5641 Schafer Rd, Oscoda, MI 48750

Been a wonderful house, but time for a new chapter of life. Motivated seller. Make me an offer :-) House is 1748 sqft, 144 sf basement, 832 sf (4-car) garage, workshop. 3 bedrooms + office, 1.5 baths, kitchen, dining, laundry, great room, cellar, covered dog run, more. Size doubled in 1986, great room addition & kitchen remodel 1998 with 6” exterior wall for energy efficiency with a wood heat stove or propane furnace. Property is 4.5 acres with desirable direct access via public subdivision road. You could live on 1 acre and develop 3 acres for sale, or rentals, or a family compound. Most house and garage items will be left for buyer: e.g. furniture, TV and stereo system wired with quad Bose speakers, riding mower, walk behind mower, commercial huge freezer, kitchen tools and appliances, beds, portable generator, garden supplies and tools, construction supplies, shelving, Optional HOA $200/yr for AuSable river boat slip (wait list), $50/yr for canoe/kayak launch (no wait list). Current owner has been a member for years. Confirm membership rules for new property owners; call for contact information. FACTS & FEATURES • Floors are carpet or real hardwood planks over slab and crawl space • Excellent water from an on-site well filtered through 70’ of sand. • Septic service pumped July 2024. • Propane tank is privately owned, no rental fee. • Wood is free for heating. Already cut and stacked. • Taxes on this property for a non-resident is about ~ $2,000/yr. • Breakfast nook in open kitchen, Dining room, Family room, Laundry room, Mud room / Pantry • Cable ready, internet ready, ceiling fans, double pane windows • Wood stove and propane furnace forced air, owner propane tank so no rental fee • Exterior finished with composite shingles, rubber roof, T-11 siding. Great room addition finished with 6” insulated exterior walls. Eaves design protects siding and after 25 years no problems. Entire house was painted in 2023. LIVING This could be turn-key move in for your year round living! Large dining room, plus room for breakfast table in the open design kitchen. The triple-wide kitchen window looks out over a large front deck. Bedrooms and a full bath with separate tub and shower are along the south side of the house. Cable internet does telecommute work or VOIP phone and VTCs. Built-in oak bookcase is made from trees harvested from the property. Property is self-sustainable. A Vermont Castings wood stove in the great room is capable of heating the entire house in winter –works with or without electricity or propane. Additionally, a modern high efficiency forced air propane furnace offers convenience when you want. The year-round water well is in a small basement accessible by stairs in the garage – it provides excellent water year round from a 70’ deep well in sand. The basement room allows you to put up food preserves or wine cellar. Garage and well are wired to run off commercial power or 240v generator if electricity goes out. Outside, a huge garage big enough for 4 cars is augmented with a workshop room, fenced and covered dog-run, and oversized concrete parking apron – more than enough room for all your machine toys, saving winter storage fees. A large cleared fire circle area is behind the garage. Property includes a mulched garden and compost pile. Property abuts platted subdivision road for easy year round access. Private drive takes you to enclave of house, garage, workshop, fire pit, garden, compost. Parking space (concrete garage apron and gravel) in excess of 7 cars, lots of room for cars, trailers, trucks, golf-carts, equipment. Nice neighborhood, private woods living on your own homestead! Beach and river access. Additional house development possibilities - perfect for a family compound or a bungalow for aging parents. It’s an easy walk to the beach by Foote Dam Pond. Seven mile drive to Oscoda, 14 miles to Tawas.