'Lord of the Rings' fans can geek out over this real-life hobbit home

A North Carolina couple has started an incredible project that takes a page straight out of the "Lord of the Rings."

Mike Parrish, a self-described "huge fan" of the fantasy trilogy that was derived from the J.R.R. Tolkien books, showed off his one-of-a-kind home on Leisure Mountain Road in Woodfin to ABC News affiliate WLOS.

"What we want is to just have an area where people can come and bring their kids and just leave with unforgettable experience," Parrish said.

The first line in "The Hobbit," begins "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit," and that's exactly how this property looks.

The 800-square-foot home has one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen and is nearly 90% below ground level.

But the "main attraction," according to Matt Robinson with Black Mountain Builders, who took on the project, is the handmade round mahogany door.