--Location--Location--Location--This quaint lakefront cottage with decorator touches offers the best in casual lakefront living and is situated with its own private dock and pier on Lake Norman's 520 miles of shoreline. This 4 Bedroom 3 Bath home that sleeps 10-12 comfortably is located only minutes from I-77 Exit 36 on a quiet culdesac on well known Skipper's Cove. It's the best of all worlds. You have the convenience of fine restaurants, entertainment, and the newest shopping centers at your fingertips while staying in this cozy home on a beautiful picturesque cove large enough for skiing and all sorts of lake activities and you're only a short hop to the main channel. But should you not want to see a single congested area you can do all your shopping in the lovely little town of Troutman. You'll be delighted and surprised at how roomy and spacious this 2 level 2200 sq ft home really is. That's the first response we get from our many repeat guest we've hosted over the last 10 years. They also echo in just how comfortable and at home they feel. So much so that most just don't want to leave. With 10 years experience hosting vacationing families, we've listened and incorporated in the things they tell us make their week the most pleasant and they always come back. As you open the door to this clean and freshly updated home, light pours in through the kitchen window with a view like no other of the lake no matter what time of year it is. You notice as you pass through the fully equipped kitchen that any cook would admire that the entire kitchen and living areas are airy and open up to each other so that everyone can be together and be a part of all the fun activities going on at any point. The family room has lots of plush comfy seating with a nice television over a fireplace with gas logs should someone come in cooler months. This main level also boast 2 oversize bedroom suites large enough for adjoining sitting areas and two full baths for guests convenience. Next you find one of the most favorite things that guests tell us about time and time again. Opening up from the family room is a large screened in porch that sits uniquely close to Waters Edge's shoreline. Furnished with lots of outdoor furniture, you can sit on the porch free of bugs or pests day or night rocking in the rocking chairs, relaxing, enjoying a meal or drink while watching the children play or the squirrels and chipmunks scamper up trees, or just listening to the birds chirp, the wind rustling through the leaves or best of all the sounds of the lake--waves lapping up against the shoreline. PRICELESS!! Some say most of the week is enjoyed there. As you go down the stairs in the family room to the second level of the house you find another whole living quarters with direct access outdoors. There is a living area with a 46' telvision for the games, a second kitchen area, a game room with foosball and ping pong and board games. In addition are two more bedrooms and a third full bath. Multiple family groups love the layout so that each family can have their own private quarters or the adults can have their own level and the kids their own. The living and game room open up onto yet another large lake level patio with great views of the water. If you venture a few steps off the patio you find a big double size hammock right by the shore just waiting for someone to jump into to swing with the kids, read a good book or take a snooze. When you wake up you can step a few steps literally on pavers down to a shoreside sitting area that's enclosed for the safety of the little ones to enjoy all the family activities.