170 County Road 709

A secluded cabin-style home tucked onto 5.29 wooded acres outside Riceville, Tennessee, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms across 1,636 square feet, built in 1984. Listed at $349,900, after a $49,100 price cut. Hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, two fireplaces, and a private, gated driveway through the trees.

The setting

This is total seclusion. A long wooded gravel driveway, gated near the road, winds back to the house through 5.29 acres of mature trees, with no close neighbors in sight in any of the listing photos. The lot is level enough to clear for horses or cows if a buyer wants pasture instead of woods, and there’s enough room to park an RV. A metal roof, replaced about seven years ago, tops the wood-sided structure.

The house

Built in 1984 with a genuine cabin feel, the interior runs hardwood floors throughout, with exposed beamed ceilings and brick chimney work that shows up twice: a wood-burning fireplace anchoring the kitchen and living area, and a second brick hearth upstairs near the primary suite. The kitchen has stainless appliances and plenty of wood cabinetry, open to a dining area with room for a full table.

Upstairs, the primary suite spans the full second floor under a vaulted wood ceiling, with a large walk-in closet and its own private walk-out deck for morning coffee over the treetops. New mini-split units were being installed as of this listing, supplementing the home’s central heat, and newer vinyl windows bring in natural light throughout. A cellar doubles as a storm shelter.

What to know before you call

The listing flags a detail worth asking about directly: it’s recorded under a special condition of “Conservatorship,” meaning the sale may be proceeding through a court-appointed conservator rather than a typical owner-seller transaction. That can mean extra steps or extra paperwork compared to a standard closing, and it’s worth confirming with the listing agent exactly how that affects timeline and process before writing an offer.

Water is listed simply as “See Remarks, Well,” so get the specifics on the well and water system directly from the agent. Septic is on a tank, not city sewer, even though city water is reportedly available to the property. The home has been on Zillow 118 days as of this writing, with one price cut already applied.

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The facts

Loretta Edgemon at East Tennessee Properties, LLC is the listing agent for this property. More like this lands in the Monday email.