Chalet

Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots.

Chalet in Brevard

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Smokey Mountain Chalet at sunset
Our views!
Property grounds
Outdoor dining
Terrace/patio

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
4 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8195.1 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Pet-friendly
  • Fireplace
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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  • Place, Connestee Falls Park
  • Place, Connestee Falls Golf Club
  • Place, Brevard College
  • Airport, Asheville, NC (AVL-Asheville Regional)

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 King Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Single Bunk Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Dining area

About this property

Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots.

Nestled in the woods of Brevard, North Carolina this charming cabin offers a spectacular view of the Great Smokey Mountains. Walk through the front door and embrace the beauty of this luxurious, open floor plan cabin with an enormous, stone fireplace that runs through the entire house. From the vaulted ceilings to the custom wood floors your mountain vacation keeps getting better. The kitchen features stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and is equipped with everything to prepare a meal. There is a large dining area with plenty of seating and a nice view of the fireplace. The living room is cozy with mountain views from the windows and it is perfectly positioned to keep you warm by the fire. The upstairs is lovely but wait until you see the porch!! As we walk out onto the porch you will first notice the incredible views of the Great Smokey Mountains!! Here, you will find your peace. The porch has plenty of room as well as seating for entertaining. We've provided a stainless steel grill for your bbq needs. Also, you can connect a constellation with our state of the art telescope and keep your eyes on the trees with our set of binoculars, and you're bound to catch a glimpse of the native birds of North Carolina. The main floor also features a queen size bed with an attached bathroom. As we move to the downstairs you will notice the custom stairs that gives you a fancy feel as you drop in to the first king size bedroom. The king size room provides you with amply amount of space to store your belongings. Now, as we shift into the open floor plan of the queen size room you will notice the continuance of the fireplace. It will provide plenty of heat on those chilly winter nights! The shared bathroom has a drop-in tub and a custom tiled shower. The third bedroom downstairs is perfect for all the young at heart with twin bunk beds and chest full of games, puzzles and activities for kids. In the basement is a washer and dryer accessible to our guests. T

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

Events allowed: family gatherings, birthday parties, weddings
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs and cats less than 23 kg per pet (limit 2 pets total)
There is a $100.00 non refundable pet fee. Payabl
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Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas
There is a $100.00 non refundable pet fee. Pet fee is payable through Homeaway. OR upon arrival.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site. Maximum attendees: 11
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

We should mention

A car is required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Brevard

Located in Brevard, this chalet is in the city centre and on a river. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Headwaters State Forest and Caesars Head State Park, while Transylvania Heritage Museum and Brevard Music Center are cultural highlights. Crystal Mountain Gem Mine and Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute are also worth visiting. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
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Brevard, NC

What's nearby

  • Connestee Falls Park - 4 min drive - 2.4 km
  • Connestee Falls Golf Club - 8 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Brevard College - 16 min drive - 14.4 km
  • Brevard Music Center - 19 min drive - 16.8 km
  • Fred W. Symmes Chapel - 23 min drive - 20.2 km

Getting around

  • Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) - 40 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Save-More Foods - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪Cardinal Drive in - ‬14 min drive
  • ‪Cedar Mountain Outpost - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Blue Smoke BBQ - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Wood & Vine - ‬13 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots. pet-friendly?

Yes, this chalet allows cats and dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 23 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much does it cost to stay at Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots.?

As of 4 November 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots. on 5 November 2025 start from NZ$814.09, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

What time is check-in at Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots.?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots.?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Located in one of the nations most desireable vacation spots. located?

Located in the heart of Brevard, this golf chalet is 2 mi (3.2 km) from Connestee Falls Park and within 6 miles (10 km) of Headwaters State Forest and French Broad River. Caesars Head State Park and Silvermont Mansion and Park are also within 9 miles (15 km).

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

8.2/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Check-in

9.4/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

8.8/10

Listing accuracy
Rating 10 - Excellent. 72 out of 124 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 124 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 124 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 124 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 124 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

Steven F.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Convenient for our group. Check-in and check-out very good.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

KERRI O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Return visit

Such a great place with an awesome view. This was our second visit. Definitely recommend if you're looking for a place to relax. Close enough to town if you need amything.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Virgil M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Area

Nice quiet area close to Brevard
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Chad A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Brevard biking trip.

Great location to hit all the areas of Brevard and the surrounding areas. Property was as advertised and was perfect for 4 adults.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

ROBERT P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome stone fireplace with spectacular Blue Ridge view

Comfortable, well equipped cabin with spectacular view of the Blue Ridge mountains enabled a relaxing vacation.
Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

buffy g.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect view!

Our trip got off to a late start. We were 1.5 to 2 hours later than we had originally planned. But Gary was understanding and waiting on us to get there at 930 at night. He left us a bottle of wine for our stay. The home is gorgeous, clean and cozy. But that view of the sunset over the mountains was absolutely beautiful!!! I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely View

Location was good; close to Brevard which is a great town and close to hiking trails. We enjoyed the views and wonderful fireplace. The kitchen was well stocked.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carol C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

just the weekend

went to Brevard for a wedding at Pretty Place. The house was perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location

The back porch view was wonderful. Gary was responsive to all our requests and we found him charming. The stay was the foundation for many family memories to be had. Local hiking was excellent.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous Views

Open air views from extensive wrap around porch, open floor plan. We explired area during days but always returned home for dinner with beautifual sunsets. Old school family home with decades of evolving amenity amenities
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Evan R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful cabin

Host was amazing. Gave my group some insight of the area and had the wood fireplace ready to go. The host had the cabin very well stocked with household items and toiletries. The views of the surrounding mountains were absolutely beautiful. My only complaint is that the photos of the listing showed a telescope on the back porch, but there was no telescope to be found upon arrival. The overall experience was absolutely wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrew C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing property

This is a beautiful house on top of a mountain with incredible views and a large outdoor space with wrap around porch and fire pit. Spacious beautifully built common areas and great communication from host Gary.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brad T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Neat mountain cabin

House has some character. Mr Gary was very accommodating. The view off the front porch is amazing.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Mark G.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness

Dirty and outdated

Great location and beautiful scenery. Inadequate pots/pans/utensils. Had to clean bathrooms and kitchen when we arrived! The Host was very friendly. I didn’t confront him with the issues.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Kathleen & Richard R.

