64 Bright Passage Road-McHenry MD-Walk to Slopes. Just steps from the slopes with a vast lake & mountain view, this 3-level townhome has been updated and shows great!
Wood walls and a wood burning fireplace in the living room create a warm ambiance for those snowy nights.
Three balconies (two with lake views) and a rear deck with hot tub provide plenty of outdoor space. Third bedroom is open and doubles as family room. Established vacation rental.
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.
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.
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Deep Creek Dunk 2014-Wisp. Mother Nature is granting us a much deserved reprieve from the snow over the next few days, which will make for a warm and comfortable (for the spectators, that is:-)) Deep Creek Dunk this Saturday. Temps are estimated to be in the mid-40’s. Shed those layers; here comes the heat wave!
Many kind-hearted folks commit to raise money and “do the dunk” each year and our manager, Bob Carney, is one of them. We will be there to cheer him on as well as many other friends that will be dunking this year. The pre-party begins at the Honi-Honi at noon and the after party flows to the The Black Bear Tavern in McHenry with the ever-so entertaining band the Davisson Brothers from 5:00-8:00.
In other news at DCL, Wisp has been constructing a Yurt Village over the last few months consisting of eight yurt structures. The new area will be used as the beginner ski & snowboard area in the winter and in the summer they will be used for golf operations, dining outlet and group meeting space. Wisp opened there new retail store, Outdoor Elements, this season with locations at the base lodge and in the White Water Lodge atop Wisp Mountain.
There is also a new Italian deli, Telli’s Deli, coming to the area in The Fort plaza right beside Deep Creek Sweets. I haven’t seen a menu yet but it’s always nice to have another dining option. And, if you haven’t tried Ace’s Run located at Will ‘O the Wisp then give it a try. They have a unique menu – from shepherd’s pie to angus beef burgers.
There have been some price adjustments on some properties here at the lake: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=56137737641. We can expect that inventory will pick up over the next few months as we head into spring/summer. There are always some vacation rental specials in March, April & May and it’s typically easier to get into properties for sale since the rentals are not back-to-back. Let us know if a trip to Deep Creek is in your forecast. Enjoy the rest of your week!
Weekly updates by Betsy Spiker Holcomb of Taylor-Made Vacations and Sales, Deep Creek Lake. We hope you are well rejuvenated from a long, holiday break! The slope conditions were great over the last few weeks and those who spent their time off here took advantage. Some big news from our household – Griffin will become a big brother in mid-June and he started walking between Christmas & New Year’s. The timing couldn’t have been better. His first major steps were taken at my in-laws home while the whole family cheered with excitement. To see him walk across the living room was magnificent!
Wishing You and Your Family a Healthy and Prosperous 2014! The Holcomb’s – Bob, Betsy, Brendon, Peyton & Griffin
The arctic temperatures are here and will continue to decline sending us into a deep freeze over the next 24-48 hours. The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Warning for Garrett County and schools have already been canceled for tomorrow. From the NWS web alert – as low as 50 below due to temperatures around 20 below tonight, and winds west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Impacts: frost bite and hypothermia are a certainty if precautions are not taken. Icy surfaces will lead to poor driving conditions. Additional information can be found on their site and here is another good website locals use for weather http://www.garrettcollege.edu/weather/ (scroll down and click on Forecast, Garrett County, MD).
Some other important things to remember during winter advisories are your pipes and the possibility of power outages. If your home has been winterized and the pipes have been drained then I would think you have not much to worry about, but if your home has not been winterized and you are struck with a power outage it may not be a bad idea to have things checked out. To check for outages visit http://outages.firstenergycorp.com/mdwv_.html. We are all keeping our fingers crossed that no one loses power! On a brighter note, the high on Wednesday is 21°, Thursday is 33° and Friday is 42°. Just in time for the weekend!
News from Wisp Resort… The First Tracks Program has begun with chairlift 2 or 3 opening at 8AM on Saturday’s for season pass holders and multi-day ticket holders. This is a great way to get all the fresh powder and corduroy before everyone else! Also, Stage Wisp Concert Series begins this Wednesday and continues every Wednesday to February 26th. These are free concerts held in Wispers Bar from 6:30-9:00 with performers like the ever-popular Davisson Brothers Band, Shawn Owen and The Terah Crawford Band.
There is a descent supply of ski-in/out homes & townhomes available for sale: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=55509685475. If you would like further information on any of these properties or would like to schedule a time to preview any of them just give us a call (Betsy’s cell: 301.616.5022).
Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
Pietro Aretino
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Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Deep Creek Dunk-MLS Stats. Six inches of snow fell yesterday to add to our well-established base on Wisp Mountain. Watching the Sochi Olympics encourages me to take advantage of the fresh powder, although you will not see me trying any 720’s! Many folks have commented how beautiful Swallow Falls is this time of year. In a normal winter season we would have made several trips to the falls but taking a 1-year old on the snowy walking trails has limited us a little. All well worth it!
