$549,900
About this home
$20,000 price improvement and $2500 buyer concession to use towards closing costs!! PLUS The whole home was just freshly painted from top to bottom, home pressure washed, new carpets upstairs. The seller means business. Walk in and it feels new, because most of it is. If you've been watching this one, now is the time. Privacy is hard to find. This home has it. The home backs up to a natural wooded area, so there's actual breathing room between you and the neighbors behind you. Fenced backyard. Covered front porch. That's not something you find every day in this price range. Five bedrooms, 3.5 baths. The main level has a guest bedroom and full bathroom that works great for visitors or multi-generational living, a dedicated office with French doors, and an oversized island that flows right into the family room with a gas fireplace. This home was built for entertaining and for real life. Head upstairs and you'll find four bedrooms with brand new carpet, plus a large bonus loft that's flexible enough to be whatever your family needs it to be. The primary suite is the kind you don't want to leave. Dual vanity, garden soaking tub, standalone shower, oversized walk-in closet. Fairhaven has a community pool, clubhouse, and playground within walking distance. Blair Mill Park sits right at the neighborhood entrance with a playground, beginner disc golf course, and walking trails. The school zone is one of the strongest in the area. Stallings Elementary, Porter Ridge Middle, and Porter Ridge High. Families in this zip code know what that means, and it shows in the demand for homes here. Everything you need is within five miles. Grocery stores, Target, restaurants, coffee shops, urgent care. I-485 gets you into the city fast without fighting traffic through neighborhoods to get there. DO NOT MISS THIS HOME.
Highlights
Property details
- MLS #
- CAR4390009
- Property type
- Single Family Residence
- Subdivision
- Fairhaven
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 33
- On market date
- June 5, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- 3
- Garage spaces
- 2
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- N/A
Location
Get directions →Nearby schools
Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card (e.g. NC Dept. of Public Instruction, SC Report Card).
- Enrollment
- 500
- Student:teacher ratio
- 10.6:1
- District
- Union County Public Schools
- Enrollment
- 1,285
- Student:teacher ratio
- 19.5:1
- District
- Union County Public Schools
- Enrollment
- 809
- Student:teacher ratio
- 18.4:1
- District
- Union County Public Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Matthews's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). EPA National Walkability Index only -- nearby-amenity data not cached yet for this area.
Market position
How this listing compares to current activity in Matthews, from live MLS data.
Mortgage calculator
Estimate only - actual rate and payment depend on your lender, credit, and loan program.
Adjust tax / insurance estimates
Similar homes you might like
Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated July 8, 2026.
Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.