Lake Front Property ~ Yours Now for $199,900!

If you've always wanted to live on the lake but thought you couldn't afford it, let Salisbury Realtor Greg Rapp show you 1024 Panther Point ~ the place you’ve been waiting for!

1024 PANTHER POINT ROAD Salisbury, NC is a one story, 3-bedroom, brick veneer home built in 1960 located in Panther Point along High Rock Lake in Rowan County.  This 1100 square foot home is built in traditional ‘60’s mid-century style with a compact yet efficient floor plan and great flow.  Its galley kitchen with 16-foot bar opens into the large 24 x 15 living room with its brick fireplace ~ the cook and guests are never separated from one another! A large 25x20 screened-in porch is off to one side ~ perfect for taking in lake breezes.  Another large open area with double glass sliding doors overlooking lake leads out to a 24x15 covered porch and a huge 30x15 patio.  Imagine your own water-front property ~ at just under $200K!

This solid brick home sits along 100 feet of good deep water on High Rock Lake.  There is a newer pier and dock.  The property is filled with picturesque mature trees ~ absolutely breathtaking in fall foliage season. The home has one full bath, but no closet in the Master Bedroom.  Much of the styling of the 1960's is still in place ~ wood paneled walls, 1960's carpet, etc... yet shows little wear. The water softener will need replacing. This home is filled with possibilities . . . or is move-in ready to be enjoyed this summer.

To see 1024 Panther Point, contact Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846.  Don’t let this opportunity to be a lake-front property owner slip through your fingers!

Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series ~ #2: Bernhardt Hardware Store, c. 1882, Salisbury NC

A Valuable Piece of Downtown Americana ~ for Sale with Tax Credits available! ~ The circa 1882 Bernhardt Hardware Store, Salisbury NC ~ $290,000

Bernhardt Hardware at 111 N Main Street, Salisbury NC was always known for having sleds at the ready for the first snow. But the sleds are gone. All the bicycles and little red wagons have been sold. The last tomato plants have been given away. The Bernhardt Hardware Store on Main Street has forever been a downtown Salisbury, North Carolina fixture and a destination for shopping or a social visit. Now the 1882 Bernhardt Hardware Store is for sale and is eligible for Historic Restoration Tax Credits that potentially can cover 40% of restoration costs!

Original Artwork of the Bernhardt Hardware Store by Robert Richard Toth

Main Level ~ side 1

Paul M. Bernhardt moved to Salisbury in the 1860s and started a hardware business that family members continuously operated since that time in downtown Salisbury NC. When Paul Leake Bernhardt, downtown merchant and former mayor of Salisbury, passed away in 2012 at 87, the "Sage of Main Street" (a great storyteller, Bernhardt was frequently called upon for advice and questions about olden times in Salisbury) left the legacy that was Bernhardt Hardware up for new and innovative usage of marvelous retail space. Located at this historic downtown crossroads, Bernhardt Hardware is right on the Main Street Corridor in what is known as “The Square” ~ the 100 block in each direction from the intersection of Main and Innes Streets.

Main Floor ~ side 2

111-115 North Main Street houses the circa 1882 Bernhardt Hardware Store.  Inside this large space, all three of the 25’ wide bays combine into one store with two storefronts. The building has 75’ feet of frontage on Main Street and an equal amount of frontage in the rear that faces the recently improved Central City Lot, providing ample and lit parking.

Second story

The Bernhardt Hardware Store space draws the impression of North Carolina that seems to disappear more quickly with each passing day. So many, in so many places, tear down old buildings and landmarks, replacing them with big-box retailers and corporate arenas large and small, where once stood beautiful, intimate towns and country stores, some owned and operated for generations by the same families. There aren't many left.  In Salisbury North Carolina, however, the preservation instinct is strong, and the downtown is intact with thriving businesses in beautiful nostalgic storefronts.   

