ASHEVILLE: Is It Your Place to Call HOME?
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Most people don't move to Asheville because they have to. We are a place that people want to live. For most of us, living in Asheville is a deliberate choice that fulfills a longing or dream. We want to live in natural beauty and abundant outdoor activities. We want to be surrounded by arts and cultural diversity. We want to be part of a place that accepts and even embraces us as we are. We want a town small enough where we run into people we know every time we go out, yet big enough that there are shopping and cultural opportunities. We want to be in a place that gets "green" and conservation of natural resoures and wonders.
If any of that sounds like where you want to be, let's make it happen together!
Margaret Vestal REALTOR®/BROKER
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If you are particularly interested in downtown, central Asheville, North Asheville or West Asheville, I can help you! I love and understand the in-town vibe and culture, and the nuances that make each part of town a little different from the others.
However, I also get the desire to have a little more space around you -- really feeling like you are in the mountains. So I can also help if you are looking for a home in Asheville, Arden, Fletcher, Hendersonville, Candler, Enka, Fairview, Black Mountain, Biltmore, Buncombe County, Madison County, or Henderson County.
Asheville and Western North Carolina
The abundant natural and architectural beauty, outstanding educational and health care facilities and moderate climate ranks Asheville, North Carolina and surrounding towns high among the best places to work, retire, live and play.
Downtown Asheville is a vital, unique area of independent shops, restaurants, and art galleries. We boast more Art Deco architecture than anywhere in the country other than Miami Beach. Asheville is also home to the famous Biltmore Estate and Gardens and the chaming Biltmore Village. Nearby are the quaint mountain towns of Hendersonville, Black Mountain, and Waynesville.
The area also offers many year-round outdoor activities, world class arts, lively music scenes and a very rich history. We are a mountain biking mecca, with some of the best and most difficult trails on the east coast! Hiking, kayaking, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, skiing and trail riding are just some of the popular outdoor activities in our area.
Housing in Asheville includes historic homes (bungalows, arts & crafts, craftsman, colonial, Victorian and vernacular), eco-friendly homes, mountain homes with views, private estates and in-town condos. More and more environmentally friendly homes and neighborhoods are being built. Nearby are lake and golf communities and all this moderate mountain region offers. This is a great area for owning a second home or vacation home.
Describe Asheville and Surrounds
Hum, to describe Asheville and surrounding culture. The shortest way to put it is that Asheville is more of a West Coast town: artsy, eclectic, environmentally conscious, nature-loving, outdoorsy, open-minded. Once outside of Asheville proper, the dynamic changes a bit. There is still a rural, local, Southern Appalachian culture. Then there are some suburbs that are more “yuppie.” There is also a significant community of vibrant and involved retirees. In a word, Asheville and surrounds is DIVERSE!
Asheville is home to the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA), and within and hour's drive is Warren Wilson College, Mars Hill College, and Western Carolina University as well as several excellent community colleges. Still, I would not identify Asheville as a “college town.” Asheville is the urban hub (really, yet it is only a town of 70,000) for all of Western North Carolina. So we have the major medical facilities and business and shopping for the area. Asheville is a town with a University, retirees, artists, musicians, and outdoor enthusiasts, but it is also just “home” to an awful lot of people who are here for a variety of reasons.
All would agree, however, that we live in one of the most beautiful areas in the country surrounded by mountains, streams and wildlife.
