For sale: A $6.6M private Island ‘parad-ice’ in Minnesota

A non-public island with its personal hovercraft is asking $6.6 million.
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Your dream of by no means having to take care of one other door-to-door salesman once more can lastly come true. Say ta-ta to trick-or-treaters and Jehovah’s Witnesses, too. As a result of until they've a ship, or hovercraft, they received’t be capable to hassle you at your new deal with of 1 Bald Eagle Island.

There are not any comps for this unique new itemizing in White Bear Lake, Minn. That’s as a result of this head-turning house, simply 20 minutes northeast of the Twin Cities, comes with its personal 2.3-acre personal island.

“It’s a trophy property,” present proprietor Nathan Landucci instructed The Submit.

He listed 1 Bald Eagle Island earlier this month and has already had a couple of showings. He paid simply $900,000 for it in 2016, Zillow exhibits.

1 Bald Eagle Island hit the market earlier this month.

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It sits on a 2.3-acre personal island in Minnesota.

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The one method to or from the island is through boat or hovercraft.

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The spacious house has 5 bedrooms.

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The home has its personal theater.

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It even has its personal bar with house for billiards.

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The house was lately gutted and rebuilt and now runs 10,000 sq. ft.

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There's loads of parking house for a non-public island house.

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For somebody — say a Midwestern Bond villain — it’s a steal.

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So how did Landucci arrive on the $6.6 million-dollar asking value?

“I fully gutted the place from the highest down,” defined the CEO of Landucci Properties.

The unique homeowners, Nick and Jan Van Brunt, constructed their eye-catching oasis, the place they raised two sons, in 1985. After 30 years of residing in the course of Bald Eagle Lake, they traded up for the Large Island of Hawaii. Enter Landucci.

The builder tacked on 4 new additions – bringing the whole sq. footage to simply lower than 10,000 sq. ft. The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house now boasts a state-of-the-art audio system, two bars, an expert house theater and a league-size racquetball courtroom. It additionally comes with a shore storage, docks and a hovercraft.

“You want the hovercraft to get to shore in the course of the transition interval,” mentioned Landucci.

By that, Landucci means there are a couple of weeks on both finish of winter earlier than boating is feasible. January via March the ice is normally thick sufficient to commute by automobile. Nonetheless, good luck getting Amazon to ship your packages.

On the plus facet, there are not any HOA charges – nearly $25,000 per 12 months in property taxes. If that’s an excessive amount of, don’t lose hope. Non-public Islands On-line presently has greater than 1,000 personal islands on the market.

The corporate’s Director of Operations, Sabah Memon, says they've a number of listings within the U.S. for beneath $500,000.

“Consumers would possibly even be capable to discover one thing beneath $100,000.” mentioned Memon