Christmas Cottage is a two-level, designer-finished home with three bedrooms and three full baths and one half-bath. Attention to every detail with only the best for guests. Less than a five-minute drive to everything Highlands has to offer, including some of the best dining and shopping opportunities anywhere around. Nature lover? There are nature trails, [...]
This is a vintage Legacy home. One of the first homes built in the club, and the seller's father was the 4th member of Highlands Falls Country Club! Three bedroom home that has been taken care of throughout the years, and recently updated with encapsulation in the crawl space. Three BR/2 baths, 2-car garage, and [...]
Spring is trying her best to push away the winter, but during April, we tend to have spring, winter, spring, winter until finally... TaDahhhhh, spring is here. Sometimes that doesn't happen until mid-May. As a matter of fact, there's an old-timer's rule in these mountains: "Don't plant ANYTHING outside until after Mother's Day. Just because [...]
2020 in a Nutshell Now that December is here, some find themselves like a compass needle, pointing the way to a new year, a fresh start. But the other end of that same needle points to what was, and can navigate us through a reflective mood. The title, 2020 in a nutshell seemed apropos [...]
In the 1960s, the anti-war slogan Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came, was possibly first made by James Newman. The original inspiration, however, came from a line of a poem by Carl Sandburg. ‘Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.' The analogy of war and a pandemic is so far off base…but [...]
This is a very special July 4th for America! Thank goodness there is still FREEDOM of speech among all the other freedoms we often take for granted. God BLESS the USA! Be SAFE! Be HAPPY! Be GRATEFUL! To each and every one of our renters, rental owners, buyers and sellers (and future people in any [...]
Why Highlands? Why Not? It's hard to believe the number of people in this little town. In our annual license plate visual survey, we have seen them from all over the place, with maybe even more than usual from the northern states. I guess we should have seen it coming since people are restricting their [...]
Remember the story of the three little pigs? Remember what happened to Pig # 1? (who built his house out of straw) and Pig #2? (who built his house out of sticks). Three little pigs. Three Phases to open NC. The three Ws. I'm not comparing Governor Cooper's Three Phase plan to open up NC [...]
The New Normal…is anything but When the world anticipated the year 2000, some looked forward to tout living in two different millenniums while many others feared the changes. Part of human nature is a fear of the unknown. Some people mask their fear better than others. Millions of people sighed relief when they awoke [...]
This update is to share the Governor of NC address given March 27th, 2020 for North Carolinians to shelter-in-place. We, at Chambers Realty & Vacation Rentals are complying. NO vacation rentals for 30 days (at least). According to our local restrictions, if you are a second homeowner, and come to your Highlands home, you [...]
