Littleton, North Carolina
Golden Retreat named for our two retrievers, is new and unique to Lake Gaston, this farmhouse inspired custom designed cottage overlooks the main lake while sitting at the edge of a private cove offering the serenity of calm water but with the stunning views of the main lake.
In the private foliage of an expansive 4 acre lot, you’ll enjoy both indoor and outdoor living taken to new heights. Starting at the lake level, you’ll walk out to a two story custom designed boat house featuring a covered outdoor living room with fans, summer classic sofas, swings rockers, dining table all directly sitting over the lake. The second floor of the boat house features a “jump zone” to entertain the kids for hours and luxury loungers for sunning. You’ll walk up through plush grass to an outdoor bathroom and showers making lake life easier. Gather in the evening fireside by the trees in the Adirondack chairs around the classic fire pit for smores, coco, and hot toddys.
Enter the home from the lake level to an immaculate basement with comfy sofa and chairs, a 55” HD entertainment system, a rustic a bar, pool hall, and game table. Allow the children to stay in the bunk room featuring six custom built in beds each with their own lighting and charging stations, and a high powered rotating ceiling fan. Kids thrill to stay in this room.
Continue up to the main level for breathtaking view on top rustic reclaimed hardwood floors and beams. With an open floor plan, you’ll enjoy a gourmet kitchen designed by the chef himself. The bar counter seats 5 allowing guest to watch as the cooks prep and opens to an adjacent outdoor kitchen featuring state of the art new grill. The living room extending from the kitchen features a rustic stone fireplace and beautiful furnishings that then extend to covered porch featuring rockers, lanterns, fans, and views like no other. The dining room adjacent to the living room is planked by old barn beams, seats 10 around the farm table, and also opens up to an outdoor dining room under a pergola accented with hanging lanterns that twinkle between the starts and neighboring trees. The main floor also features a spacious master ground level suite and bathroom as well as a powder room for guest.
The top floor of the cottage features a master suite with king size sleigh bed, a spa like bathroom with a soaking tub and a private outdoor sleeping porch that allows you to swing or sleep with a treehouse affect. The other three bedrooms with their plush bedding, window seats/ pillows, chandeliers, and beautiful views and not be missed.
The location could not be more ideal. In Roanoke Reserve just off the main lake, you are almost directly across the lake from Morning Star Marina where you can rent boats as well as dine and experience live musical entertainment and family fun. The grocery store, hardware store, and other local dining options are just 5 miles away by car. And the lot itself gives you private cove swimming, fishing and living with main lake views and boating opportunities.
Our home comes with lots of water toys like the Floating Mat (holding up to 12 on top of the water), paddle boards, fishing poles and other water recreations. And the roaming surrounding woods make for incredible walking, running and exploring an adventures for kids and adults alike.
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An outstanding property with great amenities. Always clean with great accommodations. The boat house is a great location to relax and enjoy the view. Highly recommend property.
We just spent a week at Golden Retreat with our two sons and their families, including 7 grandchildren from 9 to 16. Everyone agreed it was a perfect week! We loved the house! We have rented a number of houses around the country for family gatherings and we definitely give Golden Retreat five stars. The covered gathering area at the dock was a great place to relax and watch the kids swim, paddle board and play on the floating mat. The cove location meant they could play without worry about passing boats, while we still had a great view to the main lake. We enjoyed all the outdoor space at the house as well, and made good use of the covered porch during a couple of rainy days. The house is spacious and well set up; we had plenty of room for our group of 13. We did lots of cooking and appreciated the well supplied kitchen and the outdoor cooking area. The flat grassy front lawn was a plus for Lake Gaston where many lots are steep. We played bocce, caught some lightening bugs and enjoyed the firepit. We rented a pontoon boat for the week and easily docked it at the house. The proximity of the marina and shopping center simplified things also. No one wanted to leave; we are all ready for another week!
I highly recommend this property to anyone who wants to relax and enjoy the lake. I am a repeat customer and this property always exceeds our expectations.
Grounds are beautifully manicured and lake views are unforgettable! Property owner is welcoming and generous offering a multitude of conveniences. Your vacation memories at The Golden Retreat will be treasured!
My family had a wonderful, relaxing time on Lake Gaston in this luxurious home. Peaceful and quiet setting, very comfortable dock with plenty of seating and areas to relax. Enjoyed the fire pit and use of the paddle boards too!
The house was just beautiful. The pictures actually match what the home looks like. Plenty of outdoor seating and plenty of places to view the lake.
We thoroughly enjoyed our week at this house with our 3 sons and their families. The house was very nicely furnished and most comfortable. Lots of extra water toys for our use as well. Owner was great to deal with and very responsive.
Our family gathered to celebrate several milestone events. The house was beautiful inside and out and allowed everyone to enjoy themselves whether reading a book in a quiet chair, playing cornhole or boating off the dock. The house and the decor looked like it should be in a magazine but at the same time was comfortable and inviting. The owner was responsive and easy to work with from beginning to end. We highly recommend this home!
Golden retreat was the perfect backdrop for making family memories. The house sits on a serene area of the lake making it ideal for kids swimming and paddle boarding. The outdoor lakefront area was beyond beautiful and well equipped with life vests, floats, and paddle boards. The homes surrounding the property are close in proximity but equally as stunning with extremely nice neighbors. The owners were very helpful, honest and responded quickly to any of our questions or concerns. Its hard to critique this home as anything but beautiful, however there is one thing to note. When renting luxury vacation homes in the past we have rented through real estate companies and not by owner. This home was much more personalized with many of the home owners belongings in dresser drawers, closets, refrigerator, pantry and bathrooms. While the home was clean we may have been more critical of the cleanliness due to covid guidelines. Used toiletries and shower sponges were left in shower, used toothbrushes and hairbrushes in bathroom drawers, and used food left out on kitchen counter and was a bit off putting, especially in a pandemic. This may just be a difference when renting through owner that we were not accustomed to when rental through more commercial outlets. Overall, the memories we made at this stunning home will last a lifetime and made for a an extremely special vacation for us.
Property was incredible and everything went smoothly. Communication was great. House was clean. Location was perfect. Everything went well! Hoping to get back to Lake Gaston again!
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