Septic system and well
Compliance, last pump-out and water testing checked before you commit.
Buying or selling acottage
A cottage isn’t bought or sold like a house in town: water access, septic system, well, roads and short-term rentals all call for specific checks.
Annie Payant & Jasmin MorinReal estate brokers · RE/MAX du Cartier
5.0 · 105 Google reviewsShort-term rentals
Municipal zoning and registration number: we check whether renting is allowed.
Photos in the right season
The lake, the mountain and the land sell through pictures, taken at the right time of year.
Buyers from Montréal
Your cottage promoted where buyers from Greater Montréal are looking.
Cottage country
Eastern Townships, Laurentians and Lanaudière
Lakes in the Eastern Townships, mountain villages in the Laurentians, Matawinie: we help cottage buyers and sellers in the resort towns of these three regions. Choose your town below to see what to check, town by town (pages in French).
Buying a cottage: what we check
- The septic system and the well: compliance, permits, last pump-out, water testing.
- Water access: rights of access to the lake or dock, servitudes, shoreline buffer, flood zone.
- Short-term rentals: allowed only where zoning permits them, with a registration number.
- Year-round access: public or private road, maintenance and snow removal.
Selling a cottage: what we prepare
- Photos and a virtual tour taken in the property’s best season.
- A complete file: certificate of location, septic system, well, permits, inclusions.
- If the cottage is rented out: the registration number and income history.
By city
Buying a cottage in your region
Our city pages are in French.
Estrie
AustinAyer's CliffBromontDunhamEastmanLac-BromeLac-MéganticMagogNorth HatleyOrfordSainte-Catherine-de-HatleyStansteadSutton
Laurentides
Lanaudière
By city
Selling a cottage in your region
Our city pages are in French.
Estrie
AustinAyer's CliffBromontDunhamEastmanLac-BromeLac-MéganticMagogNorth HatleyOrfordSainte-Catherine-de-HatleyStansteadSutton
Laurentides
Lanaudière
Thinking about a cottage?
Buying or selling, let’s talk about your project: we’ll explain the checks and the strategy specific to cottages.