East Crooked Lake Homes Brighton Michigan

There are no islands on East Crooked Lake like there is on West Crooked Lake.  There are a couple of homes on big lots of 7 acres and 39 acres on the lake.  The homes are on wells.  Most of the lake homes are on sewers but a few are on septic systems.  Some of the homes on East Crooked lake are close together and others have lots as big as 180'.  Some sit close to the road with little parking so it depends where on the lake you are.

Most of the homes on the lake range from 700 to over 5200 square feet.  They were built from the 1922 to 2008.  So there is a wide variety of homes sizes, styles, and lot sizes.  There are ranches, colonials, bungalows, cape cods, raised ranches, and contemporary homes.  Many of the homes have basements.  The homes have one ot five bedrooms, and one to five bathrooms.  There are no condos on East Crooked Lake.

In early 2011 I looked at at couple of homes that were tear downs and they were asking about $150,000 for them.  Now with the skyrocketing prices they are worth much more than that.  Some homes have no garages because there is no space for a garage.  Others have up to a four car garage.  There is plenty of lake access homes near East Crooked Lake. 

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      I want to talk about one of the most asked questions when buying a lakefront home in Oakland County.  If you have not started your search you may not know this but many of our local lake real estate is what I call a mixed bag of lake homes.  You will find a beautiful lake colonial house built in 2000 next to a small ranch lake cottage that was built in 1920.  The colonial may be 3000 square foot and the ranch home may only be 800 square foot.  Some lake home buyers that are looking at the big colonial worry about the value because of the little ranch next door.  So their question is being next to the small, less impressive ranch hurt the value of the colonial.  No it does not affect the value.

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East Crooked Lake Brighton MI info

East Crooked Lake in Genoa Township MI is  public all sports lake that is 252 acres in size.   It is about 40 foot at the deepest spot. It is one of three lakes that are clustered close together.  So close that all you have to do is walk across the street to get to the other lakes.  The other two lakes are West Crooked Lake and Clifford Lake.  Clifford Lake has a dirt public access ramp which takes you through a narrow channel and out to the lake. There is no access to Clifford Lake from this lake. All the roads around the lake are paved.

The lakes water source is springs, two small streams, and it is also connected to West Crooked Lake.  The streets around the lake are paved.  Depending on where you live on the lake will determine which school system your children will go to.  There is both Brighton and Howell school system on the lake.

There is no restaurant on the lake, no marina, no public beach, and no state approved ski course on the lake.  There are a couple of short canals on the lake besides the canal that connects the two lakes. 

There is one wake restriction that I know of.  On the waters of the canals and channels connected to East (Big) Crooked lake, West (Little) Crooked lake, and Clifford (Round) lake, sections 21, 22, 27, and 28, T2N, R5E, Genoa township, Livingston county, it is unlawful for the operator of a vessel to exceed a slow-no wake speed.

In South eastern Michigan it does not affect the value at alll having a big house next to a small house.  Having a small, ranch home that looks like it’s from the 1940 does not lower the value of another bigger waterfront property.   It does not matter whether it is a West Bloomfield lake home or a White Lake waterfront house.  It just doesn’t lower the value.

I would divide lakefront homes in the Metro Detroit area in two distinctly different categories:

1.)    Subdivision lakes

2.)    Mixed bag lakes

What is mean by that is the type of homes on the lake.  What I call a mixed bag lake is a lake where you are going to find all styles and types of lake houses.  One house may be an old 800 square foot lake cottage from the 1920’s and next door is a big colonial home that is 3000 square foot built in 2000.  Next door to that is a 1500 bungalow built in the 1960’s.  On a mixed bag lake you will find homes of all ages, sizes, and styles.  An example of a mixed bag lake would be Maceday Lake in Waterford or Long Lake in Commerce.

A subdivision lake will be a lake that was usually built from the 1960’s on and has similar style homes.  For example you are most like going to find brick homes with attached garages.   These homes are not going to be exactly alike or look like row houses.  There still may be ranches, split level homes, and colonials but there are not going to be any little small lake cottages or unique homes.  Most of the homes in what I call a subdivision lake will be built in the same time period.  A couple of examples of subdivision lakes are.  A couple of examples of subdivision lakes is Heather Lake in Orion Michigan and Rush Lake Hamburg MI.

Some lakes around Metro Detroit have a section that is a subdivision style and another side that is a mixed bag homes.

Look through my website and you will find the information you need on whether it is a private, or public lake in Oakland and Livingston County.  If you can’t find the info you need give me a call at (248) 310-6239

I am looking for local Livingston County lake association information and websites so I can add the link to this website so internet surfers that are looking for the lake association can find it.  If you have information about a lake association or it's website you can email me at yesmyrealtor@gmail.com  Thanks for all your help

Are you thinking of selling your lakefront home?  If you are then you may want to spruce your waterfront home up.  Todays home buyers want that fixed up, move in ready home.  They want the freshly painted walls, the granite counter tops, the new carpet, the refinished hardwood floors, the updated kitchens and baths.   Todays lake home buyers do not want to see paneling, wall paper, or old cabinets.  Today's buyers prefer kitchens that have views of the lake, larger master bedrooms with views of the lake, and open layout homes.You may not be able to change your layout, or open your kitchen up to get a lake view but you may be able to take that old wall paper down.   You could paint, or update the carpet.  What you do should be compared to how much the sales price will increase.   You do not want to spend $30,000 updating the kitchen to get $20,000 back.  You do not want to spend $20,000 to finish the basement if you only get a $10,000 return.

East Crooked Lake Location

East Crooked Lake is located in Genoa Township Livingston County MI.   It is south of Crooked Lake Rd, east of Chilson, west of Dorr Rd, and north of Brighton Rd.

East Crooked Lake Fishing

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Other Genoa Township Lakes and Lake homes for sale

Baetcke Lake, Clifford Lake, West Crooked Lake, Pardee Lake, and Coon Lake

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