Luxury Detached Homes Real Estate Stats
| Average Price | $3.1M |
|---|---|
| Lowest Price | $1.5M |
| Highest Price | $60M |
| Total Listings | 1,299 |
| Avg. Price/SQFT | $511 |
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More About Luxury Detached Homes in Washington Metro
What defines a detached single-family home, and what makes the search so different from other housing types? First, a detached home is one that stands alone, with land on each side. In other words, your typical house on its own lot. A luxury detached home is simply as you would imagine, one that might commonly represent the upper ten percent of property values in a current market inventory.
Upscale single-family properties come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and architectural styles in Washington Metro. This is a region that dates back to early colonial land grants, with large areas that were once farmland. The various communities and counties have evolved over time, with residential development being a major part of infrastructure.
Urban neighborhoods, including many in DC itself, were more prone to home construction that would lend to denser populations, such as rowhouses which are typically considered attached rather than detached buildings. Moving away from the city epicenters, communities tend to become more suburban in nature, resulting in a far greater percentage of standalone properties.
The menu of architectural types and designs seems almost limitless when it comes to detached luxury homes in Washington Metro, including Victorian, Colonial Revival, Colonial Contemporary, Dutch Colonial, Craftsman, Arts and Crafts, Federal, French Country, French Normandy, Georgian Revival, Mediterranean, Midcentury Modern, Modernist, Spanish, Tudor, and more.
Among these you’ll find both historic and more recently built homes. Given that many communities have run short of undeveloped property lots, new custom home construction can often be the result of teardowns or substantial expansions of existing structures.
There are also areas where you are more likely to find a greater concentration of single-family detached luxury homes, such as Bethesda, Maryland, Chevy Chase in Maryland as well as its sister community Chevy Chase in Washington, and other DC communities such as Wesley Heights, Cleveland Park, North Cleveland Park, Spring Valley, Observatory Circle, and the Palisades.
Affluent neighborhoods in Arlington include Arlington Ridge, Claremont, Donaldson Run, and others. Alexandria is home to a number of areas with impressive estates, such Mount Vernon, while high-end enclaves in Fairfax County include McLean, and Great Falls. This is just a tiny sampling, as the Washington Metropolitan area is home to literally hundreds of cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods, and subdivisions.
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Get in touchLuxury Detached Homes, DC Metro FAQs
Q: What is the difference between a detached home and a semi-detached home?
A: A detached home does not share any walls with an adjacent property. An example of a semi-detached house would be a duplex, or a rowhouse with just two side-by-side properties.
Q: What would be a sample price range for luxury detached homes on the Washington area?
A: That really depends on the location. In some DC Metro areas, the luxury market can be considered anything over $5 million, whereas other neighborhoods will offer upscale properties that start at $1 million or even less. One of the most notable recent sales was an estate in Alexandria known as Riverview that sold for a record-setting $48 million.
Q: Are there parts of Washington Metro that have multiacre properties?
A: As a general rule of thumb, communities that are further away from urban centers tend to have larger lots. That’s a fairly lengthy list. From neighborhoods like Potomac in Montgomery County to the independent city of Manassas in the Prince Williams area, you can find a substantial number of multiacre properties.
Q: Is it impossible to find detached homes in densely populated areas like Old Town Alexandria or Georgetown, DC?
A: No, not at all. These communities most definitely have detached luxury homes. It’s just that you’ll find a greater percentage of detached homes in more suburban neighborhoods.
