer reaction has been outstanding to the latest offering of new lots on Dunlop and Quirke Lakes which are located just ten to fifteen minutes from the downtown core, on municipal roads. In fact, over 150 cottage lots ranging from 1.25 acres to 13+ acres have been sold. It’s truly one of the hottest cottage lot areas in Ontario in 2006.
“The reasons for our unprecedented success are clear,” notes Wayne Wilcox, C.E.O. of Lake Shore Properties, the development and sales agency for the City of Elliot Lake’s pilot project. “Our clients want the ultimate in a pristine, private, and peaceful setting where they can relax and focus on family and friends – no other cottage lot development of which I am aware offers ownership of cottage lots on Crown land on pristine, never before developed lakes.”
The trends that are driving demand for small lake properties in Southern Ontario are also found in Elliot Lake. “Our clients can find prime cottage lots on large, blue ribbon lakes that are priced hundreds of thousands of dollars less than the cost of similar lots elsewhere,” Wilcox notes. “In Elliot Lake you don’t have to select a remote small lake, removed from services, to be affordable, nor are you forced to lower your expectations for the quality of the cottage setting for the lot to be affordable. All of the lots that we offer are supported by a full-service city core just minutes from the cottage lot.”
Clients from all over Canada and the U.S. have discovered Ontario’s newest and largest waterfront lot development in Elliot Lake, which, surprisingly, is only 5 to 6 hours north of the G.T.A. on major highway corridors, and only 8 hours from South Western Ontario (London, Windsor, Sarnia) via Port Huron and I-75 north to Sault Ste. Marie.