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Listed price in listed location currency (USD).
$695,000

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MLS® 10167964

Overview

Key Facts

Type Single Family Residence
Levels Residential
Size 1410 sqft
Garage Yes
Taxes $7,047
Days Active 3
Lot Size 
Approx. Age 1983
Avg. Price Per Sqft $492
MLS® Number 10167964

Property Address: 200 Spring Valley Rd, Carrboro, NC, 27510-1243

Average square foot calculated using Size range provided by listing agent.

Description

There are houses, and then there are houses built by someone who knew the future. Pete Thorn of Capricorn Construction built 200 Spring Valley Road in 1983 as his personal residence -- and that distinction matters. This was an era when local craftsmen-builders were still the norm in Carrboro, before the tract house had arrived to flatten everything into sameness. Pete wasn't just building ahead of the curve; he was the curve. A passive solar pioneer at a time when most builders knew about it but didn't pursue it, he designed this home with a solar hot water array that pre-warmed water before it ever reached the heater. The infrastructure is still in the walls. The thinking is still in the bones of the house. It shows everywhere you look. The 2x6 framing. The whole-house attic fan. The Vermont Castings woodstove anchored in its brick surround, warming a den that feels like it was designed for exactly that -- warmth, shelter, intention. Real red oak hardwood underfoot. A renovated kitchen appointed with a Bertazzoni dual-fuel range, Bosch dishwasher, and Jenn-Air refrigerator, finished with quartz countertops and vinyl flooring that is, genuinely, charming. Modern amenities in a solid kitchen layout with handmade cabinets. A master bedroom with a walk-in cedar closet. Two living areas. A covered front porch with 18 inches of overhang for the rain. A massive private Trex deck on the side. And then there's the garage -- though calling it that undersells it completely. Seven hundred square feet, insulated and drywalled, polished concrete slab, mini split, Pella windows on two sides, a custom stone retaining wall at the entrance, and an interior stair to fully floored storage above. It is a workshop, a studio, a serious room. Pete Thorn built it that way because he built everything that way. The roof was replaced in 2024 and is designed to accept solar panels -- a full-circle moment for a house whose original owner was installing solar decades before it was fashionable. A 24kW Generac generator handles the outages that have become part of modern life in the Carolina piedmont. This is a .41-acre wooded lot scattered with boulders, in Carrboro, built by a visionary, in an era that produced almost nothing like it. Those eras don't repeat.
MLS® Number10167964
Laundry Level
Central VacNo
FireplaceNo
Acreage
Exterior
GarageYes
Approx. Age1983
Basement
Driveway
Garage Spaces
Heat
A/C
Heating Fuel

Extras

Rooms

Great Room:Main Floor12 × 22 ft
Other:Main Floor121 × 155 ft
Bedroom 3:Main Floor107 × 1310 ft
Kitchen:Main Floor9 × 15 ft
Bedroom 2:Main Floor107 × 1310 ft
Den:Main Floor1211 × 197 ft

Price History

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Not Sold YetSold Price

For Sale

May 17, 2026List Date
$695,000List Price

Home Estimate Zoopraisal®

This property is estimated to sell between: $627,000 and $729,000.
Similar properties in this area sold on average for: $627,500
Expected to sell in 51 days. Similar properties sold in 54 days. This home has been on Zoocasa for 3 days.

The estimated sale price does not take into account many variables such as recent renovations, type of appliances, school district etc. To get a more accurate estimate please contact agent.

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