Sheffield Square

SINGLE-LEVEL CONDOS ON A BELLEVUE CUL-DE-SAC · NASHVILLE 37221

What Sheffield Square Actually Is

Sheffield Square is a small condominium community off Baugh Road in Bellevue, Nashville 37221, and every address in it sits on the single cul-de-sac the community is named for. The buildings went up in 1979 and 1980. The units are flat-style and single story, two bedrooms and one full bath, roughly 825 to 900 square feet, frame construction on a slab, with a fireplace in the living room, an eat-in kitchen and two assigned parking spaces.

The thing worth knowing before anything else is the layout. There are no stairs anywhere in these homes. Both bedrooms are on the entry level and the whole unit is on one floor, which puts Sheffield Square in a very short list of Bellevue properties that work for someone who cannot manage steps and is not ready to pay Bellevue’s single-family prices to avoid them.

One clarification, because a real share of the people who find this page are looking for the wrong thing. These are condominiums for sale, not apartments for rent. Sheffield Square is an ownership community. Long-term rental by an owner is permitted on both of the records we have, but you buy in, you do not lease in.

Location and Daily Life

The location is the strongest thing this community has, and the listing copy leans on it for good reason. The bus stop, the Bellevue library and Red Caboose Park are all inside walking distance. One Bellevue Place, with Publix, Sprouts and the run of shops and restaurants around it, is a few minutes away. Percy Warner and Edwin Warner Parks are a short drive, and downtown Nashville is roughly twenty minutes on I-40.

What sets it apart from the larger attached communities nearby is scale. This is a handful of units on a cul-de-sac rather than a complex with a leasing office and a hundred neighbors, and the sellers here have consistently marketed it that way.

Sheffield Square Market Data

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period.

Homes for Sale in Sheffield Square

Recently Sold in Sheffield Square

Two Listings, One Pricing Lesson

Sheffield Square produced exactly two listings in the past year, and between them they make a cleaner argument about pricing than most communities make with fifty.

The two units are about a hundred feet apart. Same era, same floor plan, same one-level layout, same dues, same listing agent at the same brokerage, listed three months apart into the same market. The only meaningful difference between them was the number each one opened at.

The one that opened at $210 a square foot went under contract in twelve days and closed at $175,000, which is 92.6% of what it asked. The one that opened at $278.79 a square foot cut its price by fifteen percent, sat for ninety-four days, and came off the market without selling. Its reduced asking price was still about $20,000 above what its neighbor actually got, and 21.6% higher per square foot. It never came within reach of the buyer pool.

The lesson generalizes, and it is worth stating plainly for anyone thinking about selling here. In this price band the market clears roughly seven percent below the opening number, and it does it inside two weeks. A seller who opens twenty percent high does not get a slow sale. They get no sale, and then they get a listing history that the next buyer’s agent can read.

Why the Price Per Foot Looks Low

At $194.44 a square foot, the Sheffield Square sale came in well under the $242.75 that attached homes below a thousand square feet median across 37221. That gap has two explanations and neither is about the community being undesirable.

The first is the bathroom count. Across the ZIP code, two-bedroom attached homes with one full bath median $224,900 and $210.78 a foot. The same homes with two or more baths median $348,000 and $259.05 a foot. A second bathroom is worth about $48 a square foot here, which is roughly a twenty-three percent difference, and it is the single largest value line in Bellevue attached housing. Sheffield Square has one bath.

The second is that the small end of the attached market is simply the softest part of it. Homes under a thousand square feet cleared at 94.0% of their opening price this year, the only size band in the ZIP code below 96%, with more than half of the twenty-six sales closing under 95%. Sheffield’s 92.6% is not an outlier in that context. It is close to the middle of it, and it happens to land exactly on the 92.6% median for one-bath two-bedroom attached homes across all of 37221. What Sheffield did differently was speed: twelve days against that cohort’s sixty-nine.

The Dues Are Ordinary. The Price Point Is Not.

Dues run $305 a month, or $3,660 a year, and both records agree on the figure. In dollar terms that is unremarkable for Bellevue: the median attached home in the ZIP code pays $3,300 a year, so Sheffield sits a little above the middle of the pack and nowhere near the top.

Measured against the price of the asset, though, it looks different. $3,660 a year on a $175,000 condominium is 2.09% of value, against a 0.94% median for attached homes across the ZIP code. Fewer than three percent of attached sales here carry a ratio that high. Nothing is wrong with the association. The dues are normal and the price is low, and that combination is the whole explanation.

