323 West Queen Bungalow, Hillsborough, NC (Circa 1930)
A Historic and Green Home

Can an authentically renovated and expanded house also be environmentally friendly? We believe it can.

Features of this expanded 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1930’s cottage bungalow will be:
- Antique pine and oak flooring
- Beaded board ceilings
- SIP panel energy efficient framing for addition
- In-line on demand hot water back-up system
- Additional insulation
- Energy efficient HVAC system
- Insulated concrete forms (ICFs) foundation of addition
- Large in-town lot in Historic District

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Floorplans and elevations:
Front, rear, right and left elevations
Foundation plan, lower level floor plan and foundation details
Main level plan and lower level plan
Second floor plan

652 Dimmocks Mill Road, Hillsborough, NC

This affordable and well kept 1950’s ranch has 3 bedrooms, 2 tiled baths and is approximately 1,540 SF. It has hardwood floors, a large kitchen and living room, a sunporch off the living room. It will have a new foundation, electric service, and HVAC system after being moved from its present location onto a nice, large wooded lot with city water and new septic system. Email us for pricing information. Priced at $129,900. Prices, when posted on this website, are guidelines and not guarranteed and are subject to change at any time. MLS # 059023

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644 Dimmocks Mill Road, Hillsborough, NC

This late 1940's "Ranch" style house is approximately 1,430 SF, three bedrooms and two baths with arched entry ways and original kitchen cabinets and knotty pine (real wood) panelling. The house will be re-located to a large lot, with mature trees, in Hillsborough and will have a 1 car garage from the same era, also moved to the new lot. Bathrooms and kitchen will be completely updated and enlarged. House has hardwood floors to be re-finished, new drywall on selected ceilings and walls, tile baths, wood lap siding and new paint inside and out. The house will have a completely new HVAC system for heat and central air as well as updated electric and plumbing systems. Email us for pricing information. Priced at $139,900. Prices, when posted on this website, are guidelines and not guarranteed and are subject to change at any time. MLS # 059024

See photos of this house before restoration and move to Hillsborough, NC.
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168 Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC

Cute 1940's cottage, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 block to downtown shops and restaurants and less than one block to future gourmet grocery, Weaver Street market and the Historic Colonial Inn. Wood floors, knotty pine paneling, updated kitchen, sunroom. Approximate value $165,000.

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656 Dimmocks Mill Road, Hillsborough, NC

This affordable and well kept 1950 “Cape Cod” is approximately 1,000 SF. It has recently added vinyl siding, 3 bedrooms and one bath. It will have a new foundation, new electric service and HVAC system after being moved from its present location onto a nice, large wooded lot with city water and new septic system. The house has a nice kitchen and hardwood floors. Approximate value $105,000.

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301 Jones, Hillsborough, NC

This charming all brick bungalow, built in 1940 will be ready for occupancy, late November. It has original fireplace, oak floors, bathtub and living room chandelier. The house is approximately 1,100 SF 3 bedroom or 2 bedrooms with an adjoining Master bedroom sitting room. There is a slate front porch and will be a screened back porch off the kitchen. A second bath will be added with a re-glazed claw foot tub. Both baths have antique wooden medicine cabinets. New laundry is added also upstairs. There is a partial basement accessed from the outside. The entry foyer will have a French door leading to the living room. Oak floors will be refinished. Hall and third bedroom will have a parquet wood floor. The kitchen has original cabinets and ice-box style hardware. There is an original built-in wood ironing board. A small and unobtrusive sky-light will be added to add natural light to the central hallway and interior bath through a transom window above the claw-foot tub.

The house is located in Old West Hillsborough in a quiet, safe neighborhood with views of Eno Mountain State Park from the front steps. Approximate value in the $150’s.

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212 So. Occoneechee St, Historic District, Hillsborough, NC

Charming 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath cottage, circa 1910. 1,960 square feet includes a den/parlor, dining room, and living room. Sits adjacent to an historic town park and 1 block from a proposed children’s park. 3 blocks to downtown, walk to restaurants, shops, and a new Weaver Street Market (to open 2005). Gas, city water and sewer, approximate ½ acre lot with mature trees. Breakfast nook, claw foot tub, tiled bath, stained glass windows in master bedroom and upstairs bath. Antique casement windows in bay window. Wainscoting and beaded board ceilings throughout. Cathedral ceiling in entry foyer and kitchen. Marble kitchen counter tops and antique pine floors throughout. Offered for sale on a cost-plus basis.

