Mackintosh On The Lake in Burlington, NC

The neighborhood amenity center has a 7,600-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, a junior Olympic pool, and a splash park. Residents also share tennis, pickleball, and basketball courts. More than 20 miles of sidewalks and trails connect the sections. Some amenities need a reservation or an access card through the Mackintosh on the Lake Community Association, so ask how the card transfers at closing.

The lake itself is a city reservoir, not a private neighborhood lake. Lake Mackintosh Park and Marina at 2704 Huffman Mill Road rents kayaks and rowboats and has boat ramps and fishing piers. Swimming, wading, skiing, and jet skis are not allowed, and the park is closed every Monday and Tuesday. A lakefront lot here means views and quiet water. I usually tell buyers to drive to the park on a weekend before deciding how much a lake view is worth to them. For daily driving, most listing directions start at I-40/85 exit 140 at University Drive. Our guide to moving to Burlington covers the rest of the city.

Each section sets its own dues and decides what they cover. Here is what the active listings showed on October 1, 2026.

• Lowest dues: about $60 to $87 a quarter on a few homes, covering stormwater maintenance or nothing beyond the amenities.
• Mid-range dues: $194 to $290 a quarter on most of the other listings, about half of them with grounds maintenance included.
• Monthly dues: $85 to $250 a month on three listings. The Comrie Lane townhome at $125 and an Aberlour Lane home at $250 include grounds maintenance, and the Aberlour dues also cover road maintenance.

Some homes pay a section association and the community association separately. A recent Kenross Drive listing showed $130 a month plus $255 a quarter. Ask for the resale certificate and each association's budget early so you can compare the full yearly cost of two homes, not just the list price.

It depends on the street. The neighborhood was planned on the Alamance-Guilford County line, and both September 2026 closings on our site were Guilford County homes assigned to Guilford County Schools. Townhomes on Comrie Lane are on the Alamance side, served by the Alamance-Burlington School System.

The county also changes the tax bill. Both sides pay Burlington's 56.36-cent city rate for FY2026-27. The combined rate is $1.0576 per $100 on the Alamance side and $1.3531 on the Guilford side. On a $400,000 assessed value, that comes to about $4,230 a year versus $5,412. Check the county on the parcel record before you build a budget around a specific house.

Two closings in the last week of September show how far the neighborhood extends.

• Bonnie Loch Drive: a 2016 home with 4,809 square feet, a finished walk-out basement and lake views on 0.58 acres, closed at $800,000 on September 24.
• Salters Street: a 2019 three-bedroom with 2,242 square feet on 0.15 acres, closed at $330,000 on September 30.

Both sold slightly above their last list price. I would use them as the two ends of the range rather than as comps for a mid-priced house, since lot size and lake position separate them more than the year built does.

On October 1, 2026, the median list price on our Mackintosh on the Lake search was $408,208, compared with $438,434 at The Townes and Villas at Weybridge and $441,975 in Country Club Forest. Most of Weybridge is new construction on Talisker Way and Dunvegan Lane. None of the five Country Club Forest listings near Alamance Country Club showed HOA dues, and one was a vacant lot, so its median mixes land with houses. If a pool and clubhouse are on your list, Mackintosh on the Lake had the lowest median list price of the three that day.

Call Raleigh Realty at 919-249-8536 with the Mackintosh on the Lake streets you like, and we will match each home's dues to what they actually cover. We can also flag the Guilford County addresses so the tax estimate is right from the first showing.