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Get Your Christmas Spirit At The Biltmore

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If you need a quick dose of the Christmas spirit, a tour of the Biltmore, the largest privately owned home in the U.S in Asheville, North Carolina might help. The estate and grounds include more than 100 decorated trees, 1,000 wreaths and bows, 1,800 poinsettias and thousands of ornaments and lights. It's pretty hard to hold onto your humbuggery amidst the elegant spectacle of this grand estate wreathed in holiday magic.

Individual rooms are decorated according to a theme that changes each year, this year it's "Christmas Traditions from Around the World," which turns each room into a microcosm of Christmas traditions in a country. The estate also hosts "Christmas Candlelight Evenings" which feature entertainment by carolers, ballet dancers and puppeteers. Free seminars for daytime guests through Nov. 23, offer instruction on subjects such as decorating your home and tree, making a gingerbread house, pairing wine and cheese, and crafting a wreath or centerpiece. Admission for adults starts at $55.

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Condo Auction in Charlotte, North Carolina

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The latest condo auction opportunity takes us to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Abbot is auctioning off 14 brand new condos starting with a minimum bid of $269,000 for condos valued around $500.000. The tri-level condos are located in Charlotte's South End. Each condo has a loft-style interior with the ground floor offering a live or work space with its own ½ bath, the second floor offers the main living quarters while the third floor has two bedrooms each with a full bath. Amenities include outdoor balconies, walk-in closets and modern kitchens. The majority of the auctions are sealed bid ending on October 30 but there is one furnished unit selling by online auction with a minimum bid of $329,000.

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Rougemont, North Carolina, Estate of the Day

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Today's estate was brought to my attention by Luxist reader Kelly who was curious about this huge estate in the small town of Rougemont, North Carolina. She reports that she has flown over and driven by this huge property and was curious about it. Me too! Especially after I did some digging and saw it in a gallery of the hottest homes in North Carolina compiled by Businessweek last year. The curious thing it that the approximately 15,000 square foot home on over 200 acres was listed at $7.763 million. Flash forward to now and it's listed at $15.5 million making it one of the pricier homes in the state and far outpacing anything else in Rougemont. A year ago it was still under construction but is now freshly completed. It has an impressive long entry that takes you past ponds and over a stone bridge before reaching the home's circular driveway and large fountain at the top of the hill. There are five bedrooms and five baths with four additional half baths. The property includes a pool which is flanked by a huge pool house and what looks to be an open pavilion for entertaining. The pictures on this one don't give a lot of clue as to what's inside but the few shots we do have reveal the beige luxury that seems pretty typical of other new large homes that we've seen lately. If anyone has any info on this home please feel free to add it in the comments.

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Outer Banks, Estate Of The Day

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Today's estate comes from Luxist reader Joshua who directed me to this very expensive home located on North Carolina's Outer Banks area. The home is a large family compound with eight bedrooms and over 13,000 square feet of space with 9,000 square feet of decks. The back yard looks like a resort with a pool, tiki bar and plenty of lounging space. The decor could use a bit of an update. And the price, $15.9 million seems high for a home not directly on the waterfront. However, I suspect the pictures don't do this one justice.

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Denny Hamlin In North Carolina, Estate of the Day

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping, Sports

The Real Estalker Mama already ably skewered this one but let's take a look at the pictures for the home owned by Nascar driver Denny Hamlin. Hamin, a young driver on the circuit, has a rather large bachelor pad on Lake Norman in Cornelius, North Carolina. Hamlin bought the five-bedroom mansion in 2006 for $3.4 million and is said to have spent another $1 million decorating it to its current gaudy standard. The home includes lots of single guy-friendly features like a large home gym , bar area, and a dramatic red and black billiards room as well as huge plasma televisions mounted improbably high above fireplaces. It is clear that a lot of money was spent here on touches like the shiny golden home theater room, gourmet kitchen with adjoining domed breakfast room and the master bed and bath which looks a bit like a suite at the Bellagio. The property includes a pool/spa area, outdoor fireplace, basketball court, boat house and a long dock with a boat lift. This home is listed at $4.9 million.

