Montclair
THE MONTCLAIR SUBDIVISION | BRENTWOOD 37027 | ZONED RAVENWOOD
The golf-course lot is the one that could not sell. In Montclair the finish decides the price, not the view.
Patrick Higgins | 615-682-1718
The top sale had $853,000 in upgrades and took $444 a foot
The home backing the golf course has failed two listings
One house sat 98 days, cut its price, then sold in five
Ten listings, six houses, and four came off without selling
Crockett Elementary, Woodland Middle, Ravenwood High, confirmed on all six
The Golf Lot Is the One That Didn’t Sell
Every description of Montclair leads with the same thing: the neighborhood sits beside Nashville Golf and Athletic Club, and lots backing the course command a premium.
The past twelve months say otherwise, and it is worth knowing before you pay for a view.
| Address | What it backs | Result | $/Sq Ft | vs Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1731 Surrey Dr | Large private lot | $2,199,900 | $444 | 100.0% |
| 1736 Richbourg Park Dr | Corner lot | $2,000,000 | $376 | 90.9% |
| 1740 Forsyth Park Dr | Protected TVA land | $1,250,000 | $329 | 89.3% |
| 1735 Richbourg Park Dr | Golf course and lake | Did not sell | n/a | n/a |
Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period. The golf-backing home changed hands once in a transfer recorded for comparable purposes, then failed two public listings.
The house with the golf course and the lake behind it is the one property in Montclair that could not find a buyer. The house that took the highest rate in the neighborhood sits on an ordinary interior lot.
None of this means the golf course is worthless. It means that in a community where every home is a 2003 to 2007 build on roughly half an acre, the thing that separates a $329 house from a $444 house is what has been done inside. Buyers here are choosing between similar houses; they pay for the one they do not have to touch.
The Renovation That Didn’t Clear
The golf-backing house has a documented history worth studying if you are thinking about buying, improving and reselling in Brentwood.
| 1735 Richbourg Park Dr | Number | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Acquired February 2026 | $1,575,000 | Recorded transfer |
| Renovation, per the listing | about $150,000 | Baths to the studs |
| Listed May 2026 | $1,829,000 | Came off, 59 days |
| Listed again July 2026 | $1,789,000 | Came off, 43 days |
| All in, roughly | $1,725,000 | 102 days, no sale |
Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period. Renovation figure as stated in the property’s own listing description.
The renovation was real. New bathrooms taken to the studs, a rebuilt primary bath, three bedrooms on the main level, and the best view in the neighborhood. On paper this should have worked.
What it ran into is the gap between an acquisition price and a market price. A house bought quietly at $1,575,000 does not become a $1,829,000 house because $150,000 went into it, and Brentwood buyers at this level can see the purchase price. By the second listing the ask was down to $1,749,999, barely above the all-in cost, and it still did not sell.
This is not a criticism of anyone. It is the single most useful thing anyone can show you about Montclair: the neighborhood has a ceiling that tracks finish and square footage, and it does not stretch to accommodate what a seller has spent.
The House That Listened Sold in Five Days
The counter-example is next door, and it is just as instructive.
1736 Richbourg Park Drive came to market in June 2025 at $2,199,000. It was reduced to $2,149,000. It sat for ninety-eight days, offered thirty thousand dollars in flexible cash toward closing, and came off the market on the first of October without a buyer.
It went back on that same day. It was under contract in five days and closed on the thirty-first of October at $2,000,000.
Ninety-eight days of nothing, then five days once the number was right. The clearing price was about $150,000 below where the house started, and the market had already said so once. The difference between those two outcomes was not the house, the photos or the season. It was the number.
Every Sale
| Address | Built | Sold | Sq Ft | $/Sq Ft | Acres | vs Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1731 Surrey Dr | 2004 | $2,199,900 | 4,950 | $444 | 0.79 | 100.0% |
| 1736 Richbourg Park Dr | 2007 | $2,000,000 | 5,316 | $376 | 0.54 | 90.9% |
| 1735 Richbourg Park Dr | 2004 | $1,575,000 | 4,165 | $378 | 0.53 | comp only |
| 1740 Forsyth Park Dr | 2003 | $1,250,000 | 3,800 | $329 | 0.48 | 89.3% |
Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period. Median $1,787,500, average $1,756,225.
One of those four is not a market sale. 1735 Richbourg Park is marked “For Comp Purposes” in its own listing record, closed at exactly the asking price with no public exposure. It is a recorded transfer rather than a home that competed for a buyer, and it should not anchor anyone’s pricing. It is shown because leaving it out would misrepresent the count.
