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A very high percentage of the homes in Kenmure are custom construction designed by custom contractors. You won't find any cookie cutter homes in there. The only section fits that description would be the condominiums; but even those were allowed to be minimally customized floor plans if purchased during construction and didn't vary too much.
Building a new home on your owned land requires prior site and plan approval by the Architectural Committee.
We are aware of the review process, and are willing to adjust the design.
There are custom contemporary homes here in Flat Rock, they just aren't for sale. Most homes in the Flat Rock area were specified by the client so what you see is what they wanted. People here tend to gravitate toward earthy, comfort traditional design. We are working on a fixer and had to take down walls to open the floor plan and increase the ceiling height in the main room. Build what makes you Happy. Welcome to western North Carolina!
Lizap Unless a home design has to be approved with in a development and fit in with a certain standard "look " a homes design is up to the owner .
We have built homes from a mid century look to your more up to dated contemporary version to post and beam , log home but many more of your typical "country " home be it with basement or two above grade with basement home that carrys some designers twist of country flair that you looks like so many others . Only a few have had to "fit in " with a Architectural Committee . In 20 years only 3 homes had to fit with in with the development .
Why Do Most of the Houses in Western N.C. Look Alike?
They don't. The OP is referring to a fairly small geographic area, and Western NC is a very large diverse region. As others have mentioned in other threads, the greater Asheville/Hendersonville area by no means represents all of Western NC.
They don't. The OP is referring to a fairly small geographic area, and Western NC is a very large diverse region. As others have mentioned in other threads, the greater Asheville/Hendersonville area by no means represents all of Western NC.
While we have decided to build in Flat Rock, we have visited pretty much all of Western North Carolina on a regular basis for the last 30 years. Most of the houses in this area do tend to have a lot of features in common: dark floors, lots of wood, vaulted ceiling in den/family room, walk-out basements (when lot requires), kitchen separated from den, dark to medium color cabinets, deck across back. Of course, there are some exceptions...and relatively more exceptions in the Asheville area.
Lizap Sounds like you need a Architect or a Designer to give You the look You want at least with the interior or buy some land out side the controls of a Architectural Committee of a planned community .
While we have decided to build in Flat Rock, we have visited pretty much all of Western North Carolina on a regular basis for the last 30 years. Most of the houses in this area do tend to have a lot of features in common: dark floors, lots of wood, vaulted ceiling in den/family room, walk-out basements (when lot requires), kitchen separated from den, dark to medium color cabinets, deck across back. Of course, there are some exceptions...and relatively more exceptions in the Asheville area.
No deck on my house . NC version of a florida room !! Weather proof year round or open . HA
That'd be my preference. Not that there's anything wrong with decks, but I would imagine they can be fairly high maintenance. Some of them don't look like they'd support much weight, but looks can be deceiving. Out in California, in the Santa Monica area, some of the decks on the older homes and apartments are supported by what looks like very spindly long poles, but they are quite strong and designed to flex with earth tremors and even earthquakes. My brother had a deck like that at his house. There's a name for the supports, but I forget what it is.
I don't quite understand the undeck approach, but everyone has their own house needs and tastes...
In the houses over the decades that we have owned a deck was required, and provided an avenue to the outside, usually a good view of nature, and expanded the living area for many months of the year.
In current mtn house, our deck is 17+ years old and has required a couple of simple re-paints by me, and a very good re-paint of a newer type finish by the house painters a year ago. Wood is still fine, as are the 8 x 8 tall supports, even at our mtn ridge severe elements.
Not pitching 'decks', but the undeck opins make me wonder why one would not have a rear deck or front porch or some outside connected area, to inside living, esp here in western NC.
And, our deck lets us get close to birds, creatures and provides an excellent platform to enjoy our spectacular sunrises and sunsets.
My 50Cts...
GL, mD
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The only section fits that description would be the condominiums; but even those were allowed to be minimally customized floor plans if purchased during construction and didn't vary too much. 
