Yeah! We are thrilled for our seller clients who closed on their lovely family home to start their new venture out of state. And thanks to fellow agent David Henry, also of Keller Williams Professionals, for working together on this one. As always, it is a team effort together with clients, vendors and other key professionals to get this job done smoothly today. We appreciate you all. Cheers!

Need people to help smoothly guide you through the market during this quick paced time? We would love to help. Call us. Kelly and Troy

It is time for the 2021 George Mastumoto Prize for North Carolina Architecture. This year Asheville has a couple of entries by Rusafova Markulis Architects and David Gauld Architect. Please take a look and vote for your favorites. Find out more below. Cheers!

Vote for your favorite Modernist house in the George Matsumoto Prize People's Choice Awards.  Prizes will be given for first, second, and third, selected by the public through online voting.  You are limited to one vote per e-mail address.  However, if you want to vote more than once, say from a home email and a work email, that's fine. If the vote buttons below fail to bring up your email or don’t work on your browser, send an email with the word Vote and the name of the house in the subject to george@ncmodernist.org. Email addresses that are or appear to be machine-generated or fraudulent will not be counted.  NCModernist's decisions on vote eligibility are final.  

VOTING ENDS JULY 5, 4pm ET.

The awards ceremony is at the Boxyard in Research Triangle Park, 6pm Thursday, July 29. Tickets and details.

In honor of one of our most celebrated architects we thought it would be worthwhile sharing, once again, one of our favorite posts on the man himself.  Cheers!

1953 Frank Lloyd Wright interview by Mike Wallace | This video shows his belief in individualism and his views on the lack of intellectualism and the presence of "mobocracy". I won't say more, but simply encourage you to spend 50 minutes to watch this interview with a true visionary who is, obviously, very comfortable in his own skin. Enjoy the segment here . Cheers!

There are many fire pit options on the market these days. While Kelly and Chett enjoy their Solo Stove we are looking at ordering the Breeo ourselves. Our friends at Atomic Ranch have put together a great mix of modern fire pits available, “Whether it’s for a fun night of s’mores making, or just making that evening glass of wine feel a bit more relaxing, now’s the perfect time to splurge on a modern fire pit for your backyard. And why not—if stay-cationing is your best bet this summer, you might as well enjoy the long summer evenings in style! Here are a few of our top picks for modern fire pits.” Go here for the all the details. Cheers!

In our endless support of all flavors of humans take note that June is PRIDE month across the nation. For a bit of history on the origins go here. Being always unique Asheville celebrates PRIDE in September. To find out more about our fall festivities to add to your calendar go here. Kelly and I will see you there on Sept 25th as we do every year. Cheers to PRIDE!

Our buyers were looking for something charming and walkable. We collectively couldn’t have targeted anything better than this home just a couple of blocks from downtown. Landing the contract was competitive and inspections and negotiations complex on such an old charmer, but it all came together beautifully in the end. We are thrilled for them. Cheers to our new neighbors and friends!

Here is what they said about us, “When we contacted Kelly and Troy of Modern Asheville to help us conduct a long-distance home search, they took on the challenge with enthusiasm! We met with Kelly, who asked the right questions, listened to our wishes and concerns, and quickly zeroed in on the type of home and neighborhood we wanted. Kelly and Troy stayed on top of the listings, previewed homes on our behalf, and kept in constant communication so that we would be ready to jump when the right house appeared. Thanks to their exhaustive knowledge of the Asheville market and their uncanny ability to get inside our heads, Kelly and Troy found our dream home quickly, and helped us create a winning offer in a tough sellers’ market. When a difficult issue arose during our home inspection, Kelly and Troy kicked into gear -- finding the right experts to help us, attending all inspections, counseling us, and going to the mat during a complicated negotiation process. They truly went above and beyond and remained patient, helpful, and communicative throughout. We will be forever grateful to our new friends at Modern Asheville for securing our dream home for us. We cannot recommend Kelly and Troy highly enough!”

Congrats to our friends Alicia Armstrong and Jeremy Russell on opening their combined new working studios and contemporary art gallery in downtown Asheville at 24 N Lexington Ave. Stop by and say hello to Alicia, Jeremy and gallerist David Breckenridge. While you are at it enjoy many other options downtown for Art including {but not limited to} the new Momentum Gallery, the Blue Spiral, the Asheville Art Museum and Black Mountain College Museum. Make a downtown day out of it. Cheers!

April showered us with some great success in 2021. Much gratitude for all our clients and peers who got us there. Cheers to all of us!

In case you missed it WNC Magazine presented a variety of Asheville area homes this past winter in their Dream Home edition. As Maggie Cramer writes, “From rustic retreats to modern marvels, dwelling in Western North Carolin run the gamut, with luxurious, inspiring options. Here, we present some of the region’s talents who design, build, and style homes, asking each of them to present one stellar project that will hopefully spark a revamp, new build, or fresh approach for your own abode.” Go HERE for more. Enjoy!

Hello Designers, Builders and Homeowners! Since 2015 Modern Asheville Real Estate has sponsored a yearly Modern Home Tour in conjunction with the Atlanta Design Festival. Asheville has kicked off the ten day festival with our own satelite home tour bringing in folks from all over the southeast and midwest. This year our tour will be on Saturday, Oct 2nd. For those interested in showcasing their project for this ticketed tour go HERE for details and submission form. Our just give us a call to chat. Cheers!

Scroll through a handful of the homes from previous tours below.