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172 Swamp Knox Lane, McHenry, MD

172 Swamp Knox Lane, McHenry, MD

 

Conveniently located to McHenry and Deep Creek Lake, this home offers easy, one-level living with a large living/family room that opens to the kitchen & dining area.  Full basement with even more space for expansion if desired.

172 Swamp Knox Lane, McHenry, MD 172 Swamp Knox Lane, McHenry, MD

Renovated in 2013 with new everything – appliances, flooring, vanities, lighting and paint. Full basement with a finished bonus room, large outbuilding, great yard, front patio and 2 entrances, all off of a private, no-thru street.

172 Swamp Knox Lane, McHenry, MD 172 Swamp Knox Lane, McHenry, MD

 

Unit 302-B-Will O’ The Wisp

Betsy Holcomb

Unit 302-B-Will O’ The Wisp. The place to be is Unit 302B at Will O’ The Wisp! This one bedroom, one bathroom condo is lakefront living at its best for under $200,000. Furnished and move in ready, this condo has never been rented!

Unit 302-B-Will O' The Wisp

Completely renovated, with fireplaces in the living/dining room area and the bedroom, this condo is located at pool level. There are two sliding glass doors that lead you to a private lakeside balcony where you can enjoy water views and mountain air. You also have private beach and lake access!

Unit 302-B-Will O' The Wisp

Located right on Route 219, access to many of Deep Creek Lake’s most popular activities and restaurants are within minutes drive.

Unit 302-B-Will O' The Wisp

Covered parking garage, community laundry room, exercise room, hot tub, pool, sauna, on-site restaurant and boat docks are amenities you enjoy as owner of this unit at Will O’ The Wisp.

Unit 302-B-Will O' The Wisp

Follow this link to view the full tour of this listing, http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1304216.html.

4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

 

4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views. Gorgeous mountain views surround this log home at 4076 Blooming Rose Road. This immaculate home has special finishing touches such as a Waterford woodstove and a stained glass living room light fixture. Beautiful wood is used throughout the house-pine logs, birch floors, oak staircase, pine ceilings, and a hickory fireplace.

4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

 

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The open floor plan on the main level includes the kitchen, dining room, and living room which provide a welcome feeling when you walk in the front door. You are encompassed by the homey sensation of the wood and natural light and feel immediately right at home.

 4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

Three bedrooms and three bathrooms make this home a comfortable living space for a family or allows for out-of-town guests. The master bathroom has an old fashioned claw foot tub to help soak the stresses of the day away.

 4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

The front covered porch is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the view surrounding the home on all sides.

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A 24’x48’ barn is included with this property that allows for plenty of storage space close at hand.

4076 Blooming Rose Road-Gorgeous Mountain Views

Follow this link to view the full tour of this listing http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1381135.html

620 Clark Lohr Road, Swanton, MD

 

 

Betsy Holcomb

 

 

620 Clark Lohr Road, Swanton, MD

You can almost smell the salt off the ocean as you walk into this tropical paradise. You don’t have to travel to the coast to get the feel of island bliss in this home. The exterior of this three bedroom, two bathroom home graces a quiet cove of DeepCreekLake on Clark Lohr Road with elegance and style. Four decks provide plenty of room for entertaining guests and the outdoor grilling kitchen adds a place where the breeze takes away the heat from cooking on those hot summer nights.

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Beautiful wood ceilings cover portions of the decks creating more beauty than the nature surrounding the home already does. Two hot tubs offer relaxation from the stresses of daily life. With 140’ of waterfront associated with this property, it has a Type A dock permit which accommodates two power boats and one non-power boat.

620 Clark Lohr Road, Swanton, MD

Once inside, you are greeted by cathedral ceilings and a spiral staircase that add charm and character to the design of this 2000+ sq ft home. An eat-in bar in the kitchen provides quick serving and clean up. Surrounded by oak cabinets, the built in appliances present a sleek, upscale look. Throughout the rest of the house you will find treasures like the loft giving the kids a perfect hideaway or providing extra sleeping space for your guests. Specialty glass ensures you get the best view of the sun over the lake at any time of the day. And not to be forgotten is the large bar off the lower level family room which contributes to the island feel and provides extra seating for those large parties!

620 Clark Lohr Road, Swanton, MD620 Clark Lohr Road, Swanton, MD

See the visual tour of this unique treasure at Deep Creek Lake http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1403672.html.

58 TIMBERLOFT LN 10- OAKLAND, MD

58 TIMBERLOFT LN 10- OAKLAND, MD

58 TIMBERLOFT LN 10- OAKLAND, MD

Water Views with a Dock Slip at Timberloft! This single-family detached condo is centrally located near the state park, cinema, restaurant/pub, grocery and shopping. Within a few hundred feet you will be enjoying Deep Creek Lake from your very own deeded dock slip. The deck off the dining room/kitchen and the lower level covered patio are great for grilling out. Established rental.

 

Directions: 
Rt.219/Garrett Highway South to Glendale Road on the left. Follow approximately 1 mile to Timberloft on the right. First unit on the right.

