Listing Analysis · Prepared for the Brennan Family
512 Maple Hollow Road
A 1.2-acre mountain retreat in North Asheville, North Carolina
$1,150,000
List Price
4 / 3
Beds / Baths
3,100
Sq Ft
1998
Year Built
1.20
Acres
A 1.2-acre mountain retreat in North Asheville, North Carolina
Big porches, a wood-burning hearth, and long mountain views, on a wooded acre and a quarter just minutes from downtown Asheville.
The Brennans raised their family at 512 Maple Hollow Road, and you can feel it the moment you walk in. Twenty-six years of birthdays on the back deck, holidays around the stone fireplace, and summer mornings with coffee and the ridgeline. It is a warm, well-loved house, and it is ready for the next family to fill it the same way.
The home lives easily and honestly: generous rooms, real wood floors, and an indoor-outdoor flow that makes the most of the trees and the long view. Nothing here is precious. Everything here is comfortable.
Asheville draws people who want space, trees, and a walkable downtown nearby. Privacy and character carry real weight here.
The buyer is relocating for the quality of life: a remote-working family from a bigger city, a couple buying a mountain second home, or local move-up buyers who want land without leaving North Asheville.
The misconception is that a 1998 home needs to compete on finishes with new construction. It does not. Buyers here are paying for the land, the trees, the views, and the warmth, and this home has all four.
Closed transactions from the last eighteen months frame the range for character homes on wooded lots near downtown.
| Address | Yr Sold | Bed/Bath | Sq Ft | Sold Price | $/Sq Ft | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512 Maple Hollow Road | Subject | 4/3 | 3,100 | $1,150,000 | Subject | 1.2 wooded acres, porches, mountain views |
| 30 Beaverbrook Road | 2025 | 4/3 | 3,200 | $1,225,000 | $383 | Updated, comparable lot |
| 117 Kimberly Avenue | 2024 | 4/3.5 | 3,400 | $1,310,000 | $385 | Larger, premier street |
| 8 Cumberland Circle | 2025 | 3/2.5 | 2,800 | $1,050,000 | $375 | Smaller, no view |
| 44 Griffing Boulevard | 2024 | 4/3 | 3,000 | $1,095,000 | $365 | Smaller lot, dated baths |
At about $371 per square foot, 512 Maple Hollow Road is priced just below the updated Beaverbrook and Kimberly sales and in line with the smaller Cumberland trade, leaving honest room for a buyer to make the home their own while still rewarding the land and the views.
This number sits below the updated Beaverbrook and Kimberly comparables, which positions the home as approachable value for its land and setting rather than a stretch on finishes. Priced this way, we generate strong early traffic, and the porches and the views do the rest.
We present the home at its warmest, get it in front of relocating buyers, and make it easy and inviting to come see in person.
Photography and a short film that capture the porches, the fireplace, and the light through the trees, the things that make this home feel like home.
A broad debut across the portals paired with relocation network outreach to Charlotte and Atlanta buyers, plus an inviting first-weekend open house.
Flexible showings and a simple, warm welcome packet, so every buyer leaves picturing their own family on the back deck.
Let us invest in warm photography and a short film, keep the home bright and welcoming for showings, and host an open house the first weekend. A well-loved home shown well sells quickly here.
A lifelong Asheville resident, David has helped families buy and sell across the North Asheville mountains for more than twenty years. His approach is personal and unhurried, built on warm marketing, honest pricing, and a deep relocation network across the Southeast.