200 Portage St

This 944 sq. foot apartment is a beautiful second and third floor two bedroom apartment in a three unit building with a view of the Mont Ripley Ski Hill. Entry is through a common area hallway which leads to a large patio for outdoor relaxing or entertaining, in the hallway the stairs lead up to a second floor entrance for this apartment. You enter into the living room with a spectacular Northern facing view of the Portage Canal and Mount Ripley. To the right, the kitchen has a smooth surface glass top range, lots of storage and a half wall between the kitchen and the living room. Through the kitchen is a full bath. Across the Living Room is the first bedroom which is a walk-through. The next bedroom is accessed through the first with a staircase walking up to the third floor. The upstairs bedroom has a large walk-in storage closet and downstairs bedroom has a second closet under the staircase.

The building is located on the corner of Portage Street and Montezuma Avenue 0.6 miles from the Memorial Union Building on the Michigan Tech Campus. It is about one block into the downtown Houghton area on the uphill side of the highway. This is a nice location close to Michigan Tech and shopping and dining in downtown Houghton.

No pets and no smoking.

Rent: $1200.00/month with tenant paying for the following utilities. Estimates are given by the utility companies based on recent usage as of February 2023. As a tenant, your bills could be higher or lower depending on personal habits and comfort levels.

UPPCO (stove, refrigerator, lights and whatever you plug in):
Average: $60.00
High: $80.00
Low: $40.00
Semco (Natural gas forced air furnace and hot water heater):
Average: $75.00
High: $140.00
Low: $20.00
City of Houghton (water, sewer): Estimated at $15-20/person with a minimum bill of approximately $34.43/month
Trash removal (purchase City of Houghton bags at $1.00/bag)
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Available August for a school year contract ending April.