Our Vanishing Americana, Lassiter & Grant

The wonderful book, Our Vanishing Americana: A North Carolina Portrait, (http://www.ncamericana.com/) by Mike Lassiter and Lee Grant, takes you on a journey through a treasured museum of life the way it was , helping one to grasp what is left of the passing scene in towns across North Carolina that helped form the state’s heritage.  The Bernhardt Hardware Store, while not featured in this wonderful photographic journal of the disappearing family-owned genre of shops such as hardware stores, general stores, and ‘filling-stations’, could be nestled in the pages of this book…it is just exactly an example of the iconic downtown community oriented shopping space.

Rear Parking

If the prime location alone in the main square of downtown Salisbury is not enough to convince you to purchase this historic Bernhardt Hardware building, a community icon and historic business site, for your retail venture, take a look around the downtown to see the plethora of other businesses that have, in just recent years, flocked to this thriving historic and nostalgic North Carolina downtown.  Restaurants such as The Salty Caper, Uncle Bucks, The Bangkok Downtown, and Gritz are newer establishments nestled alongside older familiars such as Spanky’s Sandwich Shoppe, The Sidewalk Deli, Santo’s Goodfellows, and the SweetMeadow Café.  New entertainment spots are springing up such as Nashville Nights, Go Burrito (with the town’s first rooftop entertainment area!), and Coopers, all thrive with their neighboring Blue VineWine Shop, Benchwarmer’s. A locally owned book store and two locally run coffee houses fill these historic buildings dotted with art galleries, new dress shops, and health food stores.  Your business at the Bernhardt Hardware Store will be in good company in a bustling downtown in central North Carolina!

Downtown Salisbury, North Carolina

The downtown~centric location of the Bernhardt Hardware Store is perfect for a variety of businesses. The location and square footage of the space provides endless possibilities for stores, shops, or any other retail, as well as a great potential space for residential apartments, condominiums, or small boutique style hotels. The downtown location is also perfect for restaurants, bars, and pubs.

This large and spacious building, with over 16,000 square feet, is in need of many upgrades and is therefore only priced at $290,000 in this prime retail location. The first floor alone houses nearly 8,000 square feet of space, the second floor holds over 8,000, and the 500+ square foot mezzanine is a value added space. The owners will consider subdividing in to 2 or 3 buildings.  This property is available for Historic Restoration Tax Credits that amount to as much as 40% of the restoration costs.

The Bernhardt Hardware Store ~ over 16,000 square feet on Main St, Salisbury NC

This is the second installment in Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series highlighting wonderful available real estate in downtown Salisbury North Carolina. Salisbury Real Estate Agent Greg Rapp extends you the invitation to come to Salisbury North Carolina, spend the day, take in the downtown and feel the positive vibe, exemplified in the recently hosted NC Main Street Conference here that sent over 500 visitors home wanting to model their community after Downtown Salisbury NC, and check out this fabulous potential now available at the Bernhardt Hardware Store.  And with the promise of 40% restoration costs covered by Historic Restoration Tax Credits, http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/tchome.htm, this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss to snatch up this large Main Street storefront with infinite retail, commercial, or even residential mixed use potential.  Contact Greg at 704.213.6846 to accept his invitation! You won't believe your eyes! . . . . And stay tuned for Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series #3!

Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series ~ #1

What sets a city's downtown apart?  Innovative, creative approaches to local investing, property redevelopment, and new business models, entrenched in community values.  Every community has local assets, talents and resources, just waiting to be tapped.  The 2013 North Carolina Main Street Conference being held this week in Salisbury, North Carolina features fresh, new, collaborative partnerships that are creating locally owned enterprises, cultural and entertainment venues, downtown housing and schools and a mix of activities.  It’s no longer downtown business as usual here in Salisbury NC!  Innovative ideas here are attracting people, interest and investment, making this community more resilient and better positioned to endure tough economic times and expand markets and opportunities. Salisbury is creating innovative change for a sustainable future.

450 people from around the state be in downtown Salisbury this week for what’s expected to be one of the largest N.C. Main Street Conferences ever.  Why the big turnout? As quoted in the January 28, 2013 Salisbury Post article by Emily Ford, "Salisbury to host 450 for N.C. Main Street Conference", Liz Parham, director of the N.C. Office Urban Development, answers that question with, “It’s Salisbury. People find Salisbury really interesting.” 

