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Key Details
Property Type Single Family Home
Sub Type Single Family Residence
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 1,223 sqft
Price per Sqft $347
MLS Listing ID 4411360
Bedrooms 2
Full Baths 2
Abv Grd Liv Area 985
Year Built 1977
Lot Size 10.800 Acres
Acres 10.8
Property Sub-Type Single Family Residence
Property Description
Roughly three acres lie open above the house, climbing to the top of the tract. The timber falls away and the ridgelines stack up blue to the horizon, out over the fir rows on the neighboring slopes. It is the kind of ground people spend years looking for, and it comes with a homestead already built and served by well, septic and power. The house sits in a clearing of its own, hardwood all the way around, out of sight of the road. Building on the open ground would require soil evaluation and county approval; no soil work has been performed.
The open ground is usable pasture as it sits, ready to graze or hay. Mature hardwood covers the balance, and the edge between the two is what holds game — deer, turkey and bear all use the place. A spring-fed pond below the house held more than half full through a dry June and July, and a small creek runs a portion of the tract. A paved drive comes in to a clearing set well back from the road.
The house went up in 1977 out of timber cut on this ground. The natural edge siding came off the same trees and runs across the gambrel garage and the storage building too. The stone was gathered nearby and laid up by hand into a chimney that carries through all three levels and out the roof.
The main level holds two bedrooms and a full bath, a kitchen with wall oven and cooktop under dark beams, and a living room open to the loft above. A covered porch runs 32 feet across the front, 244 sq ft, with a second porch alongside and a 272 sq ft deck. Upstairs, the loft opens to a second finished room and a second full bath under a skylight. The lower level is finished as well, with a kitchenette and early-1900s wood cook stove set into an arched stone alcove built for it. A previous water leak left deterioration to the base cabinets and discoloring on the adjacent wall. The garage walls show some water staining from previous water entry.
Heated living area is 985 sq ft, main level. The lower level adds 238 sq ft of finished, conditioned space that meets every criterion for living area but lies below grade and is reported separately. The upper level adds 563 sq ft, also finished, but ceiling height falls short of the requirement and it is not counted as living area.
Two-story gambrel garage, 40x24, with two bays, a separate finished workshop wired and lit on its own panel, and full-footprint storage above. Separate two-story storage building and two smaller outbuildings. Well, septic, central heat and cooling.
This is Christmas tree country. Newland is minutes away, the Avery County seat and the highest county seat east of the Mississippi. Grandfather Mountain, Linville, Banner Elk and the Blue Ridge Parkway are all a short drive.
Approximately 1 acre at the front of the tract is being conveyed separately to an adjoining owner. Access is by recorded right of way, to be expanded prior to settlement. Property lines shown in marketing materials are approximate and a survey is needed to determine boundaries.
Location
State NC
County Avery
Zoning Undiscovered
Rooms
Basement Finished, Partially Finished, Other
Primary Bedroom Level Main
Main Level Bedrooms 2
Main Level Primary Bedroom
Interior
Heating Central
Cooling Central Air
Fireplace true
Appliance Refrigerator
Laundry In Basement
Exterior
Garage Spaces 2.0
Street Surface Asphalt,Paved
Garage true
Building
Dwelling Type Site Built
Foundation Basement
Sewer Septic Installed
Water Well
Level or Stories One and One Half
Structure Type Wood
New Construction false
Schools
Elementary Schools Unspecified
Middle Schools Unspecified
High Schools Unspecified
Others
Senior Community false
Acceptable Financing Cash, Construction Perm Loan
Listing Terms Cash, Construction Perm Loan
Special Listing Condition None