About Us

Larry and his wife Mary Lynn moved to the Berkeley Springs area in 1975. After the birth of their son Chris in 1979, Larry obtained his West Virginia General Contractor's License, formed Twin Mountain Construction, designed and built custom homes and two developments in the Eastern Panhandle area of West Virginia.  In 1992 he obtained his West Virginia Real Estate Broker's License, and formed Mountain Home Real Estate.  Between his Construction and Real Estate professions, he has been helping local and relocated families in the West Virginia mountain area with their real estate needs for over 25 years.  He is currently a member of the Eastern Panhandle board of Realtors, the West Virginia Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors, the Eastern Panhandle Home Builders Association, the Home Builders Association of WV, and the National Association of Home Builders.  Larry also holds a Virginia Real Estate Broker's License. 

One of the exciting developments emerging from the construction and Real estate industries is the re-awakening use of solar, wind, and other forms of renewable energy.  In October of 2005, Larry helped the owners of Mountain View Builders (see Partners links) move the  University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth) Solar Decathlon house and electric car to its new location near Berkeley Springs, WV.  He is presently producing the design and working drawings for its reconstruction.  As a member of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), he attended the Solar 2006 Renewable Energy Conference held in Denver, Colorado last July. As a result, he now has two projects on the table that make use of innovative technologies he learned about at the convention.

Martha, a native Californian, has had several diverse lives. As the wife of a Foreign Service Officer she lived overseas in Asia and Europe for 17 years, dragging four children through five countries. In the late 70’s she remarried and set up residence at Coolfont Resort in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia where she became President of the company and founded and directed Coolfont's fitness programs, residential health spa and massage departments.  For over 20 years she was active in developing and selling the property in the award winning Coolfont Mountainside Association. In 1994 Martha was named Business Woman of the year by the West Virginia Women's Commission.  As a new agent with Mountain Home Real Estate she brings a wealth of knowledge about the sale and rental of vacation and resort properties.

Jim and his family moved to the Berkeley Springs area in 1998 to work for US Silica (formerly Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co).  His major focus there was on extensive contract negotiations for purchasing energy such as natural gas, heavy oils, diesel, recycled oil and propane.  The energy purchasing phase also involved in-depth actions to oppose utility rate increases before State Public Service Commissions with close coordination with legal firms to support that effort.  He believes his experiences there gave him a good background for contract negotiations in Real Estate. 

Since 2000 Jim has assisted his wife and family in the development of Berkeley Springs Cottage Rentals, which vacation rents approximately 90 properties in Morgan and Berkeley Counties in West Virginia.  That business now employs 5 people on a full time basis, plus dozens of local contractors.  He also specializes in the residential and commercial Property Management and Leasing end of the real estate business for Mountain Home Real Estate.  In addition to his Rental and Property Management expertise, Jim also brings to the table personal experience buying and selling real estate while living in 4 states before he moved to Berkeley Springs.  In 2006, Jim received his WV Real Estate License.  In his first year he sold and leased well over a million dollars worth of real estate transactions.

Paula Aubin moved to West Virginia in 1999 from Boston, Massachusetts. She lives in Inwood where she is raising her twins, Joshua and Jeremy. In addition, she manages the Mountain Home Real Estate Office in Berkeley Springs.  Her skills there involve bookkeeping and accounting for several rental accounts, managing and updating the website, and handling new listings.  She also serves as a transaction coordinator, organizing inspections and appraisals, communicating with lenders and attorneys and supervising contracts from ratification to closing.

Paula has also sharpened her architectural design skills and has contributed to the completion of several projects in the area.  Many of her designs focus on solar, energy efficiency and green building, and some are scheduled to be the area’s first Energy Star Homes.