Holiday House Sales - Yes, it can happen! With Salisbury Real Estate LLC

As the winter holidays ~Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and all ~ approach in late autumn, many might be reluctant to place their property on the market for sale. Many think that folks will be distracted by holiday planning and activities. But in reality, a home or property on the market during the holidays gets the attention of the truly serious buyer!

Realtor® Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate listed this unique property in the Town of Rockwell, North Carolina in November of 2022.  Not only listed just before the holidays kicked into full gear, this property was also unique unto itself . . . a homestead on 8+-acres hidden away in the woods, off ~ WAY off ~ the beaten path!  

Not for the typical home-buyer, this tucked-away 2-bedroom/2-bath 2,296 s.f. home sits in the center of a clearing on deeply rolling and heavily wooded land, with its own pond and several outbuildings.  The right buyer would be someone seriously looking over the holidays who wanted just that . . . a small remote home with some land to play with.  Say no more!  Greg Rapp knows how to reach that special buyer! 190 Dutch Farm Road hit the market November 12th, 2022 with Salisbury Real Estate LLC.  Bring on the big holidays, no problem!  The home went under contract on December 12, 2022, and the sale on this special property closed January 9th, 2023 ~ despite holidays, severe weather, local electric outages, and all that landed between listing day and closing!

When you want that special property of your own sold ~ challenges or no ~ list with Greg Rapp, the real estate agent who gets your story out to the widest reach, and most importantly. . . the right buyer. 704.213.6846 gets it done.

190 Dutch Farm Road
Rockwell, NC 28138
CMLS#3922796
$499,999  SOLD

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

Homestead Opportunity on 8-Acres in Rockwell NC ~ with SRE!

Who among us hasn't fantasized about living surrounded by rolling hills, away from the bustle and buzz of city and neighbors, with gardens, greenhouses, chickens...and maybe even a pond of our own! Make that dream a reality at 190 Dutch Farm Road in the sweet town of Rockwell, North Carolina. Let Realtor Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC show you this fantastic homesteader opportunity on over 8 acres offering privacy, space, and so much!

Tucked away up a long drive through beautifully wooded property, you'll find this one-owner home that the sellers poured their heart into. Walk up flagstone steps through the front door. A warm and gracious open-floorplan space greets you: a large open living and dining greatroom with cast iron wood stove, flagstone hearth, and beautiful oak floors set cheerfully on the diagonal then leads through to a spacious and bright, open kitchen with new quartz countertops along counters and huge work island. The kitchen features a dual-fuel range (gas cooktop and electric oven) and a plethora of windows overlooking gardens and rear deck.

Off the kitchen, the owners built a massive sunroom with flagstone flooring and walls of windows with a screened porch at one end overlooking the grassy knolls that wind down to the pond. A doorway leads to a large wrap around deck overlooking gardens, woods, and pond. The elevated deck runs the length of the 24' sunroom AND the screen porch, with a beautiful circular feature at the east end. Al fresco dining anyone? The owners grew large potted citrus trees along the deck and overwintered them in the sunroom. The owners were garden intensive people and perennials and herbs abound in the gardens that can nearly all be observed from this fabulous deck.

Your new home at 190 Dutch Farm Road offers a second winter sunroom that steps down off the kitchen. When the trees shed their leaves, this small sunroom is bathed in sunlight and gas logs here make this room a cozy respite.  While the entire home is heated and cooled with an energy-efficient geothermal HVAC, the owner devised an ingenious fan system that takes hot air from the living room wood stove and pipes it to this sunny space! An outdoor patio and attached solarium are just beyond the lower sunroom pleasant room.

A private hallway leads to the home's two bedrooms, single bath, and a sewing /laundry room that could do double-duty as an office or craft room.

When you step outside, the real excitement begins. Where to begin? The property has so many wonderful outbuildings all nestled here and that it's tough to know where to start! 

Do a slow 360° and take in the potting shed, a small greenhouse, the 24 x 40 garage, and a two story tiki hut down by the pond ~ complete with a tiny working kitchen with stove, refrigerator, and tiny counters. The owners have spent many an hour entertaining guests on steamy North Carolina summer afternoons with swims and sunbathing in the pond followed by cookouts at the 'hut'. A stand-alone bathroom outbuilding is nearby. A tractor shed (complete with tractor and implements that convey with the sale) is nestled in the woods. A chicken coop and a wood-storage structure round out the property. Gardens? Well, of course! The sellers are Master Gardeners with Rowan County and the property offers two irrigation systems for the gardens.