Salisbury, North Carolina competed against other cities to host the 2013 conference, which runs January 30 – February 1, 2013 and features workshops, tours, an awards ceremony and nationally known speakers. When communities compete to host the event, state officials look at all aspects of the city’s downtown, considering the business mix, current or recent projects, what highlights guests could take in during tours, and long-term successes, as well as practical considerations like how many volunteers the community can muster and whether they have enough hotels and restaurants to accommodate the enumerable participants. Organizers of this annual downtown summit were swayed by the number and variety of meeting venues available in Salisbury, as well as the synergy between the Meroney and Norvell theaters, which co-host  the award ceremony Thursday night.

Titled “Main Street: Innovation, Collaboration and Impact,” the 2013 NC Main Street Conference will use seven downtown Salisbury locations for meeting space, including the Trolley Barn, Salisbury Depot, Rowan Museum, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, F&M Professional Center and downtown’s three theaters — the Meroney, Norvell and the Looking Glass Black Box Theatre.Conference-goers are expected to spend up to $150,000 in Salisbury hotels, restaurants, and retail establishments.

Read Ms. Ford's article covering this special event and honor to the City of Salisbury here:

http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20130128/SP01/130129728/1023/salisbury-to-host-450-for-nc-main-street-conference-this-week



And for more information and/or registration details for the conference, please follow this link:http://www.ncmainstreetcenter.com/

Salisbury Realtor Greg Rapp is available this week to show you the variety of opportunities in the available commercial and residential properties in the downtown Salisbury area.  Call Greg at 704.213.6846 to be a part of the innovative ideas in Salisbury, North Carolina that are attracting people, interest and investment, and to tap the local assets, talents and resources just waiting here for you!

Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series

Stay tuned for Greg Rapp's "Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series", an upcoming series here at www.realestatesalisbury.net, highlighting commercial properties available in historic downtown Salisbury, North Carolina! 

There are many reasons to position your business in downtown Salisbury.  One is LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!  Located centrally in the Piedmont of North Carolina, Salisbury is dissected by Interstate-85 between the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte.  An Amtrak station drops off your customers and clients off in the beautifully restored historic Salisbury Depot.  Additionally, Salisbury offers:

• Local shopping 
• Greatest collection of gift and antique shops in Rowan County
• Three specialty beer and wine shops
• Independent coffee shops, bookstores, pharmacy, and more
• Buy Local: 
• Shoppers can buy almost anything made locally in Salisbury’s local stores, boutiques, wine shops, gift shops, and studios 
• Wonderful restaurants and food choices
• Best collection of local restaurants in the county
• Healthy, locally grown food at the Farmer’s Market
• Delicious desserts, including homemade ice cream
• A variety of opportunities to meet people
• Coffee shops and bars
• Live entertainment at the wine shops and coffee shops
• Genuine Southern Hospitality, fantastic and interesting people
• History you cannot find anyplace else
• Ghost Walk
• Civil War history
• The historic train collection at the Transportation Museum
• Cemeteries with the most fascinating historic markers in the southeast
• Great architecture: 1825–1950; one of the very best collections of a variety of styles in the southeast
• Unique and dynamic artistry
• Revolving sculpture show that changes every year
• Original public art
• Entertainment: live, local, year round 
• Three performing arts venues with a variety of openings
• Friday Nights Out, Pops at the Post, Blues & Jazz Festival, Brick Street Live, CHICKWEED
• Live music, including original and cover bands from around the country and the pops symphony
• Places to celebrate:
• Receptions, meetings, wine tastings can be held in a variety of places in the downtown area.
• Many opportunities to give back to the downtown community:
• Get recognition for your business by giving back to your downtown community or nonprofit agencies. Volunteer at Rowan Helping Ministries, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Piedmont Players Theatre, The Lee Street Theatre, Rowan Museum, and so many others.

Salisbury Realtor Greg Rapp will be presenting "Salisbury ~ The Downtown Series" highlighting downtown properties in coming weeks that will give you access to all the amenities that are downtown Salisbury ~ a must for your business to take advantage of~~!  Stay tuned!  Need to talk to Greg now about a potential property?  Call 704.213.6846.

