Belle Haven, VA Homes For Sale
So here’s the part where you browse those amazing grand waterfront homes for sale overlooking the Potomac River. This is the affluent community of Belle Haven. It’s also where you’ll find Virginia’s country club set. Ready for genteel living in a palatial mansion with endless manicured lawns surrounded by leafy trees that sway gently in the soothing river breeze?
Some people say Belle Haven is located in Fairfax County while others say it’s part of Alexandra. Actually, both answers are right Does it really matter when you’re camped out in an eight-bedroom Colonial and deciding whether to go golfing or sailing on your day off?
Belle Haven, VA dates all the way back to early Scottish settlers, and later the tobacco barons who enjoyed building their plantations overlooking the Potomac. But in 1924, a seminal event occurred that would change life in this quiet community forever. The Belle Haven Country Club was built, ushering in a never-ending tradition of family fun and crisp white slacks. Here, kids can play competitive tennis while their parents golf and their grandparents snooze in comfy overstuffed chairs in the clubhouse.
And if you’d rather go boating instead, don’t despair—the Mount Vernon Yacht Club is right next door in the aptly named Yacht Haven neighborhood. There’s nice homes for sale there too, by the way. Belle Haven's neighbors include Huntington,the mid-century modern Hollin Hills community, New Alexandria and Fort Hunt. To start searching Belle Haven, VA homes for sale, take a closer look at the featured MLS listings below:
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More About the Belle Haven Real Estate Market
Are some readers getting the sneaking suspicion that they could be out-priced here? Not to worry—there are some highly affordable condos for sale in this neighborhood. This is actually very true. Apartment-style condos toward the western border start out in the low six figures, climbing all the way to the high six figures for luxury townhomes closer to the water.
But it’s the single-family homes for sale that get the most attention. And while they tend to be very large and gracious, the prices aren’t as staggering as you might expect. You can actually get a lot of house for a million dollars in Belle Haven. There’s even some nice brick ranch-style homes listing in the mid-six figure range.
There’s not a lot of local retail or restaurants within the neighborhood boundaries but not to worry—if you don’t feel like cooking in your oversized chef’s kitchen, just stop by the County Club Clubhouse and they’ll fix you up a nice plate of surf ‘n turf to take out on the terrace. You do plan on joining the Club, don’t you? To learn more about homes for sale in this affluent community, call District Partners at Compass, (202) 798-3600.