It's been about six months since we embarked on our cabin search. Stretching from Michigan City, IN up North to the crystal clear blue waters of Saugatuck, MI our search has finally ended. Our goal was to find an affordable (under $40,000) house with at least two bedrooms within one mile of Lake Michigan. We looked at everything from mold infested trailer homes, to a former meth lab on 2.5 acres of pristine Lake Michigan land. We have smelled things we NEVER want to smell again and have seen some pretty interesting rehab jobs. We have watched three houses slip between our fingers and were losing hope on finding a place in our budget that wasn't a complete tear down. Well friends, sixteen weeks and 48 houses later we have finally found our cottage!
On Memorial Day weekend we not only found a house that didn't smell like mold, meth or death, but a house that we actually placed an offer on!
This is our cottage, which we have appropriately named Hagar'd Shores.
The west side of the house is covered in moss, but will be cleaned up with a nice power washing. I can't wait to share all the fun rehab projects with all of you. It should be a fun journey!
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