302 Patriots Landing is one of a kind! Look at that lake view! This all brick home is located near the mouth of one of the nicest, largest coves at Indiana’s Heritage Lake. It has BIG views in both directions and enjoys beautiful sunsets 3/4 of the year. The kitchen is a chef’s dream with ample custom cabinets, center island, nice appliances and big views out to the great room and the waterfront. The hardwood floors and custom trim against vaulted ceiling with wood beams is absolutely stunning. The large master suite exits to the lakeside deck. When you step outside, the lake views are everywhere and there is a large deck complex with automatic awning. The deck steps down to a brick patio with firepit. Then step onto the huge dock with boat lift, built in benches and planters, a very large sundeck and boardwalk! The perfect place for fishing and swimming. This lakefront property is made for lake living! If you’ve been searching Indiana waterfront homes to find one that optimizes use of the lake, this is the home that will meet your needs. Be in and ready for the season this spring! Listed with Brouhard Realtors for $349,900.

No other agency markets Heritage Lake as well as Brouhard Realtors. During the period from January 1, 2010 year to date, 40 lakefront homes have sold at Heritage Lake. Of the 40 lakehomes sold, 28 listings were Brouhard Realtor’s (73%).  Of the 40 buyers for these homes, 29 of the buyers were found by Brouhard Realtors (73%). 

Darrel and Teresa Brouhard have specialized in the sale of Heritage Lake homes and properties for 24 years. Darrel has his GRI and CRS designations. According to the CRS website:  There are over one million REALTORS® in business today. So if you want to find that one-in-a-million REALTOR®, start with the over 34,000 who hold the Certified Residential Specialist Designation. CRS is the symbol of excellence in residential real estate. Our members have proven they have the experience, training and commitment to be among the best in their profession. The Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) is the highest Designation awarded to sales associates in the residential sales field. The CRS Designation recognizes professional accomplishments in both experience and education.  Darrel has qualified for this designation because he has consistently been a top producer in real estate-among the top 5% in the nation-and he has received additional education in real estate. He has negotiating skills that surpass most of the agents in the industry. You will want his negotiation skills on your side;not against another agent negotiating for you. 

Darrel was also recognized as one of the top 100 real estate agents in all of MIBOR in May of 2011. There are 6,500 agent members in MIBOR. Competing realtors include agents from much larger Indianapolis market areas including Hamilton County, Marion County, Johnson County, & Hendricks County. You can see there is great value when Darrel & Teresa represent you in the Heritage Lake market. Instead of another less accomplished agent or an agent not familiar with the lake, we make sure you have all the best, up to date information to make your decision.If you need to list your Heritage Lake home you won’t get better exposure to potential buyers. If you Google lakehomes indiana, lakefront homes indiana, indiana lake homes, indiana waterfront homes, indiana lake houses for sale and more similar search phrases you will see heritagelake.com on the first page of results. Our listings are present on multiple web sites and our large referral base has been built over 24 years of specializing in Heritage Lake real estate sales. This referral base is invaluable and results in repeat business and potential buyers who are friends and family of past clients at the lake.

                                                        Lakefront Home at 302 Patriots Landing for sale $409,900

 It might be time to buy this Indiana lakefront home at Heritage Lake now and be ready for next season! Interests rates are the lowest in years, it is a Buyer’s market and the latest information released by the Indiana Association of Realtors indicates the strength of the Indiana market has increased in three important market indicators for September 2011 over the same month in 2010. The report shows:

• The number of closed home sales increased 10.2% to 5,163;

• The median sale price of homes increased 5.5% to $115,000; and

• The average sale price of homes increased 5.9% to $138,543.

If you’ve been dreaming of that lakehouse to escape to, now is a great time. Waterfront homes are priced to sell and who knows how long the interest rates will stay this low. Brouhard Realtors has listed 60% of the waterfront homes that have closed this year at Heritage Lake. We are your Heritage Lake Experts!

The professional fireworks over the Heritage Lake were spectacular once again! We thought we had reached the finale many times only to keep more coming! Many waterfont residents and summer home owners had friends and neighbors over for the show and the long weekend. As usual that created much interest in purchasing their own lake home and the phones have been ringing this week. This is a great time to purchase your own lakefront dream home. There are some lovely listings for sale now and the market is competitive. A great way to keep up on the home market is to be placed on our instant update program. You’ll receive emails when a new listing meeting your criteria is added to the market. You’ll enjoy your own personal web page where you may save favorites, rejects and keep notes. Please call Brouhard Realtors and ask to be placed on the program and we’ll be pleased to oblige!

Have you visited Heritage Lake Indiana? Now it the perfect time to take a boat tour of our lovely lake. We have a new lakefront listing on the market this week, too. It’s absolutely gorgeous inside and sits on a large lake lot complete with boat and patio. There is an upper deck and patio to take in the views and relax. The inside is sublime and well decoraated. This home is locate at 35 Mill Springs and has lots of privacy yet is not far from the beach and marina.  Come visit this lovely lakehouse today with Brouhard Realtors.