Under the home, the entire basement/crawl area is encapsulated against moisture.  But wait . . . here ~ you'll find a climate-controlled wine cellar to go with those mature grape vines that grow in the gardens!

The property extends beyond what you see in the cleared areas with lawn, gardens, pond and outbuildings - on to deep woods with native paw-paw trees and more. And old survey (updated in 1992) says the lower portion of the acreage is in a flood plain, however the seller says it only occasionally floods. NCfloodmaps.com and Rowan County GIS show no flood zone.

The Town of Rockwell, North Carolina is centrally located just 10-miles from historic Salisbury's museums, restaurants, unique shopping, and nightlife . . . and 40-miles from Charlotte's metro-area.  Nearby attractions include High Rock Lake, the North Carolina Transportation Museum, and Blue Waters Pool. Tiger World Endangered Wildlife Preserve, a nonprofit animal conservation and educational center dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and preservation of exotic animals, is located in Rockwell. The Old Stone House, a circa 1760s plantation home restored to its period features and furniture, is in the nearby Town of Granite Quarry. The Old Stone House, a branch of the Rowan County Museum network, hosts popular events throughout the year where volunteers in period costumes tell the history of each room in the house, cook traditional food over open fires, and where there is period music, weaving, hunting and black powder gun demos, candle making and herbs, spices and historical books offered. You won't want to miss the annual Christmas Celebration here. More nearby fun includes Morgan Ridge Vineyards with its restaurant, event venue, and rolling grounds, the historic Town of Gold Hill that steps right out of its original gold-mining era practically untouched . . . and race fans will appreciate the proximity to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, just minutes down the highway. 

If you pictured yourself living on rolling acreage, a small farmette, or a country get-away ~ with privacy and greenery abounding, your dream is about to come true. Reach out today to Realtor® Greg Rapp with Salisbury Real Estate LLC for your exclusive showing of this special property: 704.213.6846 makes it happen!

190 Dutch Farm Road
Rockwell, NC 28138-8710
CMLS#3922796
$499,999

Greg Rapp 
Salisbury Real Estate LLC 
704 213 6846 Mobile 
GregRappRealtor@gmail.com 
www.realestatesalisbury.net 

Want Quick Turn~Around? List with Greg Rapp!

Has your Home~For~Sale been languishing on the market for months and months, perhaps over a year, waiting for a buyer . . . the right buyer . . . any buyer?  It doesn't have to be this way, even in this struggling and depressed housing market.  Choosing the right agent, who knows how to price your property to SELL, and who knows how to reach the broadest breadth of interested buyers, is the secret to moving your property!  Just check out this real~time success story:

The owners of 103 Trapper's Ridge Drive in Rockwell, North Carolina were anxious, as many of you are, to sell their property in a timely manner, a beautifully landscaped one-story, brick, 3-bedroom home sitting on a hill up off the road in a charming, quiet neighborhood.  The home features hardwood floors in most rooms, a vaulted ceiling and brick fireplace in living room, arched and bay windows. Trapper's Ridge has a master~suite to die for ~ with 3 closets, one of which is a huge walk in closet, and beautifully appointed master bath with separate shower and tub. The home's formal dining room and separate eat in kitchen area are great for entertaining as is the secluded patio at the rear of the home. The home's superb floor plan, laundry room, and 3~car (yes THREE!!) garage already made this home a choice piece of real estate.  

But how were the owners to get out from under their heavy mortgage payment, and quickly?  

The owners listed 103 Trapper's Ridge Drive with Greg Rapp/Wallace Realty on September 24th.  With Greg's expert advise, they priced the home right at $200,000.  If this sounds low, it might be.  It was priced $50K below tax value . . . but in this case, the owners needed to move on quickly. Letting the house linger on the market was not a palatable option! Pricing at $200K allowed home buyers to find this property in searches that, for instance, allow one to look at properties priced from $150K to $200K...or from $200K to $250K. 

Greg's broad-reaching real-estate marketing tactics allow him a steady stream of interested buyers.  Within days of listing the property, Greg was showing 103 Trapper's Ridge to valid potential buyers.  By October 5th, just 12 days from listing the property, this home was under contract.

Want to be able to share the same success story for your property?  Call Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846!