$35 million in mansions: The 5 most expensive Indianapolis area homes sold in 2022

INDIANAPOLIS — In the case of the Indianapolis housing market in 2022, “houses had been flying off the market about as quick as bathroom paper throughout a pandemic,” actual property agent Laura Musall says.

After all it is no secret that 2022 was a vendor’s market, says Musall, with F.C. Tucker. However there are some secrets and techniques solely actual property brokers know with out digging by public data. And Musall blogged about a type of in an article she posted Wednesday: “Prime 5 most costly houses bought in Indy space in 2022.”

Whereas particulars had been sparse on a few of the houses, as precise addresses and options weren’t obtainable to the general public, Musall gave readers a take a look at 5 mansions — two in Carmel, two in Indianapolis and one in Zionsville — that collectively had a complete promoting value of $35 million. Listed here are Indy’s 5 most lavish-selling houses for 2022.

No. 1: The Linden Home, $14.5M

Coming in simply at No. 1 was the Linden Home, which bought for $14.5 million in September, the property of the late Indianapolis businesswoman and philanthropist Christel DeHaan. It was the highest-selling residential property in Indiana’s historical past.

Sitting on greater than 150 acres that had been beforehand the grounds of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Maur, DeHaan’s 41,762 sq. foot, 7-bedroom property was put in the marketplace in January and listed on Encore Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty.

The luxurious mansion at 4501 N. Michigan Street has 10 full baths and 7 half baths, in addition to a spa, outside and indoor swimming pools, jet tub, steam room, tennis court docket, billiards room and a 5-plus automobile storage. Options embody cathedral ceilings, a connoisseur kitchen, a catering kitchen and a butler’s pantry. 

Surrounding the property is a 35-acre lake, in addition to outside terraces and courtyards.

“Nowhere else within the metropolis will you discover an property with such a dedication to design and aesthetics,” an Instagram submit from Encore Sotheby’s stated of the mansion owned by DeHaan, who died in June 2020. “Every part of the house, surrounding terraces, formal gardens and plush panorama are beautiful.”

No. 2: Sprawling $9 million Carmel property

Inbuilt 1930, this sprawling 7,100-square-foot dwelling on Hussey Lane in Carmel has 5 bedrooms, 10 baths and sits on 15 acres. It bought for $9 million in June.

Whereas not a lot public info is out there on the house, its neighbor, simply 72 yards away, bought final week for $2.9 million.

The 5,364-square-foot dwelling was described in its itemizing as “a personal property inbuilt 2016 that’s tucked away on two acres within the coronary heart of Carmel.” For a 3rd of the value of Indy’s second most costly dwelling bought in 2022, this mansion contains a two-story nice room with a limestone hearth and hand-hewn barn beams.

There are three completely different walk-out porch areas together with one screened in with a hearth and one other with a sensible pergola that oversees a gunite pool engulfed by mature timber. The basement is completed with a bed room, lavatory, exercise room and golf simulator/theatre.

No. 3: Indy’s $4.1 million vacation vendor

This dwelling in Crows Nest, positioned in Washington Township about seven miles northwest of Indianapolis bought for $4.1 million in mid-December, barely making the reduce off for 2022’s most costly abodes.

Situated on Sundown Lane south of Kessler Boulevard, the property has 4 bedrooms, almost 10,000 sq. ft and sits on 2.25 acres. Inside the house are luxurious options corresponding to marble flooring and winding staircases.

The city of Crows Nest is a 65-acre historic district based in 1927 and listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations in 2000. It’s described as an “unique residential enclave of Indianapolis.” Properties had been developed starting in 1905 and embody Tudor revival, colonial revival, Renaissance revival and artwork deco fashion structure. 

No. 4. Inbuilt 2022, bought in 2022

The one “new construct” on the highest 5 record of most costly houses bought in 2022, is that this $3.78 million dwelling bought in Carmel. Situated within the Bridgewater neighborhood, the mansion has 6 bedrooms and 9 baths and a part of The Bridgewater Membership golf neighborhood.

The house’s environment are described as a “resort residing neighborhood on Pete Dye golf programs with award-winning golf observe services and a 70,000 sq. foot clubhouse. The clubhouse options grownup and household eating, indoor and outside swimming swimming pools, a 15,000-square-foot health middle, six tennis courts, six pickleball courts, therapeutic massage and steam rooms, little one care and extra.”

No. 5: Posh home on Zionsville golf course

This six-bedroom, seven-bath dwelling in Zionsville bought for $3.53 million in 2022 and comes with loads of perks beside the precise home.

Inbuilt 2020, the property is positioned in Holliday Farms, a golf neighborhood which describes itself as that includes “an unimaginable rolling and pure terrain. Our roads observe these pure contours with homes located to protect timber, improve views of woods, creeks, ridges and extra.”

Many houses in Holliday Farms overlook golf course surroundings and each lot features a sport and social membership – entry to health, eating, swimming, the nine-hole government course, tennis courts and extra. 

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