A lakeside estate built to extend the Minnesota season
On 3.5 gated acres along Lake Minnetonka's Wayzata Bay, this twelve thousand square foot residence solves what northern lake houses cannot: it gives winter as much purpose as summer, with subterranean recreation and a three season pavilion that stretches beyond the thaw.
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The problem with northern waterfront is arithmetic: the lake exists for perhaps five months, and the house must account for the other seven. This estate at 372 Ferndale Road South, in Wayzata, Minnesota, refuses to choose. Its 330 feet of shoreline along Wayzata Bay runs to a boathouse fitted with its own refrigerator and a waterside firepit, the outdoor kitchen and zero edge pool positioned to catch every hour of warm light. A three season porch with Phantom screens, infrared heaters and a fireplace carries the season deeper into autumn and thinner into spring.
Below grade, the house surrenders to winter’s demands without apology. A walkout lower level houses a sport court, a golf simulator and a putting green, equipped not as afterthoughts but as the genuine leisure pursuits they are. The house contains seven bedrooms and ten bathrooms across 12,420 square feet, with the architectural command to make both seasons feel like home.
Downtown Wayzata’s restaurants and shops lie within walking distance, and the gated perimeter promises the privacy that shoreline living requires. The property asks nothing of its owners but to decide which version of themselves they wish to be on any given day: lake people in warmth, or those who have learned to make their own.
Imagery courtesy of Coldwell Banker Luxury (@coldwellbankerluxury).
