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Cottage Buyer's Guide (Part 1): The Lake, The Land & The Law

Welcome back to On The Lake! In the first episode of our two-part Cottage Buyer’s Guide series, cottage architect James Pitropov reveals the critical due diligence every prospective cottage owner must conduct before signing an agreement of purchase and sale.

It's easy to fall in love with staged furniture, granite countertops, or cozy stone fireplaces... But while you can always redesign or rebuild a cabin, you can never redesign the lake or the land it sits on. In Part 1 of this two-part series, James walks you through evaluating fixed environmental site conditions, decoding municipal zoning…

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