There’s plenty of time to register for the 16th Annual Deep Creek Dunk to benefit Maryland Special Olympics. The event takes place on Saturday, February 22nd at the Honi-Honi. Registration begins at 12:00 and the dunk begins at 2:00. The amount of registrants is so great that they send the dunkers in the water by groups. As a bystander, the entertainment is plentiful as it typically takes about an hour for all of the dunkers to make their way in and out of the frigid waters of Deep Creek Lake. Costumes range from trunks, bikinis, rock stars, cartoon characters and everything in between! Parking can get tight so you may want to arrive a little early and enjoy the outdoor music and pep rally that takes place beforehand. More details.
Below is a link to the January statistics from our Multiple List Service, used by all local real estate companies. Active listings are down but you will see that start to increase in the spring/early summer as sellers prepare for the summer selling season. Remember, this is just January statistics rather than a whole year.
We wish you the happiest Valentine’s Day and hope to see you at the lake!
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Deep Creek Dunk-January MLS Stats. Fluffy powder lined the deck of our home this morning with steady snow dumping throughout the night and into the morning tapering off around noon. Wisp Resort had perfect conditions today as the snow making guns were turned off and shin-high powder was on with light crowds. 14 trails are open along with the tubing park and snow making operations are marching ahead to ensure that the mountain will be completely open by the Christmas Holidays. I hope you have your lodging booked in anticipation of enjoying some fresh powder or perfectly groomed corduroy for the 2013/2014 winter sports season. It’s time to get here and release all that pent-up adrenaline!
Gorgeous corduroy! Griffin’s encounter with Santa, not impressed but tolerable!
Attached you will find a Market Minute Report for November 2013 showing you how our market compares to last year at this time. Our median sales price is up, our current pending contracts is up and our days on the market is down. The following homes have had price drops in the last 30 days: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=55357498164. There are quite a few good buys out there.
If you haven’t made plans for how you will be spending your New Year’s Eve, you may want to check out these two options (courtesy of deepcreektimes.com). Honi-Honi is also having live entertainment with a complimentary champagne toast.
New Year’s Eve Event
Ag Heritage Hall Garrett County Fairgrounds
Come celebrate New Years Eve with the Fabulous Hubcaps at the Ag Heritage Hall located at the Garrett County Fairgrounds. $80/Single $150/Couple $560/Table of 8. Meal, entertainment, and champagne toast included. Cash bar available. Visit our web site or find us on Facebook for more information.
New Year’s Eve Celebration & Fur Ball Casino
Dutch’s at Silver Tree, 7pm to 1 am
$150 (includes tip and tax)
Cocktail Hour/Open Bar, Filet & Crab Cake Dinner. Dance to the fabulous sounds of the Bobby Nicholas Band! Champagne Toast at Midnight. Complimentary Casino Chips for HART’s Casino. Silent Auction. A portion of the proceeds benefit the HART for Animals Center fund!
Be safe in your holiday travels and call on us if we can be of any help in the mountains of Deep Creek Lake!
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Well Wishes-Weekend Events. Wishing you and yours all the Special Blessings of this Glorious Season! Below: Griffin and his girlfriendJ Braylynn (our manager’s granddaughter) in awe of the falling leaves. These two charmers are 8 days apart and about to celebrate their 1st birthday. They also made the back cover of Long & Foster’s Vacation Rental Guide, following this shoot. Photo by Bob Carney.
Hurry and craft your gift giving list, and bring it to this year’s Festival of Trees held November 29th and 30th from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm at the Garrett County Fairgrounds. Meander through beautifully and artfully decorated trees and be sure and take part in all the events and offerings:
If you already planned to take the worry out of all the Thanksgiving Day meal preparation by ordering your Thanksgiving Dinner from Wisp just remember to pick up your own utensils.
Also, this weekend is the opening of Wisp’s new retail store “Outdoor Elements”. With over 3,000 sq. ft. of retail space, Outdoor Elements will offer technical and leisure outerwear, hard goods including skiing and snowboarding equipment, logo wear and souvenirs year-round. Details for the Grand Opening:
Have a wonderful holiday! See you at the lake!
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Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Winter-Veterans Day-Real Estate . There are very few things we can predict in life and weather would certainly be one of those! Our temperatures here have been rising and plummeting from day to day, which is pretty typical for this time of year. I know many of us would just as well have snow so that we can enjoy its beauty but we will have to patiently wait for Mother Nature to run its course and bless us with such. If you haven’t done so already, now is a good time to secure your season pass at Wisp Resort. You will not want to wait in line to get it once the slopes open!
