The Whee Farm: Barn Apartment in the Smokies

The Whee Farm is a 6 acre working farm on a quiet secluded country road, nestled in the middle of the Smoky Mountains. Our chickens lay organic, fresh eggs, our heritage breed chicks hatch twice a year, our pigs supply food for several local families and our goats provide constant entertainment. This barn apartment was newly built in 2024. We are located 5 miles from Western Carolina University and strategically located within driving distance to many hikes and the Smoky Mountain National Park! The space 600 sq foot 1BR/1BR apartment built in 2024. 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. The living room has a Roku TV for streaming your favorite shows. Board/card games and puzzles are provided for your entertainment. There is a twin sized futon in the loft space as well. All linens are provided. The loft space can be used as storage or as another extra living space. Our spacious bathroom has plenty of storage shelving, a full sized laundry unit and a tub/shower. 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 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 mode on our phones to make calls and send messages which works very well. 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. *Please also note- there are two mostly identical apartments available for rent at the Whee Farm (set up like a duplex). The one in this listing is titled Apartment A. 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 when 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! Feel free to check out our other listing “The Bro Haus” to see that unit’s availability! Guest access Guests are welcome to access all areas of their designated apartment and the outdoor patio space. The barn portion and of the building and swing set below is off limits to guests at this time. We would also love to introduce you to our farm and animals however ask that one of us be present with you if you'd like a tour as our fences are electrified and some of our animals may spook easily if we are not present. Other things to note We use toxic free laundry detergent to wash all of our bedding. Additionally we use non toxic, chemical free cleaning supplies to clean our apartments. We also include toxic free soaps, dish detergents and shampoo/conditioner during your stay! 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!