A gated 1983 estate in Richmond’s Hillcrest neighborhood sold for $3.50 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Richmond, Virginia metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $9.72 million in Richmond-area real estate.
The week’s transactions were recorded in the city of Richmond, in Manakin Sabot, in Henrico and in Glen Allen, reaching the Hillcrest, Ashwoods, Roslyn Hills and Emerson Mill communities and the Fan District. Build years run from 1910 to 2018, and heated saltwater pools figure at several of the week’s leading properties.
No. 1 — $3,500,000 · 104 Hillcrest Ave, Richmond, Virginia
Hillcrest produced the metro’s highest reported home sale of the week. The gated estate at 104 Hillcrest Ave in Richmond closed on August 3, 2026 for $3,500,000. Built in 1983 and renovated in recent years, the house holds six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a reported 7,363 square feet.
Original hardwood floors run through a formal living room, a formal dining room and dual dens, each den with its own fireplace. The kitchen is fitted with a granite island, a Wolf gas cooktop and a concealed Sub-Zero refrigerator. A sunken Florida room rises to 14-foot ceilings, carries a bar and opens through wide European glass doors toward the sunset views, and a second sunken family room adjoins it. A spiral staircase descends to a lower level laid out with a spa area, gym space, a full bath and a wine wall. Upstairs, the primary suite has a spa-style bath with heated floors, a soaking tub and skylights, and a large walk-in closet with vanity; further renovated upper-level rooms are set up for guests, an office, fitness or media use.
Outdoors, a heated saltwater gunite pool sits beside an expanded Trex deck with smart wind-sensor awnings, a covered pergola, fire pits and a sound area. A full-size pickleball court with a basketball hoop occupies part of the mature English garden landscaping, and an Ipe wood front porch fronts the house. A three-car garage with epoxy floors, Hardiplank siding, a Grand Manor 50-year roof, Andersen windows, 10-foot ceilings, 8-foot doors and mini-split systems are among the upgrades carried by the property, which previously changed hands for $1,202,500 in 2020.
Cabell Childress of Long & Foster Realtors was the listing agent. Mary Davenport of The Steele Group represented the buyer. The house went under contract 24 days after the current listing date, and the $3,500,000 closing put Childress at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Richmond metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $1,711,795 · 1808 Park Ave, Richmond, Virginia
Richmond’s Fan District carried the No. 2 reported sale. A fully detached 1910 house at 1808 Park Ave, standing across from Meadow Park, traded for $1,711,795 in a transaction recorded August 5, 2026. It offers four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 3,748 square feet.
A front porch stretches across the facade, and a vestibule opens onto a turned staircase, high ceilings and original moldings. The main living rooms have been opened up to one another, and the kitchen was renovated with stainless steel appliances, quartzite and granite countertops, a large center island with seating, a desk area and a wet bar with a beverage tap and refrigerator. The primary suite sits at the rear of the upper floor above the patio, with a walk-in closet and an ensuite bath fitted with a dual vanity and a glass shower; two further bedrooms share an adjoining bath and the front bedroom has an ensuite bath of its own. The basement was finished as a recreation room, workout area and laundry, and the exterior adds a side deck, a brick patio plumbed with a gas line for grilling and a two-car garage. The property previously changed hands for $965,000 in 2019.
Shane Lott of Rashkind Saunders & Co. was the listing agent. Bo Steele of The Steele Group represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 6 days after the current listing date, and the house closed $261,795 above its final asking price of $1,450,000, a result that ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week.
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No. 3 — $1,655,000 · 485 Ada Ash Ln, Manakin Sabot, Virginia
Eight private acres in Manakin Sabot took the week’s No. 3 position. The Tudor-style house at 485 Ada Ash Ln, in the Ashwoods area, changed hands for $1,655,000 in a closing dated August 4, 2026. Built in 1989, it carries a reported 4,231 square feet with four bedrooms, three renovated full bathrooms and a half bath.
