 Leslee Reiter Thornton is the principal broker and owner of Thornton Realty and has lived in the Asheville area for over 25 years. Thornton Realty, which has been in business since 2001, can be summed up with three words: dedication, experience, and confidentiality. Leslee has a background in environmental engineering (B.S.IE, Purdue, 1980), project management and trout ranching. She likes to garden, hike with her dogs, and enjoy great local music.
Leslee maintains a working network with other real estate professionals such as home inspectors, foresters, land surveyors, real estate attorneys, and appraisers.
Many of the current listings have excellent potential for second and retreat homes and many contain features such as waterfalls, creeks, ponds, mountain top views, adjacency to public lands and/or conservation easements, etc.
Asheville is truely "The Paris of the South", with an incredible depth of artists, vast botanical diversity, remarkable architecture, and was recently voted one of the top ten cities in the United States for "Food and Wine Destinations." Also, the great weather in Asheville enjoys long springs, and falls that go into November and was recently voted by AARP as one of the top sunny cities for retirement. If you like hand-crafted beer, Asheville is considered the country's top beer mecca for microbreweries. The "Beer City" title has also attracted other breweries, including an announcement in January 2012 that Sierra Nevada Brewery will soon be moving to the area.
Fun things to do and see while in Asheville:
- Hike or mountain bike some of the premier trails at any one of the many area parks including Dupont State Park, Chimney Rock State Park, Bent Creek Experimental Forest and the Mountain-to-Sea Trail.
- Visit the Biltmore Estate, which, is worth the trip for the gounds alone.
- Be inspired at the Carolina Arboretum and the Botanical Gardens at Asheville.
- Jump into some fun with boating or whitewater rafting on the Nantahala, French Broad or Green River.
- Go Fishing
- Stroll Downtown Asheville and take in some remarkable architecture
- Where to Stay: Biltmore Inn, Grove Park Inn, Hotel Indigo
- Eat/Drink: Get a bit of British going on at Jack of the Wood, grab a meal to go at Greenlife, enjoy wonderful japanese at HEIWA, Early Girl Eatery, Tupelo Honey Cafe, all located in walking distance of downtown Asheville.
- Music: Shindig on the Green, Orange Peel, Diana Wortham Center, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
- Local Newspapers: Mountain Xpress, The Citizen-Times
- Colleges in area: North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, Warren Wilson College, A-B Tech Community College, Mars Hill College, Montreat College, UNC-Asheville
- Nearby skiing at Wolf Laurel, Cataloochee, and occasionally the Blue Ridge Parkway for cross-country
- Theater: Fine Arts Theater, Asheville Community Theatre, NC Stage
- Malaprops Bookstore, Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar
Current Listings
102 Acres 20 Minutes North of Asheville $750,000
33 Acres of Farm Land 25 Minutes NE of
Asheville $725,000
35 acres near Lake Lure
$170,000
170 acre Old Farm in Marion , NC $850,000
105 acres Rolling Land near Asheville
$500,000
500 acres Near NOC Macon County $4,000,000
47 acres Graham County Adjacent to USFS $170,000
Retreat Hunting Fishing Lodge near Andrews, NC $349,000
235
acres Dysartsville, McDowell County $1,000,000
286
Acres Madison County View Property $1,200,000
Check out some of the land tracts she has brokered since 2001
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