Ever since I was a kid and had a chance to swim in large freshwater lakes, I wanted to own a house along the shoreline of one.
But lake houses—if not out in the middle of nowhere—aren’t cheap by any standards.
Usually being on a body of water of some kind will immediately increase the value of a home, regardless of its condition and status. Some states are full of lakes from border to border, but other states consist mostly of plains and deserts. I went through a phase at one point where I thought I wanted to move to a desert state because of the climate and my assumption that there was no indoor mold there. Well, ironically the capital city of one of America’s desert climate states is also home to some of the most indoor mold among all large cities in the country. It could be in part affected by swamp coolers that are used in desert climates, as they tend to add humidity to the air which could contribute to mold growth in some instances. On top of that, they have too many snakes for my liking. This led me to going back to my original desire of having a home on a lake, but now I’m not sure if that was the best idea. I love being able to take a short walk out the back door of my house to take a swim, but I don’t like the added humidity from the lake that gets into my house. I read that this is also a problem for homes along coastlines and rivers. There are some people who even experience excessive indoor humidity if they have a large pool a few feet from the foundation of their house.