Land for Sale in Burlington, NC

• North of town in 27217: Farm and wooded tracts along Stoney Creek Church Road, Bethel Methodist Church Road, and NC 62, including a 10.5-acre parcel listed at $199,900.
• South and west in 27215: Acreage off Brick Church Road, Rural Retreat Road, and Union Ridge Road. Some of the western tracts are in Guilford County, which handles its own well and septic permits.
• Inside the city: Small infill lots, often under an acre, where city water and sewer may already be at the street.

If you would rather buy a finished home on an acre or more, Kernodle Landing offers new homes on one-acre and larger homesites.

Alamance County Environmental Health charges these fees before any system goes in.

• Septic improvement permit, which includes the soil evaluation, from $290 for up to three bedrooms to $425 for six or more
• New well permit for $410, plus a $145 camera inspection on wells with PVC casing
• A $95 site revisit fee each time the lot is not ready for the inspector

These are permit fees only. Drilling, the septic installation, and clearing a building site are separate contractor bids.

Larger Burlington tracts are often enrolled in North Carolina's present-use value program, which taxes farmland and forestland at a much lower value. If you build a house or stop the qualifying use, the county bills you for the deferred taxes for the three prior years, plus interest. You can see whether a parcel is enrolled through the Alamance County land use office. Settle who will pay for that rollback before closing.

For raw land, I first ask the listing agent for any existing septic improvement permit. If there is none, we build enough time into the due diligence period for the county to evaluate the soil before you commit.