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Round Houses Rising at Glen Lake Michigan

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Real Estate Agent with Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner

We recently had the good fortune to visit Glen Lake Michigan for a short visit

with friends at their cottage.  Glen Lake is just a sand dune behind Sleeping

Bear Dunes on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan near the Leelanau Peninsula

north west of Traverse City.  

On one of our sight seeing, ice cream  or lake shore seeking drives, 

 we came across this novel home being built.  It appears to be a

home and studio or small shop. This area is home to many artists, retirees,

and summer homes of the very well-to-do.

The little round house may just be a little place to get away from..............

you fill in the blank?

 

round house being built

We thought we would take a pic and share with all of you. A round house

isn't the average home being built today. There was some questions about

how it would appraise. We aren't sure but thought it an intriguing design.

We'll take a follow up picture of the completed home, if we are fortunate

enough to get up this way again.

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Photo by Bonnie Westbrook

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Comments (2)

Karin Elliott
IBA Realty Group - Big Canoe, GA
14 Years as a Broker & Making Dreams Come True

Hi Terry,

I live and sell in Big Canoe, Georgia. It was developed in the 70's and is still moving along pretty nicely. One of the first sections that they put in was called the TreeToppers. They are 2 bedroom, 2 bath round houses on a central poles (like a MUSHROOM) . Some have a spireal staircase in the middle to go down to the laundry. I wish I had a picture to show you but they are in the 149K-180K range. I secretly want to buy one and use it as my office hidaway!! For fun you can do a search on my website. There are about 10 for sale and they are the lowest priced units we have.

~Karin Elliott

ibamountainhomes.com

Aug 28, 2008 01:08 PM
Terry & Bonnie Westbrook
Westbrook Realty Broker-Owner - Grand Rapids, MI
Westbrook Realty - Grand Rapids Forest Hills MI Re

Karin: We thought they were interesting. We don't know much about them but as we drove by my wife told me to stop and take a photo.

Aug 28, 2008 02:39 PM
Anonymous
Ric

These look like they may be Deltec buildings (http://www.deltechomes.com/). We considered building one on property we owned at the time in Alden, but the extra expense of snow-proofing for the snow belt put it out of reach.

Aug 30, 2008 12:38 PM
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