Price$1,200,000
Est. Mortgage: $/month
MLS Number CAR4389640
- Residential
- Bedrooms 2
- Bathroom 2
- Square Feet 1,369
- Acreage 21
Some places ask nothing of you but your presence. This is one of those places. Tucked into 21 private acres along one of the area's beautiful and quietly kept corridors, this 2014 Jade Mountain home sits where the Crabtree valley folds into the edge of the Great Smokies, with long-range mountain views, a living stream with waterfalls and a stillness that settles over you the moment you arrive. The home itself was built with a reverent relationship to the land it occupies. Locust, black walnut and slippery elm harvested directly from the property move through the structure as posts, ceilings, staircases, cabinetry and trim, giving every room warmth and specificity that cannot be manufactured or sourced from a catalog. These are not accent pieces. They are the bones of the home, and they carry the particular beauty of wood that was standing on this hillside before the first shovel broke ground. The loft draws the eye upward into those same timbers, the staircase rises through them, and the kitchen cabinets carry the same quiet continuity throughout. Stained glass doors, interior trim, decking, and railings all speak the same material language, grounded, organic and unmistakably of this place. Light fills the open interior generously, moving through the home the way it moves through a well-placed window in late afternoon, warm, directional and alive. Low-VOC finishes throughout mean the interior environment is as clean and considered as the land surrounding it, the kind of air quality that registers not as a feature but as a feeling, one you notice clearly the first time you take a deep breath and realize how rarely you do that indoors. Outside, the land produces abundantly. A thriving orchard yields Asian pears, persimmons, pawpaws, blueberries, Juneberries, grapes, mulberry and more across seasons. Organic biodynamic raised beds and a dedicated greenhouse extend the growing season and the possibilities well beyond what the calendar might suggest. No pressure-treated lumber touches the garden, and locust and cypress frame the beds just as they frame the home. The 21 acres themselves are a layered habitat, creek hollows sheltering ramps, medicinals and mushrooms, open hillsides running with blackberries and raspberries in summer, ridgelines opening to Smoky Mountain views that shift with every season and every hour. Running through it all, a mountain stream with waterfalls, the kind of constant, living sound that becomes part of your daily rhythm. The infrastructure beneath all of this is equally intentional. The well taps into cool, cold mountain water that tested pristine across every primary and secondary EPA metal. Energy independence is not a goal here but a delivered reality as a 3.95-kilowatt solar array of 10 Tesla panels feeds two Tesla Powerwalls providing 27kWh of battery storage. The home carries a certified HERS Index of 59 before the solar contribution is even factored in, supported by two high-efficiency Mitsubishi mini-split heat pumps, passive solar orientation and a continuous fresh air ventilation system. All boulders on the property were sourced on site. The exterior trim is cypress, finished with a natural penetrating stain that never needs to be redone. Every detail, visible and invisible, reflects the same commitment to doing things properly and doing them once. Additional build sites on the property offer future possibilities for those who want to grow into the land over time. Waynesville, with its award-winning restaurants, galleries and vibrant small-city culture, is just a few miles away. Asheville is a comfortable 30-minute drive. But with waterfalls, endless views, sustainable harvest and a home that has been designed from the ground up to give back as much as it takes, the pull outward is easy to resist. This is rare. A property with genuine spirit, built by people who understood exactly what they were doing and why. For the buyer who has been searching for something that feels alive, welcome home.
Listed by Jennifer Campbell-Overbeeke of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
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