Floor plans: first floor | second floor
Latest photos of this house: finished exterior | finished interior
Earlier reconstruction pictures from this house (during reconstruction): exterior | interior

116 North Nash Street, Hillsborough, NC

1930's Mill House, moved from West Hillsborough to 116 N. Nash Street on original site. This 2 bedroom 1 bath 1000 sq. ft. mill house was moved to make way for a church parking lot. House was given new electric service, HVAC, plumbing, foundation, dry wall repaired, insulated and 260 ft. new construction sunroom, for a finished size of 1260 sq. ft. A great starter home that sold for $130,000.

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Elevations and floorplans: floor plan | front & rear elevations | left & right elevations
Buyer's testimonial:

"We've been so happy with the house we purchased from Cabins, Cottages, and Bungalows. From very early on in the process, Chris and Steve treated us with respect and were thoughful, communicative, honest, and accessible. They welcomed our input and questions about the building process and kept us informed about all of the stages of the project. Their high level of craftmanship and attention to detail is rare in the construction field today. Through the rehabilitation process they have restored the orignal charm and remained true to the historic charcter of the house while also providing for all of the modern conveniences. We feel that they have built a home just for us! We trust the workmanship and dedication of Cabins, Cottages, and Bungalows and feel that they are providing a true service to the community."
-- Stephanie and Ben Trueblood

Watson-Whisnant House

This high-style, Victorian cottage was built in 1898 by Col. Frank Watson, a Burnsville, North Carolina banker, lawyer and benefactor of Mars Hill College. The house’ ornamentation includes a porch with pyramidal roof and turned posts and ballusters, brackets under the eaves, and a square bay window with saw-tooth frieze, brackets and stained glass. The 1920’s sunroom was extended from the side. The interior features beautiful oak mantels, soapstone hearths, beaded board wainscoting and a beamed ceiling of walnut in the dining room. The house has all original doors, door and window hardware, stained glass windows and 7 antique brass light fixtures. The house was saved from demolition and purchased from the historic preservation non-profit organization, Preservation North Carolina in Sept. 2002. It was dismantled by CC&B in November of 2002 and was re-constructed and re-stored on a ¾ acre lot in the National Register Historic District in Hillsborough NC adjacent to the Eno River. The house has 4 bedrooms plus study, 3.5 bathrooms and a finished basement.

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Floor plans (in Adobe PDF format): First floor | Second floor | Front elevation | Rear elevation | Left elevation | Right elevation | Foundation

Chestnut Ridge House

This rustic one story farm-house was moved ½ mile to its present location after being abandoned for over 30 years. The original 1892 house, was just 2 rooms with chimneys on either end. The rear rooms were added in 1930 and the sunroom and bath as new construction upon the house’ move and restoration in 1993. The new sunroom and bath addition was made with new framing materials but incorporated reclaimed 6 inch wide tongue and groove paneling, an antique brick floor, slate flagstone bathroom floor and antique windows and doors. The house’ walls, and ceilings are all antique wood – there is no drywall in the entire house. An 1850 log cabin addition was added in 1996 and is currently undergoing restoration.

Chestnut Ridge Guest Cabin

This late 1800’s log cabin originated near Caldwell in Northern Orange County, NC and had a frame ell with 2 fireplaces. Moved to it’s present location in 1996, it was extensively renovated into a 450 SF guest cabin with rare 4 foot claw-foot tub in the bath, tongue and groove 5 inch pine boards on the ceiling, new electric service and heat pump for heating and air-conditioning.

Stick Gazebo with salvaged slate roof

This octagonal screened gazebo was made with 100% re-claimed old materials. It has a slate tile roof salvaged from a 100+ year-old class-room building from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus. Stick wainscoting on the lower exterior is used to make a rustic appearance and to prevent the homeowner’s dogs from damaging the gazebo screening. Built in 40 hours without plans.

Ledge Lane House

This attractive Chapel Hill 3,680 sq. ft. split level house was built in 1963 and expanded in 1967. The house featured 4 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths. The house was deconstructed February - April 2003 and its parts will be used to build store buildings for the Building Supply Recycling Center in Hillsborough. Pre-deconstruction tax value of the house separate from its lot was $285,709.

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Hillsborough Avenue House