East Rowan Farm For Sale

Here's a For Sale By Owner at 5085 Fishpond Road, Salisbury, NC.

This country estate offers country living without having to live in the middle of nowhere.

Less than 10 minutes' drive to Salisbury and within an hour's drive of Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston Salem, Hickory, High Point, or Asheboro. Raleigh is only about 2 hours away and Wilmington is about 4 hours away.

Located outside city and town limits, you'll have no city taxes to pay. The neighbors are comfortably distant, and the road isn't very busy. As you can see, the house has a full unfinished basement. Perhaps you are wondering just how unfinished? The walls are cinder block and the floors are bare concrete. There is no ceiling, just the floor joists for the upstairs. There is about 8 feet of clearance. The possibilities for this space are really endless.

The farm is also located in the desirable East Rowan school district. Elementary School-aged kids would go to Granite Quarry Elementary School. Middle School kids would go to C. C. Erwin Middle School. And High School students will go to East Rowan High School, who just happens to be 4-0 so far this football season!

Considerable renovations have been made to the property. These renovations include:

- a new electrical service and panel box
- new stone floor in great room
- new tilt-in energy efficient windows
- new heating, air conditioning, and ductwork
- new hot water heater
- refinished hardwood floors
- new lighting fixtures

Additional amenities will be pointed out in the other pictures.

New garage doors have been installed in the basement. The two installed on this end have automatic garage door openers. Also notice the office to the left of the garage doors. The retaining walls were all stabilized, repaired, and stuccoed. You should have seen them before!

Now we get to my favorite part - the barns. Both are pretty big, but the first one is in the better shape. There is room here for tractors and farm equipment in abundance. There is a lean-to shed on the front. In the back is another huge area - I believe that it would be big enough for an RV. (Of course you'll have to check that for yourself.)

Here's another view of the barn. There are a couple of smaller sheds off of the back of this barn that could be used, but they aren't in the best shape.

This barn is massive. If you were to run an electrical service out here there is no end to the kinds of things you could use this space for. The roof does need a little attention - really just a patch job if you wanted to use it for something like a wood shop. You really just have to see it to get a feel. Also, tucked underneath is a stable that opens out to the partially fenced pasture.

A pasture, I might add, that has a creek running through. (No pictures of that right now - I'll try to get them soon!) There are a little over 3 acres of land here and the good news for anyone buying it is that it was surveyed just after the Heglars bought the property.

Now, on to the last stop of our tour of the sites on the outside of this awesome farm.

This is a wired outbuilding with a two car garage. This building has tons of potential for many different uses. It would require a good bit of work and renovation (it was used as a barn by the previous owners), but this could easily become an in-law suite, an apartment, a workshop, a canning kitchen, or an office.

Now, on to the inside of the house!

We'll start in the great room - as in great big! As I mentioned earlier, new stone floor tile was installed in this room. There is also a masonry fireplace with a mantel and a fireplace insert. This room is big enough to hold a large family gathering (well over 12 people.) There is plenty of room for big dining room furniture: a big table and china cabinet and side boards!

The kitchen has been completely renovated. As you can see in this photograph, there are new custom cabinets. There is also a new sink and fixtures. An island faces the great room so that you can still interact with your guests while you are finishing preparations for entertaining.

There is even a $2,000 appliance allowance for folks bringing full price offers. The kitchen also has a stone tile back splash.

But my favorite part of the kitchen is the counter tops.

There will never ever ever be another set of counter tops exactly like these. They are completely one-of- a-kind. They are stronger than granite and can stand up to some of the most corrosive stuff you ever imagined.

Here is our first picture of the living room. This room is very large as well with plenty of room for large furniture or one of those 55" TV screens! The hardwood floors have been refinished and look great. It is also semi open to the great room. There is a knotty-pine (actually, it might be maple - but regardless it is that old-style paneling) coat closet in this room too.

A large bank of windows supply good natural light and great views from this hilltop estate. Old knotty pine (or maple) paneling adds character and warmth to this room. Behind the western wall is a closed off masonry chimney that could be used to tie in a wood stove or vented gas logs.

Just off of the living room is the spacious master bedroom.One of the best things about this house is that the rooms are all very spacious. When it comes to space, the master bedroom has plenty.

You should have no trouble fitting a California King-sized bed in this room. Freshly refinished hardwood floors also grace this room.

The master bedroom also has a walk in closet. You won't get lost in it, but you should be able to get a good bit of stuff in there.

The master bath isn't as palatial as most you see today (hey, it was built in the '50s!), but it is plenty cozy. With the custom tile walls, tile floors, and new fixtures you won't mind so much.



There isn't a mirror in here just yet, but one is coming. If you hurry up and put in an offer you may get to help pick it out!



The bathtub, as far as we can tell, is original to the house.

The hall bathroom is a bit more spacious. It also has new custom tile and new fixtures. Once again, the tub is original. There are lots of cupboards for storage in the bathroom. And though a mirror isn't in here yet, just like the master bathroom, one will be here soon.




The back bedroom is spacious with a good sized cedar lined closet.




This room also has newly refinished hardwood floors.

The hallway outside the bedroom is hardwood and there is a pull-down attic access outside of the bathroom.


There is also a good-sized hall closet.

The middle bedroom is the smallest, but is still a pretty good size. I think its smallness is more a result of comparison with the largeness of the other rooms. It, like the others, has hardwood floors. It also has a cedar-lined closet.

Finally, we come to my favorite room: the front bedroom.

The only thing is - I woudln't use it as a bedroom if it were me. This would be my office / study / library. I can just see a large heirloom quality desk set up so that I can look out the front windows and think. I'd have bookcases around the walls loaded with books and a couple of wingback chairs. But that is me! You can use it anyway you want!

You can see from the picture that there is a door that goes out to the front porch. There is also a masonry fireplace with custom stone veneers that already has the plumbing for gas logs. The closet was added in this renovation, so, unfortunately, it isn't cedar lined. The floors are the original hardwoods.

Well that about does it. You have seen most of what there is to see - at least the things that would photograph well. And you can get all of this for the low price of only $255,000.00.

Feel free to contact Bruce Heglar by phone at (704)202-6168 if you are interested in touring this property. The Heglars will cooperate with Buyers'Agents from NC, but please do not call to try to list the house or to try to sell them something. The Do Not Call laws are there for a reason. Commissions paid to buyers' agents are negotiable.