Be careful what you wish for. You do know, that the winner must pay taxes- right???

The 2006 Dream Home was built in the mountains overlooking Lake Lure, NC - it remains empty (or still was in late summer of 2009). First of all - winner couldn't pay taxes so it is said, but that's only the tip of the iceberg. There is a total restriction of any further construction in that area, and therefore there is no water or electricity to this house, and it would be extremely expensive to bring it in for just one dwelling (if it would even be allowed). You can see just the top of this place in the trees, with nothing else around as far as the eye can see! Such a waste of a home when so many people are in need. I don't know the story of how HGTV actually got permits to build there in the first place, unless the restrictions on further construction were put in place after it was done.

I never would have known anything about all of this, but we took a sightseeing boat tour of Lake Lure when I was there in 2009. The tour guide told many interesting stories of the lake and happenings there. He even pulled in a cove where the beach/water scenes from the movie "Dirty Dancing" were shot. The stairs going up the hill were still there, but all the cabins you saw in the movie were lost to a fire some years back.