Top of Big Bear Pen Mountain, Highlands, North Carolina

We had a wonderful stay at this beautiful mountain house! The views were absolutely stunning—peaceful and breathtaking. The location was perfect—tucked away just enough to feel like a true getaway, yet only minutes from downtown with great shopping and fantastic restaurants. The best of both worlds! We loved every minute and would definitely stay here again.

This house was a wonderful spot for my friends and I New Years Eve getaway! The neighborhood and houses around were absolutely beautiful. It was well stocked for cooking a dinner in one night, and is a short 10 minute drive down the mountain to the town of Highlands. The host was lovely making sure we were all situated. Thanks for the lovely stay!

The house is clean, lovely, and well maintained. It was a quiet area with beautiful views of the mountains easily accessible.

Worked out great as we had our adult children and their spouses as well as 16 month old grandchild. The parents and little one used the two bedrooms upstairs and the other couple used the room over garage, giving them the latitude to come and as they pleased without disturbing others. The large deck with ample furniture was a late afternoon gathering place to enjoy the high 70’s temps in July!

Loved the house! Traveling with friends. The house was accommodating for three couples. Will definitely look to book when traveling to Highland again.

The property is clean and has a wonderful porch. It is an easy drive or nice long walk to town. We enjoyed our stay.

Our family has been visiting Highlands for many years and this lovely house is now our favorite. It's spacious, ridiculously well supplied, and so comfortable. Everything from beds, linens, kitchen equipment, dishes, glassware, cookware, are all top-notch! We were 3 generations, including a couple of in-laws. We had such a good time. We cooked, ate, shopped, hiked, played board games, watched football and enjoyed the gorgeous Fall colors. Ben was the perfect host and couldn't have been kinder to us. We'll definitely plan our return to Highlands and hope to stay in his beautiful Big Bear Pen Mountain house again.

The fourth bedroom is in the garage apartment without central ac. It has an ac unit you plug into the wall and it vents outside. When we arrived the vent was blowing extremely hot air into the garage apartment. Once we figured out how to reconnect the vent hose, it took over 30 hours to cool the garage apartment for someone to use the fourth bedroom. The garage apartment bathroom does not have any ac, so it makes it extremely warm as well. There were also several dirty dishes in the cabinets and no dishwashing detergent when we arrived.

Perfect location for a family needing four bedrooms. Close to town with spectacular mountain views. Hosts were great.

Very easy to work with owners. Although advertised as sleeps 12, only beds for 8 but they notified us before we finalized the rental to be sure we knew this. Also had additional fees added to advertised rent because we did have 12 people. That was surprising but guess it keeps smaller groups from passing on it. They had premium inflatable mattresses on site to accommodate our late comers which were comfortable. The kitchen was well stocked and the house spacious. Great location. We would definitely go back again!