One Photographer's View of Salisbury, North Carolina

The 1882 Bernhardt House ~ $179,900

Thinking about buying a home and moving to beautiful, historic Salisbury, North Carolina?  But you don't know much about the area?  Let one photographer's art take you on a mini~tour of this fine city. Click the link below:
  
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sminor/tags/salisburync/

When you're finished, contact Salisbury Realtor Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846 to show you the fine homes and business properties available here!

The 1887 Benjamin Cauble House ~ $89,000!

The 1887 Benjamin Cauble House at 425 E. Bank Street in Salisbury NC is now for sale at only $89,000! This 19th century home located in one of the City of Salisbury's 10 historic districts and offers 2100 square feet of living space, a nearly maintenance free landscape, and beautifully updated kitchen. This beauty of an antique home, listed in the wonderful website OldHouses.com, was completely renovated in the 1990's and is move~in ready, needing only minor updates and/or aesthetic changes.

(pictures taken mid-winter)

The most remarkable feature of this historic Georgian Colonial style home is the way previous owners nearly eliminated outdoor lawn and garden maintenance by installing a large deck system,complete with a covered cabana that once housed a hot-tub, multiple tiers,walkways, and water features. A very private yard features a goldfish pond and natural areas ~ again minimizing the tedious chores of landscape maintenance. 

A private driveway leads to an arbor that takes one through remaining lawn area surrounded by picket fencing ~ a wonderful play area for children. The deck leads one into the east facing multi-windowed side porch that stretches along the length of the kitchen ~ a great place for indoor plants, reading, or taking your morning coffee.This side porch is open to and an extension of the beautiful ceramic-tiled-floor cook’s kitchen in this home. 

The Benjamin Cauble House ~ c. 1887 ~ FOR SALE $89,000

The large kitchen’s most striking feature is the large center work island with its impressive pergola style architectural surround that includes a hanging wine glass rack and directional lighting.This center island is beautifully finished with intricate tile work, furnished with a double sink,dishwasher, and multiple storage drawers and cupboards.

There is a breakfast counter at the center work island that can be outfitted with stools so the cook has company while preparing for his guests.A second sink is along the kitchen perimeter, as are the kitchen appliances, more cupboard space, and large windows flooding the area with light. 

A small laundry room off the kitchen provides further storage space. Imagine preparing meals at this center island looking out through the glass enclosed side porch and overlooking your entertainment deck!  

The 1887 Cauble House includes a large 19x15 living room, a formal dining room, 3 full bedrooms, and 3 full bathrooms. Many original features remain in this historic home, including the original wainscoting in several rooms, original fireplaces and mantles, and gleaming wood floors.

The Cauble house is move-in ready and needs minor updates. The roof needs attention now, and a new coat of paint on some of the interior rooms for an updated look. The downstairs bathroom is in the midst of a remodeling process.

This historic home prime for your TLC and modernizing touches. It is located only blocks from downtown Salisbury NC arts & cultural districts, shopping & restaurants, and is walking distance to the Salisbury Farmer’s Market. And at just $89K, it’s a lot of historic house at an affordable price! 

To see the potential of The 1887 Cauble House for yourself, contact Salisbury Realtor Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846. You’ll be relaxing in under your cabana before summer arrives!

Salisbury NC 1933 Bungalow ~ featured on OldHouses.com!

This great opportunity to purchase a highly affordable house in the very desirable Fulton Heights neighborhood in Salisbury, North Carolina is now featured on OldHouses.com!  

1403 S. Fulton Street, Salisbury NC ~ circa 1933 ~ $59,000

To view the OldHouses.com webpage, click on this photo of 1403 South Fulton Street ~ or go to this link: http://www.oldhouses.com/cf/displaylisting.cfm?q_listingid=10285

This adorable and sweetly located bungalow at 1403 South Fulton is priced $30,000 BELOW tax value. Opportunities like this don't come by every day!

For more info on 1403 S. Fulton Street, call Greg Rapp at 704.213.6846.  To get more details on 1403 S. Fulton Street, follow this link ~ http://www.realestatesalisbury.net/2012/12/1403-south-fulton-street-is-for-sale.html.  Start the new year off right and let Greg Rapp help you get in your new Fulton Heights home!

