Kick back with family/friends at this quintessential 2-story 5BR/4BA Western North Carolina vacation rental in Black Mountain and enjoy a spectacular view of Lake Tomahawk with the Blue Ridge as a backdrop. Eat out or stay home and prepare meals in the House kitchen / Suite kitchenette and dine inside or out on the upper deck / lower patio. Surrounded by nature and with downtown Asheville just 20 minutes away you’ll never run out of amazing indoor and outdoor activities for the whole crew. PLEASE SEE THE NOTES at that end of this section regarding additional DISCOUNTS, extended STAYS, and our HOUSE RULES. LISTING & CALENDAR NOTES: If the Lake Tomahawk House & Suite (this listing, the entire 4200 sq ft property with space for up to 14) is too large for your travel group, you may wish to view the listing on this website for just the Lake Tomahawk House (the 2700 sq ft main level and Bonus Room above the garage with space for 8) or for just the Lake Tomahawk Suite (the 1500 sq ft lower-level walkout basement with space for 6) as either may be made available even if their calendars show your preferred dates as blocked. CONTACT THE OWNERS for more information. YOUR HOME-AWAY-FROM-HOME: The first thing you may notice about the property are the gardens surrounding the building (including raised beds and fruit trees), where the native plant array adds to the mountain retreat feel. You will likely see the gardener from time-to-time attending to his landscaping tasks, and the Owners invite you to pick harvest-ready fruits and vegetables for use during your stay. THE UPPER DECK & LOWER PATIO: When you book the Lake Tomahawk House & Suite, you'll have views of the lake and mountains from the deck and the patio -- each with its own outdoor dining and sitting areas. You'll also have exclusive use of the fire pit overlooking the lake just off the lower-level driveway/Suite patio area. (We provide a bundle of wood for the fire pit to get you started. Fire pit tools are available at the Guest wood stack on the Suite patio.) THE LIVING/DINING AREAS: The House Great Room living area offers two large sofas, a comfy chair with Ottoman, and a recliner (with seating for 8), a gas fireplace and large-screen Smart TV. The dining table also has seating for 8 and the large kitchen island has 4 stools so the entire group can be present when the cooking happens. The Suite living area has a comfortable sofa-bed, two comfy chairs and two Ottomans, a work desk with light, and a large-screen Smart TV. The dining table has seating for 6. You can rest assured that you'll always have a bright, spacious, and comfortable environment for your entire group with lake and mountain views from nearly every spot. THE HOUSE KITCHEN & SUITE KITCHENETTE: We are confident that our Guests (especially those who love to cook and eat) will enjoy the House kitchen where two or more can easily work side-by-side. The spacious cabinets and granite countertops, the Bosch major appliances (French-door cabinet-depth refrigerator, very quiet dishwasher, and stainless-steel oven, convection microwave and 36” 5-burner gas cooktop) – as well as the high-quality countertop appliances and drip and Keurig coffee makers and all the necessary pots and pans -- are sure to please the most demanding cooks. The Suite kitchenette also has room for two or more cooks, spacious cabinets and a granite countertop. Suite appliances include a Samsung French-door cabinet-depth refrigerator, a quiet Bosch dishwasher, high-quality countertop appliances (including 3 induction hotplates, a Breville mini-oven, and drip and Keurig coffee makers) and induction-ready pots and pans are there for all your cooking needs. We also provide a great assortment of herbs and spices that are sure to please the most demanding cooks, along with other goodies to get you started. (Two Weber charcoal grills are available for Guest use: one in the garage for use on the upper driveway and one in the Suite patio area. We also provide a small bag of charcoal for each grill to get you started.) THE BEDROOMS, BATHROOM & LAUNDRY AREAS: All House sleeping areas are spacious and comfortable: the Master BR (13x17) with a king bed, the Main Guest BR (12x12) with a king bed, the 3rd BR/Office (12x12) with a daybed expandable to 2 side-by-side twins (counted as a king bed in this listing), and the Bonus Room (300 sq ft) above the garage with an Ethan Allen queen air-mattress sofa-bed. The Master Bath has a soaking tub, large shower, separate toilet, two vanities, and a walk-in closet; the Guest bathroom has a tub/shower combo; and the mudroom bathroom has a shower. The laundry space off the mudroom has a high-capacity washer and dryer. And don’t forget the exercise equipment (recumbent bike, rowing machine, bench, and some light weights) in the Bonus Room. The Suite sleeping areas are also spacious and comfortable: the Master BR (13x17) with a king bed, the Guest BR (11x16) with 2 x long twins, and the living area with an Ethan Allen queen air-mattress sofa-bed. The bathroom has a double vanity, a tub/shower combo, and a stacked washer/dryer. ENTERTAINMENT & WORKSPACE CONNECTIVITY: Both the House and the Suite are served by high-speed Internet (200+ Mbps) with WiFi throughout the property. There are Smart TVs in the House Great Room, Main Guest BR, and Bonus Room and in the Suite Living Area -- all with access to our YouTube TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and Spotify subscriptions. There is no land-line phone, but the cell connectivity is good for most providers (you may wish to check your provider's website for their signal-strength map) and your smartphones and other digital devices may have the capability to make calls using the WiFi network. In case of emergency, the home security and automation system panel in the House mudroom provides immediate connectivity to first responders (fire/police/medical) through the monitoring center (details in the Welcome Packet). If you want to (or have to) bring your work with you, we provide remote office space off the House Great Room and in the 3rd BR/Office with a shared printer and in the Suite Living Area and Master Bedroom with a second shared printer (just download the appropriate printer driver to your digital devices). DISCOUNT & LENGTH OF STAY NOTES: A weekly (7-night) discount is calculated automatically when you book, but we may also be able to offer additional discounts for a 2-week stay (depending on the season, holidays, etc.). CONTACT THE OWNERS for details PRIOR TO booking to learn if a special discount tailored to your stay is possible. STAYS OF MORE THAN 2 weeks may also be possible for smaller groups on a case-by-case basis. HOUSE RULES: Please be sure to read carefully ALL of the House Rules -- click on the "Show more >" link under the "Things to know ... House Rules" section near the bottom of the listing, then click on the "Additional rules ... Show more" link in the "During your stay" section. And please don't hesitate to share with the Owners any questions/concerns about the House Rules or anything else in this listing -- ideally PRIOR TO booking -- so you can be confident that our property is a good fit for your group.