{"id":485752,"date":"2022-08-18T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cottage-industry-interlake-the-fishermans-friend\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:48:42","slug":"cottage-industry-interlake-the-fishermans-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cottage-industry-interlake-the-fishermans-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cottage Industry: Interlake, &#8220;the fisherman&#8217;s friend&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d28b9c5574\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d28b9c5574\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cottage-industry-interlake-the-fishermans-friend\/#%E2%80%9CCottage_Industry_Interlake_%E2%80%9Cthe_fishermans_friend%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cottage Industry: Interlake, &#8220;the fisherman&#8217;s friend&#8221;&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cottage-industry-interlake-the-fishermans-friend\/#Interlake_Manitoba\" >Interlake, Manitoba<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCottage_Industry_Interlake_%E2%80%9Cthe_fishermans_friend%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cottage Industry: Interlake, &#8220;the fisherman&#8217;s friend&#8221;&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Surging prices, bidding wars, blind offers\u2014the search for seasonal real estate has become a battlefield. Tales from 10 of Canada\u2019s hottest vacation towns.\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>In the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianmags.ca\/products\/macleans-july-2022\">July issue<\/a>\u00a0of Maclean\u2019s, and each week here online, recent buyers divulge what they had to do to acquire the cottages of their dreams: pool family money, send relatives for viewings, hop on the first flight to Atlantic Canada post-bubble, or buy sight unseen, sometimes from thousands of kilometres away.<\/em>\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interlake_Manitoba\"><\/span>Interlake, Manitoba<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Average recreational property price (2021): <\/strong>$274,000<\/p>\n<p><b>The Market:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A straight shot north of Winnipeg, Interlake is the region between two of Manitoba\u2019s largest bodies of water: Lake Winnipeg to the east and Lake Manitoba to the west. Vacation properties here are some of the most affordable in the country. Recently, an increase in ice-fishing tourism, driven by younger and returning international anglers, created a huge demand for all-season rentals. Buyers are keen to winterize local cabins for Airbnb, and they\u2019re not above starting bidding wars. Even the non-waterfront properties crossed the $200,000 mark last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Buyer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karen Machut, a 52-year-old real estate agent<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1239047\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1239047 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220511MS070-e1660740365999.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;I wanted to own multiple properties, but I never thought I would.&quot;\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1320\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI wanted to own multiple properties, but I never thought I would.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Karen:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I bought my first seasonal cottage in 2012. At the time, I was looking at properties for a client in the village of Dunnottar, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. The place I bought was a mid-century build, and everything was original, right down to the double-hung windows\u2014the kind you have to prop open. The kitchen had orange Formica countertops, and it was heated by a wood stove. I paid top dollar for it, which at the time was in the low $100,000s.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Cottage Industry: Kawartha Lakes, \u201cthe new Muskoka\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In late 2019, I learned about Airbnb and wanted to try hosting. I found a three-bedroom place in neighbouring Matlock with a lake view and bought it for around $150,000. It was the off-season, so I was able to negotiate. Many of the vacation properties are on wells, including mine, so if renters arrive any earlier than mid-May, the water\u2019s still frozen. But Interlake is also a destination for ice fishing, so tourism is a year-round thing. That\u2019s why I wanted my second cottage to be winterized.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1239050 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220511MS028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"\/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I listed the Matlock property on Airbnb for a couple of months before the pandemic started, and the fishermen loved it. It\u2019s about 1,400 square feet with a long driveway, so there\u2019s room for trailers, Bombardier B12 ice buses and all the gear they <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> with from the U.S. When the borders closed, I rented the cottage out to a family. The market really started heating up in 2021, though. Cottages were in short supply, and demand in Interlake was only growing. Places that were once considered undesirable were all of a sudden gems. People wanted an escape.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, my best friend told me she and her husband were looking for a seasonal property. I showed her around Siglavik, which is an 85-property subdivision built on man-made canals. Just as she closed her own sale following a bidding war, a property I\u2019d dreamt of buying years earlier came onto the market. I sn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed it up after winning my own bidding war. Our places are a five-minute walk from each other, and the stars of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ice Vikings<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a show about commercial ice fishing\u2014live up the street. I always wanted to own multiple properties, but I never really thought I would. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>This article appears in print in the July 2022 issue of<\/em>\u00a0Maclean\u2019s\u00a0<em>magazine. 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