A cottage out front.
A lake out back.
Nine wooded acres, your own water, a private dock.
A gravel drive winds up through the trees and opens onto a mown clearing. Waiting at the top is a white board-and-batten cottage under a rust standing-seam roof — black windows, cedar boxes under the sills, flowers on the step. Tidy, warm, and completely private. And only half the story.
Walk through to the back and the hill drops toward the water, opening the whole lower level to daylight. Stone below, timber posts, a 32-foot covered patio at grade and a 32-foot balcony stacked directly above it. From the drive it reads as a one-story cottage. From the lake it reads as a lodge. Same house.
White shaker cabinets, butcher-block counters, a black herringbone backsplash and stainless appliances — running twenty-six feet end to end, with open shelving where the upper cabinets stop. It opens straight onto the covered patio, which means most of the cooking happens about four steps from the outdoor table.
The main level is one long, bright room with laminate flooring, white trim and windows on three sides — big enough for the whole family at Christmas and quiet enough on a Tuesday. The main-level bedroom sits just off it, so there are no stairs between your day and your rest.
Photographs flatten a hillside. This walks it — through the entry level, down to the kitchen, out onto the covered patio, and across the yard to the water. If you only look at one thing on this page, make it this.
Two levels, 768 square feet each. The entry level holds the living room and the main-level master; the lower level walks out at grade to the covered patio, which is why the kitchen is down there.
| Living Room | 23 × 17 |
| Bedroom — Main-Level Master | 13 × 12 |
| Bedroom | 12 × 7 |
| Full Bath | 9 × 5 |
| Kitchen — Eat-In | 26 × 11 |
| Bedroom | 11 × 10 |
| Full Bath | 8 × 5 |
| Laundry | 10 × 6 |
| Bonus Room | 11 × 8 |
About the numbers. Room dimensions in the tables come from the listing. The drawings are third-party measured plans; their own total (1,444 sq ft) differs from the listing's 1,536, because measuring services and assessors draw walls differently and the plan excludes the 58 sq ft laundry. The drawings also split the eat-in kitchen from the adjoining family room, where the listing measures the full 26-foot run as one space — the two rooms are 11'1" and 15'0", which is where the 26 feet comes from. The plans label the levels 1st and 2nd counting up from the lake side; we've labelled them by how you actually use the house. We're showing both sources rather than picking one. All measurements are approximate, deemed reliable but not guaranteed — buyer to verify.
Wooded, secluded, and reached by a paved road. Aerials show the property sitting inside an unbroken canopy — the nearest thing to a neighbor is a tree line.
Lake frontage with a wood dock already in place. Not a shared amenity, not a community pond — it's part of the parcel.
Stone-faced, timber-posted, and shaded all afternoon. The kitchen opens onto it, which is why it gets used more than the living room in summer.
Stacked directly above the patio and pointed at the water. Black-painted rafters overhead, rocking chairs already in position.
768 square feet up, 768 finished down — the lower level walks out at grade to the patio, so it lives like main-floor space, not a basement.
The primary bedroom and a full bath sit on the entry level. No stairs required to live here comfortably.
Coop and two full-length covered runs already built and fenced. If you've been meaning to keep chickens, the hard part is done.
Newer roof, gutters and HVAC, plus updated electric. The expensive, unglamorous work has already been paid for.
A property like this one is worth walking, not scrolling — the drive, the tree line, the way the ground drops to the water. Tina will meet you at the gate and give you the time to see it properly.
Scottsburg sits in the middle of Scott County, Indiana, off I-65 between Louisville and Seymour. This parcel is well off the main road — paved road frontage, then a gravel drive through the trees. The MLS calls it secluded and wooded and lake front. Standing at the dock, all three are obvious at once.