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Every time I visited 204 Langston Mill Court, it conjured one of my favorite stories from childhood. My write-up…“His ho...
04/29/2026

Every time I visited 204 Langston Mill Court, it conjured one of my favorite stories from childhood. My write-up…

“His house was perfect whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all," wrote J.R.R. Tolkien in describing Elrond's house in The Hobbit. The Elven king had just welcomed Bilbo and his band of dwarves, who suddenly found themselves, after a weary journey, ensconced in the most
joyfully restful place.

Thankfully, you don't have to be a Hobbit to experience that rare feeling. Langston Mill welcomes you into joyful rest like Elrond's house. The invitation arrives the moment you turn onto its storybook cul-de-sac. It feels like a scene an artist would paint.
Open the door and the home pulls you in like a hug from a best friend.

Painted in fresh, warm colors, the interior - lifted by crystal-clear windows and considered lighting - casts an almost tangible lightness, the kind that lets you exhale, sit a spell. The kitchen and bathrooms have been fully and faithfully renovated by the original owners, and it shows. The screened porch has been upgraded for four-season enjoyment, now a room devoted to keeping you connected to the beauty just beyond it.

You see the backyard. You savor it.

Langston Mill is a home for the
journey.”

Introducing 204 Langston Mill Court in the perennially sought-after Glenridge neighborhood in Cary.

Four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, just a hair under 2900 SF. Offered at $720,000.

For more details, floor plan, and a full list of features, feel free to message me.
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Unabashedly wearing my salesman hat. Ten reasons to vault 414 Yarmouth to the top of your luxury home list.
04/15/2026

Unabashedly wearing my salesman hat.

Ten reasons to vault 414 Yarmouth to the top of your luxury home list.

Walkability is still underrated. A 2022 study out of Dublin found that people in walkable neighborhoods reported measura...
04/15/2026

Walkability is still underrated.

A 2022 study out of Dublin found that people in walkable neighborhoods reported measurably higher happiness. Not just better health. Happier lives.

Live happier at 213 Poplar.

Please drop by our Open House next week! The newest offering, in Raleigh’s historic Mordecai neighborhood. Thursday, Ap...
03/31/2026

Please drop by our Open House next week!

The newest offering, in Raleigh’s historic Mordecai neighborhood.

Thursday, April 9th, from 4-6 pm.

414 Yarmouth barely recognizes its own yearbook photo. It was nothing more than a small, nondescript 1952 ranch house. I...
03/26/2026

414 Yarmouth barely recognizes its own yearbook photo.

It was nothing more than a small, nondescript 1952 ranch house. In an enclave neighborhood that didn’t know it would become so prized.

But something about this place had a pull. Over 75 years, a succession of owners felt it. And kept betting on it.

They took it vertical. Added a master wing and office. Enlarged the family room, expanded the kitchen, and added a large, covered patio. Each addition the decision of someone who arrived, felt something, and chose to invest rather than leave.

The present owners continued the tradition — refreshing the bathrooms, installing custom cabinetry everywhere from the pantry to closets to built-in bedroom desk nooks, commissioning a whole-home lighting redesign, and indulging their fun-loving nature with a dedicated cinema room and hidden basketball court. All of it the work of doting homeowners who understood, the moment they walked in, that this was somewhere worth caring for. Out back, a new stone patio and maintenance-free artificial turf make the yard as livable as anything inside. A grand manor roof caps an exterior that’s shed every trace of its modest origins.

Approachable. Welcoming. Layered. Walk through that door and you feel it before you can explain it. Seventy-five years of affection leaves a mark.

Introducing 414 Yarmouth Road, a heritage home in Raleigh’s Budleigh neighborhood.

Offered at $2,595,000.

The landing in Dixon/Kirby’s newest home at 213 Poplar deserves a post all its own.Layers and light.
03/18/2026

The landing in Dixon/Kirby’s newest home at 213 Poplar deserves a post all its own.

Layers and light.

In 1984, researcher Roger Ulrich proved what great architects have always known — nature heals. Patients who could see t...
03/10/2026

In 1984, researcher Roger Ulrich proved what great architects have always known — nature heals. Patients who could see trees from their hospital window recovered faster and needed less pain medication than those facing a brick wall.

They would not have been surprised by this finding back in 1909, the height of the Craftsman movement. It was born from a simple conviction — that homes built from honest natural materials, incorporating as much of nature into the design of the home, made people feel better. Its biggest proponents were designing for human wellbeing long before science caught up.

