On the Shores of Burton

On the Shores of Burton, Your Paradise Awaits

By John Shivers

Nestled in the hills around Lake Burton and mere minutes away from the well-known Waterfall Country Club on Highway 76 west of Clayton, the home at 81 Pepe Road offers many opportunities for yearround living. With four bedrooms and four full baths, the potential for both family and guests to enjoy the lifestyle that Rabun County lake living delivers is fantastic.

Throughout this lakefront cottage, white tongue and groove walls and ceilings, pine flooring and exposed rafters provide a backdrop for casual comfortably formal living inside. An abundance of glass strategically placed throughout the 2,020± square foot, two-level rustic lodgelike home marries beautiful ridgeline mountain views and stunning lake vistas into a relationship meant to last a lifetime.

The biggest conundrum you’ll face when you’re “in residence” will be whether you want to enjoy life indoors or outside. With an .87± acre lot easily accessible to Clayton only ten to twelve minutes away, you can vegetate or get out and about when you live here. It promises to be a hard choice. Do you relax in one of the rocking chairs on the open, spacious outdoor decks, in one of the comfortable chairs inside the screened porch, or on the covered patio areas on the lower level?

Or do you venture farther out and enjoy a blaze in the lakeside flat yard and the fire pit that expands the living potential? Or perhaps the siren call of the lake will be stronger than you can resist. The two-stall boathouse is there to allow for swimming and simply kicking back on the covered porch. This home offers so many opportunities for living life to the max, it’s like a no-brainer. All that’s lacking is the name of a new discerning buyer on the deed! It truly is a win-win situation.

And what’s inside is as varied, comfortable, and beautiful as the outside. The great room offers a generous seating area around a stone fireplace with a wall of sliding glass doors showcasing the lake view. Vaulted ceilings and oversize beams lend an air of cozy, but rustic elegance to the entire space. Custom bookcases are the cherry on the sundae.

In the oversize adjacent kitchen, a hammered copper farmhouse sink, and concrete countertops stained to mimic wood-tones, a stone backsplash, and top of the line stainless appliances make this a virtual paradise for the resident chefs. Only steps away, a dining area that can comfortably seat six or eight for breakfast or Christmas dinner expands the home’s flexibility. French doors that lead to a screened dining porch overlooking the lake allow the homeowner to feed the masses.

A spacious walk-through wet bar with a copper sink, under counter refrigerator and wine storage is easily accessible from both the kitchen and great room. The entire floor plan is geared to convenience and double duty. Toward that end, a main floor guest bedroom, full bath, and a generous size laundry room right off the kitchen save many steps each day for the homeowners. The main level owner’s suite includes a private bath with slate tiled shower and a private lakeside screened porch. The lower level includes a bunk area with full bath and a guest bedroom with access to a full bath. Each space features sliding doors that lead out to covered porches and a lakeside deck.

Check out GAMLS #20048230, and picture yourself in this fantastic home right on the shores of Lake Burton. Contact agent Julie Barnett at Harry Norman, REALTORS® Luxury Lake and Mountain at 404-697-3860 or at the office, 706212-0228.