The Back Forty Homes for Sale

Community Highlights

The Back Forty is one of southern Mooresville's tighter Lake Norman shoreline pockets, with recorded listings clustered on Malibu Road and the water doing most of the talking. Eight of the nine MLS records tied to the community carry a waterfront flag, and the pricing history stretches from older lot trades to multimillion-dollar custom homes with docks, beaches, and year-round lake views.

The homes themselves are varied in age but consistent in purpose: this is a place built around direct access to the lake. Recorded construction spans 1966 to 2018, mixing renovated ranch plans from the 1960s with later custom builds. Lots average about three-quarters of an acre, which leaves room for circular drives, detached garages, broader lawn areas, and outdoor living zones that face the water.

Amenities & Lifestyle

The Back Forty is not defined by shared subdivision amenities. Its appeal is private waterfront ownership. Listing remarks repeatedly emphasize personal docks, deep and wide coves, main-channel views, sandy shoreline sections, and outdoor setups designed for long stretches outside. Screened porches, decks, terraces, verandas, firepit areas, and waterfront seating show up throughout the resale history, reinforcing a more private, property-centered Lake Norman experience.

Inside, the housing stock leans toward flexible lake-house layouts rather than compact plans. Open living areas, gourmet kitchens, wet bars, vaulted or two-story great rooms, and main-level bedroom suites recur across the record set. Basement space is common enough to matter, often taking the form of walk-out lower levels with media rooms, second kitchens, or bonus living quarters. Garages and storage buildings also appear regularly, from detached conditioned garage space to two-car garages and carports.