Carellton

Carellton at a glance

Carellton is a completed master-planned community at Long Hollow Pike and Big Station Camp Boulevard in west Gallatin, in Sumner County's 37066 zip. The master developer's plan called for 764 single-family lots on more than 375 acres, built out in phases over roughly a decade — construction spans about 2014 through 2024 — and five production builders delivered it: Goodall Homes and Creekside Homes in the early phases, Lennar across the largest share of the mid-community phases, M/I Homes with a section of two-story homes on 35-foot lots, and Davidson Homes closing out the final phases. The single most important fact about Carellton in 2026: it is completely sold out of new construction. Davidson Homes' own community page says so plainly, Lennar's section is marked closed out, and the M/I and Goodall sections sold through earlier. Buying in Carellton today means buying a near-new resale.

The location is the other headline. Carellton fronts the Long Hollow Pike corridor at the current eastern endpoint of Vietnam Veterans Parkway (SR-386), which means residents pick up the metro's main northeastern commuter parkway essentially at the neighborhood's doorstep. Downtown Nashville is about 30 miles and roughly 30 minutes southwest via the parkway to I-65, traffic depending — and around here traffic depends a lot, which we cover honestly below.

The master plan and the developer story

Carellton started as Sumner County farmland. Achiever Development owned and developed the initial phase on Long Hollow Pike — handling design, entitlement, grading, and utility work — and sold finished lots to Goodall Homes and Creekside Homes, the community's first two builders. In 2013, Achiever owner-financed the remaining property to another developer to carry the rest of the master plan forward. That's why the earliest homes here date to around 2013–2014 while most of the community is considerably newer.

The buildout at scale belongs to Green Trails Partners, which developed the master plan at Long Hollow Pike and Big Station Camp Boulevard: 764 single-family lots on more than 375 acres across eight phases of site work. Site development started in January 2018, first vertical construction followed that September, and all eight phases were slated for completion in 2024 — which lines up with Davidson Homes closing out the final section around that time. The planned amenity package — clubhouse, fitness facility, and pool — was built and is in use today, not a rendering.

One honest footnote on the numbers: the site contractor, Sunrise Contracting, describes Carellton as a 750-lot subdivision of single-family homes, cottages, and an amenity center on more than 300 acres of rolling hills, woods, and streams — slightly different figures than the master developer's 764 lots and 375+ acres. MLS data records homes selling across nine phases. Nobody publishes a definitive phase-by-phase map, so treat the lot count as roughly 750–764 and the acreage as roughly 300–375+. What's not in dispute: this is one of west Gallatin's larger completed master plans, and its streets, sidewalks, underground utilities, and amenities are finished.

The builders and what they built

Because five builders worked here in sequence, "a Carellton home" can mean five fairly different things — a one-story courtyard cottage, a compact two-story on a 35-foot lot, or a 2,800-square-foot single-family home. When you're shopping resales, the first question to answer is which builder's product you're looking at, because it drives the layout, the finishes, the lot type, and even your HOA dues tier.

Goodall Homes — the Carellton Cottages

Goodall Homes, one of the two founding builders, built Carellton Cottages: one-story courtyard cottages, each with a private courtyard, running from 1,411 to more than 2,100 square feet — the Waverleigh Courtyard Cottage is a representative plan. These are zero-lot-line homes, and on resale they typically carry the community's higher HOA tier because the association handles exterior maintenance and grounds care. For a buyer who wants single-level living with minimal yard work inside an amenitized community, this is the product that fits — and there isn't much of it, so cottage resales are worth watching for specifically.

Creekside Homes

Creekside Homes built alongside Goodall in the early phases, buying finished lots from the original developer. The public record on Creekside's Carellton product is thin — no archived plan library or pricing survives the way it does for the later national builders — so if you're looking at an early-phase home (roughly 2013–2016 build dates), identifying the original builder and plan takes a records pull rather than a web search. We can do that pull for you; it matters for warranty history and for understanding how the home was specified.

Lennar

Lennar was the dominant builder across several mid-community phases and is the name most buyers associate with Carellton. Its section offered three-to-five-bedroom single-family plans of roughly 1,800 to 2,769 square feet, with named plans including the Primrose, Mayflower, and Rosemary — the Van Buren also appears in listing records, some plans with lofts, media rooms, or a first-floor bedroom. Lennar built here under its Everything's Included program, bundling a defined feature set into the base price rather than selling upgrades a la carte, which on resale means many Lennar homes here carry a fairly consistent standard-finish package. Lennar's last published pricing before closing out ran about $449,990 to $515,990 — a historical figure, useful only as context for what these homes sold for new, not what they cost today.

