The house at 9 Melrose Drive #6 was completed in 2023 and closed $132,621 above its final asking price of $1,600,000. The week’s five reported sales combined for $7.27 million and stretched from Cheshire down to the Madison shoreline, with closings in Bethany and Branford in between.
Kirsten Adams of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent on the metro’s No. 2 and No. 4 closings, both of them in Madison. William Raveis Real Estate held the listing side on the No. 1 sale in Cheshire and on the No. 5 sale in Branford.
No. 1 — $1,732,621 · 9 Melrose Drive #6, Cheshire, Connecticut
The colonial at 9 Melrose Drive #6 in Cheshire is a 2023 build with four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 5,159 square feet. The transaction was recorded September 21, 2026, at $1,732,621.
A two-story foyer opens the plan, and the garage entry leads in through a mudroom finished with shiplap walls. The first floor is laid out as open concept, with an eat-in kitchen running into a family room lit by a triple window, alongside a formal dining room with picture-frame molding, a formal living room and a home office behind French doors. A second staircase climbs from the family room.
The upper level holds a primary bedroom suite with a large sitting room and a bath fitted with a double vanity, a separate shower and a free-standing tub. Two more bedrooms, a full bath and the laundry room share that floor, and a guest suite with its own full bath is set apart for visitors or extended family. Parking is in a three-car garage.
Dori Degennaro of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 for the New Haven metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
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No. 2 — $1,450,000 · 99 East Wharf Road, Madison, Connecticut
A renovated 1935 house a half block from East Wharf Beach in Madison changed hands for $1,450,000. The September 24, 2026 closing covered three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a reported 1,329 square feet on a fully fenced lot. The property previously changed hands for $1,150,000 in 2024.
The first floor is open in plan, with a vaulted ceiling over the kitchen and shiplap run across the walls. A shed fitted out for storage or an office stands in the backyard next to an outdoor patio, and downtown Madison is within walking distance.
Kirsten Adams of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent. This sale closed $200,000 above its final asking price of $1,250,000 and ranked No. 2 in the metro for the week. Amy Kirst of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,400,000 · 117 Litchfield Turnpike, Bethany, Connecticut
An equestrian property on 11.6 acres in Bethany closed on September 25, 2026, for $1,400,000. The custom-built home dates to 2008 in the Bethany Wood area and carries three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a reported 2,388 square feet. The property previously changed hands for $267,500 in 2007, before the current residence was completed in 2008.
Stonework, maintenance-free Hardie Board siding and weather-resistant columns make up the exterior, and a covered porch with arches looks out over manicured lawns that run the length of the approach. Inside, archways and columns frame a great room with coffered ceilings and hardwood floors, and French doors in the living room open onto a slate upper terrace that steps down to a lower patio.
The eat-in kitchen combines cherry cabinets, leathered granite countertops and a center island with a built-in wet bar and a wood-burning fireplace set in stone; Bosch appliances and a Sub-Zero refrigerator are installed, and a walk-in pantry, first-floor laundry and mudroom adjoin. The first-floor primary suite has soaring ceilings, his and hers closets and a bath with a barrel ceiling, a soaking tub and a shower with two shower heads. Upstairs, a versatile room suits a fitness studio or a second home office, two more bedrooms are joined by a Jack and Jill bathroom, and a room left unfinished is ready to become a fourth bedroom. Pella windows with Palladium-style uppers, a whole-house 10kW Generac generator and a new furnace, air conditioning and hot water heater complete the house.
The land is set up for horses, with a custom-finished barn, a tack room and a loft for hay storage worked by a pulley system, along with gravity-fed waterers, an outdoor heated automatic waterer and two pastures. Membership in the Bethany Horseman’s association brings access to the Regional Water Authority’s 10 miles of preserved trails around Lake Chamberlain for riding and hiking. The Bethany closing ranked No. 3 in the metro for the week.
Tracy Wilson of Lamacchia Realty was the listing agent. It went under contract 10 days after the current listing date. This sale closed $201,000 above its final asking price of $1,199,000. Eric Engdall of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,397,000 · 35 Neptune Avenue, Madison, Connecticut
With the East Wharf Road closing at No. 2, Kirsten Adams of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l held the listing side on both of the Madison properties in the metro’s Top 5 for the week. The house at 35 Neptune Avenue in Madison went under contract 3 days after the current listing date, and the sale was completed September 23, 2026, at $1,397,000. This sale closed $297,000 above its final asking price of $1,100,000 and ranked No. 4. Meig Walz of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
Built in 1950 just off Liberty Street, the four-bedroom, two-bathroom house sits on .2 acres with a reported 2,052 square feet, a detached two-car garage, a screened porch and a spacious walk-up attic that leaves room to expand. It was marketed as a renovation project suited to investors, builders or a buyer designing a custom home, and the address carries deeded beach rights and access to the Barberry Farms Association, Inc. in Madison’s beach community.
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No. 5 — $1,287,375 · 175 Cherry Hill Road Lot 2, Branford, Connecticut
A 2023 house on Cherry Hill Road in Branford sold on September 23, 2026, for $1,287,375. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom residence at 175 Cherry Hill Road Lot 2 carries a reported 3,000 square feet.
It stands in Sunset View Estates, a private enclave off Autumn Ridge made up of 11 semi-custom homes on half-acre lots ranging from approximately 3,000 to 4,200 square feet. Listing materials identify Waterside Building and Development as the builder and note that floor plans could be tailored to a buyer’s needs.
Lindsay M. Greenberg and Vicky Welch of William Raveis Real Estate were the listing agents. The Branford sale closed $198,375 above its final asking price of $1,089,000 and ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s New Haven metro area Top 5 for the week. RealtyWire’s records show one earlier Top 5 appearance in the metro for the listing side.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 27, 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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