A two-story foyer and catwalk overlook the family room, which centers on exposed beams, custom built-ins and a floor-to-ceiling stone wood-burning fireplace. The formal living room flows into the kitchen and a separate formal dining room, and the updated kitchen carries quartz countertops, a subway tile backsplash, a large center island, a walk-in pantry, a dry bar and a six-burner gas range, with new French doors opening to the outdoor rooms. The floor plan places primary ensuites on both the first and second levels, with two additional bedrooms usable as guest rooms, offices or flex rooms. Plantation shutters, a newly paved driveway and an encapsulated crawl space with dehumidifiers are among the recent updates.
The fenced rear yard, just under an acre, holds an expanded Bluestone terrace, a pool house, a fire pit area, a garden shed and a 40-by-20-foot heated saltwater gunite pool on an expansive Bluestone deck. An oversized two-car attached garage adds a workshop area and a deep utility sink. The property previously changed hands for $1,200,000 in 2022.
Sharon Ligon of The Steele Group was the listing agent. Megan Napier of Napier Realtors ERA represented the buyer. The property went under contract 5 days after the current listing date and closed $160,000 above its final asking price of $1,495,000, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $1,450,000 · 17 Charnwood Rd, Henrico, Virginia
A brick Colonial in the Roslyn Hills neighborhood of Henrico, along the River Road corridor, sold on August 7, 2026 for $1,450,000 to take the No. 4 spot. The house at 17 Charnwood Rd dates to 1967 and carries a reported 4,968 square feet across five bedrooms.
A second-story addition completed in 2012 created a primary retreat at the top of the house, and the walkout basement was finished to add further rooms below. The fully fenced rear yard holds a large deck, raised beds and irrigation. Tuckahoe Elementary and Middle schools and Douglas Freeman High School serve the area, and Collegiate, St. Christopher’s and St. Catherine’s, the Country Club of Virginia and the Kanawha Recreation Association are all close by. The property previously changed hands for $790,000 in 2012.
Steven Koleno of Beycome Brokerage Realty LLC was the listing agent. Abby Moncrief of Providence Hill Real Estate represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 11 days after the current listing date and closed $51,000 above its final asking price of $1,399,000, a transaction that ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week.
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No. 5 — $1,400,000 · 11505 Emerson Mill Way, Glen Allen, Virginia
Seven bedrooms fill the 2018 house that completed the week’s five, a cul-de-sac property in the Emerson Mill community of Glen Allen. 11505 Emerson Mill Way, which closed August 3, 2026 at $1,400,000, carries a reported 6,323 square feet, six full bathrooms and a half bath, and a three-car garage.
The kitchen is built around an oversized granite island with seating, painted cabinetry, a reclaimed wood and tile backsplash, a butler’s pantry and an office alcove. The adjoining family room carries a coffered ceiling with wood inlay, a floor-to-ceiling stacked stone fireplace with a raised hearth and rustic mantel, trim detailing and transom-topped windows. A private study with custom barn doors, a formal dining room with board-and-batten detailing and a main-level guest suite with an ensuite bath complete the first floor. The upstairs primary retreat has reclaimed wood wall accents, dual walk-in closets and an ensuite bath with an oversized tiled shower, a soaking tub and dual vanities, and two further ensuite bedrooms and two bedrooms sharing a dual-vanity bath sit on the same level with the laundry room.
The basement was finished as a large recreation space with a kitchenette, a bedroom with backyard access, a full bath, a conditioned gym and storage room, and the central control for the whole-house audio system. Outside are a vaulted covered porch, a stamped concrete patio, a saltwater pool, a fire pit gathering area and a fenced yard backing onto woods. The property previously changed hands for $724,545 in 2018.
Sarah Bice and Tara Daly of Sarah Bice & Associates RE were the listing agents. Barbara Lustig of Long & Foster Realtors represented the buyer. The house went under contract 29 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 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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