Among the three genuine market sales, only one reached its asking price, and it was the one with $853,000 in documented upgrades. The other two finished at 90.9% and 89.3% of where they opened.
Market Data
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Closed Sales | 4, of which 3 were genuine market sales |
| Listings That Came Off Without Selling | 4 of 10 records, across 3 of the 6 houses |
| Sale Price Range | $1,250,000 to $2,199,900 |
| Median Sale Price | $1,787,500 |
| Average Sale Price | $1,756,225 |
| Price Per Square Foot | $329 to $444, tracking finish rather than lot |
| Square Footage | 3,800 to 5,316 sq ft |
| Lot Size | 0.48 to 0.79 acres |
| Bedrooms and Baths | 4 to 5 BR, 3 to 5 full baths |
| Year Built | 2003 to 2007 |
| Sellers Reaching Asking Price | 1 of 3 market sales; median result 96.5% of first ask |
| HOA Fee | $1,356/yr, billed $339 quarterly or $113 monthly |
| Streets With Records | Montclair Blvd, Richbourg Park Dr, Surrey Dr, Forsyth Park Dr |
| Compass and Parks | Buyer side on 2 of 4 closings; 3 of 10 records overall |
| Schools | Crockett Elementary, Woodland Middle, Ravenwood High |
Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period.
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The Neighborhood
The Montclair subdivision sits off Moores Lane in the heart of Brentwood, next to Nashville Golf and Athletic Club, roughly five minutes from Cool Springs and minutes from I-65. Downtown Nashville is about twenty minutes north, downtown Franklin about ten south.
One point of confusion worth clearing up: this is the Montclair neighborhood in Brentwood, a community of single-family homes in Williamson County. It is a different place from The Montclair condominiums on West End Avenue in Nashville. If you are searching for the high-rise condos, that is the page you want.
CPS Land developed the community beginning in 2002, with homes completed between 2003 and 2007 across approximately 139 home sites. It is the same developer behind Annandale, and the family resemblance shows in the streetscape: underground utilities, sidewalks, roundabouts and a consistent architectural standard.
The four streets with transaction records are Montclair Boulevard, Richbourg Park Drive, Surrey Drive and Forsyth Park Drive. Lots run from 0.48 to 0.79 acres, so the half-acre description is roughly right, with meaningful variation at the top end.
What backs a given lot matters more for daily life than for price. Some homes back the golf course with lake views. Others back protected TVA land, which is arguably the more durable amenity since nothing will ever be built on it. The community also carries a reported thirty-plus acres of preserved open space and a paved greenway path along the Little Harpeth River that ties into Brentwood’s wider trail network toward Crockett Park and the library.
The Homes
Four to six bedrooms, roughly 3,800 to 5,700 square feet, on 2003 to 2007 foundations. Construction across the closed records is all brick, all brick with wood siding, and partial brick with stone, so the exterior is not uniformly masonry and is worth confirming on a specific house. At least one home was custom built by Steve Cates and carries a weeping mortar brick exterior.
Interiors are what you would expect of the period at this price: hardwood on the main level, high ceilings, formal living and dining, a bonus room, and a main-level primary suite in many plans. Several have in-ground pools.
The variable is how much has been done since. That is not a soft observation about taste. It is the measurable difference between $329 and $444 a foot in a neighborhood where the houses are otherwise remarkably similar.
Amenities
Dues of $1,356 a year, billed either $339 quarterly or $113 monthly, cover grounds maintenance on the common areas and the pool and club facilities. The community pool complex includes a main pool, a separate children’s pool and a cabana, alongside a play park.
Sidewalks run throughout and utilities are underground. Longtime residents point to the social calendar, including a Fourth of July parade, an Easter egg hunt and a children’s Christmas party, as the thing that makes the neighborhood feel smaller than it is.
Schools
Williamson County Schools, and unusually for Brentwood, every record reports the same three schools. No split zoning to worry about.
Elementary: Crockett Elementary
Middle: Woodland Middle School
High: Ravenwood High School
This is the Ravenwood feeder rather than Brentwood High, which is the distinction that matters most when you are cross-shopping other 37027 communities. Across the zip code, homes in the Crockett and Ravenwood zone carry a median of $1,950,000 against $1,300,000 for 37027 as a whole. Confirm current zoning with the district before writing an offer.
Getting the Number Right in a Four-Sale Market
Montclair produced four closings last year and one of them was not a market sale. Meanwhile four listings came off without selling, spread across three of the six houses that were on the market at all.
