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Asheville Real Estate Journal

Quality, Longevity & Healthy Living Spaces - No wonder today's home buyers seek the value of green-built homes.

To achieve this objective, one Asheville eco-friendly builder selects  onlynon-toxic paints on the interior of the house, uses only rainforest sealer for all interior wood trim, and windows,  and insists on Bona-Traffic water-based low- VOC finish for all hardwood floors.

This selectivity does not stop on the outside.

Interior floors must be finished using a new dustless sanding systemthat filters the dust through HEPA filters leaving the air and the interior virtually dust-free. All registers for the HVAC system must be covered during construction to keep dust out of the ductwork.

 (If you have allergies or if you value the quality of air (IAQ)   that you /your clients/your family breathes, this is amazing. I'm impressed. How about you?

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Asheville, North Carolina, Real Estate News and Views from "GREEN-O-Lina"   
30+ Eco-Friendly Urban and  Mountain Communities in the Asheville Area

There are about as many shades of green in eco-friendly design, development and building as you see in the early light on an Appalachian mountainside. (see photo) Levels of attraction, commitment, and motivation to embrace eco conepts and planning are unique to each of us.

 Poll homebuyers and investors and you are sure to find certain green features have more appeal than others. For example , on the subject of green-built homes,  indoor air quality(IAQ) may be one person's primary focus, while whole house ventilation or NO-VOC paint may be another's concern.

And many people looking to leave a land legacy will devote their attention to eco-savvy development that takes into account site planning, solar orientation and energy use.

But people do seem to share this in common:They are deeply attracted to the notion that their grand kids will be and/or are in a healthy, non-toxic environment.

 With this in mind, I have compiled a list of 30+ urban and mountain eco-friendly developments in the Greater Asheville area. If you would like to know the "greenest' I will be posting a comparison chart you can use to determine for yourself...And/or check back to see the following list highlighted with links to my video series as I visit each of these communities. 

20+ Eco-Friendly Urban* and  Mountain Communities in the Asheville Area

Balsam Mountain Preserve
Ciel (Urban)
Cold Mountain
Cove at Celo Mountain
Crest Mountain- The Villages at Crest Mountain (Urban)

CRESTON

DROVERS ROAD PRESERVE

Fitgerald Condominiums (Urban)
French Broad Crossing
GAIA (Urban)
Grand Highlands of Bearwallow Mountain
Grand Highlands of Waterford Lakes

GREENWOOD 

HICKORY NUT FOREST ECO COMMUNITY

Homestead at Mills River

MOUNTAIN AIR
Mountain Meadows

NORTH KNOB

Pisgah Preserve at Lake James

PRESERVE AT LITTLE PINE

PRESERVE AT WOLF LAUREL

Ramble Biltmore Forest (Urban)
Red Wolf Run
Residences at 151 (Urban)
River Highlands at Madison Crossing
River Rock
Settings of Black Mountain (Urban)
Stillhouse Creek

THREE CREEKS PRESERVE at Lake Lure
Thoms Estate (Urban)

WALNUT CREEK PRESERVE Equestrian Community (seen in photo)
Whisper Mountain

•·        I am defining "urban" as within a 10 minute drive of downtown Asheville

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