Dixon/Kirby understands this tradition deeply. This home is pure Craftsman — not as nostalgia, but as driving philosophy. Custom oak cabinetry, Calacatta and African marble floors, quartzite counters, hand-crafted Moroccan tile, and wood ceiling detail layer natural material upon natural material. Oversized windows frame a preserved natural area the way great architecture always has —
deliberately, as if the view itself is a feature.

The back porch, anchored by its own fireplace, feels as much a part of the interior as the rooms within.

Rooted in history. Built for permanence. Designed to nurture and restore the soul.

Introducing 213 Poplar Street in the historic Mordecai neighborhood of downtown Raleigh.

I stepped in and thought: repose. Arriving this week, from .
03/02/2026

I stepped in and thought: repose.

Arriving this week, from .

It’s my joy to introduce Van Fletcher & Co.’s newest listing, 1110 Brighton Road in Raleigh…Four years running.That’s th...
01/28/2026

It’s my joy to introduce Van Fletcher & Co.’s newest listing, 1110 Brighton Road in Raleigh…

Four years running.

That’s the current streak the Honda Civic has earned on Car and Driver’s 10Best list, competing against ALL cars, regardless of size or price. As a compact sedan, it earns that distinction the same way this home does: offering more space than expected, better finishes than anticipated, good looks that punch above their weight, and a price that feels unusually fair.
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In preparation for its own showroom debut, the sellers put the home through its paces. They hired a seasoned home inspector to probe and prod. Made the repairs. Painted. Polished the floors. Prettied the grounds. Added new gutters. Even refreshed the lighting.
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Other perks: Lions Park and Lockwood Park sit just a three-quarter–mile stroll away, with Lockwood Park linking directly to the Crabtree Creek Greenway — a ribbon of trail that carries you east to the scenic Neuse River Trail and west to the unspoiled forests of Umstead State Park. The lot’s size, flat topography, and denser zoning quietly make future expansion both feasible and uncomplicated.
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Like the Civic, it’s a home that doesn’t try to impress. It simply does.©

Priced at $410,000, this turnkey bungalow measures just a hair under 1050 square feet, with three bedrooms, two full baths, and a generous .26 acre city lot.

It you want to see more photos and a floor plan, head over to 1110Brighton.com.
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It’s my joy to introduce 702 Kimbrough Street, new to the market today! My write-up…Those who linger at the Louvre event...
01/08/2026

It’s my joy to introduce 702 Kimbrough Street, new to the market today! My write-up…

Those who linger at the Louvre eventually stumble upon the Sully Wing, where the museum’s oldest history reveals itself. Beneath it lies a 12th-century medieval fortress, its limestone walls engineered to bear enormous weight and outlast time. In the sixteenth century, King Francis I (r. 1515–1547) knew there was no stronger foundation on which to build his royal palace, the building we now know as the Louvre. The story resonates in two ways: we admire the King’s prudence in reuse, and we’re drawn, almost instinctively, to structures built on enduring foundations.

That same logic neatly captures the story and trajectory of 702 Kimbrough. Fully intending to tear down the original house, the owner wisely sought counsel from a well-respected structural engineer to take a hard look at the foundation. What he didn’t expect to hear was welcome news: “It’s built as well—if not better—than modern-day construction.”

With that assurance, the plan changed.

Keeping the foundation, floors, and fireplace intact, the owner embarked on a full-scale
renovation, transforming a nondescript 1940s cottage into a home so charming and impeccably finished that you’d swear it was newly built. Every surface has been freshly repainted, the floors refinished, and each item identified in a pre-listing inspection by veteran Walt Cooper addressed; the report is freely available for review.

Set within one of Five Points’ most prized enclaves, and directly across from a city-owned, city-maintained park spanning more than an acre, it’s a home you fall head over heels for—and never look back.

Four bedrooms, three full bathrooms, in 2750 square feet.

Priced at $1,200,000.

Visit 702Kimbrough.com to see the full tour, floor plan, and inspection report.

She’s coming soon. As in, this Thursday. I had to sneak an evening shot because, well, a cottage lit up at night is so w...
01/07/2026

She’s coming soon. As in, this Thursday. I had to sneak an evening shot because, well, a cottage lit up at night is so warm and cozy. Crackling-fire-and-cup-of-cocoa-and-bedtime-story-under-a-soft-blanket-cozy.

702 Kimbrough Street, 27608. Photos and write-up to follow.

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Raleigh, NC
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