Homes on all sports Walnut Lake in West Bloomfield

Walnut Lake is one of West Bloomfield's and metro Detroit’s top lakes.  Why I say that is high end wealthy buyers have made the lake their own.  There are more luxury custom built lake estates than regular homes anymore.  It is almost impossible to find a home under $500,000 any more.   That would be $500,000 for a very small home.

It is definitely not the largest lake in Oakland County nor is it a lake with lots of islands.  What I mean by “one of the top lakes” is it is a highly desirable lake.  It is what I call a moneyed lake.  High end homes and professional white collar owners.  You will find business owners, doctors, and lawyers living on the lake.

There are two schools districts for the children on the lake.  They are Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills school district.  The streets around the lake are pave.  Walnut Lake in West Bloomfield is a 232 acre private all sports lake.  The deepest spot on the lake is 101 ft.  It is a glacial formed lake.  There are no condominiums on the lake.  There are lake rules.  You can operate a boat at high speed (creating a wake) or tow people behind the boat from the period of 6:30 PM to 10:00 AM.

Wouldn’t you like to be fishing on a beautiful day like this

Some of the luxury estate lake homes sit on an acre or more.  Some are very private.  There are a few lots on the lake to be built on, but they come at a premium.  Over the years many of the old cottages are being torn down and new homes are being built.  There are very few of them left.  In fact some of the characteristics below may be wrong because the old homes may not exist anymore.  You are not going to find an inexpensive lake cottage on Walnut Lake.  Even small old cottages are going to cost you over $400,000.

 You are going to find many custom built luxury estate lake homes.  You are going to find that many of the newer lake homes are larger ranging over 3000 square foot.  If you are going to pay $400,000 for a lake lot you are going to end up with a million dollar home to make it worth while to tear down and build.  The costs of building a nice custom built home would put it close to $500,000 or $600,000 thus making the total costs close to a million.  That is the type of lake it is.

Imagine yourself relaxing on a pontoon today

Characteristics of the lakefront homes are

• on Municipal water
• on Sewers
• 1 to 7 bathrooms
• built from the years 1910 to the present day
• 2 to 7 bedrooms
• the size of the homes range from 1000 square feet to 10,000+
• 2 car garages to over 7 car + garages.  There are even some homes that have no garage.
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• These beautiful luxury lake estate homes are not for sale, but just an example of the wonderful homes on the lake.
• Some homes have basements, others are on slabs or crawls.  Many of them have finished walkout basements.

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The homes on lake lots vary in size.  The big luxury lake estates on the lake have lots that range up to 6+ acres.  Some of these homes are gated.

There are several lake associations in subdivisions around the lake that have lake access.  There are association beaches.  There usually is a wait list for boat wells.  Other wise you have to launch your boat on a daily basis.

This is where the lake is at:

If you are looking for a luxury custom built lake home on Walnut Lake or any other lake in Oakland County give me a call.  Let’s talk about what you want in a lake house and what your family wants to do on a lake.  You may want a bigger lake or even a non all sports lake.  My cell is (248) 310-6239