Check out the visual tour: http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1238073.html

Call Betsy Spiker Holcomb for more details at 301-616-5022.

Check out our website:http://deepcreeklakeproperty.com/

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1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight. Here you go folks! Everyone is always looking for an established investment property! Well, HERE YOU ARE ——————————–>

Let me touch on the basics… Just reduced $50K to $1,145,000…Ski-in/ski-out on a prime location on the tippy top of Wisp Mountain… Indoor pool… Hot tub… Massive game room downstairs… Huge mudroom with lockers… Western exposure=SUNSETS from the hot tub and pool… a few hundred feet from the recirculating whitewater course to maximize summer rentals… Chairlift just a few steps from the house for quick access to skiing and fun ride down to enjoy summer zip lining…People love this place and it continues to knock the rentals out of the park!!

 

Listing-http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=52766460585

Visual Tour-http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1018535.html

~$100K GROSS ANNUAL RENTAL INCOME

Look at the PROFORMA for yourself!

 

1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

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1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

 

 

Boulder Lodge sits atop Wisp Mountain with something for everyone. In just steps you can be on any level ski slope, or be enjoying the whitewater course. Built for rental, this home has 2 of every appliance. The lake is less than 2 miles away. And for rainy days, the family can take a dip in the indoor swimming pool or outdoor hot tub. This property defines ski-in/ski-out!

 

1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

1491 Wisp Mountain Road-Renters Delight

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-CARC-April Real Estate Stats

 

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-CARC-April Real Estate Stats. I hope you had a great Mother’s Day Weekend with your family. Betsy and I had an event-filled weekend. First off, Betsy had the opportunity to enjoy her first Mother’s Day being a mommy! She is and has been very excited since the birth of Griffin Rhea Holcomb and I can’t tell you how proud I am of the amazing mother she is. Also, my sister and her husband came up from Virginia Beach this weekend to witness the baptism of our 5 ½ month old Griffin and to become lifelong sponsors/Godparents for him.

Although they had a quick visit, we did find time to go for a hike at Swallow Falls and take a few memorable photos. My sister and her husband had a blast witnessing the raging YoughioghenyRiver, which is pretty common in the spring here in GarrettCounty.

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-CARC-April Real Estate Stats

 Little Griffin had his second swim lesson here at the new Garrett College Community Aquatic and Recreation Complex (CARC). Please check out their website and get familiar with just one more family amenity here at the lake.

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-CARC-April Real Estate Stats

 The first ever Paddlin’ for PAWS went off without a snafu even though the weather was not perfect. Luckily, on race day Saturday morning the winds were down and the rain had cracked to a trickle. Stand Up Paddle Annapolis, who is a group from Annapolis, showed up with a huge group of people and some of the most cutting-edge equipment to lead the race with experience and class. Please take a moment and read about this wonderful event and see some photos I captured during the 6-mile race.

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-CARC-April Real Estate Stats

 On the real estate front, you can see from our April MLS statistics that our closed/sold & pending/under contract sales are up and our inventory is down, all of which point to a recovering market.  But don’t feel like you’ve missed the boat if you are still searching for a vacation home because prices haven’t begun to climb yet.  We are hearing how quickly properties are moving in the DC/Balt/N.VA areas.  This activity will ultimately work its way west but there are still some great bargains on all sorts of water-oriented, slope-oriented and other Deep Creek Lake vicinity homes & homesites.

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-CARC-April Real Estate Stats

 The Spiker Team’s featured listing of the week is a beautiful French country home on 14 acres on the outskirts of DeepCreekLake within ~7 minutes to the DCLState Park.  Three levels, large rear deck, wonderful mountain views, 2-car attached garage, 3 family rooms and the list goes on.  Here is a link the visual tour: http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1075650.html.

Enjoy your week and call on us anytime we can be of help in Deep Creek!

 

 

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

 

 

 

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate. Spring is slowly springing! I know our East Coast folks have already experienced the wonderful spring bloom so this is old news to you, but here at the lake we are trickling into that special season where the world is reborn! Foggy Tuesday morning has a layer of cool mountain mist settling over the ramps and mint that are trying to squeak their way toward maturity. If you have never eaten or even heard of ramps I would read through these articles I wrote a few years back laying out ramp basics and more importantly how to cook them.

 

What is a ramp?

 

Best ramp recipe?

 

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Delicious mint sprouting…

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

 

Ramps starting to show themselves…

 Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

Next big ticket item that you may or may not have heard of is the elusive morel mushroom that looks hideous but tastes delicious! Hunters are walking the woods as we speak trying to get a “mess” of these desirable honeycomb fungi. I would suggest if you get your hands on these jewels that you try dredging them in flour and frying in butter. I’m from the south so I usually suggest frying, uh… well… everything, in peanut oil of course which is much healthier. Some interesting nicknames…dryland fish, sponge mushrooms, merkels, or my favorite, hickory chickens.

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

 

 

 

 

Here’s a look this morning at the cherry trees starting to flex out of their shells just off our porch overlooking the lake.

Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

 Greeting from DCL-Ramps,Mushrooms-Spring bloom-Real Estate

Here are the properties that have sold over the last 30 days.  Quite a bit of turnover which is a good sign for the months to come.  http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=52126367876.

 

Check out this home on the river in Friendsville with massive potential for kayakers, fishermen, or anyone that loves river life! http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1270382.html

 

Enjoy your week and call/email me if you’d like for me to send you a new custom search of properties available that meet your criteria.  240.321.5335, Bob.Holcomb@LNF.com, www.DeepCreekLakeProperty.com

Greeting from Deep Creek Lake-Rollar Coaster-Spring Fishing

Greetings from Deep Creek Lake

Greeting from Deep Creek Lake-Rollar Coaster-Spring Fishing. The country is reeling in confusion from the crazy spikes in heat and plunging temps over the last month of spring.  It was close to 80 last week and we had snow flurries on Saturday. The daffodils have already peaked, getting us pumped for a warm-up here at the lake.  It looks like we will be in the mid 50’s next week with a warm up to the lower 60’s next weekend!

I am such a big fan of certain restaurants here at the lake. Brenda’s Pizzeria is one that I have a warm place in my heart for. This pizzeria cooks up authentic New York pizza pies with deep roots from the neighborhood in and surrounding the Bronx. I just stumbled onto a new product (via their Facebook) they are offering that may be an option during a visit here when you get in a pinch. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into one of these delicious to-go pizzas!

Quote from their page…“Have you ever got all the way home after a great vacation at Deep Creek Lake and thought, “Man, I wish I had a Brenda’s Pizza right now!” Well, you can! Grab a Take & Bake before you leave! Having Brenda’s at home is easy as pie! You can choose from any of our 16″ specialty pizzas or build your own! Yummmmm!!!

Greeting from Deep Creek Lake-Rollar Coaster-Spring Fishing

 

 

The temperatures may fluctuate a bit but the fishing bite is on at the moment. Fishing boats have been buzzing around throughout the day trying to source the best fishing hole for the spring time catch. For the most thorough, comprehensive, real time information, there is no better source than Fishing Deep Creek Lake.

Greeting from Deep Creek Lake-Rollar Coaster-Spring Fishing

Here are the properties that have closed in the last 30 days: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=51974205173.

 

Check out this nostalgic lakefront home in the Southern lake Hazelhurst area with a nice, level yard. Great skiing cove with much less boat traffic than areas North. This 4-bedroom home has 75′ of lakefront, single dock slip, sunroom and good potential for renovation-http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-653667.html.

 

Take a little time to browse through our photo gallery and get pumped on all the activities that are available to you here at the lake!

Quote of the week- “People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you’re fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly.”  — Elizabeth Gilbert

 

Betsy Spiker Holcomb Nominated for Realtor of the Year!

Betsy Spiker Holcomb Nominated for Realtor of the Year!
Betsy Spiker Holcomb Nominated for Realtor of the Year!

Betsy Spiker Holcomb Nominated for Realtor of the Year!

 

This year has been fantastic for many, many reasons. My wife Betsy and I are expecting a little boy, due on New Years Eve of 2012. It’s hard to top that with anything else, but I can tell you that I am very proud of my wonderful wife,Betsy SpikerHolcomb, for being nominated for the State of Maryland’s Realtor of the Year award.

 

Betsy has learned a lot growing up with a Mom that has had her hands deeply submerged in the real estate business for over 35 years. That being said, Betsy has developed her own vast understanding of every specific part of this complex business, like a horologist who masterfully puts together thousands on tiny pieces to make something that runs with surgical precision. I can tell you, having been in this business less than five years, that it will take me many more years to become as knowledgeable about the intricate details that need to be understood to make clients feel secure spending large amounts of money on an investment here at Deep Creek Lake.

 

Betsy has served the Garrett County Board of REALTORS® (GCBR) in various capacities over the years, including secretary and director of their Board. “Her dedication and commitment in serving on the committee of Public Relations, Task Force, and Builder Liaisons have been instrumental in others becoming involved,” said a spokesperson of GCBR. Holcomb just finished a second term as the chair of the Realtors Action Committee and as a 3-year Director.

Betsy Spiker Holcomb Nominated for Realtor of the Year!

 

Real Estate is only a piece to a puzzle that led her to be dearly respected by her peers. She leads the county in her volunteer work and continually works selflessly as a leader in fund raising to acquire more modern equipment with the Garrett County Memorial Hospital Foundation board. She is also dedicated to the Hospital’s Board of Governors, the GCMH Life Savers Club, as a volunteer for Partners of Animal Welfare and Safety, and as a Garrett Lakes Arts Festival & Dancing Classrooms sponsor.

 

She is an 11th generation resident ofGarrettCounty, which is something you do not hear as much in the country anymore. She has “deep roots” here in the county and community and is respected by friends, family, colleagues, peers, and mostly by her husband. I am a bit partial to this wonderful woman, who’s a fantastic wife and soon to be the mother of our first child, but she posses a quality of well rounded perfection that makes this entire community proud of her nomination for Realtor of the Year!

Betsy Spiker Holcomb Nominated for Realtor of the Year!