High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a sensational retreat is currently the most expensive listing in both North Carolina and South Carolina.

The expansive compound garnered attention as one of the most popular homes on Realtor.com®.

“It’s incredible overlooking Grandfather Mountain. It’s a spectacular setting,” says listing agent Marilyn Wright, with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.

“I haven’t seen anything like it here in the area in this caliber of home with the details as well as the views,” adds Wright. “Every window that you look out, the views are unbelievable.”

Listed for $29,750,000, the home known as Lazy Bear Lodge in Linville, NC, was completed in 2007. It was a passion project for the homeowner, who recently died.

“This house was basically created to house his art collection and artifacts,” Wright explains.

The 6-acre property holds four structures: the main house, a storage building, a party house called the Folly House, and a “hobbit house.”

“The main house is exquisite. In this transaction, it includes the furniture, the art, rugs. It goes turnkey,” Wright says. “Everything was custom in the house.”

That includes lighting, cypress posts and paneling, and a refrigerator in the kitchen with elk antler handles.

The furnishings “are where they belong. It was [the owner’s] love, his dream,” she says.

There are multiple statues throughout the property that light up at night, she adds. Many of them are of bears, hence the name Lazy Bear Lodge.

The main house is 8,750 square feet with five bedrooms and five full bathrooms.

The Folly House, which appears to be floating near a rock cliff, was the spot for soirees.

“Accordion doors open up fully to live in and out. There’s a dance floor, a fire pit, multiple seating areas, and a full kitchen,” Wright says, adding that it’s her favorite structure on the property.

The hobbit house, named for its door design and building style, is currently a gym and recreation place with a golf simulator, wet bar, sauna, and half-bath. Wright says it could easily be converted into a guesthouse.

The fourth building is part parking space and part storage space.

“The perfect buyer is someone who wants privacy and an escape,” says Wright. “It’s a gated property within a gated community, so you can honestly disappear there.”

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