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How Smart Growth is being used by Western NC Builders

For a free consultation about your building needs or to learn more aboutMOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION please CONTACT USHow Smart Growth is being used by Western NC Buildersby Mark KirkpatrickSmart Growth is a planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth and redevelopment in the center of a city to avoid urban sprawl. Smart growth places value on […]

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New Homes Construction Scheduling

For a free consultation about your building needscontact us at MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISESWe are custom home builders for North Carolina and Tennessee. We build homes in Boone, Blowing Rock, Linville, Banner Elk, Lake James,NC and Watauga Lake,TN. By Mark H. Kirkpatrick, President, Mountain Construction.CRITICAL PATH TO COMPLETION: Sequencing may vary depending on subcontractor availability, the general design […]

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Money Matters: Undo The Math

For building information or to schedule a free consultation contact MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION When trying to calculate your home’s cost, multiplication doesn’t add up.From Log Home Living, February 2010, By Roland SweetThe first question people planning a log home ask is how much money they’ll need. All they know for a fact is how much money they […]

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Mountain Custom Homes: Details Will Affect Building Costs

By Mark H. Kirkpatrick, President, Mountain Construction Enterprises, Inc. and Project Manager for Hearthstone, Inc., The World’s Finest Log and Timber Frame Homes. For a free consultation about your building needs CONTACT USMountain Construction has been building custom homes in the Boone, Linville, Banner Elk and Blowing Rock area since 1982.We are custom home builders […]

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Mountain Construction Enterprises goes for Green

For more information or a Free Initial Office Consultation CONTACT US.Reprinted from The Blowing Rocket, Blowing Rock, N.C., Thursday, September 3, 2009Two of the issues that have dominated our nation for the past two years have been the economic downturn and the desire for ecologically sound, or “green,” ways of doing things.Both of these issues […]

Charlotte Architects Build a Blowing Rock NC Luxury Home

For a free initial office consultation about your building needs contact MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES.Charlotte architect couple found the perfect spot, then built their perfect retreat in Blowing RockBy Jessica Beil Hindman, Reprinted from The Charlotte Observer, June 27, 2009The small, pixilated screen on Susan Hensey’s BlackBerry shows an ocean of soft clouds below layers of […]

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Blue Ridge Parkway Education Shelter at Linville Falls Built by Mountain Construction

For more information on building or a free initial office consultation CONTACT US.We are custom home builders licensed in North Carolina and Tennessee. We build homes in Boone, Blowing Rock, Linville, Banner Elk, Lake James, NC and Watauga Lake, TN.Reprinted from The Scenic: The Journal of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, Annual Report 2008Where do school buses […]

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A Timber Home Escape – Building a Tennessee Timber Frame House

For more information or a free initial office consultation CONTACT USA Tennessee home rewards a Gulf Coast coupleStory by Teresa L. Wolff; Photos by Steven McBride Photography Reprinted from Log Homes Illustrated, May 2006When Cheri Nelson and Charles Wendland met 15 years ago, she was managing office buildings in Orlando, Florida, and he had just […]

A TyneCastle Getaway | A Banner Elk Timber Frame Home

For a free initial office consultation about your building project contactMOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISESA Carolina Getaway Refreshes a Florida FamilyStory and Photos by Franklin and Esther Schmidt Reprinted from Timber Homes Illustrated, Fall 1999Dan Robbie built the house that proves you can get away from it all. Almost a mile up in the mountains of North […]

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Just A Little North Carolina Log Home

For a free initial office consultation about your building project contactMOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISESJust a Little Log HomeBy Scott Robertson Reprinted from Marquee Magazine, Autumn 2003When a prominent North Carolina physician said he wanted an out-of-the-way place to build a log home, he didn’t settle for second best.He hired realtor Gail Smart of Blowing Rock Properties […]