2005 Dream Home at Little Pine

The Preserve at Little Pine, located 25 minutes outside Asheville, N.C., broke ground in August for the construction of the 2005 Southern Accents Dream Home. The design, by Asheville architect Robert Griffin, carries out the environment-conscious theme of the community and will use recycled materials, such as furniture and flooring. Completion date for the project is April 1. Set in Marshall, N.C., Little Pine was developed by native Jack Fisher and Renaissance Ventures, and procured through a conservation easement managed by the Smoky Mountain National Land Trust. Phase Three of the 70 home sites was opened in April. The two-year-old community, with designs by Brevard, N.C. architect Al Platt, also came in second in the 2004 HGTV Dream Home competition. To learn more, call (404) 925-7420 or e-mail to Renvent@Bellsouth.net.

No-Worry Ownership
In a trouble-and-work-free twist on having a mountain home, Balsam Mountain Preserve, a private residential community in the Great Smoky Mountains, has launched The Boarding House Partners Program at its location 48 miles west of Asheville. Under the program introduced in late summer, 40 families will acquire membership in the 4,400- acre natural preserve, with a deeded real estate interest and exclusive eight-week annual use of the 10 handcrafted mountain cottages. The homes are designed with one and two bedrooms, and members may reserve several to accommodate themselves, immediate family and friends during two weeks each season. They can also enjoy all community privileges in the two-year-old, 350-homestead location, which is currently constructing The Sports Garden, with tennis, fitness and swimming facilities, and an Arnold Palmer-signature golf course, with its challenging course and clubhouse. Boarding House memberships will be priced in the $200,000-$250,000 range. For additional information, call (866) 452-3456 or visit www.BalsamMountainPreserve.com.

 
Launching at the Lake
Heron Pointe, a master-planned waterfront community set against the Blue Ridge Mountains on the fishing-rich waters of Leesville Lake in Southwest Virginia, debuted with a grand opening celebration September 18 and 19. The event marked the community’s first sales offering of approximately 51 single-family lots running from one to three acres, half with lake access and half with lake frontage. Developed by NASCAR race driver Stacy Compton, Heron Pointe is located 30 minutes from Lynchburg and Danville and 45 minutes from Roanoke. Prices begin at $39,900 for lake-access lots, $146,900 for lake-frontage lots. In addition, Heron Pointe offers fenced RV and boat storage area, pavilion and picnic area, and community boat launching ramp and swimming pool. Property is shown by appointment only. For information or an appointment,
call (877) 280- 5263.

Tennessee High Water
The last large-scale development on 40,000-acre Watts Bar Lake, Grande Vista Bay opened sales in June at its
1,200-acre site near its Rockwood, Tenn. Developed by Waters-Edge Properties Inc. and featuring seven miles of shoreline, the project is planned to include more than 500 homes in nine private, gated communities
upon completion, with parcels starting at $39,900. Among the offerings: lots with deep water shorelines
suitable for private docks and boathouse and starting at $139,900; select estate-size, lake-view parcels, some
with on-site boat slips, under $100,000; and private wooded parcels and mini farms of two to eight acres from $39,900 and $69,900. Construction on the development’s first homes is expected to begin by year’s end, and two community recreational facilities
will be equipped with swimming pool, boat docks and bathhouse. For additional information,
call (866) 857-5253 or (866) 446-5253
or log on to www.tnlake.net.