That is a thin, unforgiving comp set, and the record shows exactly how it punishes a wrong opening number. One house spent ninety-eight days at $2,149,000 and then sold in five at $2,000,000. Another went in at $1,829,000 after a renovation and has now failed twice.
Patrick Higgins is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent leading the team ranked number one in Nashville and top 10 in Tennessee by the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends, with 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ across Middle Tennessee since 2014. Compass and Parks agents represented the buyer on two of the four Montclair closings and were involved in 47.6% of all 1,011 closings across Brentwood 37027 last year. Across 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews, the recurring theme is pricing that holds up.
Three steps on a Montclair listing.
One, price the finish. With every house a 2003 to 2007 build on roughly half an acre, the per-foot spread from $329 to $444 is almost entirely condition. An honest assessment of where your home sits on that line is the whole exercise, and it is more useful than any comparison to what your neighbor asked.
Two, ignore your basis. The clearest lesson in this neighborhood is that the market prices the house, not the seller’s basis. Renovation dollars are recovered selectively here, and knowing which improvements this specific buyer pool pays for is worth more than the receipts.
Three, do not burn the first thirty days. Both cautionary cases here follow the same shape: an ambitious opening number, a slow reduction, a stale listing. Compass Private Exclusive and Coming Soon let you test a price against real buyers before any public day is spent.
For buyers, the same access works the other way. With four sales a year in 139 homes, hearing about a house early is often the difference between buying in Montclair and buying somewhere else. Buyer representation costs you nothing in Tennessee.
For sellers, homes pre-marketed through the Compass 3-Phase Marketing Strategy sell for 2.9% more, go under contract 20% faster and are 30% less likely to take a price reduction. On the $1,787,500 median that 2.9% is roughly $51,838. Given that two of the three market sales here closed below their opening number, the reduction figure is the one worth weighing.
Before You Pick an Opening Number
Four Montclair listings came off the market last year without selling. Get the automated estimate, then a real read on your finish level.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do homes in Montclair sell for?
Four homes closed in the past twelve months from $1,250,000 to $2,199,900, with a median of $1,787,500 and an average of $1,756,225. One of those four is marked “For Comp Purposes” and is a recorded transfer rather than a marketed sale. Price per square foot ran $329 to $444. Homes measured 3,800 to 5,316 square feet on lots of 0.48 to 0.79 acres, all built between 2003 and 2007.
Who is the best agent to sell a Montclair home?
The case rests on how thin this market is. Montclair produced four closings last year, one of which was not a market sale, while four listings came off without selling across three of the six houses that were listed at all. With every home a 2003 to 2007 build on roughly half an acre, the entire per-foot spread from $329 to $444 is condition, which means the pricing judgment is the job. Patrick Higgins of Nashville Home Guru at Compass tracks every Montclair listing and closing through RealTracs, prices to finish level rather than to a neighborhood average, and reads the full listing history on a house before quoting a number. He is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent leading the number one team in Nashville and a top 10 team in Tennessee by the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends, with 1,100-plus transactions and $500 million-plus since 2014. Compass and Parks agents represented the buyer on two of the four Montclair closings and were involved in 47.6% of all 1,011 Brentwood 37027 closings. With 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews, pricing that holds up is what clients cite. Call or text 615-682-1718.
What is my Montclair home worth?
Harder to automate than most Brentwood neighborhoods, for a specific reason. Every house here is the same vintage on a similar lot, so an algorithm sees near-identical properties and returns a near-identical number. The market does not agree: sales ran $329 to $444 per square foot, and that entire gap is what has been updated since 2007. One of the four recent closings is also a comp-only transfer that a model will treat as real evidence. And the one home with the best lot in the neighborhood failed two listings, so lot position is not the multiplier people assume. Start with an instant estimate, then call 615-682-1718.
Do golf course lots sell for more in Montclair?
Not in the past twelve months, which surprises most people. The one home that backs Nashville Golf and Athletic Club with a lake view is the one property in Montclair that did not sell on the open market; it failed two listing attempts across 102 days. Meanwhile the highest sale in the neighborhood, at $2,199,900 and $444 per square foot, sits on an ordinary interior lot and had roughly $853,000 in upgrades behind it. Golf frontage is a genuine lifestyle amenity here. On this evidence it is not the pricing multiplier it is often described as, and finish level is doing far more work.
What are the HOA fees in Montclair?