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Tiger Woods Set To Break Ground On First U.S. Golf Course

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Tiger Woods may be taking some time off the PGA circuit but he's certainly not taking it easy, like other golfers before him such as Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus, he's working on his golf course empire. We've already profiled his Dubai plans but he is also hard at work on his first golf course in the United States. His course will be located at The Cliffs at High Carolina, which is part of The Cliffs' collection of eight private residential developments in the Carolina Preserve, each with their own golf course. The area features 14 state parks, three national forests and one national park and very scenic land with views out over the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Tiger's got some great land for his course, he is planning a walking golf course at elevations up to 4,000 feet which will have 50 miles of views. The Cliffs at High Carolina also offers easy access the the charming city of Asheville, North Carolina, a place which seems to consistently end up on lists of top places to live and retire in. The development features a village area that will be home to a spa, inn, fitness center, cafe and market. The course clubhouse will also include a restaurant. The Cliffs offers home sites from $300,000 to over $3,000,000 and custom homes from $700,000 to over $5,000,000. For The Cliffs at High Carolina homesites begin in the $500,000s and range to over $2 million. The sales office recently opened for The Cliffs at High Carolina and groundbreaking is scheduled for this fall. There will be 50 to 60 homesites in the first release. Membership is not included in the home price. There is an initiation fee of $150,000 plus $650 in monthly dues but this entitles you to a variety of features detailed after the jump.

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Deluge Air To Fly Out Of Wilmington

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It's a strange phenomenon but the more big airlines that shut their doors, the more smaller private jet services seem to open up. The latest is Deluge Air (an odd name, in my opinion). Deluge Air plans to offer flights from Wilmington, North Carolina to northern New Jersey, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Nassau, Bahamas. They plan to begin booking flights Aug. 4 on two seven-seat Learjet 35 aircraft, with flights taking off about a week later.The airline will operate out of ISO Aero Service, one of two fixed-base operators, or FBOs, on the grounds of Wilmington International Airport. The service is on deman, customers will pay for private jet service by individual seat instead of booking the entire aircraft and the flights will be operated by private jet companies out of Raleigh and Miami, with Deluge as the sales agent.

According to an article in the Star News Online, fares between Wilmington and Nassau booked seven days or more in advance will be $2,047 each way, with an additional $400 charge for flights booked less than a week in advance. Fares to Teterboro Airport will be $1,075 each way, and $1,398 when not booked at least seven days in advance.

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Figure 8 Island, Estate of the Day

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Beach house season is upon us and Figure Eight Island is one lovely place to spend your summer. The private island in North Carolina has around 450 homes and is reached by a guarded causeway bridge.Today's home on the island is a new build. It has a reverse floor plan with the main living level on top floor. The home has four bedrooms including a large master suite that includes a steam shower in the master bath. The home has large porches and decks and is built for entertaining with a chef's kitchen, wine cellar, family room with a wet bar and an elevator to all three levels. This home is listed at $4.595 million.

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The Encore 5, Five Condos For Five Hobbies

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A new condo tower in Charlotte, North Carolina promise some of the priciest and most distinctive penthouses in the city. The 20-story Encore condo tower includes the Encore 5 – five 7,000-square-foot units priced from $4.5 million to $5.5 million which are pitched at five specific types of buyers: the art collector, the food enthusiast, the wine connoisseur, the technology buff and the consummate entertainer. So far, condos in the area haven't sold at this price but the developer behind the Encore believes that these five penthouses can sell because they are each aimed at that one special person who will love the idea. Each of the five penthouses will be specifically designed to incorporate the interests of the penthouse buyer.

The Encore project will preserve the 81-year old Carolina Theatre at North Tryon and East Sixth streets and offers three floors of office space, a restaurant level, theater lounge floor, an amenities floor for residents and a 1,400-seat auditorium for movies, live entertainment, charitable benefits and corporate events. The developer Jim Donnelly of Pursuit Group Charlotte told the Charlotte Observer that he has "contracts on nine units priced from $1.75 million to $5.5 million" and hopes to break ground this summer.

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Adamsleigh, Estate of the Day

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Adamsleigh is one of the largest and most famous homes in Greensboro, North Carolina. Designed by Winston-Salem based Luther Lashmit. Adamsleigh, was built for High Point textile baron John Hampton Adams and is on 13.5 acres. Italian artisans were commissioned to create the molded plaster ceiling details, hand-carved woodwork, tilework and murals. The four-story staircase is said to be forged from one large piece of wrought iron. The den has wood-paneled walls with a secret entrance to a spiral staircase. The home has 22 rooms including 10 bedrooms. It's a beautiful home and one obviously in need of a lot of work but I hope whoever buys it manages to save those delicious Art Deco bathrooms and doesn't just plop in giant jacuzzi tubs. At $4.8 million it's the most expensive listing in the area.

