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About this home
Welcomed by lush landscaping and circular driveway with palm trees you feel you have arrived on vacation! This Ranch style basement home with a loft area lends toward an amazing waterfront view as you enter the vaulted A framed feel great room. A large dining room attaches to the modern kitchen with granite and butcher block counter tops and a gas oven with stainless hood. Your breakfast area accesses your deck that encompases entire length of home. Choose to have the roof closed or open above you on either end of the deck. Low maintenance material decking that you never have to paint or stain! Primary BR takes in that wonderful waterfront view and don't let the fancy Toto toilets catch you off guard in the baths. A secondary BR and nice size laundry are also on the main floor. You have double doors off your full front porch to enter the home before you turn a corner to find upstairs to your reading room or playroom loft or downstairs to your full basement. The Basement, like the great room has a gas log brick fp to warm by and a wet sink and wine fridge bar area, There are 3 rooms downstairs that can be used as large Bedrooms and a full bath on this level. Exit outside the family room or den to your covered full patio with your hot tub and amazing koi pond fully stocked with auto feeder to enjoy this zen setting and extensive landscaped yard. Your dock that was redone in 2014 has both a covered area and uncovered and a 10,000 lb. lift to greet your boat. Rinna tankless hot water heater controller can be viewed in the unfinished workshop storage area of basement , outside speakers are wired on this home and yard in rear is fully fenced for your enjoyment. Island Forest is in the heart of Cornelius just off Bethel Church Rd with easy access to shopping and restaurants and all conveniences. Just sit back and watch the sun sparkle or set over your lake front view! New carpet, fresh paint give this home a move in ready appeal. This home has incredible level backyard and waterfront view that make the price very attractive! This is a lovely NON cookie cutter neighborhood with trees and larger lots! One of the first areas on Lake Norman to be sold so of course better views! Important to note there are 5 rooms with closets to sleep in all very good size but 2 in basement do not have a window. These two rooms are 15X 17 or larger.
Highlights
Property details
- MLS
- Canopy MLS
- MLS #
- CAR4428890
- Property type
- Single Family Residence
- Subdivision
- Island Forest
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 14
- On market date
- September 30, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- 2.5
- Garage spaces
- 2
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- N/A
Location
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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.
- Enrollment
- 554
- Student:teacher ratio
- 15.0:1
- District
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Enrollment
- 1,370
- Student:teacher ratio
- 17.3:1
- District
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Enrollment
- 166
- Student:teacher ratio
- 41.5:1
- District
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Cornelius'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). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).
Market position
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Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated 3 days ago.
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