Strong short-term rental potential just outside Asheville city limits! Cute as a button, this charming 1925 bungalow offers an ideal combination of location, character, and income-producing potential. Less than a mile from Ingles and Tunnel Road dining and shopping, approximately 1.5 miles from Blue Ridge Parkway access, and less than 5 miles from downtown Asheville, it is well positioned for an Asheville getaway, second home, or investment property. An amazing covered front porch welcomes you inside to two bedrooms, two full baths, plus a flexible bonus roomperfect for an office, guest space, or additional sleeping area. Currently used as a second residence, the home could also be sold furnished with an acceptable offer for added turnkey appeal. Recent improvements include a rebuilt retaining wall and backyard stairs, new rear porch support posts, a water-diverting French drain installed along the back of the home, and newly installed front porch stairs. Enjoy a fenced yard with mature landscaping, plus a detached outbuilding with electricity that creates so many possibilities. Come explore 23 Maxwell’s classic bungalow charm, highly convenient Asheville location, flexible living space, and potential rental income.
Single-familyProperty Type
1925Year Built
0.52 acresLot Size
$330Price/Sq.Ft.
1 spaceParking
Listed by Elizabeth Putnam• Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty
Riceville, located between Swannanoa and East Asheville, is a semi-rural and residential Asheville neighborhood with wooded ridgelines and winding two-lane roads. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around the Riceville Road corridor near the Warren Wilson College entrance, where trailheads, small studios, and low-key local stops set a quiet, outdoors-forward rhythm. Warren Wilson College anchors the area with its working campus and arts programming, while the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway adds a gallery-and-craft landmark close by. Homes range from older farmhouses and cabins to newer builds tucked into trees, with long driveways and mountain views. The landscape leans creek-and-hollow, with quick transitions from backroads to Parkway overlooks. Daily life reads as porch lights, garden plots, and trail time rather than a dense main street.
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Offer insights
23 Maxwell Rd · $435,000
$435K and above
75% chance or better to win
Why $435K+ is a strong offer
DAYS ON MARKET
26 days
The average home goes pending in 86 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
96.4%
Most homes are selling 4% below list price.
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Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Dining
Interior features
Breakfast bar
Walk-in pantry
Insulated windows
Insulated doors
9 total rooms
Basement with exterior and interior entry, storage space, unfinished
Bedrooms
2 bedrooms on the main level
Bathrooms
2 full bathrooms on the main level
Kitchen
Dishwasher
Electric oven
Electric range
Microwave
Refrigerator
Breakfast bar
Walk-in pantry
Laundry & utility
Laundry room on the main level
Washer and dryer included
Electric water heater
Flooring
Vinyl flooring
Heating & cooling
Heat pump for heating and cooling
Exterior features
Covered front porch
Covered rear porch
Fire pit
Hot tub
Partial fencing
Green area and wooded lot
Outbuilding
Home design
Single family residence, site-built
One story
R-1 zoning
Parking
Detached garage (564 sq ft)
Driveway
Has garage
Construction
Vinyl exterior
Composition roof
Basement and crawl space foundation
Built on site
Utilities
City water
Public sewer
Electricity connected
HOA & community
No HOA
Electricity and solar
View estimated energy costs and solar savings for this home
The R-1 Residential District is primarily intended to provide locations for single-family and two-family residential development and supporting recreational, community service, and educational uses in areas where public water and sewer services are available or will likely be provided in the future. This district is further intended to protect existing subdivisions from encroachment of incompatible land uses, and this district does not allow manufactured home parks.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Religious facility
Housing-Single unit
Housing-Multiple units
Housing-Senior
Infrastructure
Mixed use building
Recreation
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
4/10 Heat Factor
8 days above 96° expected this year, 24 days in 30 years
2/10 Wind Factor
Minor risk of severe winds over next 30 years
3/10 Air Factor
3 unhealthy days expected this year, 4 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Asheville, NC • 28805
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Sun exposure
90/ 100
Exceptional sunlight
Sunscore
This home ranks in the top 26% for direct sun exposure in Asheville. There appears to be minimal shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
10.1 hrs
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Redfin Estimate for 23 Maxwell Rd
$430,269
$4,731 under list price of $435K
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The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $377K to $499K.