Darrel Brouhard will be honored on Monday, May 2nd, as one of the top 100 agents in the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors.  Founded in 1912, MIBOR serves more than 6,500 members in Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and Shelby counties. Darrel and his wife Teresa have owned and operated their real estate firm since 1987. Darrel has consistently been the top producing agent at Heritage Lake Indiana since before the year 2000 and has had his GRI and CRS designations for many years as well. The CRS designation is only give to the top 5% of Realtors® in the nation after completion of classroom work and fulfilling a high level of production in real estate on a consistent basis. We are proud of Darrel and his success in the industry at large as well as his success in his primary marketplace of Heritage Lake Indiana. Be sure you’re working with a winner, call Darrel for help with finding that special lake home, waterfront lot or permanent residence.

Darrel Brouhard of Brouhard Realtors continues to dominate in Heritage Lake sales. Heritage Lake is a 320 acre lake conveniently located to Indianapolis, Carmel, Lafayette, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Louisville. The lake has gorgeous waterfront homes and lakefront properties affordably priced. Off-water properties also offer access to the lovely lake with lakefront common areas and boat docks available for a yearly lease. There is a full service marina at lakeside, clubhouse with new pool/water complex this spring, sports complex, excellent fishing and watersports including water skiing, tubing and jet skiing. Heritage Lake is the perfect option for year round resort living or a vacation summer home.

If you want privacy & lots of room, this is the home for you! 274 Victory Hill is a fabulous cedar home with 6 bedrooms & 21/2 baths. The large tiled entryway has a gorgeous custom, wood front door and leads to spacious kitchen with cork flooring (environment/safe, anti-fungal, soft for standing), gas cook-top stove, built in oven, large center island with breakfast bar and two pantries.  There is a formal dining room off of the lovely great room featuring a stone FP and a wall of windors and doors with gorgeous view of the nature preserve out back! There is a nice deck out back to take in the beautiful views and nature. You’ll love the master bedroom with a spacious walk-in closet, master bath  and whirlpool tub with seperate shower. This lovely home is located on a nature preserve with mature forest and a stream out your backdoor! Located at Heritage Lake, you have access to a 320 acre private lake with fishing and watersports only and hour from Carmel and less than an hour from Indiananpolis. Heritage Lake is a resort community also convenient to chicago and Cincinnati.

The Indiana Boat Sport & Travel Show is in Indianapolis this week. It is a great event to visit as we gear up for Spring in Indiana! Heritage Lake is the featured lake in the the premiere issue of Lake Living Indiana, a comprehensive guide to Indiana lakes and all things related to waterfront living and recreation on the water in our state.  Heritage Lake was chosen as the featured lake for several reasons including our great location near Indianapolis convenient to other locations including Carmel, Lafayette and even outside of the state like Chicago and Cincinnati. Also, Heritage Lake is totally private for property owners and their guests only. With 320 acres of water, 100 acres of parks and nature preserves (including lakefront property) and some of the best fishing around Indiana, Heritage Lake is certainly worth a visit! A new water complex/pool area is being installed for 2011 which will offer great fun for all ages! The price range of lakefront homes start at $174,900 up to $799,000 and offwater properties are in all price ranges. Even offwater homes and lots enjoy full use of the lake with boat slips and tie ups available on common areas for a yearly fee. Lakefront lots currently run $61,000 to $139,900 and off water are lots are very affordable, even for those interested in just using the lake for fishing and fun. There is a Heritage Lake full service campground for property owners only and that is a great option for offshore lot owners. Brouhard Realtors have sold Heritage Lake properties since 1987. We would love to show you around our lovely lake…soon the boat will be in and ready to go!

One of the worst winters in history is leaving Indiana, Chicago and Cincinnati residents with a big dose of spring fever! You might think summer homes and lake living might be the furthest thing from ones mind while being enclosed in a home encased in ice, but instead many minds are full of visions of their own lakehouse, complete with boating, swimming, fishing and gorgeous sunsets! Brouhard Realtors has been selling those waterfront dreams at Heritage Lake during this horrendous winter! Think of the fun ahead as you launch your boat for the first time! Sipping that drink lakeside with the sunset in view, reflecting on the water. In 2011, we’ve already pended and/or sold 3 lakefront homes at Heritage Lake. We have another offer working…this is THE time to buy that waterfront home you’ve been dreaming of, not only is the purchase a bona fide financial investment, it’s an investment in your family. Now is the time to make dreams you will cherish always, priceless memories and you won’t have to travel far so no hassles at the airport or long drives in the car with “are we there yet” ringing in your ears! Darrel and Teresa Brouhard have specialized in Heritage Lake properties since 1987 and we’ll be your neighbors at the lake after you purchase. We so enjoy helping family dreams come true! Make 2011 your year to quit dreaming and enjoy lake living!