4218 Bluff Point Road

About this home

A 1938 lakeside colonial held by the same family for thirty-one years, with a rebuilt pier, a boathouse that still works and morning light the whole length of the main floor.

The house sits well back from Bluff Point Road behind a row of burr oaks, so the first thing you notice from the entry hall is the water at the far end of it. The 2019 renovation opened the back of the house into one 38-foot room with the kitchen at the north end, a hearth room in the middle and a screened porch that the owners use from ice-out through Thanksgiving.

Frontage is the real story. Ninety-two feet of shoreline faces due east, which means sunrise over the water and a protected landing when the west wind comes up across Mendota in August. The pier was rebuilt in 2021 with a permanent crib section and two removable outer sections, and the boathouse below the bluff has power, a hoist and room for a 22-foot runabout.

Upstairs are four bedrooms including a primary suite with two closets and a 2022 bath. The lower level walks out to the lawn with a fifth bedroom, a full bath and the kind of ceiling height that is rare in a house this age. Mechanicals were updated in 2020: two furnaces, two air conditioners and a 200 amp panel.

Features and updates

• Rebuilt permanent pier with two removable sections (2021)
• Working boathouse with power and a 22-foot hoist
• Screened lake porch with a wood-burning fireplace
• Two furnaces and two air conditioners, both 2020
• Walk-out lower level with the fifth bedroom and a full bath
• Three-car garage with a finished loft over it
• Burr oak canopy and an irrigated lakeside lawn
• Nine-minute drive to the State Capitol

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