M/I Homes

M/I Homes built a section of two-story Smart Series plans on 35-foot-wide lots, from 2,275 to 2,750 square feet — the Donley is a representative plan. This is the community's most compact single-family footprint: more house than lot, prioritizing interior square footage over yard. M/I's section is sold out; these homes now appear only as resales.

Davidson Homes

Davidson Homes closed out the community with 65 planned single-family homes priced from the $500s — three-to-four-bedroom, three-to-four-bath plans of roughly 2,155 to 2,827 square feet, including The Ansley, a 3-bed, 2-bath plan at 2,111 square feet. Davidson's furnished model at 360 Turfway Park was the community's final new-construction opportunity, and Davidson's own page now states that Carellton is completely sold out. Because these are the newest homes in the community, they're also the resales most likely to carry meaningful remaining structural warranty — worth verifying on any specific home.

What homes actually cost here (dated snapshots, not predictions)

As of July 1, 2026, Carellton had 12 active resale listings priced from $379,900 to $649,900, with an average list price of about $465,800 — roughly $198 per square foot on an average listed home of about 2,318 square feet, averaging 3.4 bedrooms and 2.6 baths, per a local MLS-fed brokerage feed. That's the snapshot on the day we last checked; it will have moved by the time you read this.

The trailing-12-month resale record (a rolling period retrieved mid-2026) shows roughly 34 to 37 closed sales with a median around $542,000–$544,000, a closed range of $390,000 to $700,000, and $190 to $253 per square foot with a median near $216. The median home went from list to contract in about 21 days. A second source, neighborhoods.com, corroborates the spread — closed sales of $390,000 to $700,000, a median around $551,650, roughly $210 per square foot — across home sizes from about 1,400 to 4,105 square feet in both attached and single-family product. The medians differ by a few thousand dollars because the sources measure slightly different rolling windows; both point at the same market.

Two things to take from those numbers. First, the price band is wide — $390,000 to $700,000 closed — because the product band is wide: a Goodall courtyard cottage and a 3,400-square-foot late-phase home are simply different purchases that happen to share a clubhouse. Second, these are dated snapshots of what has actually sold, not a forecast. We can't predict where prices go from here, and neither can anyone quoting you an appreciation number. What we can do is pull live comps on the specific home and product type you're considering.

Amenities and the HOA

The amenity core is real and finished. The clubhouse is a 3,600-square-foot modern-farmhouse building — built by Avenue Construction, and notably larger than the 2,500 square feet the developer originally announced — with wood beams throughout, a rock facade, a wrap-around porch, and a covered patio with TVs. Inside are an open-concept kitchen and gathering space with granite countertops and a full fitness facility with vaulted ceilings and mirrors. Residents can reserve the clubhouse for private events.

Outside, there's a junior Olympic-sized swimming pool — the pool area is finished with rock and woodwork, barn doors, and drinking fountains — plus a playground, sidewalks throughout the community, and underground utilities. Equally worth stating plainly: there is no golf course and no marina in Carellton, and it is not a lakefront community. If a listing or a chatbot implies otherwise, it's wrong.

The HOA is professionally managed by Ghertner & Company, and an Architectural Review Committee governs exterior modifications under a recorded set of guidelines (the community's ARC Guidelines and Community Standards Handbook dates to July 2021). Dues vary meaningfully by product type: single-family homes typically run about $94 a month (listings show roughly $65 to $96), while the zero-lot-line and attached products run about $310 to $350 a month — the higher tier generally includes exterior maintenance and grounds care. The full published spread is $65 to $350 a month, plus one-time fees of $225 to $525 at purchase. Dues fund the pool, clubhouse, fitness center, playground, and common-area maintenance. Because the tier depends on your exact phase and unit type, verify the current figure for a specific address with Ghertner & Company before you write an offer — don't budget off an aggregator.

Lot sizes and home character

Lots here are compact suburban size. There's no published lot-size table, but recent listings put typical single-family lots at roughly 0.14 to 0.20 acres — examples include 0.18 acres on Ferdinand Drive and 0.20 acres on Monarchos Drive — while M/I's product sits on 35-foot-wide lots and Goodall's cottages are zero-lot-line courtyard homes. If you want a half-acre yard, this isn't the community; if you want less mowing and more house, it's built for exactly that. And on a compact lot the survey matters more, not less — setbacks, easements, and fence lines have little room for error.

