Henderson County
Screened Porch Builder in Mills River, NC
Mills River sits in a broad, flat agricultural valley between Asheville and Hendersonville, named for the river that runs through it. This is some of the flattest, most fertile ground in the region, and a lot of it is still farmed rather than built on.
Easier building ground than the hill towns means simpler footings and staging, and a good share of the residential growth here is newer construction rather than repair on old housing stock — porches and decks extending a house out into open land rather than solving a grade problem.
Being farmland brings its own moisture concerns, though. Low-lying valley ground holds water differently than a hillside lot does, which matters for how a porch or deck footing gets set.
Around town
Sierra Nevada's Mills River brewery
The brewery on the valley floor south of the airport.
It sits in the flat farmland that defines building here: level lots, newer houses, porches rather than stair towers.
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FAQ
Local questions
- Is Mills River easier to build on than the towns closer to Asheville?
- For footings and staging, generally yes — it's flat valley farmland rather than hillside. Low-lying ground still needs its own moisture and drainage planning, just a different kind than a steep lot's.
- Is most of the work in Mills River new construction?
- A good share of it, given how much of the area has developed recently. I still work on older farmhouses and homesteads scattered through the valley, but new-construction porch and deck work is common out here.