Findley Lake gets Remodeled

There is so much to report on the remodeling front in Findley Lake, we'll just start at Shadyside and Main Street.

The former Lighthouse Point Restaurant is now Zee's on the Lake. They opened this weekend serving meals. The liquor license is still not active but hopefully will be coming soon.

Heading south on Shadyside, the remodeling at the former Pink house is almost complete. Besides the new siding and garage door, the utilities have all been run under ground, a new circular concrete drive poured along with an embossed concrete walkway, new break wall built, and the landscaping is in the process of being updated.

Continuing south, on the right side of the road at least two homes have been reworking their walks and walls along the road. One is adding a new wrap-around deck. Across the street, the house with the gingerbread trim has been resided. Further along on the lake side, the tarps have come off the former Bolt house revealing first and second floor decks that look wonderful. The trim on the house has been nicely updated. All in all, some great additions and improvements to the neighborhood.

At the south end of the lake, a new dock/boathouse? plus boardwalk has been added. It would be nice to see some more dredging take place down there to give a little more access to the docks.

Just an aside - if you need golf equipment, Steve Card is selling excess equipment (some new and some used) on the weekends at his house. Stop buy and check it out.

Turning the corner onto Sunnyside headed north, Camp Findley has completed the demolition of the former Tabernacle building. They are working on remodeling the front building with an eye towards better energy efficiency.

Mulkearns new house is still a work in progress. Further north, the new house which has been built where the skating rink used to be is eagerly waiting it's siding. The next new house on the hillside saw recent clearing of the underbrush on the side of the hill, giving it a clean new look and better view of the lake.

Nearing the north end of the lake, the two houses on the lake side are basically completely remodeled. The first one, with the natural wood siding, has added a small portico style covered porch and new door, completing the classy look. Next door, the new siding turned out to be a mossy light green with copper trim on the roof and new doors. Both houses look great.

As I've said before, you can't beat living in a town where property values keep improving.

July 4th, 2008 in Findley Lake

Managed to catch a quiet supper at the Blue Heron Inn. We hit the lull before the reservations start arriving for the evening. Their deck will be a prime fireworks watching spot. Sometimes we have a low-key 4th and just catch the tops of the fireworks from our front porch. Tonight we are invited to a friend's house down on the lake. Should be a great display since the weather is perfect. Took a drive around the lake after supper and were amazed at the number of cars lining the roads. Lots of parties and family get-togethers, plus beautiful weather equals a great July 4th in Findley Lake. Looking forward to the fireworks display.