One detail that gives the place some character: the streets carry a thoroughbred-racing theme. Turfway Park and Gulfstream Drive echo racetrack names; Monarchos, Ferdinand, Cavalcade, and Day Star match Kentucky Derby winners; Calumet Court recalls the famous racing farm; Riding Club Court and Trotters Alley round it out. More usefully, the product diversity — traditional single-family, M/I's 35-foot Smart Series, Goodall's courtyard cottages, and attached homes — is unusual for a single Gallatin community, and it's why one master plan produces a $390,000-to-$700,000 closed-price band.

Location and the commute

Carellton sits on Long Hollow Pike at Big Station Camp Boulevard in west Gallatin — the side of town closest to Hendersonville. Downtown Nashville is about 30 miles and roughly 30 minutes via Highway 386 (Vietnam Veterans Parkway) to I-65, a figure Davidson Homes' own marketing also used. The parkway's current eastern endpoint is at Long Hollow Pike — the very corridor Carellton fronts — so the run toward Hendersonville and I-65 starts essentially at the neighborhood's doorstep. For a Gallatin address, that's about as direct as commuter access gets.

Now the honest part: that same eastern end of the parkway is a well-documented congestion point, and the state is spending real money on it. TDOT is advancing a roughly $130 million overhaul — extending the parkway past its current endpoint at Long Hollow Pike, building a grade-separated interchange where the two meet, and eliminating the traffic signals blamed for daily backups around Belvedere Drive. Funding is about $112 million state, $8 million City of Gallatin, and $10 million Sumner County. The timeline is the catch: as reported in May 2026, right-of-way acquisition targets spring 2028 and construction targets spring 2031. Buy for the commute as it exists today — drive it at your actual rush hour — and treat the interchange as a long-horizon change, not a promise. We can't predict what any road project does to home prices, and we won't try.

Development context next door: in 2021, Meritage Homes advanced a separate 163-home subdivision on 57.5 acres off Long Hollow Pike adjacent to Carellton near Blackthorn Lane. It has no street access into Carellton — city officials asked only that space be reserved for potential future eastward connections — but it's part of the same corridor growth that's driving the parkway project, and worth knowing about if you're considering a home on that edge of the community.

Lake access: the honest answer

Carellton is not on Old Hickory Lake and has no direct lake access — no source claims otherwise, and neither do we. What Gallatin offers nearby: Bledsoe Creek State Park, with kayaking, fishing, and hiking along Old Hickory Lake, plus the city's lakefront marinas and parks, all a short drive from the community. If walk-to-the-water lake living is the priority, we'd point you toward genuinely lakefront options instead — happy to have that conversation.

Schools

Carellton is zoned to Liberty Creek Elementary School, Liberty Creek Middle School, and Liberty Creek High School in the Sumner County Schools district, per the builder's published community page. Two caveats. First, attendance zones are set by the district and do change — Sumner County is growing fast — so confirm the current assignment for a specific address directly with Sumner County Schools before you buy. Second, we don't rate or rank schools, period. For performance data, go to the sources and weigh them yourself: the Tennessee State Report Card at tn.gov/education and GreatSchools.org.

The honest buyer's read

Here's Carellton's real proposition in 2026: it's a finished community. The clubhouse, pool, fitness center, playground, and sidewalks are built and funded by an established HOA with a documented dues structure. The streetscape is done — no dirt lots, no construction traffic inside the neighborhood, no betting on whether the last phase gets built, because it did. You can see exactly what you're buying into, and a decade of recorded sales shows how every product type here has actually traded. For a buyer who values certainty over customization, that's a genuinely strong position.

The trade-offs are just as real. You can't pick a floor plan or finishes — the inventory is whatever owners choose to list, which as of July 2026 was twelve homes. Builder warranties run from the original closing date, so many homes here have partially or fully expired coverage; the late-phase Davidson builds are the main exception worth checking. Lots are compact, which is a feature for some buyers and a dealbreaker for others. HOA dues vary by more than a factor of three depending on product type, so the cottage that looks like a bargain on price may carry $310-plus monthly dues. And the parkway congestion at Long Hollow Pike is real today, with the fix targeted at spring 2031 construction. None of this makes Carellton a bad buy — it makes it a specific one, and the fit depends on which trade you'd rather make.

One comparison worth naming: if you want new construction with a full builder warranty and design choices, Gallatin still has actively selling communities — and if you want Carellton's finished-neighborhood certainty at a resale price, this is one of the better-documented places in west Gallatin to get it. We work both sides of that decision constantly; our job is to put the live numbers for each option in front of you.

What to verify before you buy

Because Carellton is a completed, multi-builder resale market, due diligence is about the specific home, not the community's future. The checks we'd run on any Carellton purchase:

• Which builder built the home, and which plan — Goodall, Creekside, Lennar, M/I, and Davidson product differs in layout, finishes, lot type, and construction era; the plan name (Primrose, