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Fee Achieved: Historic St. Charles Avenue residence sells for $3.3M at public sale


These houses characterize the highest gross sales for the week of December 21-27.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Historic Uptown residence at 5534 St. Charles Ave. offered for $3.3 million at public sale
  • Sale attracted native, nationwide and worldwide consumers, together with abroad curiosity
  • The 1870s-era property options 6,621 sq. toes and in depth fashionable renovations
  • The customer turns into solely the fifth proprietor within the residence’s greater than 150-year historical past

HIGHEST

Deal with: 5534 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, 70115
Gross sales value:
$3.3 million
Listing value:
N/A (on account of public sale itemizing)
Date offered:
Dec. 23
Days on Market:
31
Itemizing brokers:
Sarah Martzolf and Hayley Bumpas, The Martzolf Group, McEnery Residential
Gross sales agent:
Jackie Montgomery, Christian Shane Properties
After an public sale that garnered native, nationwide, and even worldwide curiosity from potential consumers – similar to a Madrid businessman sending down a proxy – an iconic Uptown New Orleans property offered for $3.3 million.

The historic Queen Anne Colonial Revival at 5534 St. Charles Ave. was offered at public sale on November 13, 2025, by means of Livingston, Louisiana-based Henderson Auctions. Following half-hour of aggressive bidding, the property was acquired by an area resident who turns into solely the fifth proprietor because the residence’s development within the 1870s. The sale marks the top of a 43-year tenure by the earlier homeowners; the customer’s id stays personal.

The house closed on Dec. 23, 2025. Sarah Martzolf and Hayley Bumpas, with The Martzolf Group and McEnery Residential, had been the itemizing brokers, whereas Jackie Montgomery, with Christian Shane Properties, was the gross sales agent. Henderson Auctions was commissioned to promote a number of actual property parcels owned by the sellers underneath one property portfolio, which included the St. Charles Ave. residence, a searching property in Paradis, and a fishing camp in Grand Isle.

“Henderson Auctions was an exquisite associate that made your complete course of seamless,” mentioned Martzolf. “They gave the sellers the final word peace of thoughts, realizing precisely what they had been making on each single property and when the closings would happen, and we felt like we left no cash on the desk.”

Martzolf added: “The largest profit for the St. Charles Ave. residence being at public sale was that it generated curiosity not solely from native consumers, but in addition caught the eye of nationwide and worldwide consumers, together with a Madrid businessman sending down a proxy. It was an exquisite expertise during which this lovely historic property obtained the a lot deserved consideration and offered for an excellent market value.”

5534 St. Charles Ave. is positioned on an enormous 84′ x 148′ lot on the nook of St. Charles Ave. and St. Joseph Avenue, blocks from Audubon Park and Danneel Park. The primary residence, which incorporates 4 bedrooms, 4 full bogs, and two half bogs, was inbuilt 1870 with renovations accomplished in 2010, together with updating {the electrical} system, HVAC, kitchen, bogs, and sewer line.

The primary residence options parlors; formal rooms; a devoted workplace; a built-out attic with a full lavatory; a connoisseur kitchen with customized Sapele cabinetry, quartzite counters, a copper vary hood, and Wolf home equipment; an upstairs major suite that has an hooked up wrap-around porch that faces St. Charles Ave.; and an en-suite lavatory with walnut cupboards and two closets. Architectural options embody a curved bay of home windows and alabaster mantle within the entrance parlor, hand carved mantels, Portuguese tile, stained glass home windows, and coronary heart pine flooring.

Over the storage, there may be an hooked up suite with a front room, bed room, kitchen, and full lavatory. In complete, there are 5 bedrooms, 5 full bogs, three half bogs, and 6,621 sq. toes of dwelling house inside the property.

“The property is nearly a triple nook lot in a tremendous Uptown location,” mentioned Martzolf. “The house is a preserved architectural gem with authentic millwork and masonry stored intact, and fashionable renovations up to date the house thoughtfully over time. The design provides formal and informal areas for each dwelling and leisure choices to get pleasure from all through the property.”

That versatility extends to the grounds, the place the eating areas open to a pool flanked by an out of doors hearth. Martzolf highlights the distinctive indoor/out of doors entertaining wing, which options an oyster shucking station and a balcony over the pool that would cater to reside music – for instance, the earlier homeowners hosted quartets there to serenade visitors beneath.

Different excessive priced residence gross sales up to now week:

Deal with: 4 Oaklawn Drive, Covington, 70433
Gross sales value:
$2,689,000
Listing value:
$2,750,000
Date offered:
Dec. 23
Days on Market:
256
Itemizing brokers:
Puddy Robinson and Kathryn Stalter, Crescent Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty
Gross sales agent:
Chelsie Jackson, Rutter Realty
4 Oaklawn Drive is a 2024 new construct positioned within the Tchefuncta Membership Estates subdivision in Covington. The posh residence, which offered for $2,689,000 on Dec. 23, options 5 bedrooms, 5 full bogs, two half bogs, and 6,304 sq. toes of dwelling house on a 0.89-acre lot.

  • Facilities embody a chef’s kitchen outfitted with a LaCornue vary, two dishwashers, two fridges, and a scullery (prep space); an inside with oak flooring, reclaimed oak beams, a cathedral ceiling, a placing curved wall, a staircase, two fireplaces, and retractable doorways that join the indoors with the outside, resulting in a deep again porch. The first suite consists of an en-suite, spa-like lavatory with a walk-in bathe, a free-standing tub, two giant closets, and a laundry room. Upstairs, a flexible bonus room supplies extra dwelling house. The house is provided with 4 separate HVAC items, insulated inside partitions, and a fortified roof.

Deal with: 814 Milan St., New Orleans, 70115
Gross sales value:
$1.2 million
Listing value:
$1.2 million
Date offered:
Dec. 22
Days on Market:
44
Itemizing agent:
Haj Langford, RE/MAX N.O. Properties
Gross sales agent:
Jackie Montgomery, Christian Shane Properties
814 Milan St. is a 2025 new construct in Uptown New Orleans, positioned inside strolling distance of Journal St. and two blocks from the Mardi Gras parade route. Constructed by New Orleans-based Asper Building & Growth Group, the posh residence options 4 bedrooms, three full bogs, and three,581 sq. toes of dwelling house. The house offered for its itemizing value of $1.2 million on Dec. 22.

  • Facilities embody designer touches all through, a non-public balcony off the first suite, a customized luxurious kitchen with a number of pantries, a spacious front room, a spa-like major lavatory, out of doors dwelling with a coated rear deck and party-ready yard, and gated off-street parking. The entrance façade showcases milled cypress home windows, doorways, and shutters by New Orleans Millworks.

Data supplied by Kelleye Rhein & Stephan Mock of Reve Realtors.

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