You will not be disappointed at this house. My wife and I took a nice week down to Asheville and we wanted the best of both worlds, Close to downtown and feel secluded. This house was just that. We were only a short drive to all of the downtown excitement and also were able to retreat back and enjoy the mountain views from the secluded deck. He is right on having active bears around as we saw three cubs on the main road heading into Asheville one morning. Trace is an unbelievalbe host and responded quickly with our requests and gave great reccomendations for the area. We will be back next year to stay at this house.