Think you're priced out of the waterfront market? Buy this fixer with BUILDABLE LOT across the road or cabin restoration project! Looking for a weekend project with long term potential? Finish restoring the vintage 1940s cabin on Prairie Lake -- would make the perfect guesthouse after you build your dream cabin across the road. 20 steps or less to the water, views are big on this great Prairie Lake spot. Open concept cottage needs work, has fireplace, compost toilet, sandpoint well. There is enough paneling on site to finish the car siding on ceiling and walls. Newer windows. Open up the view to the water! Yard is teeming with spirea, wild raspberries - staircase to the water is new, and just needs to be finished. Great place for sweat equity and good times! To be sold as-is. Offers to be reviewed Monday, July 7. Once existing cabin is torn down, it cannot be rebuilt on lakeside. Electrical at property, but not turned on in cottage. Also listed as vacant land MLS# 1593117
Sold for $136,500 on 07/18/25
$136,500
1031 23rd Street #A, Chetek, WI 54728
1beds
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Single Family Residence
Built in 1940
2,613.6 Square Feet Lot
$-- Zestimate®
$--/sqft
$-- Estimated rent
What's special
Zillow last checked: 7 hours ago
Listing updated: July 22, 2025 at 07:17pm
Listed by:
Knelly Dettinger 507-272-0526,
Keller Williams Realty Diversified
Bought with:
Other Companies Non-Mls
Source: WIREX MLS,MLS#: 1593228
Originating MLS: REALTORS Association of Northwestern WI

Facts & features
Interior
Bedrooms & bathrooms
- Bedrooms: 1
- Bathrooms: 1
- 1/2 bathrooms: 1
- Main level bedrooms: 1
Primary bedroom
- Level: Main
- Area: 56
- Dimensions: 8 x 7
Kitchen
- Level: Main
- Area: 48
- Dimensions: 6 x 8
Living room
- Level: Main
- Area: 168
- Dimensions: 12 x 14
Heating
- Wood, Other
Cooling
- Other
Features
- Basement: Crawl Space,Concrete
Interior area
- Total structure area: 0
- Finished area above ground: 0
- Finished area below ground: 0
Property
Parking
- Parking features: No Garage
Features
- Levels: One
- Stories: 1
- Waterfront features: 51-100 feet, Lake, Waterfront
- Body of water: Prairie
Lot
- Size: 2,613 sqft
Details
- Parcel number: 036402236000
- Zoning: Recreational,Residential,Shoreline
Construction
Type & style
- Home type: SingleFamily
- Property subtype: Single Family Residence
Materials
- Vinyl Siding, Wood Siding
Condition
- 21+ Years
- New construction: No
- Year built: 1940
Utilities & green energy
- Electric: Fuses
- Sewer: Other WaterWaste
- Water: Other WaterWaste, Well, Point Well/Sand Point
Community & neighborhood
Location
- Region: Chetek
- Municipality: Prairie Lake
Other
Other facts
- Listing agreement: Exclusive Right To Sell
Services availability

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