This 2 bedroom/2 bathroom home is sold partially furnished and with appliances. This cottage is one of few with the sideways floor plan with many large windows that help to expand the gorgeous views of Lake Keowee. Special features of this home include golf cart cement pad parking and concrete patio, stone gas log fireplace, skylight window & hardwood floor in the kitchen, tile back splash, extra crawl space door for storage under the house, finished attic space with pull-down ladder, and a screen porch. Backwater Landing is a great place to go for the weekend and for Clemson game nights. And if you are lucky enough to live in Oconee County, Backwater Landing can be your full time home. This gated community may have boat slips available to rent. A beautiful club house contains a full kitchen, wood-burning fire place, pool table, library, gym and playroom. A one mile walking trail meanders beside the waterfront of the entire subdivision. Backwater Landing now has broadband internet through One Tone Telecom.
Single-familyProperty Type
2005Year Built
$267Est. Price/Sq.Ft.
Listed by Land Beside The Water• Keller Williams Seneca
Bought with Land Beside The Water• Keller Williams Seneca
This cottage has one of the best views of Lake Keowee at Backwater Landing. This 2 bedroom/2 bathroom cottage has large picture windows in the great room along side a tall stone gas log fireplace. Light colored kitchen cabinets and vaulted ceilings help give this cottage a bright and open feeling. A screen porch looks out over the lake and woods. A grilling patio outside also faces the lake. This cottage is one of a few with similar floor plans at Backwater Landing, therefore making it unique. Call today to be moved in by the lake time. Backwater Landing has an outdoor pool, club house, pool table, library, playroom, gym, walking trail, boat slips and more.
Public Records
Mar 22, 2011
Sold
$160,000
$145/sq ft
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$1,287
2024
$1,287
2023
$1,287 (−1.4%)
2022
$1,305 (+1.7%)
2021
$1,284 (−0.8%)
2020
$1,294
2019
$1,294 (+2.7%)
2018
$1,260 (+0.8%)
2017
$1,251 (+2.4%)
2016
$1,221
Tax history for 1230 Melton Road, Lot 96
Year
Property tax
Land + Additions
Assessment*
2025
$1,287
2024
$1,287
2023
$1,287 (−1.4%)
2022
$1,305 (+1.7%)
2021
$1,284 (−0.8%)
2020
$1,294
2019
$1,294 (+2.7%)
2018
$1,260 (+0.8%)
2017
$1,251 (+2.4%)
2016
$1,221
*Taxable value of land and structures on it ("additions") is determined regularly by local assessors and does not affect market price.
Public record
Public record
Zoning
Beds
2
Baths
2
Stories
1
Lot width
—
Lot depth
—
Lot size
1,376 Sq. Ft.
Year renovated
2005
Sq. Ft.
1,118
Year built
2005
Style
Single Family Residential
County
Oconee County
APN
177-04-01-096
Parking Spaces
—
Basement
—
Accessible
—
HOA Dues
—
Garage
—
Features
—
Last updated by owner on Jun 29, 2026.
LRD
KEOWEE JOCASSEE 750 OVERLAY
Lake Residential District
This district is intended to provide for residential single family development around the lakes and for those related uses that are normally associated with lake residential communities. Those uses that may generate negative secondary effects impacting the quality of life shall be discouraged.
Zone overlays
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Religious facility
Housing-Single unit
Golf related
Timberland
Property details
Interior
Virtual Tour Information
Bedroom Information
# of Bedrooms On Main Level: 2
Master Suite Features: Master on Main Level, Shower Only, Walk-In Closet