Sold · closed July 2025
Lots 57 and 58 of a 1955 lakeside subdivision · a dock on the water · a 1964 single-wide with additions
📍 Eagle Crest Trail, Gaston, NC 27832 · open in Google Maps
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A small lakefront lot with a 1964 single-wide that had sat mostly unused for years, a dock on the water, and a narrow dirt road in.
The county had no septic record at all. The state only began permitting systems in 1977, and Environmental Health found nothing under any past owner's name. When we asked where the tank was, the answer was: directly underneath the toilet, under the trailer.
We called a septic contractor. A tank under a structure fails inspection by rule, nothing may sit within 5 feet of any part of the system, and a new system needs those same setbacks, which is hard on a lot this size. His crew could not even get their excavator down the road and turned around.
We put all of it in writing, and a local investor bought the lot knowing exactly what it was. It closed in July 2025.
The diligence file as it stood at closing, including anything still open.
Lots 57 and 58, W. A. Vincent subdivision, Map Book 4 Page 137, surveyed by D. C. Shearin in July 1955. About 54 ft on the road, 137 to 143 ft deep, and 56 ft along the rear line, which is the power company's reservoir property.
Subject to a 1955 easement to Virginia Electric and Power Company, Book 419 Page 87.
Northampton County Environmental Health, June 3, 2025: no septic permit or record under any owner's name. The tax card dates the home to 1964; the state did not regulate septic systems until 1977. The county takes an existing-system application to re-inspect.
The seller: the tank sits directly underneath the toilet under the trailer, covered by a metal plate, never pumped.
A tank under a structure fails inspection; nothing may sit within 5 ft of any septic component; a replacement needs the same setbacks, which is difficult on 0.2 acre. The crew could not get a truck and excavator down the narrow road to dig.
Unresolved: the seller described a shared well, while the inspection report notes county water. Not confirmed either way.
The dock sits on the power company's land; repairs or replacement go through its office. The photographer judged it sound to walk on but due for sealing. Shallow water with stumps at the dock, clear further out.
Only two owners since the 1950s. Closed by general warranty deed, Book 1121 Page 283.
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