It's a corporate takeover of Headline Homes!
OK, not really. But there are more LLC and even corporation entries than usual. While most of the list packs into the typical range of $1.5 million to $2 million, it's topped with two that check in at more than $3 million — which is unusual. In fairness, one of those two was sold mostly because the home is surrounded by 57 acres of sweet Williamson County open space.
Our most exciting entrant is the rare musician who had success in both psychedelia and Southern rock without ever being a member of Widespread Panic.
As always, these are the top 10 residential sales in Davidson and surrounding counties for December, ranked by sales price.
1. 121 Westhampton Place, Belle Meade, 37205
Buyers: Kevin W. and Catherine L. Crumbo
Sale price: $3.5 million
Sellers: Bette Sue and Robert E. McNeilly Jr.
Sellers and buyers' agents: Melanie Baker and Shirley Zeitlin, Zeitlin and Co.
This 7,000-square-foot home just off Lynnwood was designed by well-regarded local architect Ron Farris and built in 1997. It features 10-foot ceilings throughout and includes "a stunning pool, porches and gardens."
Buyer Kevin Crumbo leads the restructuring group at Kraft CPAs. Katie Crumbo is a nurse at Vanderbilt, involved in the study and testing of potential HIV vaccines. The McNeillys' purchase of this home — he's the former chairman of First American National Bank — came in at No. 2 in the July 2008 Headline Homes with a $2.94 million price.
2. 2027 Wilson Pike, Franklin, 37067
Buyer: Darai Corp.
Sale price: $3.15 million
Seller: J. Peter Van Driest
Seller and buyer's agent: Tim Thompson, Tim Thompson Premier Realtors
This one is primarily a land sale, as the residence on the 57-acre ranch checks in at just a shade over 3,700 square feet. The Darai Corp. has shown up on Headline Homes before. The Alabama-based company primarily exists to buy high-end homes and land, having bought a 300-acre spread in Centerville in 2014 — that transaction was also a double-dipper by agent Thompson.
3. 3612 Brighton Road, Nashville, 37205
Buyers: Philip and Carolyn Bowie
Sale price: $1.96 million
Seller: WTKC LLC
Seller's agent: Beth Molteni, Fridrich and Clark Realty
Buyers' agent: Steve Fridrich, Fridrich and Clark Realty
WTKC, the acronymous seller of many homes in the Whitland neighborhood, moves this new build on Brighton to the Bowies. The home, completed officially on New Year's Eve, has five bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths across its 6,450 square feet.
4. 390 The Lady of the Lake Lane, Franklin, 37067
Buyers: Michael and Carroll Sanford
Sale price: $1,844,563
Seller: Legacy Homes of Tennessee LLC
Seller and buyers' agent: McClain Holloway Franks, Battle Ground Realty
This unnecessarily byzantine and tongue-twisting address in Franklin's Avalon subdivision (get it?) has "all the bells and whistles" and was completed in April. The Sanfords own alarm-monitoring company Superior Detection Systems.
5. 203 Thornhill Crescent, Brentwood, 37027
Buyers: Scott and Andrea Louderback
Sale price: $1.815 million
Seller: Mary Elizabeth Kirkland
Seller's agent: Susan Gregory, Parks
Buyers' agent: Jennifer Smith Stadler, Fridrich and Clark Realty
This home — our monthly visit to Annandale — has a "friends entrance," which we hope means the doorbell plays the handclaps from The Rembrandts' "I'll Be There for You."
It also has limestone floors, stacked closets and "a future elevator," which probably sounds more exciting than it really is. The Louderbacks previously owned a pharmacy in Lincoln, Neb., the retail side of which they closed about two years ago.
6. 101 Cherry Branch Lane, Old Hickory, 37138
Buyers: Edward C. and Sharon B. King
Sale price: $1.7 million
Sellers: Nancy A. and James R. Omer
Sellers and buyers' agent: Laura Baugh, Worth Properties
This rare (but not unprecedented) Headline Homes visit to Old Hickory is thanks to the former home of personal-injury attorney Omer. Built in 1978 and renovated three decades later, the house has a mahogany-paneled den and panoramic views from an observation deck in the master bedroom.
If you happen to get an invite and find yourself saying, "Can you smell that smell?" it might well be incense and peppermints, as Ed King is a former member of both Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Sweet Home, Old Hickory.
7. 3719 Brighton Road, Nashville, 37205
Buyers: Martha and Stephen Braun
Sale price: $1.7 million
Sellers: Mary and Gray Stahlman
Sellers' agent: Richard B. French, French King Fine Properties
Buyers' agent: Debbie Matthews, Fridrich and Clark Realty
Just across the street from No. 3 is this home which is "better than new," per the listing. The listing also promises a "huge yard." The 5,248-square-footer is on three-quarters of an acre.
8. 1472 Willowbrooke Circle, Franklin, 37069
Buyers: Michael J. and Cammie S. Middleton
Sale price: $1.603 million
Sellers: Ruby J. and Henry P. Key
Sellers' agent: Laura Baugh, Worth Properties
Buyers' agent: Russell Buchi, Christianson, Patterson, Courtney and Associates
This 6,500-square-foot French manor-style home completes the Laurelbrooke quota for the month. Michael Middleton is not the Duchess of Cambridge's father.
9 (tie). 5894 Willshire Drive, Forest Hills, 37215
Buyer: Willshire Drive Trust, Lou Taylor, trustee
Sale price: $1.5 million
Seller: RandM LLC
Seller's agent: Tommy Patterson, Christianson, Patterson, Courtney and Associates
Buyer's agent: Barbara Moutenot, Village
Obviously not much information is available on either buyer or seller here. Buyer's trustee Lou Taylor is with Tristar Entertainment, which represents a host of famous people, and the address for seller RandM is at a virtual office in Brentwood.
Rare though for a Headline Home, the listing touts the house's proximity to a public school — in this case, Percy Priest Elementary.
9 (tie). 125 Page Road, Nashville, 37205
Buyers: Elliott and Christine Kyle
Sale price: $1.5 million
Sellers: Damien W. and Susan M. Creavin
Sellers' agent: Richard B. French, French King Fine Properties
Buyers' agent: Jennie Garth Lovvorn, Fridrich and Clark Realty
The 2004 build has a "traditional exterior," but "excitement inside," as if tradition and excitement are somehow mutually exclusive. The home overlooks Belle Meade Country Club in the front but promises privacy in the back — a reverse mullet of home placement, if you will.
Elliott Kyle is a retail site specialist (he may have been drawn to the party-in-the-front, privacy-in-back setup). Damien Creavin is the chief information officer at Emdeon.
