Does remodeling a fireplace add value to my home?
Yes, and in Arden the single best-returning move is turning a drafty open fireplace into a real heater. The 1980s and 90s homes across Royal Pines and Skyland came with open masonry fireboxes that pull heat out of the room. A sealed insert reverses that, and buyers immediately feel the difference between a decorative hole and working heat.
The open-firebox problem in Royal Pines and Skyland
Arden's established neighborhoods are full of open masonry fireplaces from the 80s and 90s, and the hard truth is that an open hearth often runs a net heat loss: it draws warm, conditioned air up the chimney faster than it heats the room. That is a tired, drafty box masquerading as an amenity.
Dropping in a correctly sized sealed gas insert converts it into an efficient, everyday heater with a clean modern face, and that transformation is exactly the kind of concrete improvement that shows at resale. A buyer touring two similar Royal Pines homes will feel which one has a fireplace that actually warms the room and which one just has a fireplace-shaped opening.
Natural gas keeps it simple
Arden sits on natural gas, which keeps the everyday Napoleon, Heatilator, and Heat & Glo lines fully in play without a propane tank to site or fill. That makes the insert conversion straightforward: instant heat at the flip of a switch, no wood to haul, no cold-start smoke, and no ash to clean.
For the Biltmore Park area's mix of homes and offices, the same clean, low-maintenance gas hearth reads as a finished, modern feature, the kind of low-fuss comfort that helps a property stand out in a corridor where a lot of inventory looks alike.
Permitted with Buncombe County
The conversion only protects your value if it is documented. We pull the permit with Buncombe County, pressure-test the gas line, and meet the inspector, so the upgrade lands on record as a sound improvement rather than the unpermitted gas work a home inspection stalls on.
That paper trail protects the home sale and the buyer's insurance, and one licensed crew owning appliance, gas, permit, and inspection is worth real money at closing. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home assessment.
Fireplace help in Arden
We install and service fireplaces throughout Arden and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.