The Cottages are Coming!
With a good week of spring weather being forecast, we’ll soon be putting snow shovels away and start to get into “no snow” mode. For us in the Parry Sound area, that means that cottage season is just ahead of us.
Although many cottages are now used on a yearly basis, the cottage real estate market officially gets going around the end of March, coinciding with the Cottage Life Show in Toronto. Since that’s only three weeks from now, we in the recreational real estate business will be busy getting promotional material together, making hotel bookings and listing cottages and waterfront properties to market at the show.
If you’ve been thinking of selling, this is the time to get the ball rolling. To make sure we’re able to include you in our property brochure, you have until March 18th to get your property on the market. If you’re looking to buy (and it is a great time to buy), make sure you’re working with a Realtor in cottage county (like me) who is in touch with the market, and who will inform you as new potential properties become available.
There are other enjoying things to do in cottage country before the snow melts, including:
- Ice fishing. Pick a sunny, mild day and you can work on your tan as you jig for lake trout
- Snowmobiling. It much more enjoyable to hit the trails in during the longer (and warmer) days of March than in frigid January. Just remember to avoid the puddles and bare, gravel roads.
- March is also maple syrup season in the Parry Sound area. Warm days and cold nights will get the sap running and there is nothing like the smell of maple syrup boiling down over an open fire. Killbear Park is having its second annual Maple Syrup Festival on the first weekend of April…if you’re in the area, make sure to check it out.