Sell My Land Cumberland County TN: Lots & Acreage

Selling a lot in Fairfield Glade

Fairfield Glade is the reason many people search for how to sell land in Cumberland County. Lots were sold for decades to buyers across the Midwest and Northeast, often as an investment, and a lot of them were never built on. In 2006, WMC Action News 5 in Memphis reported on a couple who paid $5,700 for a lot in 1982 and were later offered $300 for it. The station counted about 10,000 undeveloped lots in Fairfield Glade with no roads, sewer or water, nearly two-thirds of all the property.

What your lot is worth depends heavily on its class in the Fairfield Glade Community Club system:

Lot class	What it has	Who usually buys
A lot	Road, water, electricity and sewer	Home builders, retirees planning to build, agents’ buyers
B lot	Some but not all of those four	Neighbors, patient investors, buyers who’ll pay to extend service
C lot	None of the four	Mostly land investors and adjoining owners

As of December 2024, there were about 8,000 undeveloped C lots, and only about half of them were privately owned. The rest belonged to the community club, Wyndham and Cumberland County.

2025’s C-lot vote. Last year the community’s declarant, Tom Anderson, proposed letting him bill owners of undeveloped C lots south of Peavine Road for the cost of new roads and water lines, saying, “We’re just trying to unlock value here for these C lot owners that have never realized any value.” The amendment needed 75% of the membership and failed in September 2025, so C-lot owners weren’t billed. If you own a C lot, it’s worth keeping an eye on whether a similar proposal comes back. Infrastructure could raise your lot’s value, or come with a bill.

Dues keep coming whether or not you build. The community club charges assessments, and they’re rising: after Wyndham and eight timeshare associations left, the club’s 2026 budget raised the monthly assessment for homes with sewer and trash service to $137. Over the years, owners who stopped paying assessments on their lots have faced foreclosure by the club. If you’re paying every year for a lot you’ll never use, that’s usually the real reason to sell.

What lots are listed for. Vacant lots in Fairfield Glade listed for sale this month are asking roughly $4,000 to $17,000 for a third to half an acre, with larger or better-located lots higher (LandSearch listings, checked October 6, 2026). Those are asking prices, not sale prices, and a cash buyer will offer less than a retail buyer would pay.

Lake Tansi and other subdivisions

Lake Tansi Village is another large lot subdivision in the county. It has its own property owners’ association, with dues and building rules that pass to whoever buys your lot. Under its 2026 rules, every septic system has to be approved by the state first, and all dues and charges must be paid before the association will review plans to build. A buyer who wants to build will check both, so expect them to ask.

The same advice applies to any subdivision lot in Cumberland County: before you talk price, get a statement from the association of what you owe, and find out whether your section has sewer service.

The bedrock problem: septic on the plateau

Cumberland County sits on top of the Cumberland Plateau, around 2,000 feet up, where the soil is often thin over sandstone. That’s great for views and cool summers, and hard on septic systems. A lot with no sewer service needs a state septic permit before the county will issue a building permit, and many lots don’t pass a standard soil evaluation.

That limits who can build on a lot, which limits its price. Before you talk to any buyer:

• Check whether your lot already has a septic permit or soil map. Permits are issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), and past records can be searched online through TDEC’s permit search. A lot that already has an approved permit is worth noticeably more.
• Find out if your section has sewer. A lot with sewer service doesn’t need septic approval at all.
• Don’t assume “no perc” means “no value”. Alternative septic systems cost more but work on some lots, and adjoining owners often buy lots that can’t be built on.

Inherited acreage outside the subdivisions

Not all Cumberland County land is subdivision lots. There’s farmland, woodland and hunting acreage throughout the county, and a lot of it is inherited. One owner whose parents bought 42 acres with a house on the plateau off Highway 70, between Crossville and Cookeville, described selling it after they died: “I took my time selling the property. Eventually, it sold for $178k. … The entire property and house were originally purchased for $32k by my parents.”

That’s the trade-off with acreage. Land like that, with road frontage and a house, can sell well to a retail buyer if you’re willing to wait. A cash buyer is the better fit when the acreage has no access, the heirs can’t agree, or the taxes and upkeep are piling up.

Cumberland County offices you may need

• Cumberland County Assessor of Property: your parcel’s appraised value, acreage and map. Search at cumberlandcountyassessor.org.
• Cumberland County Trustee (Crossville): current and delinquent property tax payoffs.
• Cumberland County Register of Deeds (Crossville): copies of your deed and any recorded easements or liens.
• Cumberland County Codes Department (1760 S. Main Street, Crossville): building permits outside Crossville city limits.
• TDEC Division of Water Resources: septic permits and soil evaluations.
• Fairfield Glade Community Club or Lake Tansi Village POA: dues statements and lot class for subdivision lots.

You don’t need to call any of them before filling out the form, but having your parcel ID and a dues statement ready makes the conversation with a buyer much faster.

Selling land somewhere else in Tennessee? See our guide to selling land anywhere in the state.