Lakewood Shores

[brougham]

I would like to hear the pro's and con's of living in the Lakewood Shores develoment as well as the Villages of Oscoda. I hope to reside in the Oscoda area in the future and would appreciate the insight of those there already...

[The guy who moved away]

Lakewood will give you some privacy and has the added pirk of security guards (last I checked).

Villages of Oscoda are nice, but you have to remember that they're refurbished base housing. So the buildings have seen a lot of use.

Either one is decent and about the same distance from town (Lakewood depends on how far into the property you're going to live.)

[Shirley Moore]

brougham wrote:

I would like to hear the pro's and con's of living in the Lakewood Shores develoment as well as the Villages of Oscoda. I hope to reside in the Oscoda area in the future and would appreciate the insight of those there already...

Hi. I live in Lakewood Shores. Its a great neighborhood to live in. Everyone takes pride in their homes and their yards, and the neighbors are fantastic, Its a quiet and respectful neighborhood. Besides this, there is a great park and boat launch to Cedar Lake, and the community building. The Villages of Oscoda homes are smaller, and for practically the same money. They also have rules and regulations on fences, pets, etc.

[brougham]

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it. One concern I have is that initially I may need to continue to work down below and would only be there part-time. So security and upkeep would something I would worry about, especially over the winter..

[Burbs Of Oscoda]

Security in Lakewood Shores isn't really security, they are just a bunch of thugs harassing kids and keeping non-card holding township residents off the "associations" properties. There is a mandatory $100 per year "association dues" whether you use the facilities or not. Other than that, Lakewood is a fairly nice and safe community check out any home for mold before you buy as Lakewood was built on a swamp.

The Villages of Oscoda as stated above are refurbished military housing, the association there has very restrictive rules and regulation most are duplexes and quadplexes, and the villages is being sold as a retirement community yet has no age restrictions on ownership.

Oscoda has just about every third house for sale so should be a buyers market but house prices continue to escalate.

There are more small communities in Oscoda, ou may wish to look in Hull Island area or Brewster Park.
AuSable Township is generally a quiet community and more reasonable home prices.

[OscodaDreamer]

I lived in Lakewood. Too isolated for me. Hull Island is quiet (only one way onto the island) and everything is in walking distance.