This office is closed. Joelle van den Berg is now with DK Professionals Realty in Lake Lure. Call…read moreher at 828-899-4536 or email. joelle@ discoverlakelure.com

Outstanding. Extremely knowledgeable about real estate in the area! Very good advise on finding a…read morerental since I'm out of state. Professional. Would definitely work with again.

Laurie and her team are the best in the business for Western NC and Lake Lure specifically. I have…read moreused her for multiple transactions and the knowledge, service, and support provided has proven invaluable.

Joelle is a professional at her job. She is honest, truthful and works very hard for her client…read more She goes beyond her duties when necessary for her client. You can depend on her to get the best result for you. She is a terrific lady and knows her business. So happy I found her to list my home Vivian Harvey

From the owner: I list and show properties from Lake Lure to Lake Adger (Mill Spring, about 8 miles south of Lake…read moreLure) as well as south Tryon/Columbus (equestrian country) and west to Hendersonville. Looking for an agent to market your property? Selling is stressful and I remember that. Ours is a partnership and good communication between seller and agent is vital. I also understand that in the age of technology, the first showing of your home is most likely going to be online. Excellent photos are a must. I use professional photography to market my listings. I represent potential buyers of local real estate as a Buyer Agent. I am paid by the sellers at closing so there is no extra cost. Whether you are looking for a getaway home, an investment property, a place to retire, or just want to learn more about Western North Carolina, I can help you. Excellence is my standard and your right. Contact me today.

Booked a session during a vacation to Rumbling Bald Resort and could not have been more impressed…read more Lem was great woth the kids and really worked to get great photos for our family.

From the owner: Family / Group Portraits - Event Photography - Real Estate Photography - Golf Outing Pictures /…read moreTournaments

Questionable tactics. Sketchy realtor. Wont recomend. Particularly Michael Holden. Bewareread more

From the owner: Unique, Distinctive and Extraordinary Real Estate is our office ethos. Our portfolio of properties…read moremay be selected for either style, vision, investment, location, value, opportunity, design or potential. We are part of the Sotheby's International Realty network, comprised of fine real estate firms from around the world. Pinnacle Sotheby's International Realty offers a comprehensive agent and client support system emphasizing an innovative marketing approach, custom marketing plans and personal attention from some of the finest Brokers in our region.

Hunter is one of the best real estate photographers. He is proficient will all phases of how to…read moreshowcase properties at their best. He never makes you feel as if you are asking too much, even when you know you probably are. I can't say enough about how professional and competent he is at his job. Many thanks Hunter.

From the owner: Adept Media is a visual marketing company specializing in real estate photography and based in…read morebeautiful Asheville, North Carolina. With a decade of experience serving the Western North Carolina real estate community and a fresh perspective on today's multimedia marketing environment, Adept Media is the premier company for showcasing your listings.

We have used Distinctive Mountain Lodging rental houses for many years. We've stayed at Chimney…read moreLure Retreat and more recently Golden Ridge Retreat. Beautiful houses and views. Really like the area. There are boat rentals at Lake Lure, hiking and views at Chimney Rock, shopping and meals in the stores below in Chimney Rock Village, hanging out on the French Broad River. Several nice restaurants nearby. Great place to get away to, relax and unwind. Can't wait to get back.

I unfortunately won't be able to review the actual property as we didn't make it that far in the…read moreprocess. I requested a reservation through their website about a certain property and Sharon was quick to respond, even after hours, to tell me it was unavailable. We e-mailed a couple more times and she was neither rude nor friendly, but more direct and short. When I had decided on another house to rent, I again requested a reservation through their website. After waiting 2 days to hear from them, I contacted them via phone. Sharon couldn't find my 2nd reservation request though I have a confirmation in my e-mail for it. She also couldn't find any correspondence we had had, but did say she remembered me. It was rocky making the reservation brand new because I didn't have a calendar in front of me, I had assumed she would be able to pull up the reservation. My initial reaction was "Oh shoot, I don't know them off the top of my head, is Friday the 5th?" and her response was "Well I will need to know. [the dates]." (Obviously.) I was doing my best without any help of a calendar. Once we hashed out the dates, she gave me a run down of the payment policies and asked me to give her the name on the card, which was my partners. She then asked me "How old are you?" Which threw me because I was ready to give her the card number instead. Don't tell my partner, but I'm not sure of her exact age without doing the math, so I stumbled in telling her and then thought to just tell her my own age, which I don't know either without doing the math and I was honest in telling her that. To me asking an age is like asking a weight, I don't know the answer to either without some thought and a little bit of math. We went back and forth about my age because it made her "uncomfortable" that I stuttered and stumbled and that I couldn't just spout out my age; she just wanted to know if I was over 25, to that I could have just said "Yes I am." Or she could have asked for my birthday and done the math herself. She treated me like a child, telling me on 3 different occasions I would need to bring my drivers license, to which I had to keep responding "I'm going to have to drive up there, so I will have it." Side note: their policy is if you aren't over 25 you can't rent and if when you arrive you are not of renting age, they won't let you in and they also won't refund you any money. I could think of a better way to spend $500 other than to give it away and get nothing in return, so why would I lie about my age? Despite her rude skeptical attitude I continued with the rental process because thankfully she wouldn't be rooming with us, so my dealings with her were about finished. I received the rental documents and realized she had put them in my partners name (who is also over 25) and to help clear the air and make sure there was no more rude skepticism when we arrived (because that would start our vacation off even more poorly than the reservation process had) I e-mailed her explaining that she would find the age I gave her on the phone was incorrect because it was my age and not my partners, but that I would make sure we both had our drivers license on us and even gave her both our birthdays to ease her "uncomfortableness" about my hesitation on the phone. This is her response: "Yes, I was skeptical because of the things you said. First, you should have told me you were not Candace. That in itself is off putting to me. Then when you were not sure of your own age, and stumbled when I asked you, that was even more than off putting. I have learned through many years of experience in this business that when a prospective tenant is not respectful of our policies, they are also quite often not respectful of our properties during their tenancy. I hope that you will prove me wrong." I originally corresponded with Sharon from my personal e-mail which comes through with my first and last name, and introduced myself when she picked up the phone as myself, so my using a credit card with a different name was plainly obvious had she been listening when I said who I was. Her whole e-mail was made to make me feel like a child "First, you should have..." and to be passive in telling me I'm disrespecting her policies (when I hadn't) and basically calling me a hoodlum who's going to destroy her property is outrageous and poor business. We've rented houses for many years and leave each one cleaner than when we found it, we are overly respectful of people and their belongings. I own a small business which involves visiting people's homes, their safe personal place and my partner runs a law firm. We are respectful, laid back, low key people who wanted to BBQ in the great outdoors and have a quiet swell time. I don't need to prove anyone wrong during my vacation.

I had originally planned to use a different surveyor in the Greenville area, but after receiving no…read moreresponse from the other company for several weeks, I reached out to McDaniel Land Surveying, and I couldn't be more happy to have found them. Justin has been great to work with, and he has gone above and beyond what I would have expected. He's been extremely helpful, he responds quickly to emails/texts, and he does excellent work. He's worth every penny, and I highly recommend his services. Thank you!

Very professional, arrived in a timely window. Responsive to the needs of the customer. I would…read moreuse them again if I need a survey.