Highlands House for Rent: Rustic Elegance, but High Tech Mountain Home with View and Stream - Property 181819

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Property Can be Purchased: Property Can be Purchased Sales Information: Price: $2,975,000.00 1.41 Acre Lot Small Gated Community 5 Bedrooms 8 Baths Formal Living and Dining Rooms Panel Library Media Room Exercise Room Office Gourmet Kitchen In-Law / Guest Suite with separate kitchen, living and dining room, bedroom and bath. Construction photos: Amenities: Elevator 4 Wet Bars 3 Fireplaces – one on porch Wine Chiller Ice Maker Zone HVAC Central Vacuum Security with Cameras Heated Driveway Nuvo Sound System through out All Granite Tops Automatic Generator Auto Raise-Lower Chandelier Control HVAC, Lighting and security from anywhere in the world.

History of Highlands: The town of Highlands was founded in 1875 by two developers living in Kansas who, according to legend, took a map in hand and drew a line from New York to New Orleans. Then they drew another line from Chicago to Savannah. These lines, they predicted, would become major trade routes in the future, and where they crossed would some day be a great population center. Their logic wasn’t completely insane when one recognizes we are just over 120 miles from Atlanta. What evolved was a health and summer resort at more than 4,000 feet on the highest crest of the Western North Carolina plateau in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This paradisial settlement, the highest incorporated town east of the Rockies, provided common ground for both northern and southern pioneers a decade after the Civil war. By 1883, nearly 300 immigrants from the eastern states were calling Highlands’s home. In the early 1880’s the town contained 8 country stores specializing in groceries, hardware, and general goods.

Highlands Today: There are now 35 businesses. The town’s population stands at slightly over 1,100 year round residents and swells to over 20,000 during the summer months. Situated at 4118 feet elevation in Western North Carolina, just two hours from Atlanta, and one and a half hour from Ashville makes Highlands convent to major transportation hubs. The Highlands plateau is surrounded by 200,000+ acres of National Forest which is a hikers dream. There is no “T” shirt or souvenir shops, fast food restaurants, theme parks or etc. in Highlands. However, you will find many wonderful restaurants with a great wine selection, antique shops, clothing stores, specialty shops and a world class spa and health fitness club. Hiking, golf, whitewater rafting, fishing and ATV rides are just minutes away.

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Other Activities: Many water falls and Hiking Trails

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