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Originally Posted by Gresto

Paved roads? I don't know if that's appropriate for a cottage. We're right at the very end of a 15 km dirt road. Last house on the left. Very isolated.

Mowing the leaves is not a bad idea, depending on the quantity.
Another unappealing factor with most cottages is the plumbing system, which needs to be connected and disconnected. Many cottage dissenters would find the plumbing alone a non-starter. At least we have a well, so we don't have to bother with filters or lugging in drinking water.
Do you have a winterized cottage? Ours isn't, though we could make it so. We just have no interest in going up in the winter, and paying a couple thou to keep the cottage above zero and pipes unfrozen is wasteful if one isn't going to be there.

It is a cottage that was converted to a house. I live year round here.