Lakehouse w Boat, SUPs, Kayaks, Trails, Hot tub, Firepit, Fireplace, Resort

Our lakehouse offers direct access to beautiful Bald Mountain Lake. Our guests have access to our 4-seat Sea Eagle boat with quiet E-propulsion electric motor to explore the lake. We also provide 2 Stand Up Paddleboards and 2 kayaks. The large, flat back yard offers a fire-pit (we provide firewood). Buffalo Creek flows through the property and into the lake. The lakehouse has a fireplace and hot tub. Buffalo Creek Park, which includes miles of hiking trails, is a pleasant five minute walk from our house. The property has high-speed wi-fi (200 Mbps) and we provide a free Level 2 EV charging station. Our property was impacted by Hurricane Helene on Sept 27, 2024. Some pictures of the property on this page were taken pre-Helene and others were take post-Helene. Please read the full update at the end of the description below for more details.

Our home includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms. We have a fireplace in the living room (we provide fire-logs during the cool months) and a screened porch on the second level with views of the lake. We have an outdoor gas grill (we provide the propane).

Our property is within the Resort at Rumbling Bald which has frontage on Lake Lure. Guests can enjoy the amenities of the resort, which include:

• Two world-class golf courses.
• Wellness center featuring dry sauna, indoor pool, hot tub, steam room and fitness center. All included in your stay!
• Two outdoor pools & Outdoor lazy river. Open daily from Memorial May to Labor Day and weekends for two weekends before and after.
• Tennis, volleyball, putt-putt and basketball courts.
• Outdoor games including corn hole, horseshoes and giant chess/checker boards-- Putt-putt course
• Legends on the Lake restaurant, which has a back deck with views of Lake Lure.

Some of the amenities, such golf, have associated resort fees. Others, such as indoor and outdoor pools, sauna and hiking, are free for guests.

Our home is one hour to Asheville. The nearest grocery store (Ingles) is about 20 minutes away. There is a small convenience store 2 miles from the house.

Great family retreat for all seasons. Please visit Rumbling Bald Resort website to see what activities will be available at the time of your stay. Some of the restaurants are seasonally closed or operate with limited hours.

We will consider allowing a pet (dog only) to be brought with guests on a case by case basis. We generally will allow one dog to be brought if under 50 pounds if guests agree to follow our house rules on pets. Please let us know if you wish to bring a pet and we can review the house policies.

Other house policies:
• Primary renter must be 21+ years old to rent.
• Two-day minimum stay.
• No motorcycles – resort rules.
• No smoking in the house.
• No fishing license required on Bald Mountain Lake.
• Check in at 4 PM; check-out a 10 AM.

Cell-phone service in Lake Lure and Rumbling Bald is spotty. Smart phones can be enabled via Settings to use the wi-fi at our house to make phone calls using the wi-fi calling function.

Hurricane Helene Update: Our property was impacted by the historic flooding in western NC from Hurricane Helene on Sept 27, 2024. Fortunately, the lakehouse was not damaged. However, Buffalo Creek experienced significant flooding that has changed the appearance of the property along the lake shore. We have closed the lakehouse until May 1, 2025 so we have time to restore the property.

The flooding deposited a significant amount of sand into the confluence of Buffalo Creek and Bald Mountain Lake, which has made it too shallow for us to put the dock back in it's original location. The lake will be dredged again to restore it to its original depth but we don't know when that will be scheduled at this time. Our guests will still have access to the Sea Eagle Boat, SUPs and kayaks. We have temporarily relocated the dock on our property to the other side of Buffalo Creek. Guests can access it but you have to walk across Buffalo Creek to do so, which is easy in water-shoes or bare-foot.

We will be installing new landscaping on the property in March - April of 2025 and will post updated photos of the backyard and lake at the end of April. While Bald Mountain Lake (where our lakehouse is located) will be available for swimming, kayaking etc, Lake Lure will not be available in 2025 as the town is continuing to work on clean up from the storm last Fall.