Muskoka Lakes tax sale - what's going on?

[canadiandreams]

i feel i must warn everybody about the muskoka lakes tax sales today
i spent the weekend looking at the 50 acre lot ... and i have to say it's garbage, most of it is bog and swamp..
i also searched for these so called atv or snowmobile paths.. nothing , when they say landlocked they ment it... if you submited a tender .. pull your offer before 3 today...trust me

[Jayz]

Update.

The 3 miles lake vacant lot was sold for $12,000. I was the second outbidden by $900.   

Was that you Frank? (As it seems everybody points to him) 

[Frank]

Update.

The 3 miles lake vacant lot was sold for $12,000. I was the second outbidden by $900.  

Was that you Frank? (As it seems everybody points to him) 

Geez, I'm getting a little tired of the joke you guys got goin' on here.  No it wasn't me, I wasn't even at that sale, if I had been you'd of been beaten by $901....I had much better things to do with my time.   Tell you what -  If I ever win another one, you'll be the first to know...that way you can stop asking.

[verbalnoncents]

You should be glad you didn't get it because you can't build on it... Unless of course you wanted it to camp on.

[Jayz]

You should be glad you didn't get it because you can't build on it... Unless of course you wanted it to camp on.

Yes it is buildable as it shows in tender package from planning department. Could that be wrong?

[verbalnoncents]

It probably is buildable according to the city but your lot would get flooded every year so you'd have to beware of that.

[Jayz]

It probably is buildable according to the city but your lot would get flooded every year so you'd have to beware of that.

It is high-rised on rocks. If it could get flooded, the whole Muskoka would be gone.

[Rob]

Wonder who wins this property.

[Pfm1011]

"Yes it is buildable as it shows in tender package from planning department. Could that be wrong?"
 

Jayz..The sound you heard when you found out you lost ..was a bullet whistling by..the bullet you just dodged

I haven't seen the site but last falls muskoka lakes had a few pieces that sound the same

The property tender will say. Buildable subject to "approval of a sewage system"   You said the building is high up on the rocks...Theres the catch. You cant run a septic in rocks , So unless you want to blast a storage tank into the rocks ( let me know how the approval for that goes) then you will never get a sewage approval and hence never get a permit

The reason they say it that way is not to mislead, as should you invent a nuclear powered sewage recycler ) Then you can build a house. 

One of the most important things to look at when looking at land..where does the septic go? The days of dumping it into the  lake are long gone ( thankfully)

[Jayz]

To be honest, when I heard I was the second highest bidder, I was kind of relieved 'cause the first time I went there I didn't even find the road, as shown in Google Earth aerial, which I though was a snowmobile trail which would be seen when snow was gone, in front of the property. I stopped by the second time as I was told I might still have the chance to win if the highest bidder wouldn't go further in 14 days. I located it this time when I climbed up and cut through a cottage - the road is way up there on rocks going all the way to join Deerwood 600 or 700 meters away down there (the reason I missed it the first time is I thought it was a private entrance). It's not a winterized trail but big enough for a passenger vehicle to drive through. And it's beautiful up there watching over the water. There are several cottages on the lower lakeside. On the other side of the road, where the vacant lot is located, there is only one but probably the best constructed cottage out there. Somebody obviously has managed to install a sewage system on rocks.

My first time paticipating in tax sale. Didn't win (I wasn't determined to win anyways) but a nice experience to have.

[Frank]

It probably is buildable according to the city but your lot would get flooded every year so you'd have to beware of that.

It is high-rised on rocks. If it could get flooded, the whole Muskoka would be gone.

Any one heard that most of Muskoka is underwater these days, as a result of 18 feet of snow melting too quickly.  Well, I happened by the lot in Bala yesterday.  It is a small lot to begin with, and with the water level being high - only half of it was dry.  Quite correctly the Town has to say it is buildable, provided you install a vey small cottage, and a very small septic, or even a holding tank (which must be pumped out regular (if they still permit those).  The lot is on a busy road as well, and you don't have much room to build before the land drops off.  Do go by it, and bring your hip-waders.  In the summer the little bay that it is in, is quite seculded and shallow, you would have problems with anything beyond a 12 foot aluminum with a 10 horse on it...and no more than two people and a dog in the boat, heaven help you if you catch a large fish.

[speedfreeksteve]

Last week I checked out my lot near Huntsville and it is very "wet" right now. The water level of our lake is up about 2 feet from fall... and probably 3 or 4 feet higher than last July. My canoe that I pulled 20 feet back from the water in the fall was partially underwater so I pulled it back another 15 feet.

Thank god for gently sloped (elevated) lots though... the cottage is fine.

[Frank]

Wow....that lot on the MOON River went for $71,000.  Remember at least half of it was under water the day before the sale.

[Dave2]

Frank:

No surprise given crazy waterfront prices in Muskoka and elsewhere.  Did you read the globe and mail article in Friday's newspaper. 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080516.wltaxes16/BNStory/lifeMain/home

Dave2