2.87 Acres of Eden, NC Land for Sale: Paved Road Access Noted, $173 Taxes Listed

For buyers looking for a cash-priced homesite candidate in Rockingham County, this parcel deserves a practical read: the acreage and access notes are attractive, but utilities and approvals still drive the real answer.
LC25097 is a 2.87-acre vacant land parcel at 525 Chumney Loop in Eden, North Carolina 27288, in Rockingham County. The supplied listing shows a $20,000 cash price, annual taxes of $173, and a Warranty Deed listed in the property data.
The listing notes Residential zoning, paved road access, and electricity available, with septic and well required. Treat those as starting points; exact zoning district, permitted uses, legal access, utility service, septic/well feasibility, and flood or soil conditions should be verified before planning a build.
Property snapshot
Use these listing facts as the starting point for your county records check and on-site evaluation.
Use the property number when asking about this specific LandCentury listing.
The address places the parcel in the local zoning, permitting, tax, and environmental health review path.
These are the key lookup numbers for county GIS, tax records, mapping, and title review.
The acreage gives room to evaluate a homesite, driveway, well, septic area, and setbacks, subject to approval.
This is the listed purchase price; buyers should still confirm current terms and closing costs before committing.
Residential is a useful clue, but the exact zoning district and permitted uses must be confirmed with the county.
These notes help frame the project budget, but legal access and actual service feasibility need verification.
The tax figure helps estimate holding costs, while deed and title details should be reviewed before closing.
Eden and Rockingham County setting
Eden is in Rockingham County, so the most important due-diligence path is local: Planning and Zoning for land use, Permitting and Inspections for construction permits, Environmental Health for well and septic questions, and Public Utilities for public water or sewer questions.
For this parcel, the supplied identifiers are more useful than the street address alone. Parcel 156688 and GIS/APN 8909-00-77-9638-00 should be used to match county records, tax information, boundaries, and map layers before relying on a site plan.
Rockingham County GIS context can include zoning, tax parcels, soils, flood zones, street centerlines, and other parcel-level layers. FEMA flood resources are also relevant because Eden appears in North Carolina NFIP community records, but that does not establish the flood status of this specific parcel.
Potential uses to evaluate
At 2.87 acres, this property may fit buyers who want more room than a small in-town lot while staying within Eden and Rockingham County review channels. The Residential zoning note makes it worth evaluating for a homesite, but it does not replace county approval.
The utility note is important: electricity is listed as available, while septic and well are required. That means soil suitability, well feasibility, driveway placement, and service connection costs should be part of the decision from the beginning.
- Site-built home evaluation, if the exact zoning district, setbacks, legal access, septic approval, well permit, and building permits support it.
- Manufactured-home evaluation, only if Rockingham County rules and the specific zoning district allow that use on this parcel.
- Garden, small-scale agricultural, or homestead-style use, subject to zoning, accessory-use rules, water availability, and any recorded restrictions.
- Accessory buildings, storage, or workshop planning in connection with an approved principal use, if permits and setbacks allow.
- Limited recreational or RV-related use only if local rules expressly allow it; listing categories should not be treated as legal permission.
Due diligence checklist for this parcel
Before treating this land as buildable or usable for a specific plan, work through the checks that affect legal use, development cost, and closing risk.
Confirm parcel identity and boundaries
Start with parcel 156688 and GIS/APN 8909-00-77-9638-00. Compare the county tax card, GIS map, legal description, and any available survey or plat. The legal description references a 1983 survey, but a buyer should confirm whether a current survey is needed.
Verify the exact zoning district
The listing says Residential, but buyers should confirm the exact district, permitted uses, setbacks, minimum lot standards, manufactured-home rules, RV rules, and any overlay or watershed limitations with local officials.
Ask about zoning and building permits
County context indicates land use requires zoning review, and new structures or additions may require a building permit. Get the permit path in writing before assuming a home, accessory building, or other use is allowed.
Prove legal and practical access
The listing notes paved road access. Verify legal frontage or recorded easement rights, driveway permit requirements, sight-distance issues, road maintenance status, and whether any entrance improvements would be required.
Confirm electricity, well, and septic feasibility
Electricity available does not confirm an active meter, transformer capacity, or a service connection. Contact the power provider and confirm septic suitability and well permitting with Environmental Health before budgeting a build.
Review flood, soils, and drainage
No parcel-specific flood status is supplied. Use official flood mapping and county GIS layers to check flood zones, soils, and drainage patterns, then follow up with site-specific evaluation if any part of the parcel appears constrained.
Review contract, title, and restrictions
The listing shows a Warranty Deed and a verified seller profile, but buyer protection comes from the written contract, title search, closing documents, and review of easements, covenants, restrictions, liens, and other recorded matters.
Reconfirm taxes and total project budget
Annual taxes are listed at $173, but current county records should be checked. Also estimate survey, closing, permit, driveway, utility, well, septic, and site-work costs before deciding whether the parcel fits your budget.
Rockingham County GIS is the best official starting point for parcel-level verification because it supports tax parcel, zoning, flood, street, and map-layer review tied to the parcel identifiers.
Financing and offer questions
The supplied data shows a $20,000 cash price and does not list owner-financing terms. Treat the purchase as cash unless the seller confirms alternate terms in writing.
If you plan to use a land loan or later construction financing, talk with the lender before committing. Lenders often want clarity on legal access, zoning, survey status, utilities, septic and well feasibility, and title conditions.
- Is the $20,000 cash price still current, and what closing costs or document fees apply?
- Are any seller-financing terms available, or is the transaction cash-only?
- How is the deposit handled, and what due-diligence period applies before it becomes nonrefundable?
- Will a lender require a survey, septic approval, zoning letter, or access documentation before funding?
Questions buyers may ask about this property and area
Bottom line for this Eden land
LC25097 is straightforward on the surface: 2.87 acres in Eden, a $20,000 cash price, Residential zoning noted, paved road access noted, electricity available, and septic and well required.
The opportunity is in the usable acreage and relatively clear starting facts. The work is in verification: exact zoning district, legal access, septic and well feasibility, flood and soil conditions, title status, and any restrictions should determine whether the parcel fits your plan.
Buyers who want an Eden or Rockingham County homesite candidate and are comfortable with raw-land due diligence should take a closer look. Buyers who need guaranteed utilities or confirmed build approval should get written answers before committing funds.
Review the listing and verify the parcel
Use the LandCentury listing for the current property details, then match the parcel identifiers against county records before making a final decision.
Official due-diligence resource
Use Rockingham County GIS to match parcel 156688 and GIS/APN 8909-00-77-9638-00, then review zoning, tax parcel, flood, and map layers as part of your due diligence.






