$1,995,000
Greyson Manor
Fashion depreciates.
Fundamentals compound.
The capital work is complete: roof, HVAC, and water heaters all updated, full stone construction, irreplaceable land, at a scale unrepeatable inside the loop today. The expensive part done. The finishes are yours to direct.
A school district is a renovation no owner can perform. Zoned Providence High, top 1% statewide. Charlotte Latin, among the state's most elite college-preparatory institutions: a 3min drive, or a morning walk.
1.27 private wooded acres is a kingdom in Charlotte's most sought-after Providence Road corridor, inside I-485. Charlotte has built around this land for thirty years. There is no more to be had. You can renovate a kitchen. You cannot manufacture land.
Morning coffee with the deer and birdsong.
The Arboretum (boutiques, restaurants, grocery, gas, auto care): 2 min.
Providence Nature Preserve: 4.
Tee off at Piper Glen: 6.
Hempstead Racquet Club: 6.
Greenway: 10.
Uptown and a Broadway show at the Blumenthal: 16.
International travel: under 25.
When you've had enough of seeing and being seen, leave the city a rumor behind you; it is a short drive home but a world away. Greyson Manor receives you as estates once received their gentry.
The clock does not tick here, it exhales.
The entire rear boundary rests against permanently protected woodland, safe for child explorers to build forts and treehouses. The view your children inherit will be identical to the one you see today.
Some estates are built. This one was crafted, with the conviction that a home should look, as commanding in 100 years. This does. Full Arriscraft castle-cut stone, foundation to roofline. Inside, hand-carved wide-plank Brazilian walnut floors milled by an Amish father and son who have since retired. Heirlooms, not flooring.
The main level is designed for the way you actually live: connected, flowing, effortless. A formal living room anchored by a full stone fireplace on one end, a family room with its own on the other. Structural stone hearths built into the walls of a stone house, gravitational heart centers that pull people in and hold them there. Conversations linger. Evenings slow down. Love happens here.
Between them: a chef's kitchen for those who actually cook. Five-burner professional gas range, gourmet layout, breakfast nook, and a desk where holiday cards are handwritten and homework gets finished while dinner is prepared. All flowing to a full-length deck across the rear of the home. Formal dining for the occasions that merit one. Mud room, laundry, office nook, wet bar, half bath. Dual staircases up, one down.
An entire quiet world above the entertaining floor: four bedrooms give every family member and guest their own domain, a door each can close, plus a room for yoga or meditation. The large library (reading room, studio, or second office) is where the spring rains sound best. Home offices with built-ins and bright windows; the principal office an executive sanctum sequestered in its own wing.
Below, a wing complete unto itself: bedroom, baths, kitchenette, wet bar, billiards, screened porch opening to the gunite pool. An estate within the estate: grandparents with their own morning kettle, or a college student home for one more summer. 3 generations under one roof, each with its own start to the day.
No homeowners association governs this lane. Garden as you wish; the kids can build a treehouse; put in a tennis or pickleball court. These are matters between you and the land. No board must approve.
Chic glamour and convenient opportunity are what Charlotte promises. Sovereign tranquility is what this address keeps.
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7,660
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ACTIVE
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9529 Greyson Ridge Drive, Charlotte
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Ballantyne Area. helenharp@kw.com
