Now the work begins needs to be gutted lol should be a fun project, at least the fishing is good. Made sense to us getting tired of renting cabins all summer and this is our favorite lake. It'll probably take 2 summers to do want we want with the cabin but the kids are going to enjoy it. I'll post some pictures when we close.

Congrats. You will find that it is way more work in the beginning than you planned (and more expensive) but worth it in the end.

Awesome!!!! Can't wait to see some pics.

Can't wait to see it. I want one too.

What lake?

so your inviting us to come work for a day then camp in the yard and go fishing?

Congratulations

great, where in wis, is it, what is the closes town,

Whats the cabin like?
electricity?
running water?
Septic?
All the modern comforts or is life there going to be roughing it?

My Uncle had a cabin on the Pike lake chain, no anything. We had to bring in water and crap in a outhouse.
Once my aunt suggested that my uncle should bring up the lawn mower next time they come up.
He replied "I'll burn the place to the ground before I waste time mowing."

enjoyed many fishing trips out of that cabin.

Congratulations !

Yup lol, it's near turtle lake wi. 4 season septic and shared well. Needs alot of work but I think after I call in a few favors it should be manageable if I don't let my wife do any of the planning..... lol so it will most likely be over budget and done way later than I'd like

skimp on floor covering not insulation

you can always floor over painted plywood later.


what kind of foundation ?
seen some very bad coon damage and heard of some real messes with porkies at cabins that don't get a lot of use year round.
depending on the type some things to think about covering in metal

Congratulations
A Lot of us hope to own one someday.

Nice! Don’t pass up a deal you think is good or try to save a million bucks for when you’re 80. Spend it while you’re still able. In 10 years that property will be twice the price.
If it’s right….do what it takes to make it work.

That's awesome Congratulations

Nice area (except for the Vikings fans)

Congratulations! Enjoy!

Moosetrot

Been watching a guy on you-tube that swears by “bubble foil” for floor and skirting insulation. Mainly for rodent control, but keeps things from freezing in his crawl space.

Congratulations! Very nice area with some fantastic fishing.

Congrats ! Everyone should have a cabin.

now if they just had a out of stater tax on cabins , we could charge FIBs 10-15% more on owning a cabin in WI and put it right at Rural school districts and conservation projects

I am normally not for more taxes but it sucks getting priced out of your own area because of a bunch of Chicago money buying up WI

I assume you get similar in parts of MI I know the UP is a mess of it I expect SW MI is similar

Just an update, closed on the cabin last week. So far I have replaced the well pump it was a cheap plastic on that was sounding pretty rough so I put in a cast iron little giant and reinsulated the well house. Replaced the toilet and had the holding tank pumped. We removed all the old carpet, cleaned the yard the previous owners hadn't done much up keep over the last several years. Hauled away 5 or 6 truck and trailer loads of stuff. Our cabin is 4 season so I have the propane company coming on Monday to do an inspection of the system and the following weekend I have a company coming to talk about jacking and leveling it. My wife has been taking pictures I've just been focused on getting it in shape hopefully for ice fishing. I'll get her to send me some pictures to post, it's still rough but we'll get there.

Sounds great.

Congratulations, looking forward to those pictures!

Advice from someone who has owned a few. Get as far ahead of it as you can. See what you want it to be and get it there.now. Get it to where you show up, shovel or mow, sit back and enjoy with family and friends.
You will always have a “list” of things to get done. It won’t go away. Keep it small, get em done, get back to making memories.
Congratulations.

Osky

Congrats, I’d be lost without my cabin. It’s where I go to unwind.

Wild WI,
My advice, tear and rip anything out that you THINK you don't like and make it the way you know it should be and enjoy the time you have your dream place the way you always wanted it to be. You can take or leave the advice how you see fit. I know what I did was not best AFTER I quit trying to make it work the way I found it !

Congratulations on your cabin. Nice area, waiting for pictures.

So slow going at the cabin, this is the upstairs before and after, the only thing missing in the after picture is the cover up I did on the door, that's now a chalk board for the kids on rainy days

Looks great!!! When you're not there I bet you wish you could be there.

Every time!

Congratulations

Nothing like being in a remote area just you and nature. My two cabins are both snowbound now so being closed off from the rest of the world is something I carve and enjoy.

Nice!!!

You’ll enjoy your cabin. Lots of work but we’ll worth it!


Remote is where it’s at! Just spent 2 hours snowblowing to get to mine. Only -30 but a few layers and no wind and it wasn’t cold

Congratulations. We looked around the Clam Lake area a few years back.

Love it!!!! Yep wind is the game changer for many events this time of the year. I agree if no wind -30 isn't bad and tolerable. Great Picture!!!

Yeah it was cheap because it needed a lot of work but it's within an hour of the house. Everything else in our price range was 3hrs +