Some mountain properties have views. Others have the water, the usable land, or the easy drive to town. This one has all four, and that combination is what makes it genuinely rare in Western North Carolina.

20 +/- acres of open, rolling pasture unfold here beneath mountain views in every direction, the kind of usable land that stays useful rather than dropping off into a wooded ravine. A creek-fed pond of roughly an acre and a half sits near the center, and the entire south border runs along more than 2,000 feet of Bolens Creek with full access to the water. Mornings begin with coffee on the covered porch as the sun comes over the ridge and mist lifts off the pond. Evenings bring the sound of the creek, deer and wild turkeys moving through the fields, and in summer, fireflies by the thousands. And yet for all the quiet, you are four minutes from downtown Burnsville and two from the grocery, with Asheville about forty minutes out. That balance of privacy and convenience is the part most properties, this scenic, simply cannot offer.

At the center of it stands a custom timber-frame home unlike anything else on the market. People slow down on the road for it, the deep red cedar, the cupola crowning the ridgeline, the long covered porch wrapping the front. Inside, cathedral ceilings in tongue-and-groove pine run the length of the home, carried on exposed timber posts and beams joined with a craftsmanship you rarely see built anymore. Oversized windows in nearly every room pull mountain light through the house all day. The great room rises tall and bright beneath a pair of iron ring chandeliers, anchored by a navy kitchen with a farmhouse apron sink, a six-burner gas range, and a cedar sliding barn door that opens to a walk-in pantry.

It was built to be lived in well. Completed in 2024 and occupied for barely a year, the home was finished with health in mind from the studs out, with no-VOC ECOS stains and finishes throughout, premium Greenguard Gold-certified flooring, spray-foam insulation, and whole-home water filtration. A whole-home generator, tankless water heater, underground 1,000-gallon propane tank, and Charter high-speed fiber make it as practical as it is beautiful. Every choice was deliberate, the kind you cannot see at a glance but feel every day you live there.

Three bedrooms, a full bath, and a half bath make up the home. The primary suite offers a premium stone soaking tub and a walk-in closet. Downstairs holds an oversized bedroom, approximately twelve by twenty-four, with a large walk-in closet and tall ceilings, a second bedroom, and a generous open flex room currently used for homeschool that would serve just as well as an office, studio, or playroom. Out back, the covered porch overlooks the pond and pastures, warmed by two infrared heaters for year-round enjoyment.

For the equestrian or the homesteader, the property is genuinely turnkey. Under the same roof as the home sits a fully finished, insulated barn with six European-style stalls, Nelson automatic waterers, a heated wash bay, and a generous tack room, with a picture window that looks down into the stall aisle from the living space and Dutch doors that open straight to pasture. The land is fenced and cross-fenced with in-ground pasture waterers, run-in shelters, and frost-free hydrants throughout. An established orchard of twenty-seven fruit trees, apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots, anchors a homestead organically managed with no herbicides or pesticides under current ownership, alongside a brand-new enclosed raised-bed garden, two chicken coops with solar automatic doors, a garden shed, a children’s playscape, and a covered sandbox.

There is room to work and room to grow. A substantial pole barn offers a concrete-floored main building, enclosed lean-tos, three overhead doors including a 16-foot RV-height door, conditioned flex rooms, a workshop, a spacious loft, and 220V service. And in the prettiest spot on the property, perched above the pond beside the playground with arguably the best view on the land, a separate approximately sixteen by twenty-four schoolhouse sits heated, cooled, and full of windows, ready to serve as a homeschool room, office, studio, or guest retreat.

This is the rare property that ends the compromise. The views without the isolation. The land without the impracticality. The privacy without the long drive to town. Whether your vision is horses, homesteading, room to breathe, or simply waking up to the Blue Ridge every morning, it was built with intention and obvious love, and it shows even better in person than in photographs. Private showings available now.