Authentic Period Homes, Inc.

Thank you for your interest in Authentic Period Homes, Inc! We are passionate about designing and building custom homes and outdoor rooms with roots in the romantic period of architecture. The older homes in Asheville (Biltmore Forest, Montford, Kenilworth, Grove Park etc.) have a level of detail and quality rarely being achieved anymore. Our goal is to recreate this charm for your custom home. Timeless elegance built “like they used too”. We feel that building someone’s dream residence should be a fun adventure for the client and take great pride in trying to make the process as seamless as possible. We built our first home in 1992 but did not enter the high end market until 1998 when we were accepted into the preferred builder program at the world renowned Chateau Elan Resort and Spa just north of Atlanta Georgia. We built both custom and speculative homes there and around Atlanta ranging from 3,000 sq feet to over 20,000 sq ft. We developed a wonderful client base some of which built multiple homes with us. Apparently we impressed our developer as he asked us to build his personal house in Highlands NC. This home spawned more homes in the Highlands area and was our first step toward moving back to the mountains. Having been born and raised here in Asheville with strong family ties to the community we moved back home in 2006 to be a part of the local luxury home building market. After we returned, we started a “design build” project creating the first authentic Tudor home built in the mountains in close to 100 years. It featured the items below and is shown on our homepage. 360,000 pounds of granite Cypress timbers, so many that we depleted the supply in North Carolina and had to have more imported from Louisiana 32,000 bricks in herringbone and other intricate patterns 32’ tall great hall with oak beams 12’ oak judges paneling Custom trim profiles throughout the house Custom cast fireplace mantle featuring a qua-trefoil design. Antique and custom light fixtures from Canada and Europe