Asheville Real Estate photo blog for R Karsten

2011-01-17T16:31:00.005-05:00

new photo of Eastern Blue Birds in the snow. Three blue birds part of a flock of 20 or so. They are sitting on a Locust treeduring the recent storm in Asheville, NC.

2010-06-07T15:31:00.001-04:00

Elk in Catalochee Valley. This area is great. Wild Elk hidden away from the world in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Access if Free. Learn about the area. There are numerous buildings that have been preserved. Wilderness Camping. and not so wilderness camping.

My website is www.Rksells.com.

When you remodel Do you make money?

2010-05-31T16:27:00.004-04:00

Here is a project that began in November, 2009. This house was a foreclosure. It must have had 50 cats and dogs living in the home. It was quite aromatic. So here is a photo shoot of the results from the beginning to current level. The photos will change as the home reaches completion. which should be in about 30 days. I hope you find the information useful. As you go through the slide show you will notice that we have added a sunroom, 1/2 bath, and a bonus or recreation room. The garage was turned into a recreation/office room. The sun room /porch was made into a year round Den/Office/family room. The view of course is why the home is such a nice place. The question will be will we make money when we sell it? That will depend on several factors. I will discuss this in the next blog. As you watch the photos I noticed they go backwards.
If you are looking for an investment or just want a good deal give me a call at 828-231-3348 and lets talk.

I Hope you find the slide show interesting.

My website is http://www.rksells.com/

Robin Eggs Hatch to Chicks

2010-04-26T13:35:00.000-04:00

Spring has arrived. first the robin nest. Notice the blue eggs

Now we have 4 eggs.

three robin chicks

My website is www.Rksells.com.

Asheville NC storm February 28, 2010

2010-03-06T12:49:00.003-05:00

These are photos taken of the River Park off Amboy road at the point where the French Broad River is joined by the Swannanoa River. If you click on the photo they will give you more detail.

My website is www.Rksells.com.

Asheville Snow Day

2010-01-30T15:27:00.001-05:00

These photos were taken on January 30, 2010.

City of Asheville downtown area.

River Park on the Swannanoa River

Office of Keller Williams

Asheville Art and winter storm Stebo

2010-01-30T14:56:00.001-05:00

Local Asheville Art is always fun when you have a chance to see it in all situations. This was taken after a major storm in Asheville. The name on the mail box is Steebo.

The weather is great out here in Fairview, North Carolina

2010-01-25T05:03:00.001-05:00

When you look at land that is high up enjoy the view. However sometimes the clouds come in and you cannot see a thing. I have always enjoyed trees stark against a white back ground. This shot was taken at 405 Chestnut Forest. In Fairview, North Carolina. Last time I was here I saw a flock of Turkeys

Robert Karsten

Keller Williams Professionals

86 Asheland Ave

Asheville, NC 28801

rk@rkSells.com

828-231-3348 cell/office

866-313-5703 fax

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Lost Septic? Here is a way to find it.

2010-01-23T18:00:00.001-05:00

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Have you ever wanted to locate something under ground? As a realtor in Asheville NC, I have found the need to locate things that you cannot see. Septic Systems, and other things that you cannot see can be difficult and expensive to dig up.

The problem: When you buy a foreclosure property you know nothing about the house. You must do all of your research. It is buyer beware because the bank takes no responsibility for the property.

So where is it? When was it built? what is the design? Is there a permit? How many bedrooms will it allow? why is this important?

This blog is to show an easy way to find a missing Septic Tank system quickly.

To the left you see a machine used by a plumber. In this case "Royal Flush Plumbing" they do work in Haywood and Buncombe County. The Machine shows a visual of a camera which will be fed down the pipe to the septic tank.

Here you can see the line being fed into a clean out in the main sewer line. As we fed the line down the pipe we saw a PVC line with no damage. This was good news because the house had been built in 1945. Back then the type of pipe was a material that could easily have deteriorated, the pipe may have collapsed or been crushed by vehicles driving over the line. We discovered according to the machine that the sewer line to the septic tank ran 67 feet. WOW! Who would have thought?

We were then able to use a hand held sensor to follow the camera and marked the exact path of the line and located the exact depth. Our septic line terminated at the tank 3 ft 6" below the surface of the driveway next to the fence. From there it was easy to locate everything. Total Cost? About $275-350 depending on what we needed to tear apart to access the sewer line. What did it save us? Hours of time drilling holes in the ground. Damage to the line if we had drilled through it. Digging up and repaving the driveway. When you need to know this is the solution.

Robert Karsten
Keller Williams
86 Ashland Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
rk@rksells.com
828-231-3348