KEY TAKEAWAYS: A newly built Tchefuncta Club Estates home led the week’s sales at $3.21 million. An 1870s Uptown New Orleans home ranked second, selling for $2.45 million. An eight-bedroom Old Metairie residence sold for $2.3 million, ranking third. For the second consecutive week, all three top Greater New Orleans home sales exceeded $2 million. Commission: August 2-29 [see the SlideDeck] A newly completed custom home in Covington’s Tchefuncta Club Estates led this week’s Commission Accomplished, closing for more than $3 million. The residence at 54 Thunderbird Drive sold Aug. 25 for $3.21 million, making it the highest-priced sale in the Greater New Orleans area for the week of Aug. 23-29. The second-highest sale was 936 Arabella Street, an 1870s renovated Eastlake Victorian style home in Uptown New Orleans, which sold Aug. 28 for $2.45 million. Placing third was an Old Metairie luxury residence at 236 Glenwood Drive, a 1995 home that sold for $2.3 million. For the second week in a row, all three of the top homes sold for over $2 million. 54 Thunderbird Drive was built by Northshore-based Scott Custom Homes and features five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and 6,000 square feet of living space. The listing agents were Martin Buras of NOLA Realty and Joy Scott of NOLA Living Realty. The sales agent was Puddy Robinson of Crescent Sotheby’s International Realty. “The home was so meticulously built, turnkey ready, appreciated by my clients, and in a neighborhood that they love,” Robinson said. All five bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms. The primary suite features wood-beam ceilings, heated floors, a safe room, infrared sauna, and custom closets. The main living area includes wood ceilings, Venetian plaster and cast stone finishes, a climate-controlled wine room, and a linear fireplace. The kitchen features white oak cabinetry, high-end appliances, an oversized pantry with custom cabinets, and a Miele coffee station. Additional features include a private study with cathedral ceilings and built-ins, a Control4 home automation system, oversized secondary spaces, parking for up to five cars, EV charging capability, and a 48-kilowatt whole-house Kohler generator. Outdoor amenities include a covered living area, outdoor kitchen, pool, cabana, full landscaping, and subsurface drainage. 936 Arabella St. was built in 1870, but the home was recently renovated to the studs with the transformations including custom woodwork, 12-foot ceilings on both levels, refinished heart-of-pine floors, arched hallways, stained-glass windows, cypress pocket doors, and exposed brick fireplaces. The Eastlake Victorian style home features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and 4,500 square feet of living space. Located near Magazine Street and a few blocks from Audubon Park, the home blends 19th-century architecture with updated interiors. The kitchen includes Thermador appliances, a 36-inch gas range, 36-inch built-in refrigerator and freezer columns, floor-to-ceiling custom cabinetry, a marble waterfall island, marble slab backsplash, and brass fixtures. The home also includes a wet bar, butler’s pantry, private bedroom suites, an expansive primary suite with two walk-in closets, and a spa-inspired bathroom. Outside, the property includes gated off-street parking for two vehicles and a detached one-car garage that could provide storage or future conversion space. The listing agent was Terrance Davis of Davis Team, Keller Williams Realty New Orleans. The sales agent was Jennifer Lemoine of McCarthy Group Realtors. 236 Glenwood Drive features 15,000 square feet of property across two-and-a-half lots, and the 1995 residence has eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and 8,649 square feet of living space. The property includes the main residence, an attached but self-contained three-bedroom guest and pool house, and a four-car climate-controlled garage with a workshop. Outdoor features include a 75-foot saltwater lap pool with a waterfall, Cabo-style tanning ledge, and hot tub, along with landscaped grounds, covered porches, patios, and an upper balcony. Inside, the main home includes 20-foot ceilings in the family room, a white-washed brick fireplace, and a first-floor primary wing with a marble bathroom, soaking tub, large walk-in shower, his-and-her closets, and a flexible dressing room or nursery. The second floor includes two separate bedroom wings. One wing has two bedrooms with private en-suite bathrooms, while the other has two bedrooms connected by a jack-and-jill bathroom and a playroom with closet storage. The guest and pool house includes a full kitchen, sitting room, fitness room, den, pool table area, wet bar, three bedrooms, four full bathrooms, a walk-in cigar humidor, and a wine room. The listing agents were Julie Varisco and Karen Prieur of Prieur Properties, LLC. The sales agent was Danielle Korndorffer of NOLA Living Realty. All high priced home sales in the past week: Address: 54 Thunderbird Drive, Covington, 70433 Sales price: $3.21 million List price: $3,449,000 Date sold: Aug. 25 Days on Market: 267 Listing agents: Martin Buras, NOLA Realty and Joy Scott, NOLA Living Realty Sales agent: Puddy Robinson, Crescent Sotheby’s International Realty Address: 936 Arabella St., New Orleans, 70115 Sales price: $2.45 million List price: $2,495,000 Date sold: Aug. 28 Days on Market: 7 Listing agent: Terrance Davis, Davis Team, Keller Williams Realty New Orleans Sales agent: Jennifer Lemoine, McCarthy Group Realtors Address: 236 Glenwood Dr., Metairie, 70005 Sales price: $2.3 million List price: $2,495,000 Date sold: Aug. 25 Days on Market: 35 Listing agents: Julie Varisco and Karen Prieur, Prieur Properties, LLC Sales agent: Danielle Korndorffer, NOLA Living Realty Information provided by Kelleye Rhein  Stephan Mock of Reve Realtors. ...read more read less