Spacious & well-kept 3 Bed/2.5 bath home with a large bonus room & huge walk-out basement only minutes to historic Valle Crucis! This beautiful property has long range views & a picturesque front balcony. Great natural southwest light with soaring ceilings creates a home that is bright, warm, & airy even on cold February days. The interior has a great floor plan with the master suite on the main level, great room with vaulted ceilings & stone fireplace, formal dining room, large eat-in kitchen, laundry & 1/2 bath. Upstairs there are two very spacious bedrooms with amazing multi-layered long range mountain views. They also share a full bath. Above the oversized 2-car garage is a bonus room w/a huge closet that would make an excellent media or game room! There is a separate walkout basement with gorgeous stained floors by a local artist and ac/heat that is stubbed for an additional bathroom if you decide to create a guest living quarters--which would give you an additional 1300 square feet! The exterior is low maintenance hardboard & stone, 50 yr shingled roof, covered and open decks & a 12 x 18 building with a storage loft. Southwest facing driveway quickly clears in the winter avoiding being stranded or needing snow plowing. Additional 3/4 acre across Old Rose with a trickling brook provides a natural area for whatever you like. With easy access to downtown Boone and just minutes from the historic Mast Store, Valle Crucis Park, Cove Creek Store & Park, and the Watauga River, you can go tubing fishing, skiing, gravel biking on Watauga River Road and road biking on the Blood Sweat & Gears race course and near one of the only flat roads in the high country. Additionally, you will be under 20 miles from 3 ski slopes, 2 vineyards, & majestic Grandfather Mountain, and under 40 minutes from Watauga Lake! If you are looking for a spacious, move-in-ready home with great views in a fabulous location offering endless possibilities, you won't want to miss this rare property!