A waterfront contract in Union Hall looks, on paper, like any other Franklin County closing. Title work, survey, inspections, financing, settlement. The wrinkle sits about five vertical feet above the water.
Every dock, every riprapped bank, every cleared sightline on Smith Mountain Lake answers to Appalachian Power's Shoreline Management Plan. When a Union Hall lakefront home changes hands, that plan changes hands too, and the paperwork that moves it is the part most buyers and sellers underestimate.
The 800-foot rule owns more of your purchase than the deed does
Full pond at Smith Mountain Lake sits at 795 feet above sea level.