As we transition towards winter, remember that docks have to be out of the water by December 1st and can be returned to the water no earlier than April 1st. They like to make sure all objects are out of the water before the lake freezes. Our snowmobiles are begging for a frozen lake this year! The last few winters, the temperatures haven’t been consistently cold enough for the lake to freeze to the point where I’m comfortable riding the water. We saw a few brave enthusiasts out there last year but we were not one of them!
Griffin enjoyed his first office Halloween party, especially due to the fact that Mommy allowed him to taste a few of the homemade dishes. I’m not sure he was digging the costume, however! I’ll have to do a better job shopping for one next year.
Event wise, we are kind of in a lull but there will be some upcoming winter events over the next month that we’ll be sure to tell you about. There is, however, a Veteran’s Day Parade in Oakland at 10:00 on Monday, November 11th. This is something I wasn’t even aware but now that I am I’ll have to check it out for myself. What a great way to honor those who’ve served our country!
The Betsy Spiker Holcomb Team’s featured listings for the week are a contemporary home in RedRunHeights, a waterfront home site on Stockslager Road and a Lincoln Lodge on Mayhew Inn Road:
http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1032448.html
http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-996596.html
http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1464279.html
These are the last 15 sales to take place at Deep Creek/Garrett County and you will see that the sales prices are getting closer to the asking prices: http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=54937273874. Remember that we have an auto email service that we provide that will email you listings within your specific search criteria as soon as they hit the market. If you are not already setup on this service and would like to be please let us know.
A thought from Napoleon Hill for your weekend…Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
44 Glendaloch Lane-Immaculate Contemporary Lakeside Home. Hidden off of Deep Creek Drive, where many don’t even know it exists, is 44 Glendaloch Lane. Waiting for a new family to discover the memories just a stone’s throw away from Deep Creek Lake, this immaculate, contemporary home offers five bedrooms and three and half bathrooms for large families or entertaining lots of guests!
Two waterside decks offer great views of the lake. With 50’ of waterfront property and a Type A dock, you can have your choice of two power and one non-power boat right off your own backyard. A walkout finished basement provides a spacious bottom level family room with plenty of room for gaming, watching movies, or just relaxing with friends and family. A hot tub located on the bottom deck is a great place to enjoy the stillness of the night over the lake.
The main level of the house has a beautiful stone fireplace in a second living room that offers a view of the lake. Connected to the living room are the dining room and kitchen giving the entire main level an open floor plan. The dark wood floors complement the cherry finish of the kitchen cabinetry, tying together the area with a simple flow that is calming and welcoming.
While the community part of the house offers spacious living area and room for everyone to gather together, the five bedrooms each provide a quiet retreat that embraces the people who dwell in this lakeside residence when they are ready for a little peace and quiet from the rush of the day.
View the full tour of this Deep Creek Lake Home at http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-1304261.html.
Greetings from Deep Creek Lake-Update-DockDogs. DockDogs was a success over the weekend with super hero canines competing in long/high jump competitions that really were exciting and entertaining. The crowds fell in love with these Olympian dawgz who were fired up about showing their skills and had their owners sweating trying to take home 1st place. Check out more details.
“I believe I can fly…”
Michael Jordan eat your heart out!
Tomorrow, July 3rd, starts the popular Stage Wisp Concert Series with music by The Steve Hussey Band starting at 6pm and wrapping up at 8:30pm. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, kids, dogs and come relax on the bunny slope at Wisp Resort. This is really a nice chill event that has a cult following by locals and some out-of-towners. If you are here with us, don’t miss it. For the Wednesday night line-up of bands visit www.wispresort.com.
July 4th On the Mountain is a few days away!!! I always get the Marshall Tucker song “Fire On the Mountain” in my head during the week of July 4th. I can tell you that the excitement and anticipation comes to a peak for Garrett County for this famous event here at the lake. Find a vantage point from the lake on a boat, on the ski slopes, on highway 219, or any place with a view of the Adventure Park at Wisp. The start time for the event is at dusk on July 4th with a rain date of July 5th.
Our featured listing this week is this 4-bedroom lakefront home that has deep water and a dock! The kitchen has been recently remodeled with new appliances & granite counters. New tile flooring and painting was done in many rooms of the home. Take a tour of this great home, which is also an established rental: http://vt.realbiz360.com/Listing-729777.html.
Look at the sold properties in the last 30 days. Woo-hoo…things are getting hot! http://mrislistings.mris.com/DE.asp?ID=53174861925
Interest rates are going up and supply is going down=time to buy!!! Let me know if I can help you find your secondary or primary home here at the lake.
Check out our photo gallery as motivation and inspiration for things you have not experienced here at the lake.
Have a fun and safe holiday weekend!!
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