Eco Friendly Real Estate Blog: February 2012

12 Asheville Real Estate Neighborhoods- Links & Information

Having scouted Asheville for the most attractive neighborhoods, and I am including  attractive to mean everything from superb elegance and the most expensive real estate in Asheville Neighborhoods, to equestrian estates to green built high-performance homes with southern exposure to small organic farms to large  acreages and family legacies. .. I have compiled this list of 12 Asheville Real Estate Neighborhoods.  

 

Of particular interest to Empty-Nesters, Feather Nesters and Baby Boomers...Take a peek at the posts I have written to decide for yourself your level of interest and attraction.


12 Asheville Real Estate Neighborhoods- Links & Information

Albemarle Park
http://activerain.com/blogsview/981667/asheville-nc-neighborhoods-albemarle-park

Beaverdam
http://localism.com/nc/asheville/beaverdam

Biltmore Forest  and
The Ramble Biltmore Forest
http://activerain.com/blogsview/1581380/asheville-s-biltmore-forest-luxurious-green-built-homes-the-ramble


Crest Mountain and the
Eco Villages at Crest Mountain
https://activerain.com/states/NC/cities/Asheville/communities/The%20Villages%20At%20Crest%20Mountain


Creston
http://janeanne.activerain.com/local/North%20Carolina/Black%20Mountain/Creston%20Eco-%20Friendly%20Community


Drovers Road Preserve
http://activerain.com/blogsview/613234/asheville-eco-communities-drovers-road-preserve

Fairview
http://activerain.com/blogsview/1894517/asheville-nc-real-estate-fairview-community-eco-charmer-horses-yes-


Fairview Forest
http://activerain.com/blogsview/253185/asheville-second-vacation-homes-fairview-forest-eco-friendly-community

Grove Park
http://janeanne.activerain.com/post/1957882/asheville-s-grove-park-neighborhood-real-estate-report


Hickory Nut Forest
http://activerain.com/blogsview/1265848/hickory-nut-forest-an-outstanding-eco-friendly-community-


Lake View Park
http://activerain.com/blogsview/50195/lakeview-park-asheville-n-c-neighborhood-by-the-lake


Montford

http://activerain.com/blogsview/39132/montford-neighborhood-asheville-nc-real-estate-

warm socks at first freeze- and Asheville Beaver Lake

 

 

Asheville Style- warm socks at first freeze

I love the prospect of warm socks at first freeze,

just the soldierlike look of them in neat rows
lined up before me
next to the French-milled soaps
in the second dresser drawer
where they have bunkered down,
neglected since the daffodils bloomed. 

A colorful assemblage they,
in vibrant vermillion,
or glamorous grey,
or in umber, or in those multi-hued,
patiently waiting to be tapped
for duty.

I am dancing now in the hours after donning
the pair - carolina blue ,
with my tweeds and outdoor duds,
cashmere caressing my lucky toes,

what else can I do?

For now, I am royalty lifted above the fray
simply to stroll Doc Silver's nippy back forty
as if it were a mild summer's day
but better: no insects or tall grasses where the
slithering creatures play-
just the Land
and, here and there,
on the north side of the ridge,
little trickles
making icicles
where once ran summer's sweet cascades.

Fallen leaves,
still wet with yesterday's storm,
are slick on the trail.
Yet, I float along, wind at my back, scarf flying,
hiking boots, muddy and well-worn,
feet smiling in blue-clad  luxury.

We are searching for the last bit of wild  to be touted,

and I reveal the secret:
 "... cherished toes pay dividends uncounted...."

~^~

©jA Narrin, Wind-in-the-Feather

The Spirit Ridge Collection

Asheville, 2012

 

 

Black bears take long naps at this time of year, right? Maybe…if you live where the nights are very, very cold.  But here on the ridges just outside Asheville, NC, there’s no nap time for Genus Ursus. In fact,  I saw these black bears on the slope beside our cabin here in Asheville just the other day. Obviously, no napping going on there!

 

The sighting of the black bear on our land reminded me not to nap myself…to pay attention as we scout amazing acreage for our land clients. After all, we are not the only travelers on the trail. . ..

Do you know what delicacies Black Bears prefer?

