About Homesteading - Pollinate Real Estate | Asheville Area & Western North Carolina Realtor

It’s not the size of the acreage that matters, it’s your intended use.

HOME·STEAD

noun

a) to steward a place and create belonging of/to the land and community

b) intentionally engaging with a place often by serving one or some basic needs of shelter, food, and water

Place & Belonging in Western NC

A buyer looking to homestead often puts as much focus on the land and its potential use as on the home itself. A property with the intended use of growing, raising and/or processing food and items for daily living can be successful in many sizes and shapes. Depending on the goals of the home grower, the land, the location, the community, and the investments available, a homestead can emerge in a quarter acre backyard or a hundred-acre farm or forest. It’s not the size that matters; it’s the intended use.

A homesteader’s mindset resonates with Pollinate Real Estate’s values. Serving as a steward of a place, of land, of a community creates a commitment to belonging and connection.

Because of the topography in the Asheville area, there are specific locations that lend themselves more easily to growing and raising food and, for that reason, have attracted homesteading communities. Be in touch for more information and let’s get you rooted here in Western NC.

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Homestead: Grow, Raise and Process Food or Products

Finding a property suitable for growing and producing one’s own food and daily needs requires specific and customized criteria during the search and purchase process. A buyer interested in engaging the land will need different resources than someone simply looking for a home.

Homestead curious herself, Susanne Hackett specializes in supporting clients who are selling and buying properties with the intent of setting down roots or passing along the honor to the next steward.

Whether you’re looking to find the next steward for your property or to (literally) plant some roots in the area, you’ve come to the right place.

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Stewarding a Place

To purchase a property with the intent to homestead defines a relationship with the land and the place in a way different than one seeking a merely a home. It’s a responsibility for how one engages with and knows a place — its past, its present and being part of defining and shaping its future.

The intent of getting to know a place, its contours, how the sun passes over it, where the water flows through it, its history, what it sounds like and feels like through the seasons, creates an innate relationship of belonging and care. The ethical practice of caring for and maintaining a property includes: planning, investment, management and commitment.

Would you like to learn about what it means to homestead in the Asheville area and Western NC?

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