Lakefront, family size log home

This beautiful lake front property is located in the heart of Wisconsin. It has a commanding view from the south end of spring fed Rinehart Lake; a tranquil, no wake lake in the town of New Hope, Portage County. Watch from the great room or deck as Sandhill cranes, Canada geese, and ducks raise their young along the lake shore. Deer walk through the yard and an occasional turkey visits. Eagles soaring over the lake are not uncommon during spring, summer, and fall. Children will love exploring along the shoreline for a variety of frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, and turtles. Spend time watching a largemouth bass cruise by the dock or feed the bluegills bits of bread. Winter offers cross-country skiing, downhill sledding, snow shoeing, ice fishing, or just relax in front of the wood burning fireplace and watching the birds at your feeder. Whether you walk the property or the quite country lanes, you will enjoy a season of wildflowers from spring through fall. Trillium, wild strawberry, wild columbine, wood violets, water lillies, turtlehead, prairie rose, goat's beard, buttercup, wild geranium, elderberry, milkweed, carrion flower, and the beautiful showy lady slipper are a few of those enjoyed during the seasons. The house is a Wisconsin Log Home constructed in 1994. Six inch exterior walls are covered with 8 inch half-log siding making this 3,600 sq. ft. home very energy efficient. The roof was stripped and re-shingled in 2007. In 2009 new carpeting was installed in the bedrooms, tile in the kitchen and linoleum in both full bathrooms and laundry. The kitchen includes a JennAire stove/oven. The efficient wood burning fireplace in the great room uses an outside air intake for combustion, thereby eliminating wasteful use of room air. The lower level is carpeted with the exception of the kitchenette/dining area (new linoleum) and utility room. A nice large family room, five closets, bedroom, new full bathroom, and two other rooms (den, crafts, hobby or play) completes this level. We are offering this house and extra, two story, finished and insulated barn-type garage building (28'x40') on a 2.1 acre lot (lot #5) at $395,000. Two extra contiguous lots (#4 & 6) are also available at an additional cost. All lots have frontage on Rinehart Lake.