Here's something you don't see for sale often.

Hm. Good luck getting a decent net connection there!

codrus wrote: Hm. Good luck getting a decent net connection there!

Well, we know it has electric. I would be willing to bet some sort of telco connection is there as well.

codrus wrote: Hm. Good luck getting a decent net connection there!

Would that be a bad thing?

People survived before Internet, so once one adjusts to reading books printed on paper the lack of Internet could be relaxing.

aussiesmg wrote: why am I tempted

I dare you to start a Kickstarter or go fund me.

Grtechguy wrote:

codrus wrote: Hm. Good luck getting a decent net connection there!

Well, we know it has electric. I would be willing to bet some sort of telco connection is there as well.

I'm not sure there is. Which one are we talking about? The one on Lake Michigan doesn't have any power to the island.

Invitation said: UTILITIES AND SERVICES There are no public utilities at the Property. Procurement of utility services shall be the responsibility of the Purchaser as of the date of conveyance. Bidders are urged to contact the appropriate utility providers for information on the availability of utilities.

Are these still run on whale oil? Gasoline or propane? LP generator? Private utility to the island; whatever that could mean? Probably in more recent times, solar.

I figured something had to power the light.

Would be fascinating to buy something like this and develop it for residential purposes. Here's how it used to look. I might go for something more along these lines: