294 Silver Eagle Trail, Banner Elk, NC 28604

Tucked into the Sunset Section of The Lodges at Eagles Nest – a stretch of mountain that earned its name honestly – sits a home that took three years to build and feels like it. Folks around here call it the Eagles Nest Glass House, and once you’ve seen it, you understand why. From the road, it looks like someone gently pressed a piece of architectural sculpture into the ridgeline at 4,400 feet. From inside, it feels like the High Country wrapped itself around your living room.

This isn’t your standard log-cabin-with-a-view kind of mountain home. It’s something else — 7,055 square feet of heated living space on 1.033 acres (with a three-car garage on top of that), and views that stretch from our North Carolina ridges clear over into Tennessee. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it looks like when somebody pours real intention into every corner of a custom build, this is the case study.

Let’s talk about High Country real estate:

Jeff Hamm
Real Estate Broker
Ivester Jackson | Christie’s
BannerElkLiving.com
(980) 422-6069

The Approach

You feel this house before you walk into it. More than $250,000 went into landscaping alone – natural boulders, layered hardscape, lighting that turns the driveway into an event. White pine-stained wood siding pairs with expansive windows and rustic metal beams for an exterior that reads “mountain modern” without leaning too hard on either word.

It’s the kind of arrival that makes you slow down on the way in, even when you’re just coming back from a quick run into Banner Elk. (Yes, errands still exist up here. The mountains haven’t opted out.)

Outdoor Living, Built for Sunsets

860-plus square feet of decking, a generous hot tub, hand-laid stone pillars, and custom steel beams framing the long view – this is the part of the house that pays back the elevation. There’s a fire pit positioned for evenings under the kind of stars you genuinely can’t see anywhere east of here. The Sunset Section gets its name for a reason, and this deck was designed to take full advantage of it.

In summer, this is where coffee happens. In fall, it’s where leaf-peepers get insufferable about leaf-peeping. In winter, the hot tub does the heavy lifting.

Inside the Glass

A grand custom glass front door opens into a great room with two-story glass walls – the kind of space that takes a beat to register. Soaring nickel gap ceilings in white pine, rustic beams overhead, hand-laid rock, light-toned floors, and a custom rusted gas fireplace anchor it all. Warm without being heavy. Modern without being cold. It just works.

The kitchen earns its own moment. Onyx Waterfall Island countertops are the showpiece, backed by stainless steel appliances and a wine cooler – because at 4,400 feet, you should have something nice on hand for guests.

A Lower Level That Doesn’t Feel Like One

Downstairs, there’s a custom bar, a proper wine cellar, and a flexible bonus room ready to become a theater, a family room, or a billiards den, depending on the night and the company. Throughout the home, you’ll find handmade floating stairs, custom wood ceilings, stone accents, custom glass windows, and exterior stonework that ties everything together.

Five bedrooms, each with bathrooms finished in hand-laid stone, marble, varied tile, and teakwood benches. Two half-baths – one on each floor – for the inevitable guests. Two full primary suites (one on the main level, one on the lower level), each with spa-inspired bathrooms and utility rooms parked conveniently next door.

Above the Garage: A Bonus Worth Mentioning

Up over the garage, the floors are hand-painted bronze epoxy – a small detail, but the kind of detail that tells you who built this. The space includes a bunk room, a full bath, and an expansive rec room. About half of a 275-square-foot section runs with ceilings between 5 and 7 feet (great for kids; humbling for tall adults). It’s the kind of bonus space that quietly becomes the favorite room in the house.

The home is also finished with commissioned artwork and custom furnishings throughout – meaning what you see is largely what comes with it. That’s not a small thing.

What Comes with the Address

Living at Eagles Nest is its own thing. We’re talking ATV and hiking trails, a ropes course, playground, dog park, mini-golf, disc golf, archery, sports fields, and courts for volleyball, basketball, tennis, and pickleball (the last of which has reached general mountain ubiquity). Throw in world-class trout fishing along the Elk River, with more than 2,000 feet of river frontage to spread out on.

Hungry? Eagles Nest Winery, Epic Chophouse, and The Sportsman’s Grille are all on the property. There’s a 24-hour Dollar General (you read that right), an outdoor amphitheater hosting live entertainment Saturday evenings from May through October, a fitness center, and – yes – two helicopter pads. Banner Elk is a small town, but Eagles Nest punches well above its weight on amenities.

A Rare Add-On

For anyone thinking bigger picture: the adjacent estate – a 4,959 sq ft home listed under MLS #258350 – is also on the market. That opens up a main-and-guest-house combination you don’t see often around here. The Glass House also comes with a 4-year home warranty, which is a nice cushion on a property of this scale.

The Bottom Line

The Eagles Nest Glass House isn’t trying to be everything. It’s trying to be exactly what it is – a piece of design that takes our mountains seriously, a home that earned its three-year build time, and a property rooted to this specific patch of the High Country. Banner Elk has its share of impressive houses. This one belongs in its own conversation.

If you’ve been waiting for the kind of place where the architecture, the land, and the lifestyle all line up – this is the one to come see.

$6,499,900

Listing provided by:
Allison Schön
Elevate Land & Realty

Let’s talk about High Country real estate:

Jeff Hamm
Real Estate Broker
Ivester Jackson | Christie’s
BannerElkLiving.com
(980) 422-6069