$1,356 a year, billed either $339 quarterly or $113 monthly depending on the account. Dues cover grounds maintenance on the common areas plus the pool and club facilities, which include a main pool, a separate children’s pool, a cabana and a play park. That is modest for an amenitized Brentwood community at this price point. Confirm the current assessment and any pending special assessment in writing during due diligence.
What schools serve Montclair?
Crockett Elementary, Woodland Middle School and Ravenwood High School, all Williamson County Schools, and every record in the neighborhood reports the same three. That uniformity is unusual in Brentwood, where split elementary zoning within one subdivision is common. This is the Ravenwood feeder rather than Brentwood High, which matters if you are cross-shopping. Across 37027, homes in the Crockett and Ravenwood zone carry a median around $1,950,000 against $1,300,000 for the zip code overall. Verify current zoning with the district before purchase.
Why did one Montclair home take 98 days and then sell in five?
1736 Richbourg Park Drive came to market in June 2025 at $2,199,000, was reduced to $2,149,000, offered $30,000 in flexible cash toward closing, and came off the market after ninety-eight days without a buyer. It went back on that same day, was under contract in five days and closed at $2,000,000. Nothing about the house changed. The clearing price was roughly $150,000 below where it opened, and in a four-sale-a-year neighborhood the buyer pool notices a listing that has been sitting. It is the clearest evidence available that the opening number, not the marketing, decides the outcome in Montclair.
Does renovating a Montclair home pay off before selling?
Selectively, and the record shows both outcomes. The top sale in the neighborhood carried roughly $853,000 in upgrades and achieved its full asking price at $444 per square foot, the highest rate here by a wide margin. But another home was acquired at $1,575,000, had about $150,000 of renovation put into it including bathrooms taken to the studs, opened at $1,829,000 and then $1,789,000, and failed to sell across 102 days on two listings. The market prices the finished house, not the seller’s basis. Before spending on improvements ahead of a sale, it is worth knowing which specific upgrades this buyer pool actually pays for.
How many homes are in Montclair and how often do they sell?
Approximately 139 single-family homes, fully built out with no new construction. Four closings were recorded in the past twelve months, roughly three percent annual turnover. That thinness cuts both ways: the comparable set is small enough that a single unusual transaction distorts it, and public inventory is limited enough that pre-market awareness genuinely changes what a buyer can access.
Who developed Montclair?
CPS Land, beginning in 2002, with homes completed between 2003 and 2007. CPS Land also developed Annandale, one of Brentwood’s gated communities, and the shared design approach is visible in Montclair’s roundabouts, underground utilities, sidewalks and consistent architecture. Individual homes were built by various builders; at least one on Montclair Boulevard was custom built by Steve Cates with a weeping mortar brick exterior.
Is Montclair a good fit for a family relocating to Brentwood?
It suits a specific buyer well: someone who wants a large, already-built family house on a half-acre lot with a neighborhood pool, sidewalks and Ravenwood zoning, and who does not want a renovation project. Floor plans run four to six bedrooms with formal spaces and bonus rooms, which is the layout most relocating families from larger metros are looking for. The trade is that these are twenty-year-old houses, so the condition question is real and the difference between an updated one and an original one is several hundred thousand dollars. Buy the finished one or budget honestly for the work.
Can I buy a Montclair home before it hits Zillow?
Often, and with roughly four sales a year across 139 homes it frequently determines whether you buy here at all. Owners at this price point regularly test the market privately first, and at least one recent Montclair transaction was recorded without any public marketing. Compass Private Exclusive and Coming Soon listings circulate inside the brokerage ahead of the portals, and Compass or Parks agents were on the buying side of half the closings here last year. Buyer representation is at no additional cost to you in Tennessee. Tell Patrick your square footage and finish requirements and he will watch for it. Call or text 615-682-1718.
Any Other Questions About Montclair?
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About the Author
Patrick Higgins | Nashville Home Guru at Compass
Patrick Higgins is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent and the founder of Nashville Home Guru at Compass, the number one team in Nashville and top 10 in Tennessee by the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends rankings. With 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ in career sales across Middle Tennessee since 2014, Patrick publishes monthly market reports for Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, East Nashville and the broader Nashville metro using direct RealTracs MLS data. He works from the Compass office at 2206 21st Avenue South, Suite 200, in Nashville, and lives near Belmont University with his wife Vanessa.
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Expertise: Montclair, Moores Lane corridor, condition-based pricing in single-vintage communities, renovation return analysis, Crockett and Ravenwood zoning, Williamson County 37027
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