$997K Luxury Home on Wooded Bluff Overlooking Lake Michigan

From elegant and stately mansions to modern, environmentally friendly abodes, southeastern Wisconsin is chock-full of one-of-a-kind homes for sale. Each week, Patch highlights one "Wow House" that caught our attention.

This week, it's a home on on the shores of Lake Michigan in Port Washington.

This custom-designed home on High Point Beach lane is located on a private wooded lot, and has nearly 200 feet for bluff footage that provide great views of Lake Michigan.

The 7,620-square-foot home has five bedrooms and 5-1/2 baths, and features stunning walls of windows, soaring ceilings, top-of-the-line finishes and unique design elements.

The open concept kitchen opens to the comfortable family room with fireplace, and easy access to the cozy three-season room.There is also a dramatic great room, and a master bedroom suite with a sitting room with a fireplace.

In addition, the home has versatile spaces on each level that can be used for offices, media room or other purposes.

Built in 2002, the home has an asking price of $997,500 and is being offered by Coldwell Banker's Residental Brokerage's Mequon office. It has been on the market since October, and the originally asking price was $1.1 million. In 2011, the home and land were assessed at $813,700.

To schedule a showing, contact brokers Carol Zolot or Jaime Hearst Druck at (414) 418-4700.

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