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NHN Floathouse Thorne Bay, AK 99919
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Key Details
Sold Price $109,000
Property Type Single Family Home
Listing Status Sold
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 1,500 sqft
Price per Sqft $72
MLS Listing ID 24-12094
Bedrooms 3
Full Baths 1
Three Quarter Bath 1
Year Built 1985
Property Description
Nothing is quite as charming, or as much fun, as living or holidaying in a floathouse! There is a ton of value here with a 3BD, 1BA floathouse, a bunkhouse that sleeps 4, a fish cleaning station & a spacious shed/ workroom. In a protected bay, a 10 boat ride from Thorne Bay, this is a peaceful & delightful place to spend time. Forget waterfront, live on the water! Boat available for purchase too. Let's take a tour! Park your boat at the front of the float and enter into the floathouse through glass doors. You enter into a bright & cheerful living room & kitchen heated by a propane fireplace. On this lower level is a bathroom with a shower & instant hot water, as well as a new addition with a storage/work room and a bedroom. Head upstairs to two more bedrooms, open in plan, but with a privacy wall.
Outside is a bunkhouse, a cute building with a central room with a propane space heater, a storage room at the back and a narrow bedroom on each side with 2 single beds in each. It needs a few finishing touches but is comfortable, fun and functional.
Next is the shed, a roomy building with 3 rooms. It houses a propane generator & batteries, a laundry with a freezer, and workroom.
Floathouses do require some maintenance and this one has been well cared for. Extra floatation in welded PVC pipes and new bags have been recently added to the float, the seller is a diver and took great care of the float, both above and below the water. He said it is well anchored with blue steel rope to shore, with eyelets drilled into nearby rock.
No real property comes with the floathouse, you are buying the float and the buildings on it only by bill of sale. The floathouse is permitted through the Forest Service, and the current permit has been paid up to 2027. You pay in 5 yearly increments, and it's $1,000 a year.
The property comes turn-key, with everything that you need to move in as well as some handy extras like Dewalt tools. Water is fed to the float from a nearby spring.
The boat is available for purchase for an extra $30,000 to the buyer of the property. It's a 2014 Motion Marine. The outboard is 225hp, a 2020-21 model with only 500 hours. It comes with a kicker. The boat is roomy and in great condition, the outboard alone costs around 20K, so this is a fantastic deal!
If you have some practical & boat skills, you will love this adorable setup! Live like they did in the old days, between logging camps. Life is charming here, simple, quiet & delightful.
Location
State AK
Area 570 - Prince Of Wales - Outer Ketchikan - All
Zoning UNZ - Not Zoned
Interior
Heating Propane
Exterior
Parking Features None
Waterfront Description Bay/Harbor,Island,Oceanfront
Building
Foundation None
New Construction No
Schools
Elementary Schools Thorne Bay
Middle Schools Thorne Bay
High Schools Thorne Bay
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