The Whee Farm Bro Haus Mountain Retreat

The Whee Farm is a 6 acre working farm with heritage breed chickens, pigs, goats, sheep and rabbits on a quiet secluded country road a quick flat mile off the main road, nestled in the middle of the Smoky Mountains. This barn apartment was newly built in 2024. We are located 5 miles from Western Carolina University, 5 miles from Castle Ladyhawk, and strategically located within quick and easy driving distance to many hikes and the Smoky Mountain National Park!s The space Spacious 600 sq foot 1BR/1BR apartment built in 2024. •5 miles from Western Carolina University, making it a perfect location for football games, move in days, graduation and other events! •4.6 miles from Castle Ladyhawk, a popular, beautiful wedding venue here in the Smokies •30 miles from the entrance to the Smoky Mountain National Park •21 miles to the Blue Ridge Parkway The 16+ foot tall ceilings, numerous windows and spacious loft add openness and space to the living area. The master bedroom has a comfortable queen-sized bed, spacious armoire and designated workspace complete with desk and office chair. The couch in the living room easily converts to another queen sized bed for extra guests (we just recently added a brand new memory foam mattress for the sofa bed!)- all linens, pillow and mattress topper provided. The living room has a Roku TV for streaming your favorite shows. Board/card games and puzzles are provided for your entertainment. All linens and towels are provided. The loft space can be used as storage or as another extra living space. Currently it functions as a kids playroom with some kids toys, a rug, two rocking chairs and a large TV. Our spacious bathroom has plenty of storage shelving, a custom roll-in subway tile shower, and a beautiful floating vanity built from Sassafras wood. The full sized, well-equipped kitchen is ready for you to cook your meals and is complete with a full-sized fridge and oven and a drip coffee maker with provided coffee. There is also a hot water kettle provided if you prefer to drink tea. Outside you will find a shared patio space with adirondack chairs with a fire pit overlooking the farm and Smoky Mountains views- one package of wood and roasting sticks provided. Starter logs may be available upon request and we are happy to set up a fire for you if we are available! One parking space is available per unit. We do have one additional guest space reserved for visitors to use, first come, first served. If you are needing additional parking, please let us know. We are usually able to accommodate more parking if needed just a short walk away from the unit. *Please note: We do live in rural Appalachia surrounded by many mature trees. We do not have strong cell signal at our property (Verizon sometimes works), and personally we rely on our wi-fi calling to make calls and send messages. This works well for us to call and text. You will need to switch to wi-fi calling upon arrival for best results. Additionally, we occasionally have storms come through that have the potential to take down trees in our neighborhood which can result in power and wi-fi outages. This doesn't happen frequently but is important to know that it can happen. When it does we work quickly to get both restored with our local power and internet companies. In addition to this, our driveway is like many mountain roads in Western North Carolina. It is very short but a little steep at the top- we have put lots of work in to it and maintain it so that all vehicles in our experience have been able to navigate just fine on it, however those not used to mountain living may feel more comfortable taking a 4WD/AWD vehicle. *Please also note- there are actually two apartments available for rent at the Whee Farm. There is a deadbolt double door with insulation between the two of them that we are happy to open for you if you desire to rent both apartments together and they are available at the same time. Additionally, we may be able to offer a discounted rate if booking both apartments together. Please message us ahead of time if this is something you are interested in doing. Guest access Guests are welcome to access all areas of their designated apartment and the shared outdoor patio space. The barn portion of the building is off limits to guests. We would also love to introduce you to our farm and animals, however, for your safety we ask that you reach out to us if you’d like to explore or have a tour! Other things to note We use non toxic, chemical free laundry detergent to wash our bedding as well as non toxic, chemical free cleaning supplies to clean our apartments. We use non toxic, natural fragrance spray and air fresheners. All of our hand soap, dish soap, shampoo, conditioner and body wash are chemical/toxic free as well (brands include highly rated Whole Foods and Melaleuca products). Our farm has a sweet livestock Australian shepherd dog that roams our property and loves attention from anyone he can get it from. He is incredibly friendly towards humans and loves everyone! He does not, however, tolerate other dogs due to his livestock guardian nature, which is why we have a strict no pets policy in our apartment. As we are a working farm, surrounded by other farms, there will occasionally be roosters crowing, dogs barking, goats maa-ing, sheep baa-ing, etc. We do provide a sound machine in each bedroom if you do not wish to hear these noises early in the morning! We have a hired exterminator come do treatments for insects and spiders every 3 months. Please note, however, that we live in the country with lots of surrounding woods in rural Appalachia, therefore seeing an occasional spider or bug indoors can happen despite the treatments and occasionally there have been snakes outside around the property, though our chickens and cats are great exterminators for these so seeing them is quite rare 😉