Mountain Living Within Reach

Land Description

Owner Financing:

- $300 down (plus the $500 doc fee)

- $300 down $295/Mo for 84 months (plus prorated taxes and a $12/Mo note maintenance fee)

The Mountain Keeps Its Cool While the Rest of the State Sweats

Picture a July morning where you reach for a flannel instead of the air conditioning. That's most of summer up here. This lot sits high on Beech Mountain, over 3,500 feet up, where the air stays cool while the lowlands run their AC nonstop and the nights still call for a blanket.

There's a reason folks have come to this mountain for generations. In winter, the slopes at Beech Mountain Resort are practically neighbors. When the snow melts, the same mountain turns into lift-served bike trails and the hiking paths of the Emerald Outback. Build a cabin and you've got a porch for the cool mornings, a fireplace for the cold nights, and a front-row seat to all four seasons doing their thing. Cabin builder, summer-heat refugee, weekend skier, the fella whose family is tired of fighting over a rental every fall? There's room for all of you up here.

Here's what to know before you stake out a building site. Deergrass Road is dirt and platted right to the lot, so you've got legal and physical access, just not pavement (the mountain hands that out sparingly, and the quiet is the trade). The ground slopes, like most everything worth building on up here, which is what gives a porch something to look at. Public water and sewer hookups are available at the road. Power lines haven't reached this stretch yet, so you'll either bring service in or let the mountain sun run a solar setup. And because every inch of Beech Mountain sits in a high-wind zone, your builder will spec the windows and framing to match, which is just smart building this high up.

A place like this isn't really about the half-acre. It's about waking up one day on a mountain that's yours, watching the fog burn off the ridgeline, and knowing you finally quit waiting on someday.

SUBDIVISION: Laurel Gap

STREET Address: 145 Deergrass Rd, Banner Elk, NC, 28604

State: Nc

COUNTY: Watauga County, Nc

Zip: 28604

Size: 0.44 acres

LOT Dimensions: 45 feet (Northern Leg) x 207 feet (Eastern Leg) x 250 feet (Western Leg) x 132 feet (Southern Leg)

Apn: 1941-40-3862-000

Legal Description: Being all of Lot 4 of the property known as Laurel Gap, Beech Mountain, North Carolina, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Map Book 6, Page 120, Watauga County Registry

Google Maps Link:

Lat/Long Coordinates:

Nw: 36.218785, -81.900828

Ne: 36.218788, -81.900683

Sw: 36.218102, -81.900914

Se: 36.218240, -81.900509

Elevation: 3,549 feet

ANNUAL Taxes: Approx. $15.26 per year

ZONING: R-2 Single-Family Residential - Single Family Residence and Modular homes are allowed.Site built homes are allowed as long as they must meet the requirements of the current NC Building CodesNo time limit to build but here is a time limit once construction starts, which is 2 years to complete exterior construction.No mobile homes and other manufactured homes are allowed.There are no minimum square footage requirements, the structure must meet the current NC Building Codes and be constructed on a permanent foundation.Camping and RV's are not allowed.Tent Camping is allowed once the home is completed, there is an allowance for ‘backyard' tent camping but not on vacant lotsFor more information, please contact the Town of Beech Mountain Planning and Zoning at phone no.

Land Use:

Building Information

• Time Limit to Build: None. But, there is a time limit once construction starts, which is 2 years to complete exterior construction.

• Site Built Homes Allowed: Yes, they must meet the requirements of the current NC Building Codes

• Modular Homes Allowed: Yes, provided they meet the requirements of the current NC Building Codes, documented by the modular certificate.

• Manufactured Homes Allowed: Only modular homes, no other manufactured homes are allowed.

• Mobile Homes Allowed: No, mobile homes are not allowed in the R-2

• Tiny Homes Allowed: There are no minimum square footage requirements, the structure must meet the current NC Building Codes and be constructed on a permanent foundation.

Allowable Uses

• Full-Time RV Living: No

• RV on the property while you build: No

• Camping in a RV: No

• Camping in a Tent: Once the home is completed, there is an allowance for ‘backyard' tent camping but not on vacant lots

FLOOD Zone: No

HOA/POA: No HOA/Poa information found online.

IMPROVEMENTS: None

ACCESS: Deergrass Rd is a platted access to the property.

WATER: Water line is available in Deergrass Rd.

SEWER: Sewer line is available in Deergrass Rd.

UTILITIES: Power by solar, wind or generator, Phone by cellular, satellite Tv/Internet/Phone