Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

The above photo is something that I haven't seen in our Gatlinburg area for quite a long time! Yesterday as I was driving toward another new listing we are receiving, I came upon this new construction start in the Sky Harbor community between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. In a very popular area for Smoky Mountain vacation homes and overnight rental cabins, this log cabin home doesn't look like much yet as it was just started . A speculative construction project (meaning that it is NOT a custom built home being constructed for a buyer who has already committed to purchase the completed home), this property is being built for whomever would like to own a log cabin here in the Smokies. Interestingly enough, the builder agreed just the day before yesterday to sell it to a passerby so this new barely out of the ground home is now SOLD, even though it isn't anywhere near completion and doesn't even have a for sale sign in place! Although everyone knows that we built too many v...

The above photo is something that I haven't seen in our Gatlinburg area for quite a long time! Yesterday as I was driving toward another new listing we are receiving, I came upon this new construction start in the Sky Harbor community between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. In a very popular area for Smoky Mountain vacation homes and overnight rental cabins, this log cabin home doesn't look like much yet as it was just started . A speculative construction project (meaning that it is NOT a custom built home being constructed for a buyer who has already committed to purchase the completed home), this property is being built for whomever would like to own a log cabin here in the Smokies. Interestingly enough, the builder agreed just the day before yesterday to sell it to a passerby so this new barely out of the ground home is now SOLD, even though it isn't anywhere near completion and doesn't even have a for sale sign in place! Although everyone knows that we built too ma...

Over the past 15 years, the change in the way that Gatlinburg vacation homes are marketed to guests is truly remarkable. If you were planning a Gatlinburg vacation 15 years ago, your search probably began with your your hometown newspaper classifieds.  In a section titled Vacation Rentals (that no longer exists in many/most local newspapers), Gatlinburg cabin rental companies ran ads that went something like this: 1-10 bedroom luxury log cabin and chalet rentals in Gatlinburg!  Call 1-800-NIGHTLY for more info and a free catalog describing all of our beautiful properties. When the requested catalog came in the mail, it was a rather simple booklet with descriptions and pen & ink artist's renditions of the exteriors of cabins that the rental company managed. Potential guests then called a second time to see if the cabin they liked in the catalog was available on the dates that they wished to visit.  If it was in fact available, th...

Over the past 15 years, the change in the way that Gatlinburg vacation homes are marketed to guests is truly remarkable. If you were planning a Gatlinburg vacation 15 years ago, your search probably began with your your hometown newspaper classifieds.  In a section titled Vacation Rentals (that no longer exists in many/most local newspapers), Gatlinburg cabin rental companies ran ads that went something like this: 1-10 bedroom luxury log cabin and chalet rentals in Gatlinburg!  Call 1-800-NIGHTLY for more info and a free catalog describing all of our beautiful properties. When the requested catalog came in the mail, it was a rather simple booklet with descriptions and pen & ink artist's renditions of the exteriors of cabins that the rental company managed. Potential guests then called a second time to see if the cabin they liked in the catalog was available on the dates that they wished to visit.  If it was in fact available,...