16 Jefferson Valley is a lakehouse on a 365 acre private lake only 30 miles from Indianapolis for under $200,000! Nestled among mature trees, peace and quiet is interrupted only by the sounds of nature, and here sits the cutest cottage. Look around into the backyard and see the chairs gathered in a circle around the firepit. There is a gently sloping walkway that has a keen footbridge and leads to the waterfront where you’ll find a very large dock with built in boat lift, sun deck for sunning and fishing. The interior of this contemporary cottage looks like a showplace! The darling interior has vaulted ceilings accented by a wood burning brick fireplace and a loft. There is also a large deck out back surrounded by trees. Follow the gentle walkway which borders the nature preserve over the quaint foot bridge to a big lakefront view and your large newer dock & lift!  This lakehouse will take you away to a private refuge on the water!

242 Lincoln Hills is a lot of home for the price! It enjoys access to Heritage Lake Indiana. The lakefront marina is just down the road with  seasonal boat slips for a fee. You can have your boat in the water and accessible while enjoying a nice home that is less expensive than a home on the waterfront. The Lincoln Hills Park is just a short a stroll away and has a lakeside beach, park & picnic areas & some more docking areas. Great living areas include a recreation room for lots of fun w/friends and family. It is completely remodeled with updates including new windows, 15 seer heat pump, 6″ exterior walls, fresh paint, tiled floors, new kitchen cabinets, appliances & more! This is a great home to enjoy all the Heritage Lake amenities-the next best thing to your own lakehouse!

This fabulous lakehouse is located at 296 Lincoln Hills and is on the main body of 320 acre Heritage Lake! Astounding views are enjoyed from multiple rooms inside the home and several outdoor areas as well.  The open concept floorplan has a combined kitchen, family room and dining area with hardwood flooring, a floor to ceiling brick fireplace and exits lakeside to the screened porch and deck with big waterfront views. You’ll love the roomy bedrooms and the cozy walk-out basement that exits to the lakeside patio-these are great areas to spread out the sleeping bags for a big weekend at the lake! This home is made for a great lakefront vacation home from Cincinnati, Chicago or Carmel, Indiana. It also works perfectly as a year ’round residence with it’s location only 24 miles west of Indianapolis. Your future lakefront dock with boat lift is ready for your boat, swimming and fishing! The home has a pleasant updated decor. The garage location is perfect for ease of storing fishing poles and water toys close to the lake!

Even many folks from Indiana don’t realize that waterfront options are so close to Indianapolis and an easy commute from Cincinatti, Chicago and Champaign Illinois. Lakehouses at Heritage Lake may be the perfect option for your summer home or year ’round living. Lakehomes listed for sale range from $129,900 to $789,000-everything from smaller cabin type homes to waterfront estates. There is something for everyone. Lakefront homes sites are listed for sale from $79,900 to $209,900 and vary from cove lots to main body waterfront lots. If you’ve been dreaming about a place on the water and thought it was unattainable, you might want to look into Heritage Lake. Heritage Lake has 320 acres of water for water skiing, tubing and some of the best fishing in Indiana. Complete the dream with the clubhouse, activity center, water complex, marina with gas pump, 3 beaches with parks and property owner events ranging from professional lakeside fireworks on 4th of July to evening lakeside concerts and children events at Christmas, Easter and Halloween!

                                                        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!

Not many lakehouses at Heritage Lake are of this caliber!  As you drive down the long private drive to 83 Mill Springs you realize you are on a point waterfront lot with mature trees and 380′ of shoreline! The views are unmatched and this lakefront home has a nice private feel as it is surrounded by beautiful trees! This peninsula has a wide swimming/fishing cove on each side and main body across the front shoreline. The home offers a spacious great room with a fireplace and two sitting areas to take in the large views of Heritage Lake. The wrap around deck is perfect to enjoy this lakehome with family and friends. The lakefront dock and lift are ready for you boat or to throw in a line and catch some of the large selection of fish species in this Indiana Lake! Brouhard Realtors has been selling properties and Heritage Lake for 25 years and considers it a privilege to show others this private lake hidden in west Central Indiana. The location of this lake is a convenient for a summer home from Indianapolios, Carmel, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Lousiville . Now is a great time to buy with interest rates at an all time low and the buyer’s market.

This lakefront home in central Indiana is on a gorgeous waterfront lot with sunset views and mature trees! A prime lot at Heritage Lake! The low maintenance brick exterior makes it great as a vacation home or year ’round residence. With 3 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath there is room for extra family or guests who will enjoy your lakehome retreat! The four season sunroom is surrounded by windows for ample lake views year ’round. Beatiful large kitchen is a great set up for entertaining family and friends. Spacious master suite on main. 3rd bedroom, loft, 2 other rooms plus full bath on upper level that is great for visitors. There is a large, relaxing deck and a large dock area to fish and swim. (a great fishing area at the lake). Come out and see this lake home today. Have possession for the rest of the hot weather and a beautiful fall!

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.