Name:   Lifer - Subject:   For Sale: Parker Creek Date:   7/21/2014 12:39:40 PM

IMHO restaurants have no bearing on 95% or better of folks decision when looking for a lake house.  After 40 years or so as an adult with lake houses I have never had any guests come for a stay and then inquire about restaurants.  As 25 of those years as a "weekend warrior" you couldn't have drug me or my guests to a restaurant while here on weekends.  Having known many, many folks who were shopping for a  lake house I never once heard one mention close restaurants as a consideration.  Shopping maybe, but not eateries.  It may be more important to someone looking to retire and live lakeside full time but probably not as much as a steep driveway even then as most retirees will be looking for the easy life, not a torrid trek up a hill to take a trash can to the street.  What everybody wants is year round water with a nice sloping lot to the water with lots of action but only at idle speed near their dock.  Once they realize that is not going to happen they will settle for steep slopes if it is built well and mechanical advantage can be used to lessen the impact on them.

Once you decide you are not going to be able to "bump up" at someone else's expense and put a reasonable price that allows the new owners to make the lot what they want I suspect you will sell.  Lets face reality, that is what your post said you want to do.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong.