September 2009
Monthly Archive
28 Sep 2009 06:44 am
Kerr Scott Lakefront Lot
Lot #17 – Driveway and house site cleared. Open to offers. A unique, large acreage waterfront lot near a great full service town.
The Malone Bay community features 18 lots at W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir. Fourteen (14) are Lakefront and meet private dock requirements. All lots have access to public water, saving owners from $5,000 to $10,000 on drilling a well. These lots have public water and will save you the cost of drilling a well. The entire development also features underground utilities.
This is a gated community with lots ranging from 2.3+- acres to 6.8+- acres on the Hwy 421 side of the lake just off South Minton Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
W. Kerr Scott Lake is 1500 acres with 50 miles of shoreline and is controlled by the US Army Corps of Engineers. It is clean water with good fishing and is excellent for boating, kayaking, skiing, and swimming. The property is surrounded by National Parks. Wilkesboro is a beautiful community and town with friendly people. It is located just 40 miles east of Boone and Blowing Rock, NC and one and a half hours northwest of Charlotte.
Main Channel Views.
Private dock.
3.87 acres.
MLS Number: 52139
List Price: $242,500
Lot Size: 3.87 ac.
Apx Acreage: 3.87
Type: Waterfront
Area: Area 2
Suitable Use: Residential
Topography: Rolling
Utilities: Underground Utilities
Road Frontage: Private Road
Restrictions: yes
Water/Sewer: Public Water
Location: Malone Way
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25 Sep 2009 06:10 am
You Too Can Qualify For The Homebuyer Tax Credit
The first-time homebuyer tax credit of up to $8,000 was part of this year’s stimulus package. Time to qualify for the credit is running out.
Specifically, unless Congress extends the deadline, you must complete the purchase of the home by November 30th. That may sound like a good ways off. But when you consider that it can easily take two months to get through the entire home-buying process — find a house, make an accepted offer, pull together the money and documentation you’ll need for a mortgage, appraisal, title insurance and closing — anyone who hasn’t already begun will have to move quickly to squeeze under the November 30th wire. (more…)
21 Sep 2009 06:45 am
Valle Crucis Luxury Estate Near Boone NC
High in the lush Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina at 3600 foot elevation on 40 acres of rolling hills sits this expansive, bucolic family complex with 360 degrees of spectacular panoramic views.
This estate includes a luxurious 5,200 square foot family mansion with every amenity and five (5) individual 1400 square foot, two bedroom, two bath extended family cottages.
Unique to this property is a four acre barnyard complex with a 950 square foot barn equipped with electricity and running water, tack room, loft, baby animal paddock, and three fenced and gated pastures. You will also find a 40,000 gallon koi pond fed by an onsite spring and stocked with 200 koi fish. For the young folks, there is a children’s playground, complete with climbing wall, swings, slides, a basketball court, and a 25 foot play fort.
Valle Crucis is in Watauga County, west of Boone and only a few hours from the jamming traffic of bigger cities. Day and weekend getaways are possible, but most eventually return for a much longer stay.
At over 3,000 feet elevation, Valle Crucis is famous for it’s abundance of North Carolina Christmas Tree farms. Valle Crucis is a vacation and retirement paradise with hiking, canoeing, fishing, swimming, mountain biking, horseback riding, skiing, golf and much more.
With both the Blue Ridge Parkway and numerous ski slopes nearby, visitors to Valle Crucis come to experience cool summer breezes, spectacular mountain scenery and outdoor recreation.
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Contact Elizabeth Carter, 336.973.5594 or Greg Stikeleather, Broker, 704.880.5247 or email eacarter@charter.net
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18 Sep 2009 01:43 pm
Painting Tips
A new federal law beginning April 2010 will require all contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in private homes, childcare facilities, and schools (built prior to 1978) to be certified in the prevention of lead contamination.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) document titled What You Need to Know About Lead Poisoning, “Despite laws established in the 1970s to make people aware of the dangers of lead and its poisonous effects, lead poisoning in children remains a common, yet preventable, environmental health problem in the United States.” Heavily-leaded paint is in about two-thirds of homes built prior to 1940 and one-half of homes built from 1940 to 1960, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). “Some homes built after 1960 also contain heavily-leaded paint.”
