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Asking price of
property $1,750,000.00. |
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Located in the
township of Bethlehem, in Alexander County, at 334 Maher
Drive, this property includes 22.73 acres of lakefront
property with 398 feet of lake frontage. This secluded,
deepwater cove is located on beautiful Lake Hickory. |
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Maher Drive is a private, paved road off Riverhills Court
(state road 1148). It is conveniently located just 5 minutes
from major food supermarket, hardware store, pharmacy, and
Fred's (a Walmart-type store, but smaller). A 15
minute drive takes you to downtown Hickory, 15 minutes to Interstate
40, 10 minutes to one of two major hospitals with an
abundance of doctors and specialists. A short 10 minute
drive will also take you to one of the area's best golf
courses with another five courses located in the area. |
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Duke Power, Embarq Telephone and Hickory City Water serve
the property. |
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The house is located slightly over 1000 feet from the lake
with a paved driveway from house to lakefront. There are 2½+
acres of landscaped yard with timed sprinkler irrigation
system. Other features include a helicopter pad, gazebo and an
outbuilding for storage. |
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The house consists of 7000 square feet on one level. Master
bedroom features a sitting room with gas log fireplace
(can be used as wood burning). Master bathroom has dressing
room, Jacuzzi garden tub, separate shower, Kohler double
sinks, and bidet. |
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There are two additional bedrooms, 2½ additional baths, two
library/study rooms, laundry and sewing room, and a large
cedar-lined storage closet. |
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Large gourmet
kitchen with pantry. Dinette/sitting room with fireplace.
Bruce hardwood peg floors in the kitchen and dinette/sitting
room, French doors on sunny side that open into 4000 square
feet of patio area including vinyl deck, brick walled patio
around pool (20 x 50) and porte-cochere. Kitchen is equipped
with 36" Viking gas 4-burner unit with grill and
hood/exhaust, KitchenAid double ovens, 2 Kohler sinks,
KitchenAid refrigerator/freezer and GE microwave. |
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The formal
dining room has 9ft+ ceilings, two sets of large windows,
one with views to patio/pool area and the other with views
to the front yard. |
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The front
entrance features a beautiful stained glass created
especially for the house by a renowned local artist. The
entry is a large foyer with Bruce hardwood peg flooring and
is separated from the formal living room by French doors
with leaded, beveled clear glass. |
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The formal
living room with 9ft+ ceiling, has a fireplace with gas
logs, Bruce hardwood peg floors, built-in bookshelves/stereo
equipment and double French doors with views of lake and
mountains beyond. |
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Large
multi-purpose room, with outside entrance (currently being
used as office). |
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4-6 person cedar
saunas |
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Closet space
galore! If there is ever a house with too many closets, this
is it! |
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There are two
3-car garages. One of the garages has extra high doors to
accommodate recreational vehicles. One garage has 220/440 to
accommodate electric welder. |
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House is
equipped with fire and burglary systems. |
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Three separate
reverse cycle air conditioning/heating systems insure
year-round comfort. |
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Taxes, yearly county: $3000.00,
no city taxes |
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One of the wonderful things
about this property is the fact that it offers total
privacy, but in a very convenient location. |
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The open fields and beautiful
trees make it an ideal place to have horses. |
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There are two small streams on
the property that feed into Lake Hickory. One of these would
be ideal for a Rainbow Trout fish pond. |
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The house is wood framed with
California redwood siding. 2 x 6 studs were used for maximum
insulation. |
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The house is well designed for
entertaining and family life. |
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The owners, a couple with no
children, only use the house 6 months a year and welcome the
most rigid inspections. |
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Upgrades and maintenance have
been done in a timely fashion. |
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Excellent possibility for an
in-law suite. |
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Owner will consider short-term
financing. |
