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221 View Ridge Parkway, Leicester NC 28748

221 View Ridge Parkway, Leicester NC 28748

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Community: Blue Mist Farms – 11 Farm Cove Lane, Leicester NC 28759
Status: Land/Home Package
Price: starting at $487,000
Contact: Heather Wheatley 828.335.0735

Gorgeous, craftsman pre-construction home by award winning Living Stone Construction in Asheville’s hidden gem: Blue Mist Farms! This universally designed home boasts a quaint craftsman architectural feel and is also incredibly energy efficient construction. It works well for families of all size & ages. Open floor plan, 9′ ceilings, Energy Star rated, NC Green Built! BMF features pool, clubhouse, tennis court, breathtaking views for miles and less than 20 minutes to downtown AVL! Must see!

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The Alexis – 21 Talking Rock Lane, Leicester NC 28748

The Alexis – 21 Talking Rock Lane, Leicester NC 28748

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Community: Blue Mist Farms – 11 Farm Cove Lane, Leicester NC 28759
Status: Land/Home Package
Price: starting at $499,000
Contact: Heather Wheatley 828.335.0735

Gorgeous, craftsman pre-construction home by award winning Living Stone Construction in Asheville’s hidden gem: Blue Mist Farms! This universally designed home boasts a quaint craftsman architectural feel and is also incredibly energy efficient construction. It works well for families of all size & ages. Open floor plan, 9′ ceilings, Energy Star rated, NC Green Built! BMF features pool, clubhouse, tennis court, breathtaking views for miles and less than 20 minutes to downtown AVL! Must see!

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Rhodo Reno – A Case Study In Right Size Design

Rhodo Reno – A Case Study In Right Size Design

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Sean and Laura SullivanThe Rhodo Reno
A case study in “Right Size” Design
By Sean Sullivan, AMB, CGP, CAPS

My wife (Laura) and I decided to buy a 1960’s rancher in downtown Black Mountain to renovate for ourselves. We liked the feel of downtown and wanted to be close in to the lake, park, pool and center of town. We had our work cut out for us though since the home hadn’t been touched in nearly 40 years!
The 900sf shack sat on a crawl space situated nicely on a corner lot near the golf course. Believers in making all things beautiful, and the desire to give every home we touch “curb appeal”, we first nailed down the floor plan. We wanted to keep as much of the original structure as possible, leaving the two exterior door locations, existing room layouts (virtually the same), as well as leaving the original location of the hallway and common bath. Because we had to combine the two end bedrooms into a master suite, we needed to design a small addition on the back to replace the lost bedroom and give the home a proper kitchen.
We enlisted the help of an architect partner to help create the new style, passive solar design, and get the exterior elevations just right. After that was nailed down, we set out to make this the most efficient use of space we could create. Since most of our clients end up building homes larger than they had originally intended (due to having lower levels on sloping lots), we wanted to show what it meant to “right size” a home.

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Custom Alexandra for Christine Dowd

Custom Alexandra for Christine Dowd

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Alexandra model in Thoms EstateChristine Dowd knew what she didn’t want in a house. She didn’t want what she had, which was a house she’d built whose finishes were so rough she ripped a sweater on a door frame.
What she wanted was a beautiful new house in Thoms Estate, a north Asheville enclave of good taste and friendliness that had a couple of lots she liked. She was out there looking at them one day when a couple who lived beside one of the lots invited her in to look at the home that Living Stone Construction had built for them. Christine loved it (and she loved the couple).
“They graciously showed me around their home,” she said. “They loved their house. It was so well designed. You could tell that someone had taken a lot of time to get all the details right. When I walked out of their beautiful home, even though I’d contemplated other builders, I’d made up my mind to go with Living Stone.”
And so Christine, recently retired as a presenter for Apple, went to see Sean Sullivan at Living Stone Construction, a builder of green and energy-efficient homes whose work continues to win awards for design, function and price points.

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Ten years in a Living Stone home and still thrilled

Ten years in a Living Stone home and still thrilled

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montreat homeTo look at Peggy and Bill Scheu’s house, you’d think it was brand new. But it’s not, and the Scheus credit its handsomeness to the skill and materials that Living Stone Construction used when it built their Montreat residence over nine years ago. Today, the house is as durable as it is beautiful.
“We designed it with that in mind,” Peggy said at home recently. “The planning was carefully done.”
“The quality of the work is just superb,” Bill said.

With seven grandchildren and a growing family, Bill and Peggy Scheu (pronounced “Shy”) built the home with elegant endurance in mind. Working with Living Stone President Sean Sullivan, Peggy and Bill chose finish materials and a style of home that could stand up to the rambunctious family gatherings that happen especially during summer, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Quiet mornings in the mountains are the start of the Gramleys’ day

Quiet mornings in the mountains are the start of the Gramleys’ day

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Gramley-42David Gramley especially likes the mornings at his Living Stone Construction-built home in The Settings of Black Mountain. The first one awake, he makes a cup of coffee and turns to the large windows in the living room. Cradling the steaming cup of joe, he marvels at the clarity of the mountain framed within the view. Sometimes he sees deer emerge from the woods. Wild turkeys strut among the trees.
Shifting his eyes to the mountain range in the far distance, he’s prone to contemplate he and his wife’s move into this house in the winter of 2015. The house suits them perfectly, David said.

“We found that since we moved here, we hardly turn on the TV,” he said. “I’d rather look outside.”
And to find beauty inside, he has only to scan the interior space of his Craftsman-style home. Its large common area flows seamlessly from the living room into the kitchen and dining area. Its spaciousness is graciously proportioned. The airy, open space seems to breath in the mountain air that David enjoys when he steps out with his coffee onto the porch to see what kind of weather the day has brought.

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