The CPSC recommends that any homes constructed before the 1980s be tested for lead before renovating. You can learn more about lead-based paint by visiting the EPA’s website In today’s column we’ll assume you understand that if you think you have lead-based paint you need to seek expert help before any renovations. Now, we’ll tackle the fun stuff: choosing colors that have mass appeal (in case you’re selling soon), selecting quality paint, and understanding when to buy paint. For this information we turn to Gabrielle Genevich, branch manager, Sherwin Williams. (more…)
14 Sep 2009 07:42 am
W. Kerr Scott Lakefront Lot
Lot #17 – Driveway and house site cleared. Open to offers. A unique, large acreage waterfront lot near a great full service town.
The Malone Bay community features 18 lots at W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir. Fourteen (14) are Lakefront and meet private dock requirements. All lots have access to public water, saving owners from $5,000 to $10,000 on drilling a well. These lots have public water and will save you the cost of drilling a well. The entire development also features underground utilities.
This is a gated community with lots ranging from 2.3+- acres to 6.8+- acres on the Hwy 421 side of the lake just off South Minton Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
W. Kerr Scott Lake is 1500 acres with 50 miles of shoreline and is controlled by the US Army Corps of Engineers. It is clean water with good fishing and is excellent for boating, kayaking, skiing, and swimming. The property is surrounded by National Parks. Wilkesboro is a beautiful community and town with friendly people. It is located just 40 miles east of Boone and Blowing Rock, NC and one and a half hours northwest of Charlotte.
Main Channel Views.
Private dock.
3.87 acres.
MLS Number: 52139
List Price: $242,500
Lot Size: 3.87 ac.
Apx Acreage: 3.87
Type: Waterfront
Area: Area 2
Suitable Use: Residential
Topography: Rolling
Utilities: Underground Utilities
Road Frontage: Private Road
Restrictions: yes
Water/Sewer: Public Water
Location: Malone Way
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11 Sep 2009 07:10 am
Buying A Rental Property For Income
Whether you’re a buyer who suffered a foreclosure not long ago or you’re a long-time renter interested in becoming a homeowner, the lease-to-own option may be good for you.
Wendy Patton, author of Rent to Buy, due out this month, talks about how to find the rent-to-buy properties and why potential buyers should research not only the property but the seller as well.
Patton recommends looking through Craigslist or the newspaper to find the properties. “I just call up owners [of properties for rent] and talk to them about their home,” says Patton. She says your real estate agent can help with this process. Patton finds that many landlords whose properties are for rent actually would consider selling. (more…)
07 Sep 2009 09:38 am
Malone Bay Lakefront Lot Wilkes County NC
Lot #17 – Driveway and house site cleared. Open to offers. A unique, large acreage waterfront lot near a great full service town.
The Malone Bay community features 18 lots at W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir. Fourteen (14) are Lakefront and meet private dock requirements. All lots have access to public water, saving owners from $5,000 to $10,000 on drilling a well. These lots have public water and will save you the cost of drilling a well. The entire development also features underground utilities.
This is a gated community with lots ranging from 2.3+- acres to 6.8+- acres on the Hwy 421 side of the lake just off South Minton Road, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
W. Kerr Scott Lake is 1500 acres with 50 miles of shoreline and is controlled by the US Army Corps of Engineers. It is clean water with good fishing and is excellent for boating, kayaking, skiing, and swimming. The property is surrounded by National Parks. Wilkesboro is a beautiful community and town with friendly people. It is located just 40 miles east of Boone and Blowing Rock, NC and one and a half hours northwest of Charlotte.
Main Channel Views.
Private dock.
3.87 acres.
MLS Number: 52139
List Price: $242,500
Lot Size: 3.87 ac.
Apx Acreage: 3.87
Type: Waterfront
Area: Area 2
Suitable Use: Residential
Topography: Rolling
Utilities: Underground Utilities
Road Frontage: Private Road
Restrictions: yes
Water/Sewer: Public Water
Location: Malone Way
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04 Sep 2009 06:56 am
Use Wind Energy To Your Benefit
When the federal government announced half a billion dollars in grants last week to help develop wind-energy projects, more than a few land investors and farm owners around the country probably picked up the sweet scent of cash. That’s because wind farming is the hot new sideline source of income shaping up for potentially thousands of landowners whose acreage happens to be in the right place. Wind projects are high on the Obama administration’s list of renewable energy to encourage — even subsidize — in the coming two decades.
Wind energy generation companies are on the prowl for acreage where they can install turbines, ideally in locations that have average year-round wind speeds of eleven to thirteen miles per hour. If the acreage also happens to be in the general vicinity of existing high-power electrical transmission lines, and not too remote from population centers, that’s all the better. (more…)
