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.

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The bathroom is arguably a home’s most pampered room, coinciding with the heightening emphasis in recent years placed on fitness and well-being. A room that was once left on the periphery of home design now is often situated in a position of prominence in the home, sometimes even adjunct to one’s bedroom.

Modern standards of luxury range from handcrafted woods and greenhouse windows to state-of-the-art whirlpool baths with spa-like amenities like soaking tubs and exercise equipment. For those proud of their house’s history, bathrooms can be fitted with period details like a pedestal sink or antique-looking hardware. (more…)

Close to the Blue Ridge Parkway, this lovely Ashe County mountain home is in the desirable Twin Bridges Subdivision, known for its river and long range mountain views. Close to Boone, NC, Jefferson, NC and West Jefferson, North Carolina, your home will bring all the convenience of the perfect retirement residence. The Twin Bridges Subdivision features easy access to the New River with canoeing, rafting, kayaking, fishing, and hiking.

Besides all the cultural opportunities of Boone, NC, Ashe County is famous for it’s abundance of North Carolina Christmas Tree farms. Ashe County is a vacation and retirement paradise with motorcycle riding, hiking, canoeing, fishing, swimming, mountain biking, horseback riding, skiing, golf and much more.

With both the New River and Mt. Jefferson State Parks nearby, visitors to Ashe County come to experience cool summer breezes, spectacular mountain scenery and outdoor recreation.

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Fall is a great time to start a new garden, even if you are not going to plant until spring. But if you love fall greens, which get sweeter with cold nights, there is still time to plant seeds of spinach, mustard greens, short-season bok choy, claytonia, mâche — even erba stella.

The advantages of not tilling are many. Weed seeds are not brought to the surface of the soil, where they readily sprout and grow. You don’t churn up earthworms and countless other organisms that will aerate and enrich the soil just fine, thank you, if you feed them compost and leave them alone.

And, since gas-powered tillers not only pour hydrocarbons into the air, but also release CO2 when they churn up the soil, leaving them in the garage is a good way to cut down on your carbon footprint. (more…)

Waterfront on New River

Heritage Estates Lot 46. 1.3 acres. 100 feet on the river. Anchored gazebo stays. Septic permit. Shared well. Graded and ready to build on. Paved road.

MLS Number: 54345
List Price: $110,000

Very nice lot on New River. Good neighborhood, paved road to lot. Over 100′ on river, has a new gazebo anchored on lot that stays. Septic permit has been pulled as per seller. Grading has been done and shared well on lot. Ready to build on.

Ashe County
Lot Size, Apx Acreage: 1.37
Type: Waterfront
Suitable Use: Residential
Topography: Level, Stream/Creek
Utilities: Total Electric
Water/Sewer: Community Water, Septic Tank
Road Frontage: Private Road, Paved Road
Miscellaneous: 1-5 Acres

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State and local governments are cracking down on people for improperly claiming something called the homestead exemption. Take Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York, who was accused of doing just that on a home he owns in Washington, D.C.

But as the tax authorities look for cheats, they are finding that many people who are eligible for homestead exemptions fail to apply, even though the exemptions can provide valuable breaks on property taxes — the issue in Mr. Rangel’s case — as well as protection from creditors. (more…)