Great Location and view

Older property with an unusual layout. The fireplace was great but the location in the middle of the room makes seating in living room very limited. Then there is the open staircase with no handrail is in the middle of the room; anyone could accidentally fall down them. Updated kitchen with good supplies. Plenty of good dry firewood to enjoy the fireplace. Property is beautiful, nice yard, has view of sunsets, outdoor fire pit and good TV options. The downstairs bedroom is open to the upstairs so there is no privacy in that bedroom and there are no doors on the very spacious bathroom. There is no privacy for using the toilet or showering. Since the staircase is open to the downstairs that means anyone in the downstairs bathroom gives a free show to everyone else in the house.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

Lucas O.

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Worst host and site ever!

This property owner straight up BLOCKED us from doing our event, EVEN THOUGH it was listed as A-Okay per the written property guidelines “events are allowed up to 30 guests, weddings” Saying “i’Ve hAD tROubLe in the pAsT wITh tHE pOLiCe” ….and said no to parties!? The week of the wedding event! And then claimed he never put that on there and this and that vrbo put it on there….. AND he approved this and knew about this event for a month and half earlier….what a joke of a host. DO NOT USE this host — he should be off the platform And VRBO support was absolutely useless— they never contacted me to follow up on my request, and each time I checked on the request, they kept telling me the same thing, that “GLOBAL CONNECT NEEDS TO MANUALLY REVIEW THIS.” I never received any communication about a resolution, even several weeks after my initial request.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Janice S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
The location and view from the house is ideal but the house has not been maintained well. Several closet doors and the pocket door from kitchen to master bath were broken or difficult to work. The downstairs bedrooms I slept in was musty smelling and I couldn’t open the window because there are no screens on the window which was ground level. The towels are worn and had a mildew smell. Downstairs layout is awkward with very little privacy, esp in the bathroom.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Berlín S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
We spend a wonderful time it’s a beautiful place.But I’m not complete happy with the cleaning .they need to up date the place.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Nancy A.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The location was great and the view was beautiful. The house really needs updating! The linens , towels, etc need to be replaced. The bathroom downstairs needs complete walls not half the way up. There needs to be new furniture as I had to put a pillow on the recliner because the cushions were so old it was gone! The window unit is right beside the tv so when you have the unit on the tv has to be very loud. And it’s the only unit for the whole house. This house has potential but needs a lot of updating and replacing.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

john d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great view and a great host.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ambor G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good view in a good neighborhood

Beautiful property, house added to the adventure.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robin H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Feels like home

We stayed here with friends for our first joint family vacation and it could not have been more perfect! We felt right at home as soon as we arrived. Gary was so helpful and nice, and the views from the property are absolutely stunning. We saw a ton of wildlife around the property (deer, turkey, chipmunks, a huge woodpecker and an albino squirrel)! Would absolutely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Van F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Rustic Chalet

Exactly what you’d expect for a quick mountain retreat. Gary was a wonderful host… even sharing the best places to eat in the area along with what to order! We had everything we needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Ann S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Quirky place

It is difficult to tell on the pictures how the main downstairs bathroom is basically open to the bedroom on one side, which means that for the other two bedrooms when someone is using the toilet it wakes up whomever is sleeping in that open bedroom. Also because the bedroom downstairs is open to the stairs which lead to the main top floor it means that whenever anyone is on that floor they must be very quiet otherwise it will disturb the people sleeping downstairs. Also, the double bedroom downstairs has an opening at the bottom of the door that means that light and sound from other places in the house go through to it. The mattresses in the single/bunk beds were super thin and uncomfortable. And the bed in the main upstairs bedroom was very creaky. All of this meant no one slept very well while we were there. Also, the fridge was not clean when we arrived (had to clean out brown muck from it) and there were crumbs under the toaster that needed to be cleaned. The whole place overall was reasonably clean, but could have done with a really deep clean. The towels were fairly thin and nearly threadbare. Communication was a bit sporadic - we tried calling several times on the day of arrival to give a more precise ETA, both the landline and other number given (although one number was incorrect/one number not right), and no one answered. But onto the positives... The views! Wow! Stunning! Great that there was a washer & dryer for use. And grill and firepit were good to use too.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frank B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Outstanding Views

The owner built this home himself. It’s filled with great woodwork and a terrific wrap deck. Two story fireplace is a piece of craftsmanship. 4 bedrooms with 2 full bathrooms
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

About the host

Hosted by Gary Abbott

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Born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina. Currently retired and loving every minute! I personally built the home in 1978 and have been making improvements for the past several years. Raised with a fishing fly pole in my hands during the summer, and a shotgun during the fall, and winter . Have horses for trail ridding. Raised and had weimeraner dogs for many years. N.C. State university at Raleigh, N.C. Twenty years at Pont De Newours Co. In the engineering department. We made medical x-ray film. Did four years in the navy. Vietnam veteran. Have 3 adult children. I am a big animal lover. Two of best things in life are a good horse, and weimaraner bird dogs. Also have sailing yatch in Bahamas.

Why they chose this property

Unique for home beauty, and specular mountain views.

What makes this property unique

Very quiet neighborhood. Everything included that a modern home has, plus more. Large fireplace and outside fire pit.