19 Benchmark Rd, Black Mountain, NC 28711

Condo Unit for sale at Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood at Earthaven Ecovillage 2-3 Bedroom, 864 square feet, 6 room condo within a hand-built, off-grid home, surrounded by a 4-acre working farm, 11 acres of neighborhood land, and hundreds of acres of forest in the heart of Earthaven Ecovillage. This condo is private with its own entrance but also part of a CoHousing Neighborhood and common-walled building. It has a private kitchen and a shared bathroom. Also, there are options for separate entrances in order to make more than one unit out of this (think mother-in-law suite, or a detached rental, or a studio, or office.) Includes access to 5 acre farm, orchard, gardens, offgrid power (solar and microhydro), water (well water, rain water, and grey water) systems, heating systems, access to 1000 square feet of common space including large kitchen, large workshop for wood work, and hundreds of acres of forest trails, creeks, woods, and in-tact nature system. Experience community living, homesteading, nature-based living, and regenerative systems in this hand-built timber-frame, passive solar home, in the heart of our village valley (close to the Council Hall, Village Green, and White Owl Lodge). There are weekly potlucks, events, and projects at Earthaven Ecovillage. Village Terraces is the most developed and most populated neighborhood at Earthaven with very comfortable and ecologically responsible amenities. We are a very stable group of folks (adults and children) in two separate common-wall buildings with centralized off-grid, renewable energy, utilities (power, water, heat). Membership is required for ownership. Lease to own agreement available as well as owner financing. Ownership structure is cooperative ownership in the Village Terraces Housing Cooperative including 11 acres of land which means that all members have equal investment in the cooperative and a single share of ownership interest as well as a single equal vote in the governance of the cooperative association. The purpose of this coop is to provide homestead housing and related facilities. Available for Sale: 864 square foot, 2-3 Bedrooms, 6 rooms. For Sale Price: $122,500. The sale includes all the shared common infrastructure. Must become a member to purchase this unit. That process will likely take six months to 1 year.