Luxury homes selling on Sleepy Hollow
Eight of the 18 luxury homes planned for the Hudson Quarter development have already been sold. Construction is underway on some of them, says Iman Elagazy, sales manager with the Smith Schnider real estate company.
The homes are being built by the Gulick Group. Prices range from $1.5 million to $1.7 million.
What’s unique about Hudson Quarter is the large lot size – a third of an acre – which is rare for new homes inside the Beltway, Elagazy says.
Also, the base price includes features that are usually extra, such as top-of-the-line Wolf appliances, lots of detailing, and ceramic tiles on the floor and entire walls in the bathrooms.
There are three different house types, and homebuyers will have a lot of customization options. Buyers can select among a dozen kitchen cabinet styles and colors, many types of knobs and grout styles, and can choose to have the master suite on the first floor.
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There aren’t any common amenities in the development, Elagazy says, although a couple of the buyers plan to add their own swimming pools.
A model home is expected to be finished within the next three months.
The Glavis family sold the property to the Gulick Group in the mid-2020s. The old farmhouse, where Margot Glavis lived for many years, is being torn down. She died in 2016 at age 109. Her son, George Glavis is considering building a new house on that lot.
When the plan for the development first surfaced in early January 2021, residents of the Lake Barcroft and Malbrook communities fought the proposal for using the cul-de-sac at Brooks Place, a small private road, as the only access point. They were concerned about traffic congestion on neighborhood streets.
They lost that battle when VDOT refused to approve a new access point on Sleepy Hollow.
The new homes will be accessible from Brooks Place. They will be arranged in a cul-de-sac and pipestem configuration. The houses closest to Sleepy Hollow will have their backs facing that road.
If the finishes are actually as nice as it sounds and they are quality builds, 1.5mm doesn’t seem like a terrible price at all.
Typically with builders you’d expect another 20-25% in options from the base price. That base price is also certainly the smallest home option of the three. Smallest house + modest options and you are really at $1.8m, with the largest house + lots of options probably in the $2.2m range. Just guessing, but very likely these become the very top end of the Sleepy Hollow area market.
I bet the price will jump as soon as a model home is ready. It’s certainly not low-income housing for the area. It may up the value and assessments on nearby homes if not those in a wider area. With luck, this will bring in more tax revenue and support for our district’s services and schools.
These are the houses built in place of a beautiful little forest and creating more congestion in a quiet neighborhood. And of course, they’re just what’s needed–more McMansions. With interest rates going up quickly, I hope the developer has a hard time selling the rest and loses money!
The developer had Youngkin signs, so I hope he does well. And I’d hardly call what was there a beautiful little forest. It was a bunch of scrub brush and pines along a road where people drive 55 mph without regard for any of the previously quiet neighborhoods. The times have changed. That section of Falls Church is turning into Arlington.
It doesn’t sound as if it will be very nice for Sleepy Hollow if the backs of the houses are facing the road.
What an atrocious replacement for trees and open green space.
There is still an older home on this property protecting the remaining pine trees.
This community is beautiful and has added a touch of class the area. Nicely done!