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North Carolina Castle, Estate of the Day

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What else would you find on castle ridge road but a castle? This castle is located in Tuckasgee, North Carolina is a four-bedroom palace tucked in to the Smoky Mountains. The home has a great hall, chef's kitchen with butler's pantry, wine cellar, art studio, pub/movie room, office and a hidden, secret room. The four bedrooms are each suites with fireplaces, separate sitting areas, large bathrooms. and balconies. The home is on eight acres which includes English-style gardens and multiple outbuildings. Vintage style details include the turret tower, spiral staircase, handpainted murals, stained glass, vintage pine floors and a 400-year-old Normandy mantel. There is also an additional 43 acres with a horse barn and tack room available. One man's castle might be another man's white elephant but it's right for a knight. This home is listed at $4 million.

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Ivy House and Cottage, Estate of the Day

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Despite the fact that I once lived on in a condo on a golf course I tend not to be a fan of golf course homes. This one however, is quite charming. it is located in the Knollwood area of Southern Pines, North Carolina, nestled midway between the picturesque town of Southern Pines and the Village of Pinehurst, bracketed by the Donald Ross golf courses at Mid-Pines and Pine Needles. The Ivy Cottage was built in 1925 as a part of architect Aymar Embery's Mid-Pines Inn and golf resort. It sits on a hilltop overlooking the 10th and 11th holes of Mid-Pines, with views of three additional fairways. The Ivy House and Cottage underwent a massive renovation in 1995, turning the former Mid-Pines lodging quarters back into a residence.

The main house received a new cottage style entry that opens to a spacious kitchen. The kitchen opens to a breakfast room with French doors and a wall of windows with access to expansive tiered decking on the southwest side of the house. The home also has a formal dining room which overlooks the terraced deck and a brick floored Carolina/family room opens to a brick patio. A downstairs guest suite has anew tiled full bath and a dressing room. The second floor master bedroom has a master bath with Jacuzzi tub and there is an additional second floor bedroom. The guest house has been newly renovated and includes views of the 11th hole tee box and 10th fairway beyond. Glass French doors lead to a sun filled bedroom with fireplace and newly tiled full bath. Downstairs is a roomy bedroom/sitting area, also with full bath. A cottage style garden is between the main house and guest-house on one side and a view of the golf course on the other. This home is listed at $845,000.

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Vrroom, Vrroom, Luxury Condos Planned Near Speedway

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More proof that Nascar is big business comes in the plans for a luxury residential tower in Concord, North Carolina near the Lowe's Motor Speedway. The Arcadian will include penthouses, corporate suites and one-, two-, and three-bedroom units as well as a parking garage,conference rooms, a putting green, theater, fitness center, terrace pool, concierge services, shops and a signature restaurant. According to a report in the Charlotte Observer, buyers have sign contracts on 30 units since sales began in late November. The goal is to have the building ready no later than fall 2012 but that depends on sales. One Charlotte, the 40-story luxury building planned for downtown Charlotte, which we covered last May, has now been delayed. The tower will have 13 stories with 151 units priced from $395,000 to $3 million.

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Blue Ridge Mountain Home, Estate of the Day

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Today's house in Marshall, North Carolina is tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. The house can be bought with 215 acres or just five acres but either way you get a rare amount of privacy since the home is surrounded by 157 acres that will remain in permanent conservation easement. The home is 6,400 square feet of living space with a cedar and stone exterior and a lodge-style interior that includes a beautiful great hall with 100-year-old stained glass windows. The home has radiant floor heat, three fireplaces, a magnificent solarium with skylights, private library, and billiards room. The finished basement is home to a climate-controlled wine cellar. Outside, the home includes a hot tub, covered porch and stone terrace. The library has green faux leather walls and built-in shelves and the billiards room on the mezzanine floor has a circular window. The master bedroom has a stone fireplace, walnut floors and a private balcony. The master bath is a bit heavy with its cherry woodwork. There are four additional bedrooms. Other structures on the grounds include a gated greenhouse, tennis court, barn and a 900-square-foot log cabin guest cottage. The home is listed at $3,500,000 with 215 acres or $2,250,000 with five acres.

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Arrowwood Farm, Estate of the Day

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Arrowwood Farm is a gorgeous getaway home in Vass, North Carolina. The quiet retreat is is 24.5 acres that is designed for the horse lover. There is a cozy post and beam main house that is over 4,000 square feet as well as a three-bedroom apartment over the eight stall barn. The main home has a two-story stone fireplace, an upstairs loft and a screened-in porch. On the land there is a riding ring and plenty of trails. The farm is listed at $2.2 million.

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