A mid-century modern house on a 2.7-acre waterfront peninsula at 41 Watrous Point Road in Old Saybrook sold for $3.75 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Hartford, Connecticut metro area for the week of August 10 through August 16, 2026. The five leading sales RealtyWire tracked across the metro area that week combined for $11.30 million.
The week’s sales span Old Saybrook, Knollwood, West Hartford and Avon, with two closings in Old Saybrook and two more in West Hartford. The Connecticut River, Long Island Sound and Woodridge Lake all appear in the list, and the houses range from a 1928 shorefront residence to a 2022 lakefront build. Coldwell Banker Realty and Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. each handled the listing side of two of the sales.
No. 1 — $3,750,000 · 41 Watrous Point Road, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
41 Watrous Point Road occupies a private 2.7-acre peninsula on the lower Connecticut River in Old Saybrook, and it sold for $3,750,000 to top the Hartford metro area’s reported home sales for the week ending August 16, 2026. The sale closed on August 10, 2026.
The 1958 mid-century modern residence holds six bedrooms across a reported 5,536 square feet. Listing materials identify a chef’s kitchen that opens to indoor and outdoor dining areas, five fireplaces and two dedicated offices, plus a primary suite where floor-to-ceiling windows face the water and a fireplace and spa-style bath adjoin. Radiant heated floors, a kitchen dumbwaiter, a whole-house generator, workshop space and a three-car garage round out the house.
The peninsula carries roughly 875 feet of frontage on two shorelines. The Connecticut River side looks north toward Essex Harbor and Old Lyme and south toward Long Island Sound; the other fronts the Turtle Creek nature preserve, where bald eagles, herons, egrets and osprey are regular sights. Two private docks serve the property, one in deep water on the river and one on the creek. The house previously changed hands for $2,740,000 in 2016.
Teri Lewis of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 home sales for the Hartford, Connecticut metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. Margaret M. Wilcox of William Raveis Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $2,150,000 · 420 Maple Avenue, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
A 1928 shorefront house at 420 Maple Avenue in Old Saybrook sold for $2,150,000, the second-highest reported home sale of the week in the Hartford metro area. The closing was recorded August 13, 2026.
The three-bedroom house stands directly across from the water in the Knollwood beach community, with nothing built opposite to interrupt the view of Long Island Sound. An open living and dining area with a propane fireplace connects to a heated and cooled front porch, and an eat-in kitchen opens onto an oversized side deck. Historic fir floors run through the second-floor bedrooms, among them a primary suite with a glassed-bookcase sitting room facing the Sound.
The reported square footage is 1,900, which the listing puts at 2,270 square feet once the heated front porch is counted. Knollwood Beach Association membership brings a private beach and pier, a clubhouse and pickleball courts, and the house previously changed hands for $1,099,000 in 2004.
Terry M. Kemper of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The house went under contract 24 days after the current listing date and closed $200,000 above its final asking price of $1,950,000, taking the No. 2 position in RealtyWire’s weekly Hartford Metro Area Top 5. Joel Lucas of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,150,000 · 55 Old Stone Crossing, West Hartford, Connecticut
A custom-built house at 55 Old Stone Crossing in West Hartford also sold for $2,150,000, matching the price of the week’s No. 2 sale. The transaction was recorded August 14, 2026.
Completed in 2008 on a private street, the five-bedroom house carries a reported 6,187 square feet with five full baths and two half baths, nine-foot ceilings and detailed millwork. The kitchen has an oversized center island, custom built-ins, an informal dining area and a butler’s pantry.
A paver patio, an in-ground pool, a pool house and a golf chipping course sit on more than two acres of lawn, and the lot backs onto over 4,000 acres of protected conservation land with trail access for walking, biking and cross-country skiing. The house has a three-car garage and stands close to West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square.
Mark Riesbeck of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. was the listing agent. The property went under contract 21 days after the current listing date, and the closing placed it at No. 3 on RealtyWire’s Hartford-area Top 5 for the week. Mary Rose Sinatro of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,650,000 · 71 Woodford Hills Drive, Avon, Connecticut
In Avon, a 1989 Colonial at 71 Woodford Hills Drive sold for $1,650,000. The sale closed on August 14, 2026.
The house sits on 2.5 acres of lawns and gardens in the eastern part of town and carries a reported 7,440 square feet. A two-story marble foyer opens to a coffered-ceiling dining room and a fireplaced living room, and the skylit kitchen has quartz counters, an island, a waterfall peninsula, a walk-in pantry and a Wolf cooktop. A vaulted family room adjoins the breakfast room, with a great room and a study beyond.
French doors lead to a three-season sunroom and to a gunite pool, a terrace and an outdoor sitting area built around a stone fireplace, with a wine room off the entertaining space. The main-level primary suite has a walk-in closet and a bath with a steam shower and a soaking tub, and four more bedrooms upstairs include two with ensuite baths. The property previously changed hands for $1,175,000 in 2024.
Ellen Seifts of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. was the listing agent. The listing went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and closed $200,000 above its final asking price of $1,450,000, ranking No. 4 among the Hartford-area sales RealtyWire tracked that week. Ellen T. Sebastian of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,600,000 · 7 Waterside Lane, West Hartford, Connecticut
A 2022 Colonial at 7 Waterside Lane in West Hartford, on a waterfront lot in the Woodridge Lake community, sold for $1,600,000. The sale was recorded August 10, 2026.
The four-bedroom house carries a reported 3,784 square feet and is oriented toward the lake. Its main level has high ceilings, walls of windows, hardwood floors, a stone fireplace and a deck facing the water, while the remodeled kitchen has an oversized island, custom cabinetry, Thermador appliances and a walk-in pantry. The primary suite upstairs has its own fireplace, a walk-in closet and a spa-style bath. A finished walk-out lower level, an attached two-car garage and a whole-house generator complete the house, and Woodridge Lake residents have access to lake and beach amenities.
Leah T. Murchie of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The house went under contract 27 days after the current listing date, and the sale rounded out RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 at No. 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Allison Sharlow of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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