1563 South Portage Road
Franklin, Lake of Bays, P1H 2J3
$6,495,000
- 7 bedrooms
- 5 bathrooms
- 11 parking
- 3000-3500 sq ft
Listed 24 days ago · MLS® X13832120
About this home
Some places you visit. Others you arrive at. The moment you pass the stone columns & timber-frame entrance at 1563 South Portage Road, you feel it: this is a custom Lake of Bays Lake House built to be lived in, loved & remembered. Luxurious, never ostentatious.Morning begins with sunrise pouring through two storeys of floor-to-ceiling glass, lighting up a wide panoramic sweep of open water. Coffee in hand on the deck off your main-floor primary suite. The house is still quiet.By midday everyone is at the water. A gentle slope leads past perennial gardens to your hard-packed sandy shoreline, clean & weed-free underfoot, with a like-new single-slip boathouse. Mature trees wrap 1.33 acres in privacy that feels far greater than the frontage suggests. Thanks to the topography, sun lingers on the dock until after 7 p.m. in summer, so the last swim of the day is often the best one.As evening settles in, friends gather on the main level stone terrace, retractable screens down and the fireplace glowing. Later the stories move inside to the great room, where a commanding stone fireplace rises beneath soaring ceilings. A billiard game is under way, the children enjoy a movie on the retractable theatre screen in the walkout lower level family room and music flows through every room.With over 7,000 sq. ft., 7 bedrooms & 7 bathrooms, everyone has their place: a main-floor guest suite with ensuite, three spacious lower-level bedrooms where kids & cousins can spread out, plus a private two-bedroom retreat above the insulated oversized three-car garage. Heated floors, dual furnaces & A/C, a backup generator & fibre internet being installed make it as inviting in January as in July. Offered turnkey & fully furnished.Year-round municipal road access, under 10 minutes to Dwight, 15 to Huntsville & 10 to golf at Deerhurst and ClubLink's Mark O'Meara course. A rare South Portage offering, ready for your family's next chapter in Muskoka. This is one to feel in person.
Details
- Type
- Detached
- Style
- Contemporary
- Size
- 3000-3500 sq ft
- Lot
- 164 × 315 ft
- Basement
- Finished with Walk-Out
- Garage
- Attached
- Kitchens
- 1
- Property tax
- $16,056 (2026)
- Neighbourhood
- Franklin
- Municipality
- Lake of Bays
- Price per sq ft
- $1,998 (107% above detached houses in Franklin, $967)
Interior
- Bedrooms
- 7 above ground
- Bathrooms
- 1 × 4-piece (main), 1 × 3-piece (main), 1 × 2-piece (main), 1 × 4-piece (upper), 1 × 5-piece (lower)
- Rooms
- 27 above ground
- Family room or den
- Yes
- Fireplace
- Family Room, Living Room
- Features
- Air Exchanger, Auto Garage Door Remote, Bar Fridge, Central Vacuum, ERV/HRV, Generator - Full, Guest Accommodations, Primary Bedroom - Main Floor, Ventilation System, Water Heater Owned
Heating, cooling and services
- Heating
- Forced Air, Propane
- Air conditioning
- Central Air
- Water and sewer
- Septic
Building and exterior
- Style
- Contemporary
- Exterior
- Wood
- Roof
- Fibreglass Shingle
- Foundation
- Insulated Concrete Form
- Faces
- East
- Waterfront
- Direct
Parking
- Garage spaces
- 3
- Total parking
- 11
Lot
- Size
- 164 × 315 ft (irregular)
More
- Possession
- TBD
- Nearby
- Beach, Clear View, Lake Access, Level, Waterfront, Wooded/Treed
- Cross street
- North Portage
Rooms
| Room | Level | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Room | Main | 9.31 × 7.21 m (30'7" × 23'8") | |
| Dining Room | Main | 3.77 × 5.99 m (12'4" × 19'8") | |
| Kitchen | Main | 5.14 × 5.99 m (16'10" × 19'8") | |
| Pantry | Main | 1.39 × 1.7 m (4'7" × 5'7") | |
| Primary Bedroom | Main | 4.9 × 6.47 m (16'1" × 21'3") | |
| Bathroom | Main | 3.29 × 3.01 m (10'10" × 9'11") | 4 Pc Ensuite |
| Bedroom 2 | Main | 4.47 × 3.65 m (14'8" × 12') | |
| Bathroom | Main | 2.98 × 1.69 m (9'9" × 5'7") | 3 Pc Ensuite |
| Bathroom | Main | 2.34 × 1.24 m (7'8" × 4'1") | 2 Pc Bath |
| Laundry | Main | 3.77 × 5.2 m (12'4" × 17'1") | |
| Bedroom 3 | Upper | 4.45 × 3.68 m (14'7" × 12'1") | |
| Other | Upper | 4.69 × 2.3 m (15'5" × 7'7") | |
| Bathroom | Main | 3.04 × 2.3 m (10' × 7'7") | 4 Pc Bath |
| Bedroom 4 | Upper | 5.14 × 5.8 m (16'10" × 19') | |
| Utility Room | Ground | 4.71 × 5.14 m (15'5" × 16'10") | |
| Bedroom 5 | Ground | 3.62 × 4.55 m (11'11" × 14'11") | |
| Bathroom | Ground | 1.78 × 2.96 m (5'10" × 9'9") | 2 Pc Bath |
| Bathroom | Ground | 3.22 × 1.52 m (10'7" × 5') | 3 Pc Bath |
| Bedroom | Ground | 3.66 × 4.68 m (12' × 15'4") | |
| Bedroom | Ground | 2.22 × 1.51 m (7'3" × 4'11") | Walk-In Closet(s) |
| Recreation | Ground | 9.31 × 7.5 m (30'7" × 24'7") | |
| Utility Room | Ground | 2.26 × 3.07 m (7'5" × 10'1") | |
| Laundry | Ground | 3.42 × 1.98 m (11'3" × 6'6") | |
| Bathroom | Ground | 1.78 × 1.98 m (5'10" × 6'6") | 2 Pc Bath |
| Bedroom | Ground | 5.3 × 3.96 m (17'5" × 13') | |
| Bathroom | Ground | 1.74 × 2.53 m (5'9" × 8'4") | 3 Pc Ensuite |
| Recreation | Ground | 5.57 × 5.45 m (18'3" × 17'11") |
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The neighbourhood
Getting around Car-dependent
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Within a 10-minute walk: no grocery stores, 0 cafés and restaurants, 0 parks.
Who lives here postal area P1H
- Owners / renters
- 80% / 20%
- Median household income
- $82,000
- Average age
- 47
- Children under 15
- 13%
- Homes
- 78% detached, 1% high-rise
- Commute by transit
- 0%
- Population
- 18,099
Languages spoken most at home besides English: Gujarati 0.1%, German 0.1%, Punjabi (Panjabi) 0.1%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0.1%.
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