Located on the shore of Rackliff Island, 169 Island Avenue is an excellent waterfront property with good broad views to the west towards Wheeler Bay and its many charming islands. The property includes an architect-designed house, and a covered walkway connects the house to a versatile garage / boathouse with a guest apartment. The landscape is mostly wooded with a lovely Zen-themed garden, and 200± feet of shorefront includes rocky ledge and a pocket sand and pebble beach. Rackliff Island is a friendly neighborhood community located in the town of Saint George, accessible by causeway year-round.  

• The one-bedroom main house was built in 2003-06. Distinctive details include a pitched roof and spacious decks that lend the buildings a somewhat Asian aspect in their exterior refinements. All of the interior flooring is split and finely finished bamboo.
• The first floor of the house comprises a full kitchen that is open to the living room and behind the living room there is an upraised dining area. Doors open to a wraparound deck that faces the water.
• A passageway lined with bookshelves connects the main floor bath to a mud room and entrance, with a laundry room and expansive closet.
• On the second floor there is a bright and open primary bedroom with a cathedral ceiling and striking views. Doors open to an attached deck that faces the bay. The primary bath is charming and spacious with a claw-foot soaking tub.
• The guest apartment, located on the second floor of the garage / boathouse, features a bedroom-sitting area, with an enclosed kitchen and a full bath. 
• The versatile garage / boathouse features wide doors at either end, to accommodate a car or boat, or both.
• A symmetrical Zen-themed Garden between these dwellings is planted with birches, Japanese maples, pines and dwarf non-invasive bamboo, all well-established. Surfaced with mulch rather than grass, it is easy to maintain in all seasons.
• The property includes 1.32± acres located on the sloping western side of Rackliff Island, and the house is surrounded by mostly mature spruce trees.  
• A stairway of stone steps leads to a pocket beach on Wheeler Bay, where a boat can be kept and launched.