Leah Miller

I am lucky to call Mike and Joy, founders of Town and Mountain Realty, my parents. Like my dad, I was born and raised here in Asheville. I attended Asheville City Schools and got a wonderful education through our local school system. When I graduated from Asheville High, I moved to Charleston to attend the College of Charleston in South Carolina. My junior year, I got to spend a semester abroad in Brisbane, Australia, where I attended The University of Queensland. I graduated from CofC [...]

I am lucky to call Mike and Joy, founders of Town and Mountain Realty, my parents. Like my dad, I was born and raised here in Asheville. I attended Asheville City Schools and got a wonderful education through our local school system. When I graduated from Asheville High, I moved to Charleston to attend the College of Charleston in South Carolina. My junior year, I got to spend a semester abroad in Brisbane, Australia, where I attended The University of Queensland. I graduated from CofC with a degree in business and a concentration in Marketing.

All through college, I worked at Copper Penny, a high-end clothing boutique in downtown Charleston, where I became passionate about designer clothing and shoes. When I graduated from college, with my education in business, background in sales, and a keen eye for style and design, I was hired as a design consultant for a family business, Palmetto Tile Distributors, in Charleston. I was very fortunate to help build the new showroom from scratch, and I developed a wonderful clientele working with some of the best interior designers and builders in Charleston, helping to create the homes of our client's dreams through kitchen and bath design.

I moved back home to Asheville at the beginning of 2015 to be close to family, and to join our family business, Town and Mountain Realty, and The Mike Miller Team. I feel so fortunate that I chose to do that when I did, because it gave me 11 wonderful years learning this business under the tutelage of my dad, Mike Miller. My mom, Joy, who is practicing “creative retirement,” but is the entrepreneur behind the business still teaches me every day. What a blessing to be back with family and able to call this beautiful city home again.

I grew up around the real estate business. And my background in sales, design, and customer service are a natural lead into real estate sales. When I first moved home, I bought a 1950s bungalow in West Asheville and performed a major renovation. We joke that it was another way to pay for an education, and I absolutely loved it! It has helped me be even more knowledgeable about owning a home and helps me educate my clients on what it's like to buy and renovate a fixer-upper! I have since purchased and renovated multiple investment properties with my now husband, Aaron Byard, owner of Table Rock Builders, and we did a second renovation on our personal home when we were expecting our baby girl, Nomi. I love the creative outlet and problem-solving that comes with bringing life back to these old homes. If you're interested in this type of project, let's bounce some ideas off each other!

Aaron and I now have two precious kiddos, Nomi and Parker, who also attend Asheville City Schools, and we love to stay active in our community frequenting the local restaurants, breweries, and trails around town. You can often find me playing volleyball on the sand courts at Highland Brewery, or enjoying live music on a Friday night at Taco Billy.

I am so grateful for all of my clients. If they don't start out as lifetime friends, the goal is that at the end of the transaction, they end up that way. I love that with real estate; I have the opportunity to make new friends, establish new connections, and help others. If you feel I would be a good fit for your real estate needs, please contact me!