Antiquity

Antiquity sits inside Cornelius, close enough to Cornelius Town Hall that the drive in barely counts as a commute. You come in off roads that also carry you toward Davidson and its town center, with Lake Norman's public parks a short trip from your driveway. This is a built neighborhood, not a growing one — the streets, the lots, and the houses on them are already set, which changes how you think about buying or selling here compared to a subdivision still being built out lot by lot.

About 534 houses and townhomes make up Antiquity, and every one of them is already built — there are no empty lots left to develop. For an owner here, that means your competition when you sell is entirely other finished homes, not a builder down the street offering incentives on something new. It also means the neighborhood's character is fixed: what you see today, in lot sizes and house styles, is what buyers will be comparing your house against for the foreseeable future.

Antiquity holds about 534 houses and townhomes, all of them built out — there's no vacant land left inside the neighborhood to add more. That matters if you're selling: your buyer pool is shopping a fixed set of homes, not weighing your listing against new construction nearby. It also means the neighborhood won't change shape under you. The mix you see on your street today, and the values that go with it, are the long-term picture, not a snapshot of a place still filling in.

The oldest houses here date to 2006 and the newest to 2017, with a typical build year around 2012. That's a tight band — about a decade of construction rather than a neighborhood built over generations. If your house was one of the earlier ones, from the 2000s, a buyer's inspector will be looking at systems now into their second decade. If yours is from the 2010s, you're competing more directly on finishes and layout than on age, since most of your neighbors are close in years too.

Lot sizes run from a tenth of an acre at the small end up to just over five acres at the high end, with the typical lot about 0.07 acres. That's a wide spread for one neighborhood, and it explains why two houses a few doors apart can appraise very differently — a townhome-scale lot and a multi-acre lot aren't selling on the same basis, even if the houses themselves look similar. When you price your home, the size of the ground under it is doing real work in that number, not just the square footage of the house.

Houses here run from about 792 square feet up to 4,360, with a typical size near 1,955. That's a broad range for a price-per-foot conversation: a smaller house and one more than twice its size can both sell well, but not by the same math. If your home sits near the middle of that range, expect appraisers and buyers to lean on comparable size as much as location. If you're on either end, your value will be argued more on the merits of your specific house than on a simple foot-for-foot comparison.

The neighborhood splits close to evenly between detached houses and townhomes — 247 single-family homes and 260 townhomes, with 27 falling into other categories. That near-even mix means that when you list, your direct competition depends heavily on which type you own. A single-family seller is mostly competing with other detached houses here, and a townhome seller with other townhomes — two separate markets sitting on the same streets, priced and shown differently.

21 homes in Antiquity changed hands in the last year. Spread across a neighborhood of about 534 homes, that's a modest but steady pace — not so many sales that the market feels crowded, and not so few that a listing sitting on the market for a normal stretch should read as a warning sign. A seller here should expect a real but unhurried pace, not an instant sale and not a stalled one.

The middle sale price over that year was $450,000. That figure tells you where the bulk of activity landed, but it doesn't tell you what your own house is worth — it's pulled from whatever mix of house sizes, ages, and lot sizes happened to sell, not from a home matching yours specifically. Your value depends on where your square footage, lot, and build year actually sit against that same mix.

Sale prices ranged from $330,000 up to $923,000 over the year. That's a wide spread for one neighborhood, and it lines up with what the housing stock itself shows: houses from under 800 square feet up to over 4,000, on lots from a tenth of an acre to five acres, aren't going to sell in a narrow band. Where your house falls in that range depends on its size and lot as much as its condition.

The most recent sale closed on June 30, 2026. That's recent enough to anchor a valuation with real confidence — comparables from earlier in the year, or from this spring, still reflect current buyer behavior in Antiquity rather than an outdated market. A broker pulling comps for your house today has fresh, relevant sales to work from, not stale ones.

The nearest interstate access is I-77 Exit 28 at Catawba Avenue, about 1.2 miles away as the crow flies. That kind of proximity to an interstate exit matters most if your daily routine runs south toward Charlotte or north through the rest of Lake Norman's towns — it's a short hop to get onto I-77 before the longer stretch of any commute even begins.

Cornelius Town Hall sits about 0.3 miles from Antiquity, putting the town center essentially at the edge of the neighborhood. Davidson Town Hall is about 1.0 mile away, and Davidson College about 1.8 miles, so the neighborhood sits between two town centers rather than isolated from either. Lake Norman itself is close too — Jetton Park is about 2.7 miles away and Ramsey Creek Park about 2.8 miles, both reachable without much distance to cover.

For trips further into the region, Birkdale Village in Huntersville is about 2.9 miles away, and Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center about 5.3 miles. Uptown Charlotte sits about 17.3 miles out, with Charlotte Douglas International Airport about 19.3 miles — both straight-line distances, so the reality of a drive will run longer, but the neighborhood's position keeps the wider Charlotte area within a reasonable reach.

If you want a house built within the last two decades rather than an older one needing updates, Antiquity's homes — all built between 2006 and 2017 — fit that search. The near-even split between detached houses and townhomes means you can look here whether you want a yard and more separation from neighbors or a lower-maintenance townhome instead. Either way, you're choosing from homes of a similar age, which simplifies comparing condition and systems.

The lot sizes here run from a tenth of an acre up to more than five acres, so this is a neighborhood worth a closer look if you specifically want more ground than a typical townhome-scale lot offers — or, on the other end, if a smaller lot with less upkeep is exactly what you're after. Square footage spans from under 800 to over 4,000, so downsizing into something smaller or moving up into more space are both realistic moves within the same neighborhood.

Given how close Antiquity sits to both Cornelius and Davidson town centers, and how short the straight-line distance is to I-77 Exit 28, this neighborhood suits a move built around a shorter commute toward Charlotte or an easier trip to Lake Norman's parks. If you're relocating into the Cornelius area and want to be near a town center rather than farther out, the distances here are worth weighing directly against wherever you're coming from.

• About 534 houses and townhomes, all built out with no empty lots remaining
• Built between 2006 and 2017, typically around 2012
• Lot sizes range from about a tenth of an acre to just over five acres
• House sizes range from about 792 to 4,360 square feet
• 247 single-family homes and 260 townhomes, plus 27 other types
• 21 homes sold in the last year, from $330,000 to $923,000, median $450,000