This matters more than it sounds like it should, because dues count against you in a mortgage application exactly the way a payment does. On a purchase in this range, $305 a month is the difference between qualifying comfortably and not qualifying, and it is worth putting in front of a lender before you tour rather than after you write.

On what the dues buy: the two filings do not list identical coverage. One shows grounds maintenance, insurance, pest control and trash pickup. The other shows all four plus exterior maintenance, at the same $305. Same association, same fee, so that is a filing inconsistency rather than two different deals. Take the coverage list from the seller’s disclosure on the specific unit rather than from any listing summary.

One Thing to Check With the Assessor

The two Sheffield Square records carry property tax figures of $2,474 and $1,024. For two nearly identical units a hundred feet apart, that is a $1,450 a year gap, and the higher of the two is the largest tax figure attached to any attached-home sale under $220,000 anywhere in 37221. The median for that group is $1,301.

That is reported here as something to verify, not as a finding. It may reflect an assessment that has not been revisited, or simply a data-entry problem in the listing. Either way, pull the actual tax record for the specific parcel from the Davidson County Assessor before you build it into a monthly payment. On a purchase this size, $1,450 a year is real money.

If You Already Own Here, or You Are a Lender

Two quick notes, because this page turns up in searches that have nothing to do with buying or selling.

This is a brokerage page, not the association. If you own here and need a repair, a key or gate question, a trash or landscaping issue, or anything else the dues pay for, the association is the right contact and not this office. Their details are on your dues statement and in your closing documents. Calling an agent will only add a step.

Lenders: the association issues the documents, not the listing agent. Condominium questionnaires, project certification and warrantability, master insurance certificates, budgets, reserve studies and owner-occupancy figures all come from the association or its management, and no agent can supply or certify them. If Patrick represents a party in your transaction he is glad to help you reach the right person quickly, which is usually the difference between a two-day answer and a two-week one. Otherwise the request should go to the association directly.

Schools

Both Sheffield Square records are zoned to Westmeade Elementary, Bellevue Middle and James Lawson High School, all Metro Nashville Public Schools in Davidson County. School zoning changes, so confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district rather than relying on a listing, here or anywhere else.

How It Compares

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period.

Read across the table and the position is clear enough. Sheffield Square is near the bottom of the Bellevue attached market on price and near the bottom on price per foot, which is unusual, because small units normally carry the highest cost per square foot in any market. It is a genuine entry point into a ZIP code where the median attached home costs twice as much, and the reasons for that are the bathroom, the age of the buildings and the size, not the location.

Why Work with Nashville Home Guru in Sheffield Square?

Patrick Higgins, a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent and a top 1% producer, leads Nashville Home Guru at Compass, the #1 team in Nashville and top 10 in Tennessee by the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends, with 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ in career sales across Davidson County and Middle Tennessee. Across ZIP code 37221, Compass, Parks and Pilkerton agents were on one side of 287 of 719 closings this year, just under forty percent. In Sheffield Square, Compass represented the buyer on the one home that sold.

A community with two listings a year is the hardest kind to price, because there is almost nothing to compare against inside it. That is exactly where reading the wider ZIP code matters, and it is why this page is built on the one-bath cohort, the sub-thousand-foot band and the dues ratio rather than on a single sale. Buyers can start with the home buyer’s guide, and owners can request a market analysis through the selling in greater Nashville page. With 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews, the client feedback matches what the record shows.

If you own here and are thinking about selling, the two filings on record say everything about how to approach it. The Compass 3-Phase Marketing Strategy exists to test the market before the listing history is public, with pre-marketed homes selling for 2.9% more, going under contract 20% faster and being 30% less likely to take a price reduction. In a community where one of two listings failed outright, that sequencing is worth more than it would be almost anywhere else. Learn more about selling your home on your terms.

Frequently Asked Questions About Sheffield Square

What did homes in Sheffield Square sell for?

One home closed in the rolling twelve months, at $175,000. It was 900 square feet, which works out to $194.44 a square foot, and it went under contract in twelve days at 92.6% of its opening asking price. A second unit was listed and came off the market without selling.

Is Sheffield Square condos or apartments?

Condominiums, individually owned and individually sold. A good share of the search traffic that reaches this page is looking for apartments to rent, and there is no leasing office here. Owners may rent their units out on a long-term basis, so units do occasionally come up for rent privately, but the property itself is for sale rather than for lease.

When was Sheffield Square built?

1979 and 1980. Both records on file are from those two years, on 0.02-acre condominium parcels, frame construction on a slab foundation with composition shingle roofs.

