This video was recorded at a home located on the west side of Lake Carlos that is for sale. The lot has 200 feet of shoreline and the view across the lake from inside the home is outstanding. You can see Lake Le Homme Dieu in the distance. The home has five bedrooms (three on the main level, two in the lower level) and has approximately 3,083 finished square feet. There are five bathrooms and the tiled master bath shower ...
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12 lake homes with frontage at Lake Carlos have sold in 2014 (11 closed, 1 in escrow) in Alexandria's Multiple Listing Service, Greater Alexandria Area Association of REALTORS. The majority of the new home owners will be enjoying sunsets each evening. The west side enjoyed a higher average sale price of $585,000 compared to the average of the east side at $489,410. Without a $1,200,000 sale on the east side, the average would have been $347,293. Surprisingly, the 2 of ...
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Anyone that has spent time on Alexandria's Chain of Lakes knows that a favorite spot for people to congregate is the southeast corner of Lake Carlos. It's sandy and the water isn't very deep. On a hot day, there are trees that provide welcome shade. Often, it will look like a party has broken out. Earlier this week, I went out for a paddle on my SUP on Little Darling and along the south shoreline of Lake Carlos. I stopped ...
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After last night's storm, Alexandrians are being treated to a nice evening. A few minutes ago I was sitting lakeside enjoying today's Wall Street Journal and a glass of wine and decided to record the pleasantness. As you will see in the video, Lake Carlos is beckoning and I may have to visit the big lake via Stand Up Paddleboard. May is the keyword as sitting ten feet from Lake Darling shoreline with news and wine is tough to leave ...
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Early next week, a lake home located on the west side of Lake Carlos will be listed for sale with Counselor Realty in Alexandria's MLS. It has 197 feet of lake frontage and the home has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. There also is a 30' by 30' storage building. Get a sneak peak of it from the air in the video embedded below. If interested to learn more prior it hitting the market, contact me or Linda Akenson (we ...
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My partners, Linda and Tom Akenson, and I have a Lake Carlos lot listed for sale that is an above average sized lake lot (.78 acres) that has plentiful trees and 130 feet of lake frontage. It is on the east side of the lake at Keck's Point. The owner had previously planned to build but their plans changed so that is why it is for sale. Regarding plans, they were going to build a walk-out and will gladly share ...
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Tonight I paddled from Lake Darling to Lake Carlos and traveled along the south shore over to the fantastic (with an exclamation point) lakeshore of Three Havens Drive. It is where my family used to have a cottage during my college years and early post-college years and I miss it. Beautiful views north across the biggest lake of The Chain and sandy bottomed lakeshore where you can walk out quite a far distance before the depth is more than shoulder ...
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Passing by Blakes by the Lakes earlier this week on my Stand Up Paddleboard made me think about the history of this location at the south end of Lake Carlos. I have added an excerpt about Blakes by the Lakes from the book 'And Then Came Summer...Alexandria Remembered" by Peggy Schoellkopf and Jane Carey DeLay (if interested in buying this book, it is currently in stock at Cherry Street Books in downtown Alexandria. The rise and fall of the Blake ...
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Around 3:30 pm today I was at 7422 East Lake Carlos Drive on the east side of Lake Carlos. The reason for my visit was to show of the 128 feet of shoreline at this property and the privacy that it offers. In the video below you will see that behind the home the owners own a second lot that has a heated storage building nestled among the trees (package price of $450,000 for everything). It's the type of home ...
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