12957 W Ridge Road
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About this home
Exquisite Year-Round Log Home Retreat on 4 Wooded Acres. Priced below appraisal value. Set on 4 private, wooded acres just outside Ely. This finished log home is a rare combination of year-round comfort and true multi-purpose space — the kind of property that's hard to find and even harder to replace. The main log home offers a private primary suite plus a loft for additional sleeping space, warm-tile floors in the kitchen and bath, and the timeless character only a real log home delivers. But the real story here is everything around it: a heated two-car garage with two separate workshops — ideal for woodworking, mechanics, fabrication, or serious hobbyists —topped by a fully finished upper level with three additional bedrooms and a half bath. Altogether, this property offers flexible living and sleeping space for extended family, guests, or multi-generational living, all while keeping the main home private and quiet. Whether you need serious workshop space, room for a growing or visiting family, or simply want elbow room and privacy just minutes from Ely's lakes, trails, and the Boundary Waters, this property delivers.
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Home facts
Facts & features
Interior
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 3
- Bath breakdown
- 1 full / 1 3/4 / 1 half
- Heating
- Boiler, Dual Fuel/Off Peak, Forced Air, In-Floor Heating, Wood Stove
- Cooling
- None
- Appliances
- Central Vacuum, Dishwasher, Dryer, Electric Water Heater, Microwave, Range, Refrigerator, Stainless Steel Appliances, Water Softener Owned
Property
- Levels / stories
- One and One Half
- Garage
- 2 spaces · 30x40 · 1,200 sqft
- Carport
- 2
- Parking features
- Carport, Detached Garage, Gravel, Heated Garage
- Patio & porch
- Covered, Deck, Enclosed, Patio, Screened
- Exterior features
- Log
Construction
- Property type
- Residential
- Property subtype
- Single Family
- Construction materials
- Log
- Foundation
- Concrete Perimeter · 975 sqft
- Roof
- Age Over 8 Years, Asphalt, Metal
- Year built
- 2001
Utilities
- Water
- Drilled, Private
- Sewer
- Private Sewer
- Fuel
- Electric, Propane, Wood
- Electric
- 100 Amp Service, 200+ Amp Service
Community & HOA
- HOA
- No HOA
- School district
- 381 - Lake Superior
- High school district
- Lake Superior
Financial & listing details
- Annual tax
- $3,043 (2026)
- Tax with assessments
- 3128
- Listed
- Apr 1, 2026
- Days on market
- 181 · 217 cumulative
- Manufactured home
- Yes
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Exterior & lot
Utilities
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Estimated monthly payment
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Location
12957 W Ridge Road, Ely, MN, 55731
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Listing information
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