Happy Holidays from Greg Rapp ~ !!!

1403 South Fulton Street is for sale and . . . What a Buy!!!

1403 South Fulton Street is for sale and . . . what a buy!!!   

At the gateway to the popular Fulton Heights Historic Neighborhood in Salisbury, North Carolina, sits this absolutely charming, 1 and 1/2 story, 3 bedroom, 1930's brick bungalow with a huge fenced back yard . . . and here is the real deal: 

Living Room with Fireplace

This solid masonry brick home with loads of built-in storage space, wood floors, period millwork, and original tile bathroom is priced $30K below tax value!  Folks, this is an opportunity not to be passed by!

Screened Porch with Terracotta Tile

 This home at 1403 S Fulton Street deceivingly appears small from the outside, but features large spacious rooms with a great circular-flow floor plan.  From the welcoming front portico you enter through the front door with its attractive arched transom into the large 20’ x 14’ living room with fireplace.   

12 x 12 Dining Room

From there you can go through to either one of the two 12’ x 14’ bedrooms  . . . or turn to the left to enjoy your beautiful screened porch with terracotta tiled floor ~ looking out into a yard with its huge shade trees.  Heading upstairs will take you to the enormous, nearly 30’ x 15’, wood-paneled attic bedroom with unique angled walls and deep storage closets.  

Charming kitchen with pantry

From the living room, you walk through an archway to the 12’x 12’ dining room, and from there to the nearly 12 x 12 kitchen, workable yet ripe for renovation with its butler’s pantry and built-in storage space.   

From the kitchen you can exit through the back door to one of the most special attributes of this charming Fulton Street home: the large fenced backyard, perfect for entertaining, or just playing fetch with your puppy.  

This South Fulton Street home features a large deck, perfect for summer relaxing, and the masonry BBQ fireplace at one corner of the deck is the perfect touch to this great outdoor entertaining and living space.  The block sidewall of a quiet, next door, commercial building creates the feeling of a walled courtyard, something a savvy gardener will really make the most of! 

Great garden potential!

This 1425 square foot solid masonry brick home in one of Salisbury’s 10 historic districts is nestled in a friendly neighborhood, the popular Fulton Heights Neighborhood of Salisbury North Carolina, while being close to everything in downtown Salisbury.  The Fulton Heights Neighborhood was selected by Rowan Magazine as the Best Neighborhood 2010, based on votes by the public.

The Fulton Heights Neighborhood was the 2012 recipient of the City of Salisbury's BLOCKWORK Program. The City of Salisbury’s Community Appearance Commission hosted the BLOCKWORKNeighborhood Improvement Project in the 1000 block of South Fulton Street this October. Salisbury's BLOCKWORK is a grass-roots program designed to bring community supporters together to promote cleaner and safer neighborhoods - one block at a time. This year’s Fulton Street BLOCKWORK project included exterior repairs like painting, porch repair, decorative fence installation, sidewalk and landscaping work, and a major student art project.   

The Fulton Heights Neighborhood Association is a very active group that sponsors many fun family activities in the neighborhood, such as Easter Egg Hunts, an annual Halloween Parade & Costume Contest, and its annual Holiday Home Tour. Fulton Heights has excellent sidewalks throughout its grid pattern creating a great place to take walks to enjoy the neighborhood, and a small park actually funded and installed by a neighborhood fundraising effort. 

The Fulton Heights Neighborhood Association communicates with neighbors via email, on on-line newsletter on their website (http://www.historicsalisburyhomes.com/neighborhoods/fultonheights), and via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fultonheights.

$59,000 ~ $30K under tax value! Call 704.213.6846

This 1932 brick bungalow at 1403 South Fulton Street with its spacious rooms and high ceilings needs some minor updates and a little TLC but is a solidly built home, priced FAR below its tax value!   At the asking price of just $59,000, you can’t afford to pass up this opportunity!! Take the first steps toward making this charming home your own, make Greg Rapp your real estate agent by calling 704.213.6846 and let him show you the vast potential in this gateway-to-Fulton Heights home!