• Aquatic plants such as

  water lilies and lots and lots of berries. . .including their favorite forbs , .broad-leafed herbaceous plants such as chokecherry, huckleberry, & buffalo berry .

  Horsetails & grasses
  
• Elk & Moose calves
• Deer fawns
• Ground squirrels & other small rodents
• Inattentive REALTORS® (carry bells on your wlaking stick)
• Wasps, Ants
• Bees (adults & larvae)
• Carrion

Black Bears No Nap Time ( That’s Asheville Style) © Asheville 1031Realty, Inc. Asheville NC 2012

WALNUT COVE or Pebble Beach Golf.

Oh BOY! It's Pro-Am tee time at Pebble Beach and this avid chipper has been enjoying the show. ( The links were designed by the way by two "amateur"  golf course design architects, unlike Asheville's Walnut Cove Jack Nicklaus Signature Course which opened in April 2005. )  

 It is the first time in 10 years that we have seen Tiger play Pebble Beach in the National Pro-Am Tour. Today he  birdied the 391-yard par-four first hole, but his play seems a little sporadic, so we will have to see how it all works out.

WALNUT COVE a Cliffs Community: Closer to home and bordered to the north by the Blue Ridge Parkway and to the west by the Pisgah National Forest here in Asheville's rolling hills is the  master-planned, golf course community of Walnut Cove. It is  nestled on 1,300 acres , and  as you can see, "cradled in a natural amphitheater of majestic mountains. . .." Home owners enjoy the fact that Walnut Cove is just minutes from downtown and maintains its beauty without compromising the natural resources. . . the forests, streams and meadows. And speaking of eco-friendly planning. . .

Golf is going even greener at The Cliffs Communities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xo

The Cliffs teamed up with Clemson University and a  industry-leaders in turf management  aiming to create and champion environmentally-enhancing, ecologically-complementary golf course and green space management and maintenance practices.

Hmmmmm. Asheville’s WALNUT COVE or  Pebble Beach (??) They both are amazing!!

ask janeAnne@janeAnne.com for MORE  information on Asheville Walnut Cove Golf Real Estate and Homes For Sale .

WALNUT COVE or Pebble Beach © Asheville 1031 Realty, Inc. 2012

 The Real Estate Neighborhood Review Journal of Asheville:
Lakeview Park

 

The sidewalks in Walkable Asheville's  Lakeview Park  run down to greet Beaver Lake. First created in 1920, Beaver Lake is man-made. It grew from the damming of Beaver Creek.  For me, this “private lake” shines like a diamond in the carolina blue sky, for, although it is “private”  the Lakeview Park walkable community welcomes Asheville residents and those relocating to Asheville to stroll, sit and enjoy ,canoe the lake, or jog aroung its perimeter.  And if ,any given day, during the winter, spring, summer or fall of the year,  you may see the young and the young-at-heart at play.

 

“Upscale” Walkable Asheville Neighborhood

 

 By 1922, an “upscale” housing development known as Lakeview Park that centered around Beaver Lake began to emerge. 

 

 It so pleases my real estate clients here in Asheville to say that what was first envisioned so many years ago today continues to delight visitors and residents alike.  

 

We walk  the Lakeview Park neighborhood  and down to Beaver Lake  almost every week.  

 

Lakeview Park 2012: We stroll the neighborhood, visit with our neighbors along the way and continue  to be amazed with the  views of the surrounding mountains, sweet picnic spots, colorful canoes gliding by and the much-prized sense that it evokes. . . “all’s right” ...

 

 

 

 

Homes: Here in Lakeview Park you will find an interesting mix of historic and newer homes, tree-lined streets, and lovely views of Asheville’s rolling hills …and, of course, Beaver Lake.

 
Neighbors:  This is a mature community. There area several second and/or vacation homes in this area, yet neighbors have a strong community voice.
Pet -Friendly: Yes      

 

Price Range 2012 in Lakeview Park : $300,000 to $900,000.  
Available Single Family Residences: 10  

 

SOLD in 2011: 7
AT or within 10% of Listed Asking Price

 

 

 

 

 

My Asheville Link Library Resources: CHECK OUT THIS LINK or THIS ONE  

for more on Lakeview Park  Walkable Neighborhood Asheville NC

 

 

xoxo