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This magnificent Shaw Island waterfront estate is on the market for the first time in 60 years

If you’re ready to leave the city once and for all, Shaw Island might just need to be your next digs. It’s the smallest island in the San Juans serviced by Washington State Ferries and one of it’s premier estates just hit the market. Illikum Point is among the most unique and captivating locations in the PNW and it could be yours.

Photo via Sotheby’s

Illikum Point is available for the first time in over 60 years. The unique 15 acre property provides a rarely available combination of Arcadian beauty and unrivalled privacy. The estate’s home is an over 3,600 square foot rambler situated mere yards from 825′ of tranquil San Juan Chanel shoreline.

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Photo via Sotheby’s
Photo via Sotheby’s

The home has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a bright and open floor plan with wood ceilings and paneling. It’s the perfect mix of PNW and MCM making it a haven for anyone interested in local design and aesthetics. Not only that but with so much open space you have the ability to decorate as much or as little as you’d like.

Photo via Sotheby’s

As for grounds accessibility, you can get to the property by boat, plane or car on island. The property also has a 160′ pier with a 75′ float that can accommodate the largest of motor or sailing yachts, or floatplane. This property seriously has it all.

Photo via Sotheby’s

It’s definitely worth taking a closer look at the Sotheby’s website. If the $5.750 million price tag doesn’t scare you, we’d say go ahead and buy it.

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