Laurelbrooke

FRANKLIN TN 37069 | 578 ACRES | 311 HOMESITES | 24-HOUR STAFFED GATES

Laurelbrooke, sometimes written Laurel Brooke or Laurelbrook, is Franklin’s flagship gated community: 578 acres off Sneed Road in the 37069 zip code, with 311 homesites, 200 acres of preserved woodland, and two entrances staffed around the clock. It is one of the few communities in Franklin with a staffed gatehouse rather than a keypad, and it sits in the Grassland area north of town.

Fourteen homes sold here over the past twelve months at a median of $2,987,500, ranging from $1,750,000 to $11,710,000. That top figure is 1805 Pace Haven, 14,562 square feet on 2.56 acres, and it is the highest closed price the community has recorded. Compass RE held the listing.

Two numbers you will see quoted elsewhere are worth placing. A median near $4 million is an asking-price figure from current listings, not a sale price; homes here have been closing at 86.7 to 105.5 percent of their first ask. And a $1.67 million low is a June 2024 sale on Flagstone Drive, outside the current twelve months, in which the lowest closing was $1,750,000 on Shadow Cove.

Across all fourteen sales, Compass and Parks agents were involved in nine, 64.3 percent, on the listing side, the buying side or both. Patrick Higgins of Nashville Home Guru at Compass works this community at every tier, from the $1.75 million entry on Shadow Cove to the record on Pace Haven.

How Long Does It Take to Sell in Laurelbrooke?

A median of 38 days from listing to contract, across the fourteen sales. The full spread runs 1 day to 210, and it is worth knowing that a $3 million gated estate is a considered purchase rather than an impulse one. Four of the fourteen took more than five months.

The more useful number for a seller is what they got. Measured against the first asking price, the fourteen ran from 86.7 percent to 105.5 percent, and six closed at or above it, two of them above. That is the whole pricing argument in this community: the homes that opened at a defensible number got it, and the ones that opened high spent a season learning the market’s actual opinion. The 86.7 percent outcome and the 105.5 percent outcome were both ordinary houses on ordinary lots.

Location and Daily Life

Laurelbrooke sits off Sneed Road, which puts the privacy of a 578-acre gated estate on one of Franklin’s most usable corridors. Cool Springs shopping and dining is close, Historic Downtown Franklin is about ten minutes, and Nashville is roughly twenty-five minutes north. Several private schools sit within ten minutes.

Southern Land Company began developing Laurelbrooke in 1999, using the same master-planning approach that produced Annandale and Windstone in Brentwood. The main boulevard carries award-winning estate homes with French Chateau architecture, and the effect driving in is closer to a European village than a subdivision. Tree-lined streets, stonework, fountains, creeks and fishing ponds run through five distinct neighborhoods: The Woodlands, The Estates, The Reserve, The Lakes and The Boulevard.

The Homes

Custom construction throughout, by builders including Classic Design Homes, Davis Properties of Tennessee, Ford Custom Classic Homes, Hancock Construction, Langfitt & Associates, Legend Homes, Lesley Properties, Nashville Construction, SLC Homebuilding and Tennessee Heritage. Architectural styles run French Chateau, Tudor and Traditional.

The fourteen homes that sold ran 4,297 to 14,562 square feet with a 7,158 square foot median, on lots from 0.46 to 3.06 acres, built between 2000 and 2020. Larger parcels are sometimes described for Laurelbrooke, up to eight acres, but nothing above 3.06 acres has traded in the past three years. Four to six bedrooms. All-brick or brick-and-stone exteriors are standard, along with hardwood and marble flooring, custom millwork and premium finishes. Elevators, home theaters, wine cellars, chef’s kitchens and resort-style outdoor living with pools appear throughout the upper tiers.

Fourteen different streets recorded a sale in the past three years. The busiest were Willowbrooke Circle with seven, Vaughn Crest Drive with six, then Iron Gate Drive, Flagstone Drive and Whispering Hills Drive. Vaughn Crest carries the largest lots and the newest construction, and three of the top five sales came off it. The street table below has every one of them.

