Charming Renovated Lakefront Cottage $1,535,000

Lake Home For Sale

*Owner is licensed Real Estate Broker.

Lake Living at your fingertips!

In 1902, “Camp Oneida”, a seasonal cottage on the shores of Otsego Lake, was built. At the time it held 5 bedrooms and 2 baths. It was privately purchased in 2019 and renovations were completed in early 2020.

Today, Camp Oneida is a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 full bath home, outfitted with modern amenities. Every effort was made to retain the charm of the existing structure, while ensuring its structural integrity for generations to come. Many original features remain, seamlessly blending old with new.

All rooms are bright and sumptuously cozy and provide incredible lake views. Bear witness to the rising sun each morning, and watch the rooms soak up its glow. At night, the moon rises over the hills to the east and casts its’ light upon the lake. Waves lapping against the shoreline creates rocks you into a meditative sleep.

There is much to love here…from the sweet stream that trickles most of the year along the northern boundary, to the beach where you can unfold a chair and sit with your feet cooling in the water on a hot summer day. At night, it’s a toss up; cocktails on the boat watching the sun set from across the lake, sipping wine on the dock where you get the “shoulder sunset” followed by a fire in the pit on the point, or a soak in the hot tub as the evening air cools. Maybe all four…it’s been done. Alternatively, jumping in a boat to head to the Blue Bingo or Otesaga for dinner or cocktails, never loses its allure.

Have you ever sat in a boat on a calm, windless night, just looking up at the stars? Magical! No other boats, no other sounds. Just you and the big open sky. One of life’s simplest pleasures.

Lovely lake and stream side gardens have been planted, a colorful contrast to the bright blue water.

The renovation of this lakeside gem includes a gorgeous and efficient kitchen with Quartz countertops, creamy white cabinets, brick tile backsplash, farmhouse sink, cafe’ appliances, tile flooring with radiant heat, and counter seating at a large prep area. The two full baths have been thoughtfully renovated.

All windows and sliding glass door are new Andersons. The home and garage both have new cement board siding and trim. Two propane fired gas fireplaces were added ~ one upstairs in the primary bedroom, and one in the living room. The living room fireplace heats the entire home. Not only functional, but the 3-sided glass Lopi units are beautiful!

All plumbing and electric is new. The entire home was reframed, including the roof rafters. Foam insulation was added to the entire home (including the basement) A front addition created a functional, spacious entryway with insulated crawl space. A Reznor heater keeps the basement toasty. There is a new saltwater softening system, UV and reverse osmosis drinking filtration system, new Rinnai on demand hot water heater. All original wood floors were refinished. The lakeside covered porch ~ a favorite spot to sit with morning coffee ~ had the floorboards, columns and railings replaced. A new composite deck was added in 2021. All new drainage. New dock 2022. New single car garage 2021. New creekside retailing wall 2020. The shoreline has been reinforced with riprap prior to the current ownership.

An exceptional and rare feature of this property is the level access to both the home and the lake. There are virtually no stairs.

*This property is not in a flood plain, an elevation survey was completed in 2019 ~ documentation is available.

Located 6 miles from the village of Cooperstown, 1.15 minutes to Albany, an 1.45 minutes to Syracuse, 4 hours to NYC, 1.5 hours to Saratoga, and about 2.5 hours to the beautiful ADK.

This is an infrequent opportunity on Otsego Lake.