When prime waterfront property wasn’t an option, this clever couple built up so they could look out

When prime waterfront property wasn’t an option, this clever couple built up so they could look out

BY BETH HITCHCOCK

CALL IT A real estate light bulb moment. When Peter Mogl-Maclean and Paula Washington began looking for land on which to build a cottage in Nova Scotia in 2020, Peter realized many otherwise prime coastline views were blocked by hills or trees. “I said to Paula, ‘There’s a lot of undervalued real estate if we recognize that our first floor should be 30 feet in the air,’ ” he says, with a laugh. The joke soon evolved into an exploration of, “What if?” After a year-long search, the couple found a narrow, 15-acre property that fit their budget near Broad Cove, a small community about 45 minutes south of Lunenburg. The land was littered with blown-down trees, but Peter and Paula could see the property’s potential. To know for sure, they…

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