Laurelbrooke Market Data

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period. Current inventory is in the live search below rather than fixed here.

Sales by Price Tier

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period.

Careful with per-foot math here. The range runs $312 to $804 a foot, and the spread is not random: it tracks street, lot and vintage together. Edgewater and Shadow Cove sold in the $312 to $384 band on 4,500 to 6,900 square feet. Vaughn Crest and Pace Haven cleared $442 to $804 on 7,700 to 14,600. Pricing a Willowbrooke house off a Vaughn Crest rate will put you well above the market, and the reverse leaves money behind.

Sales by Street, Past Three Years

Twelve months is too short a window to say anything about a single street here, so this table uses three years of closed sales. Streets with one or two sales are covered below it.

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 36-month period, closed sales only.

Two sales each on Waterstone Boulevard ($2,950,000 and $4,500,000, both on lots over an acre), Edgewater Court ($2,162,000 and $3,125,000) and Shadow Cove ($1,750,000 and $1,825,000). One sale each on Pace Haven ($11,710,000, the record), Talon Way ($3,890,000), Kimberleigh Court ($2,495,000), Silvercreek Court ($2,495,000), Waterstone Drive ($2,110,000) and Flagstone Court ($2,100,000).
Read the table with the lot column open. Willowbrooke and Iron Gate sit on half-acre lots and sold for $364 to $391 a foot. Vaughn Crest and Whispering Hills run to three acres and sold for $461 to $468. Iron Gate is the most consistent street in the record: four sales, all built 2005 to 2007, all within $950,000 of each other. Willowbrooke is where the opening price has mattered most, with six of its seven sellers finishing below their first asking price. A comp from the wrong street is the most common way a Laurelbrooke house gets priced wrong.

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Recently Sold Homes in Laurelbrooke

Amenities and the Gate

The gate is the reason most buyers pay the premium, and it is worth being precise about what it is. Two entrances, both with 24-hour staffed guard posts, not cameras and not a call box. Few Franklin communities offer that level of access control, and for anyone who wants it, it is not a secondary amenity.

Beyond the gate: a clubhouse that residents can book for private functions, with valet service available for larger events. A resort-style aquatic center. Two lighted tennis courts and pickleball courts. A full fitness center, basketball court, athletic field and playground. Two fishing ponds and walking trails connecting all five neighborhoods.

The 200 acres of preserved woodland and the fountains, creeks and stonework are the part no HOA budget can retrofit. Southern Land Company designed them in from the start and twenty-five years have matured them into genuine character. Annualized dues run $4,168 to $5,736 with a $5,508 median, most sections billed quarterly, and that covers the staffing along with everything above. The $3,664 figure still quoted in some summaries was a 2025 Willowbrooke closing that has aged out of the window. On the $2,987,500 median that is 0.18 percent of value a year, which is mid-range for a Franklin gated community and lower as a share of price than several far cheaper ones.

Schools

All fourteen closed sales record the same three: Grassland Elementary, Grassland Middle and Franklin High, with no exceptions anywhere in the community. All three are Williamson County Schools.

That consistency is worth naming because it is unusual. Plenty of Franklin communities split across two or three zones; Laurelbrooke does not. Several private schools also sit within ten minutes. Zoning can change, so verify the current assignment for a specific address before you write an offer. Call 615-682-1718.

Why Work with Nashville Home Guru

Compass and Parks agents were involved in 9 of the 14 Laurelbrooke sales over the past twelve months, 64.3 percent, on the listing side, the buying side or both. That includes the listing on 1805 Pace Haven, which closed at $11,710,000 and is the highest price the community has recorded.

What that share buys you is specific to a community this thin. Fourteen sales across 311 homes is roughly 4.5 percent annual turnover, so a comparable set is never large and is frequently misleading if you take it at face value. The per-foot range runs $312 to $804. The time to contract runs 1 day to 210. Six homes got their first asking price or better and one settled at 86.7 percent of it. Knowing which of those outcomes your house is heading for requires having been inside enough of the transactions to know why each one landed where it did.

