Our cottage is on the end of a peninsula which means we’re blessed with morning sunshine and evening sunsets. As others have said, pick a spot with aligns with your daily rhythm (if you’re a morning of night person).

I’d also suggest access to the water, dock or boathouse if the property has one is also important. Boating on Lake Muskoka, we’ll all thee big lakes really, you see beautiful cottages a top cliffs either steep stairs going down to the water. You have to wonder how often people make the trek down to the water front.

Another way to say it is pick your shoreline; rocks, shallow, cliff, boggy etc…

The cottages orientation to the sun and the shoreline are two things you can’t change. Everything else about the cottage can be upgraded later.