350 Walnut Ln, Taylorsville, NC 28681

We own most of the local neighborhood. There are a neighbors with 1/2 acre to 10-acre parcels around our farm. Taylorsville is a small friendly, southern town just one mile south with plenty of shopping, a hospital, banks and happy, trustworthy people. The main house is .4 miles from NC 16 on a private drive (Walnut Lane) with 35 beautiful acres including a 2.5 acre fishing pond. The land has approximately 40% in forest and 60% tastefully cleared. There 3 rental homes away from the main house, a barn, a corral and pasture, 3 wells, 4 pump houses, storage buildings, and a fishing dock. This is a park-like farm with a small apple and peach orchard, thousands of large oak, pine, beech, birch, maple, walnut and cherry trees. Two spring-fed creeks run through the property to the pond which supports many kinds of water fowl and draws much wildlife such as deer and foxes. The house was hand-built by the inventor/engineer owner over the past 23 years and sports solid 8X10 inch beams, a second floor balcony and walls ranging up to 14 inches thick. Owing to the unique heating and cooling systems the average electric summer bill is approximately $100 while the 4-month winter electric bill is about $80 more.