(#2 of 4 listings) Beautiful, Porter "County" Bi-level, Portage township, 17 & 1/2-acres, two fields, woods, trails, fishing area, creek & wild animals! Share w/Mastiff-Boxer, 2 declawed cats, aquariums, kitchen, living, dining, office, laundry, patios, basketball, picnic tables, bench, yard chairs, (Option: Tent Camping) fire pit & cooking supplies. Smoke/vape outside, not woods! No Hunting, alcohol kept to a minumum, no illegal drugs or marijuana! 20 min to South Shore Train, Cabs: Uber, Lyft Check in is 3:00pm to 9:30pm Must call by 9:00pm if you will be arriving after 9:00pm for self-check in details. Check out is 12:00pm Noon! This is room 2. Room 1 & 4, guest may bring pets,. Room 2 & 3, No Pets (Host dog: Loki lives in the common areas around these two rooms.) The house has Wifi. This room has a large College Refrigerator and a Samsung Smart TV with Amazon Prime. The property is private & secluded: Wooded trails, fishing area, w/wild animals! I share w/a Mastiff/Boxer: Loki, 2 de-clawed cats: Smokey and Sugar, and 4 aquariums. Guests can not bring pets in this #2 room because Host Dog resides in these main shared common areas. Shared, common areas include: kitchen, living, dining, family, laundry rooms, patios, picnic tables, bench, yard chairs & small-fire pit-w/required cooking supplies. Posted: No Trespassing, No Hunting signs around property & Beware of Dogs on 3 entrance doors of the home. Security deposit & lease applies to the month long or longer stays with no breakfast. Property is private, secluded and surrounded by trees and brush. This is room 2. Room 1 & 4 guest may bring pets,. Room 2 & 3 No Pets (Host dog: Loki lives in the common areas around these two room.) Wooded trails, fishing area, w/wild animals! I share w/a Bulldog/ Mastiff, 2 de-clawed cats, 4 aquariums. Shared, common areas: kitchen, living, dining, family rooms, laundry, patios, picnic tables, bench, yard chairs, sm-fire pit-w/required cooking supplies. Beach supplies may be borrowed, if returning before your stay ends. This is room 2. Room 1 & 4 guest may bring pets,. Room 2 & 3 No Pets nor service dogs for safety reasons because Host dog: Loki lives in the common areas around these two rooms. I will usually be home yet, always available by cell phone answering machine, messenger, text and/or e-mail while, running errands or occasionally, gone for a few hours, working, enjoying a class, event, wedding or attending a funeral. I will always let guests know ahead of time if and whenever, I need to leave. Upon arrival, I give a quick overview so, you can be acclimated to know what's available to meet your needs. Property is 17 & 1/2 achres of farm achrage, wood and salt creek with scenic wetland view and neighboring farms and a Golf course around the corner. All located in the Valparaiso County farm, Portage township school district area of Porter County. It's a 10 minute commute for shopping, restaurants, movie theater, strip malls and post office. Only 15 minutes to the Dunes National Lakeshore and several beaches including a dog beach that surround Lake Michigan. Area includes a large variety of shops, theaters, 3 large malls & 3 colleges: IUN, Purdue & Valparaiso U. One hour 15 minutes to Chicago, O'haire and Midway. 5 minutes to Portage includes multiple restraunts, pubs and a variety of strip malls, shopping facilities, fresh farm fruit, vegtables and flower shops, several parks, a dog park and is in the midst of planning for much more. Heading towards Ogden Dunes is a boat dock area w/restraunt pubs and more shopping facilities. 15-20 minutes, Valparaiso City area has, a variety of sidewalk shopping with restraunts, pubs, ice cream, cupcake, novelty, hobby and music stores, an outdoor skating arena, occational local band shows, speakers, a programed theater stage, an archade, miniture golf, bumper cars, and a movie theater in a large square of well known high end Stores. 10 minutes to Chesterton, Porter, a great fruit and vegetable Haymarket. 30 minutes to Michigan City, a zoo, large boat dock, and huge large sidewalk mall of High end stores. 30 minutes to Merrillville the largest area of shopping, has a huge indoor Mall for Nationally known Clothes and novelty shops, restraunts, pubs and a food court. On the way is an awesome family water park w/huge slides, wave pools, kiddie areas and food sales, a museum, movie theater and strip malls. Crown Point, Sherrillville, Dyer, Lake Station and Gary are all nearby. Included are several Steel Mills, a variety of factories, Hospitals, Emergency rooms, regular and specialized Dr, Dental and Vet offices and walk in clinics. Parking available on Asphalt. Cabs: Uber & Lyft, 8 minutes to Enterprise vehicle rental, 15 minutes to downtown Valparaiso public busing. 12 minutes to South Shore train runs daily from Chicago & South Bend. 45 minutes to Amtrak runs N, S, E & W throughout the USA. Many beaches restraunts, stores and movie theaters are within 5-15 minutes away. This is room 2. Room 1 & 4 guest may bring pets,. Room 2 & 3 No Pets (Host dog: Loki lives in the common areas around these two room.) Driveway is on US Hwy 149! There is a listed: 892 mailbox, just N. of the driveway. The property sits on the NW corner of US Hwy 149 and (875 N.-also, known as Robbins Rd.) Robbins Rd has a golf course approx. a mile to the W.) The property is also, S. of US Hwy 20 & N. Of Hwy 6.