Brevard North Carolina Real Estate Blog

If you're looking for a fun way to spend the Labor Day weekend, come visit the Brevard area and take in the Transylvania Farm Fair and Founders Day on Saturday, September 5 from 9 am - 2pm.  Celebrate our rich mountain heritage and enjoy food from many of our local farms. Begin the day with breakfast with farm fresh eggs, sausage, and more. While you're there, be sure to pick up a jar of local honey or any of the other items available for sale thoughout the event.

From 10 am - 6 pm Transylvania Heritage Museum will be holding their first Annual Founders Day Fair, celebrating the Founding Families of Transylvania County.  Starting at 10 am, crafts people will be demonstrating their skills in the old-fashioned arts of spinning, weaving, patchwork, woodcarving, and more.  They will be selling their wares, many dressed in period costumes.  Raffle tickets will be sold by the Museum for a hand-carved bowl made that day by Walter Kluge, with the winner announced at 6 pm, the close of the event.

Farm Fair is sponsored by the Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce. For more information, visit online, or you can call the Chamber at (828) 883-3700.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If you are considering a move to the mountains of western North Carolina, -
where the summer breezes are cool and life moves a little slower - you owe to yourself to visit Burlingame at Sapphire Lakes. You'll find a welcoming community with friendly people and outstanding country club amenities including a championship golf course, state of the art fitness center, pool, tennis, and more....all conveniently located between the mountain towns of Cashiers and Brevard.

Burlingame at Sapphire Lakes is approximately a hour's drive from Asheville Regional Airport and only a short 2.5 hr. drive from the Atlanta area.

This 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath home is perfect for a year round residence or as a seasonal home. When company comes, and you know they will, the lower level has a full family room, a guest suite with private bath, plus an additional bedroom and bath so everyone can enjoy their own space. There is also a full apartment above the garage that is perfect for more guests, or use it yourself as private fitness studio, art studio, library, in-law suite....or any other number of ways. 

Throughout the entire home, you'll find a distinguishing quality, design, and style including Brazilian Cherry and Rosewood floors and stained glass windows designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Large windows across the great room and the master bedroom let you enjoy the beautiful scenery with every change of season. And with the open and flowing floor plan, multiple decks and porches, it's a wonderful home for entertaining.

For complete details about this home for sale at 161 Old Still Road in Sapphire Lakes, contact us at BrevardNCProperty.com, or call 828-551-6290.

For GRITS like me (Girls Raised In the South), there's just nothing better than stone ground corn bread cooked in an iron skillet, buttermilk fried chicken, and all the other great southern food treats that I grew up with. My family roots run deep in southern soil and some of my fondest memories are from summer vacations at my grandparents small home on Pine Island, Louisiana where this kind of food was a way of life. We didn't worry about fat grams or fiber, we couldn't care less about calories, and it was a known fact that everything just tastes better with a bit of bacon grease. Sitting down to eat was all about sharing good home cooked meals made from scratch using recipes that were nearly as old and seasoned as the cast iron skillet that were used to cook with. Home grown green beans and tomatoes that we "put up" every season, country ham and homemade biscuits, turnip greens and pinto beans were staples in our family for as long as I can remember.  Sadly, I don't have the time to cook like my grandmother did. I buy my buttermilk biscuits frozen, and my mom's fried chicken is reserved for a special occasion.  But this time of year, when the tail gate markets are brimming with local farm raised vegetables, I still cook my yellow squash with onions and bacon and the smell takes me right back to my mom's kitchen.  

So, when a friend of mine passed along this great website, I just knew I had to pass it along.  It's all about southern cooking and the southern way of life in a style that looks like it came out of a 1950 Betty Crocker cookbook. You'll love the cooking instructions and the recipes. Right now there is a recipe for buttermilk pie that is high on my list! Be sure to check out the blog too. If you love all things southern, ya'll are gonna love this!

 http://www.sugarpiefarmhouse.com

Home sales in the Transylvania County dropped slightly in the month of July.  There were 20 closings compared to 25 in June. As has been the case all year, the lion’s share of sales have been in the $100K-$300K price range. The total number of closings were also down just slightly from July 2008 when there were 25 closings.

In July 2009 there were two closings under $100K; five sold in the range of $100-$200K; nine sold between $200-$300K; three homes sold between $300-$400K, and only one home was sold for more than $500K.

The average home sold during July was $241,255 and the median price was $232,500. Both numbers were down from June and from this same time last year.

The average number of days from listing to close rose slightly to 200 days.

For additional information about the home you see pictured, click on the image. For more information about all homes for sale in the Brevard NC area, contact the Clay Team at 828-551-6290, or visit online at BrevardNCProperty.com

This is an exceptional opportunity to own an estate size home in the golf course community of Champion Hills. Tax assessed value is $2,131,100 but it is now offered as a foreclosure property at $1,239,900 - nearly $900,000 below tax value.

At the center of Champion Hills is the Tom Fazio designed golf course, recently named one of the top 5 golf courses in North Carolina according to Golf Digest. But whether you are a golf aficionado or not, you'll appreciate the upscale, but relaxed life style of the community and all the amenities and social activities available to the residents. Champion Hills is located approximately 15 minutes from downtown Hendersonville, and approximately 30 minutes from Asheville.

This 7,770 square foot home sits on nearly 3 acres on a private road, over looking the fairway. The stately low country designed home was built in 1999 by Morgan Keefe builders, one of the area's most recognized luxury home builders. The grounds include a grand, custom water feature with multiple waterfalls and Koi pond as well as a gazebo designed to compliment the architectural style of the home. Step inside and you'll find soaring 32 ft ceilings in the living room, 5 fireplaces, 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths and 2 half baths, and a beautiful library with it's own private deck. The home also features a media center complete with a home theater, whole house sound system as well as a billiards room with a custom made billiards table. All included in the price.

For more information about this home, or to schedule a preview, contact the Clay Team at 828-551-6290 or visit online at BrevardNCProperty.com.