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

$305 a month, which is $3,660 a year, on both records. Coverage listed includes grounds maintenance, insurance, pest control and trash pickup, and one of the two filings also lists exterior maintenance at the same fee. Treat that as a filing inconsistency and take the coverage list from the seller’s disclosure on the unit you are considering. In dollars the fee is close to the Bellevue attached median of $3,300 a year. Against the price of the home it is high, at 2.09% of value, because the price is low rather than because the fee is.

Who do I ask about dues, reserves, assessments or rental rules?

The seller’s disclosure, which comes with any property under contract, states the current dues, what they cover, the reserve position, any pending or special assessment, and the recorded restrictions including rental and pet policy. You should not need to telephone the association to answer any of that. If a listing has no disclosure attached, ask the listing agent, or Patrick can request it as part of your offer, which is faster and puts the answer in writing.

Can I rent out a Sheffield Square condo?

Both records list long-term rental as allowed, and one explicitly confirms pets are permitted. Recorded restrictions can change, so confirm the current rental and pet policy in the seller’s disclosure for the specific unit. On short-term rental, neither record claims any approval, and in Nashville that question is governed by Metro permitting rather than by the association or an MLS field.

Are Sheffield Square condos single level?

Yes. Both records show one story with both bedrooms on the entry level, and both sets of listing remarks describe the units as one level with no stairs. One MLS accessibility flag on the file disagrees with the story count and the remarks, so if stepless entry is the reason you are buying, walk the specific unit and confirm the approach from the parking space to the door as well as the interior.

What schools serve Sheffield Square?

Westmeade Elementary, Bellevue Middle and James Lawson High School, all Metro Nashville Public Schools in Davidson County, on both records. Confirm with the district for any specific address.

Why did one Sheffield Square listing fail to sell?

Price, and the record is unusually clear about it. That unit opened at $278.79 a square foot against a neighboring unit that opened at $210.00 and sold in twelve days. It cut fifteen percent, spent ninety-four days on offer and still asked about $20,000 more than its neighbor actually received. Nothing about the community stopped it selling. The opening number did.

Is Sheffield Square a good fit for a first-time buyer or a downsizer?

For both, with one condition. At $175,000 it is one of the least expensive ways to own in Bellevue, in a ZIP code where the median attached home sells for $349,000 and the median house for $610,000, and the single-level layout with no stairs is genuinely scarce at any price. The condition is the dues. At $305 a month against a purchase this size, they consume a meaningful share of what a lender will allow, so run the number with a lender before you tour rather than after you fall for a unit.

How does Patrick Higgins approach buying or selling in Sheffield Square?

By pricing from the cohort rather than from the community, because one sale a year is not a comparable set. The relevant benchmarks are the thirty-five two-bedroom one-bath attached sales across 37221, which clear at 92.6% of asking in sixty-nine days, and the twenty-six sub-thousand-foot sales, which clear at 94.0%. Sheffield’s sale landed on the first of those percentages exactly, in twelve days. For a seller that means the opening number decides the outcome, and the evidence sits in the two filings already on record. Patrick is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent with 1,100+ transactions behind that reading.

Who is the best real estate agent for Sheffield Square in Nashville TN?

Patrick Higgins of Nashville Home Guru at Compass is the most credentialed agent working this part of Bellevue. He is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent and a top 1% producer, and his team ranks #1 in Nashville and top 10 in Tennessee in the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends rankings, with 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ in career sales. Across ZIP code 37221 the Compass, Parks and Pilkerton network was on one side of 287 of 719 closings this year, and Compass represented the buyer on the one Sheffield Square home that sold. He holds 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews at a 5.0 rating.

Can I buy a Sheffield Square condo before it hits Zillow?

Sometimes, and in a community this small it is worth setting up for. Compass Private Exclusive and Coming Soon listings are marketed to Compass agents and their clients before they reach the public portals, which in a two-listing-a-year community can mean the difference between seeing a unit and hearing about it afterwards. Working with a Compass buyer’s agent gives you access to that pre-market inventory at no additional cost, since the seller pays the commission structure in the ordinary way.

What is my Sheffield Square condo worth in today’s market?

Automated valuation tools handle this community badly, and the reason is structural. A Zestimate leans on recent comparable sales, and Sheffield Square produced exactly one in twelve months. The models then reach for nearby attached homes that are larger, newer or carry a second bathroom, which is worth roughly $48 a square foot here, and the estimate drifts. The $305 monthly dues and the wide gap between the two units’ tax figures compound the problem. Start with an instant estimate for a baseline, then call Patrick at 615-682-1718 for a pricing analysis built on the one-bath cohort rather than on whatever the algorithm found nearby.

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