14551 Joe Brown Hwy

A 1992 manufactured cabin tucked into the Western North Carolina mountains, 2 bedrooms and 1 bath on 1.6 acres, with more than 450 feet of frontage on a rushing creek that runs the length of the property. Listed at $230,000.

The creek

The listing leads with the water, and the photos back it up. A creek cuts through the 1.6-acre lot for over 450 feet, running close enough to the gravel drive that it is visible from the approach, and close enough to the cabin that the covered deck looks straight down on it. The creek alternates between shallow rock shelves and wider, calmer pools along its run through the property.

A gravel drive follows the water in from the road, which the listing calls easy access through the wooded landscape. A firepit clearing sits near the creek, cut out of the trees for sitting by the water.

The cabin

Built in 1992, the manufactured cabin is small at 399 square feet, two bedrooms and one bath. The listing’s selling point is not square footage. It is the covered, wraparound-style deck, which the remarks single out as an incredible outdoor living area with room for rocking chairs, dining or just sitting with coffee. A hot tub sits on the deck under the same covered roof.

Inside, the listing describes a warm, cabin-style living area, a dining space, a functional kitchen and two cozy bedrooms, with large windows bringing in the wooded views. The photos show a wood stove in the living area, a kitchen with a full run of cabinets, and bedrooms finished in a rustic, lodge-style decor that matches the setting.

A storage shed built from the same wood siding as the cabin sits on the property, and the driveway and grounds show a cleared, usable lot beyond the wooded buffer along the creek.

What to know before you call

This home last sold for $80,000 in March 2007. At $230,000 now, the asking price works out to $576 per square foot on the structure itself, a figure that only makes sense once you account for the 1.6 acres and the creek frontage rather than the cabin’s size. This is a property where the land and the water carry the value, not the square footage.

The listing does not give property taxes, HOA status, water and sewer details, heating and cooling type, or financing terms, so those stay out of the facts table below. Parking is gravel with no garage or carport. Ask the agent directly for the tax bill and utility details before writing an offer.

This is our first property in Murphy, North Carolina. The listing has been on the market 65 days as of this writing, with no price changes recorded since it was posted. For comparison, a creekfront cabin with 253 feet of frontage is also currently listed in Murphy, and a 1950 log-sided cottage above Whittier is another Western North Carolina mountain property currently listed. You can see everything else we have on the properties page.

The facts

Kelly Hopkins Team at ReMax Mountain Properties is the listing agent and handles inquiries for this property, at 888-853-5598. More like this lands in the Monday email.