73 Swannanoa Ave, Asheville, NC 28806

Once in a blue moon, opportunities arise to live in a quintessential Asheville home with a West Asheville bungalow meets Tokyo tea house. A sustainable, abundant lifestyle with natural abundance is possible. Because of these things, in 2023, this land was selected as part of the West Asheville Garden Stroll. A stroll away are a suite of shops and restaurants on Haywood in one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in Asheville. This bungalow will be available starting on July, 2025. Tours will be available on a limited basis. Long-term renters are preferred. The Tokyo-style tea garden was created as a way of having an outdoor space that would complement the indoor home, making the useable, private space much larger, providing a magical atmosphere for you, especially with all the lights lit up near twilight. The tea garden includes native species as vegetation and local rocks as features and stepping stones. Here you can enjoy tea, eat a meal, or work, as electric outlets are provided. Included in rent are the following: electricity generated from solar panels (see below), high speed fiber optic internet service, water and garbage/recycling collection. Indoors, three bedrooms provide the opportunity for multiple living combinations including office space or rooms for children. One of the rooms opens up into the tea garden. The bedrooms all include electric baseboard heating, with individually-set thermostats. Each bedroom has closet space. The living room-dining room-kitchen area is designed to be one spacious area, divided by a kitchen peninsula, with a chef-quality Kenmore stove. Cabinet space is plentiful including a floor to ceiling pantry with soft close drawers. Additional features in the kitchen include a dishwasher, RO water filter, Aliz clay walls, and stainless steel sink. The area is heated with three choices of heat: an efficient Jotul wood stove with glass windows for watching the fire on cold winter nights, a subzero new Mitsubishi mini-split for 100% heating capacity down to -5 degrees, and electric baseboard heat with individual thermostats. The electricity from Duke Energy is supplemented with a 4,000 kW solar array on the roof. This is set up for net metering, so that energy from the solar array offsets an equivalent amount of energy use. Tenants will pay for electric bills, though the solar combined with the wood stove and environmental foam insulation in the walls and heavily-insulated ceilings and crawl space allows the opportunity for net-zero home electric use (then only the monthly basic Duke electric fee applies). At the same time, if additional electricity use is desired, air conditioning from the mini split and so forth are also possible. In the crawl space a dehumidifier is kept running to ensure the safe and appropriate humidity levels there. This is the only required energy use (that is offset of course by the solar panels). The crawl space is fully encapsulated for an efficient space. Additional gardens include unusual tree peonies with large spring flowers, pear trees, a rain garden, raspberry bushes, mature blueberry bushes, native species, and garden plots. These garden plots can be gardened if desired, with excellent quality soils developed over the years. This home is not part of a large property management firm, but instead, the local homeowner lives in the ADU next door with his daughter. Keyless entry to the home offers a convenience for you. The bungalow porch provides another relaxing space. Two outdoor chairs are provided here as well as an additional four chairs and a small table provided in the tea garden area. In addition, wood stove tools are provided, a fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide alarm, and an air filter. Lease is for one year with the option to extend after one year. A deposit of one month rent is also required. Electric bill is the responsibility of the tenant. Solar panels are set up with Duke Energy to include net metering, to offset energy use. A crawl space dehumidifier must be kept and its energy is offset through the solar panels. High speed fiber optic internet is included in rent. An ethernet cable going to the adjacent accessory dwelling unit must be kept on. Water and trash/recycling disposal are included in rent. If an additional trash or recycling container is needed the city fee for the container will be passed on to the tenant. Tenant is responsible for basic upkeep of the home: changing screw-in light bulbs, safe use and cleaning of wood stove, changing keyless door batteries, cleaning/replacing mini-split filter, ensuring food items are not stuck in sink drain, following appliance use as delineated in user's manuals, and so forth. Appliance repair and other repair needs should be communicated to landowner as soon as possible. Tenant can repaint bedrooms with permission, provided rooms are repainted to the original color in the end. Outdoors, the tenant can participate in gardening, as the landscape is a gardener's paradise. The tea garden is a private space for the use of the tenant. The vegetable gardens are a shared space, with up to 50 percent of the vegetable gardens available for use by the tenant. The fruit gardens are available to the tenant as well upon agreement. Fruits include blueberries, raspberries, pears, and figs. The lawn area is a private space for the use of the tenant. Owner will access the private spaces at reasonable times agreed upon with tenant for maintenance such as mowing and landscaping care. Entry to the crawl space, where landscaping tools and some storage items are kept is available to the owner and tenant. The tenant may use these tools and store limited items in the limited space upon agreement with the owner. No smoking and no pets. A background check for all tenants will be required. A joint and several clause will be in the lease, meaning everyone who signs the lease is responsible for paying it. In addition, no sublease is allowed. Should there be roommates, a roommate agreement between tenants is encouraged. One parking space is available off-street, with off-street parking available as well for more cars. Renter's insurance is required, with the insurance covering wood stove use.