Nebo, North Carolina
Hands down one of the nicest VRBO's on Lake James, NC. This modern 3 bedroom/3.5 bath home offers a personal dock with platform area perfect for on water dining and swimming. From the home enjoy open water and mountain views. Open concept main level & huge windows across the back under cathedral ceiling. Four fireplaces; gas in living room, den and master, a beautiful real wood burning on large covered deck. Top of the line appliances and finishings throughout, this home is stocked with all you will need. Every bedroom has a private and spacious bathroom. Half bath located on main. The basement offers a den & pull out sofa, wet bar/fridge, fireplace, TV, and private patio area.
This home is located 40 mins to Asheville and within 25 mins from Downtown Morganton, and Marion. Lake James is known for being one of the cleanest lakes in America along with having many private island/beach area to park your boat. The area offers much to do...kayaking, hiking, biking, mountains, wineries, breweries, and shopping.
1. Main sitting area (great room, master bedroom and two toilets were filthy. Heavy dust and cobwebs were in living area. Took us approximately an hour to perform cursory cleanup before bringing in luggage. Turned on bedroom fan at bedtime and room filled with dust in air. 2. Shower drain in master bath was clogged. Contacted property manager who ignored request to have drain cleaned. 3. Small selection of cooking utensils (pots and pans). Utensils were dirty and rusted. Kitchen cabinets and drawers were in disarray. 4. Typically rental vacation homes at this price point provide basic amenities such as bathroom soaps and shampoos. Not here. 5. The property manager, also a real estate agent placed a sale sign on the property the second day of our week stay. She told us it would not be listed until we left. The house was listed on the Zoom the next day after placement of the sale sign . We have rented high value vacation homes in the western NC area for the past eight years and never had issues. This property manager was clearly out of her element and should seriously reconsider her employment options.
This house is gorgeous. However we could never unlock the front door. We did find a door unlocked when we arrived so I assumed whoever left before us had the same problem. We zip tied that door each night as it was “unlockable”. I called the two numbers immediately listed as the managers. One mailbox was full and no one from the second number ever returned my call.
We thoroughly enjoyed celebrating my husband's birthday with our family. The house was comfortable and perfect for our family getaway. I highly recommend this home!
We enjoyed a family get together. House had all the space/rooms that we needed. Kitchen was well supplied. We enjoyed the outdoor fireplace as it rained all weekend. Nice lake view.
Very clean home. A few minor issues for example: the side door was unlocked at check- in, couldn’t get the side door to lock during our stay so we had to put a table in front for safety purposes, we noticed a few minor damages (we immediately reported them to the property manager), and only one tv worked during our stay (master bedroom). Both, upstairs and downstairs didn’t have working remotes/ batteries. However, we entertained each other and enjoyed listening to the the JBL speaker. Going down to the lake was easy but a challenge coming up. Overall, clean property and great Mountain View from the front porch. We LOVE Nebo.
We enjoyed our stay. The property matched the images online and was clean. We would stay again.
My family and I have the best stay here. The house is beautiful with high end appliances and finishes. Mountain View’s off the front porch and water views out the back. This place was perfect for our family!
It was a nice property, with height end fixtures…some minor damage was visible when we first arrived and we reported what we found to property manager. View was stunning and house was cozy. Had plenty on pots and pans, etc. even had sugar and and some other non-parishibles that were left by previous renters (coffee filters etc). Just a warning, be careful on stairs to lower floor…very slippery when wearing socks.
The view and neighborhood were beautiful. The house was perfect for our needs.
We stayed at Lake James for the second time - a lovely winter respite. We enjoy the location - close to Asheville and Black Mountain, close to hiking and tubing and skiing in Linville and Banner Elk and Boone. House was beautiful and well-maintained - had everything we needed. Would recommend.
Love location to many steps to water
Earlier posts about the difficulty of the locks weren’t an issue, just follow the instructions. Great communication with property manager. The steps to the dock need some work byt are adequate. The only real complaint is that the barbeque grill simply needs to be replaced. We had to buy a brush to clean the build up on the grates and clean the burner tubes to get it to function. At this price point it should be ready to go. Everything else worked fine & the outdoor fireplace was nice, with plenty. Of firewood.
Our family had a nice time at The Arbor. The house is well appointed and we had everything we needed. We enjoyed our stay.
The house itself is quite luxurious. Loved the kitchen, and there are very nice views of the mountains and you can see some of the lake if you look down through the trees. I would not book again for the following reasons. 1. The Lake is a very steep hike away - my small kids and aging parents could not make it up the steep steps and back, so we never used the dock. The dock is straight shot over what feels like 100+ steps (feels like walking up a 5 story building) 2. Not suitable for remote work - the internet connection is VERY slow, and drops frequently. With 3-4 people online, it becomes unusable for everyone. The owner suggested I use my phone hot spot, but cell signal for my TMobile is also very weak here. I texted frequently with the property manager to inquire about the problem, and she graciously offered a $150 credit back to us. 3. The best view from the house is off the patio where you can see mountains. This tranquil view will also include the neighbors house which is about 15 feet away, and several AC units that are buzzing on and off constantly. 4. The doors are very finicky. We couldn't get in the house due to locks on 2 of 3 doors not functioning. I had to call and get directed to a basement door. A locksmith came to the house on our last full day at the rental to fix the lock issues. It took about 15 minutes of showing them the problems so that they could fix them.
Beautiful home, and the town Marion had some nice local restaurants. View was great, but dock to lake was a steep descent/climb.
This is a beautiful property. We experienced a few unexpected issues upon our check-in but the owner was very communicative and worked to resolve the issues. We especially loved the mornings on the porch with a fire in the outdoor fireplace. The kitchen is well stocked and the home is nicely furnished. The steps to the dock were intense! But that is common for homes on Lake James, especially ones with Mountain views as pretty as this one.
This was a great home and my family loved the weekend!
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