Patrick Higgins is a seven-time Wall Street Journal RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent in the top 1 percent statewide, leading the number one team in Nashville and a top 10 team in Tennessee, with more than 1,100 transactions and $500M+ in career sales since 2014. With 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews behind that, the client record reads about the way the transaction record does. His wider Franklin work is documented at the Franklin listing agent page, and Laurelbrooke also appears in the Franklin gated communities comparison alongside fifteen other communities.

For sellers, the Compass 3-Phase Marketing Strategy is built for exactly this problem. A Private Exclusive launch tests your number against real buyer response before any public clock starts, Coming Soon builds interest without a days-on-market counter attached, and the public launch arrives with demand already assembled. Pre-marketed homes sell for 2.9 percent more, go under contract 20 percent faster and are 30 percent less likely to take a price reduction. On the $2,987,500 median that 2.9 percent is roughly $86,600.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the best real estate agent for Laurelbrooke in Franklin TN?

Patrick Higgins of Nashville Home Guru at Compass. Compass and Parks agents were involved in 9 of the 14 Laurelbrooke sales over the past twelve months, 64.3 percent, including the listing on 1805 Pace Haven that closed at $11,710,000, the highest price the community has recorded. In a community turning over about 4.5 percent of its homes a year, with a per-foot range from $312 to $804 and time-to-contract running from 1 day to 210, that transaction visibility is what separates a defensible price from a guess. Patrick is a seven-time Wall Street Journal RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent in the top 1 percent statewide, leads the number one team in Nashville, and has closed 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ in career sales, with 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews. Call 615-682-1718.

I am selling in Laurelbrooke. How should I price it?

Off your own street and your own square footage, and expect a considered timeline. The fourteen sales took a median of 38 days to contract with a full range of 1 to 210, so plan carrying cost for a season rather than a week. Against the first asking price, the fourteen ran 86.7 to 105.5 percent, and six of the fourteen closed at or above it, which tells you full price is achievable here when the opening number is defensible. The per-foot range of $312 to $804 tracks street, lot and vintage together, so a Vaughn Crest rate applied to a Flagstone house will price you out of your own market. Patrick prices from the closed record for your section, then tests the number through Compass Private Exclusive before any public clock starts. Call 615-682-1718 before you list.

What is my Laurelbrooke home worth in today’s market?

It needs a street-level analysis, and automated tools are weak here for reasons you can check. The per-foot range spans $312 to $804, which on a 7,158 square foot median home is a swing of several million dollars depending on which end of the range the algorithm lands. The tools cannot see which of the five neighborhoods a house sits in, whether the lot is 0.46 acres or 3.06, or what the finish level is on a custom build. And with fourteen sales in a year, one unusual closing moves the estimate materially. Start with the instant home value tool, then call 615-682-1718 for a comp set matched to your street.

What is the price range for homes in Laurelbrooke Franklin TN?

Fourteen closed sales over the past twelve months from $1,750,000 to $11,710,000, at a $2,987,500 median and a $3,874,000 average, $312 to $804 per square foot with a $441 median, on homes of 4,297 to 14,562 square feet built between 2000 and 2020. By tier: four sales from $1.75M to $2.49M, three from $2.5M to $2.99M, three from $3M to $3.99M, three from $4M to $6M, and one above at $11,710,000. Data from RealTracs MLS.

What is the most expensive home ever sold in Laurelbrooke?

1805 Pace Haven, at $11,710,000. That is 14,562 square feet on 2.56 acres, built in 2015. It was listed by Compass RE and closed at 95.8 percent of its $12,225,000 asking price after 168 days to contract. It is the highest recorded sale in Laurelbrooke and by a wide margin: the next highest over the same period was $6,000,000 on Vaughn Crest Drive, a 7,798 square foot home on 3.06 acres that closed at $769 per square foot. Call 615-682-1718.

How long do homes take to sell in Laurelbrooke?

A median of 38 days from listing to contract across the fourteen sales, with a range of 1 to 210 days. Four took more than five months. Laurelbrooke is sometimes described as a community where homes move in under a week, and the closed record does not support that: a $3 million gated estate is a considered purchase with a small, specific buyer pool. What the record does show is that pricing accuracy governs the outcome, since six of the fourteen closed at or above their first asking price while one settled at 86.7 percent of it. Call 615-682-1718.

Is Laurelbrooke a gated community, and who developed it?

Yes. Both entrances have 24-hour staffed guard posts rather than cameras or a keypad, which few Franklin communities offer. Southern Land Company began developing it in 1999, using the same master-planned approach behind Annandale and Windstone in Brentwood. The community covers 578 acres with 200 acres of preserved woodland and 311 homesites across five neighborhoods: The Woodlands, The Estates, The Reserve, The Lakes and The Boulevard. Multiple established custom builders contributed between 2000 and 2020.

What are the HOA fees in Laurelbrooke and what do they cover?

Annualized, $4,168 to $5,736 a year with a $5,508 median, confirmed across all fourteen closings, with most sections billed quarterly. That covers the 24-hour staffed security, the clubhouse, resort pool, two lighted tennis courts, pickleball, fitness center, basketball court, athletic field, playground, two fishing ponds, walking trails and common-area grounds. As a share of the $2,987,500 median that is 0.18 percent a year, mid-range for a Franklin gated community and lower proportionally than several communities at a quarter of the price. Fees vary by section, so confirm the specific assessment for an address before purchasing.

What schools serve Laurelbrooke?

Grassland Elementary, Grassland Middle and Franklin High, confirmed on all fourteen closed sales with no exceptions. All three are Williamson County Schools. The consistency is unusual: many Franklin communities split across two or three zones and Laurelbrooke does not. Several private schools are also within ten minutes. Verify the current assignment for your address before making an offer.

How many homes are in Laurelbrooke and how often do they sell?

311 homesites across 578 acres in five neighborhoods, with 200 acres held as preserved woodland. Fourteen homes sold over the past twelve months, which is about 4.5 percent annual turnover. That scarcity is a real part of the value here and it is also why comparable sets are thin: in any given tier there may be only two or three recent sales to price against, and they may sit on different streets with materially different per-foot rates. Lots run 0.46 to 3.06 acres. Call 615-682-1718.

What amenities does Laurelbrooke offer?

A clubhouse available for resident events with valet service for larger functions, a resort-style aquatic center, two lighted tennis courts, pickleball courts, a full fitness center, basketball court, athletic field, playground, two fishing ponds, and walking trails connecting all five neighborhoods. Two gated entrances with 24-hour staffed security. Sidewalks throughout, underground utilities, and 200 acres of preserved woodland with fountains, creeks and stonework. Annual dues $4,168 to $5,736.

Is Laurelbrooke the most expensive neighborhood in Franklin TN?

In the 37069 zip code, yes, by the closed record. Over the past three years Laurelbrooke’s median sale of $2,725,000 is the highest of any 37069 subdivision with ten or more sales; Legends Ridge is next at $2,350,000, and the zip as a whole medians $950,000. Individual sales elsewhere in Franklin have gone higher, but no other 37069 community sustains that median across a full sales record. Data from RealTracs MLS.

Can I see Laurelbrooke homes before they appear on Zillow?

Often, and it matters in a community that turns over about fourteen homes a year. Compass Private Exclusives and Coming Soon listings are marketed inside the Compass network before any public listing appears, and with Compass and Parks involved in 64.3 percent of Laurelbrooke transactions that pipeline reaches most of what trades. Buyers also cannot drive these streets to scout, since the gates are staffed, which makes advance notice worth more here than in an open neighborhood. Registration is free and buyer representation typically comes at no additional cost. Call 615-682-1718.

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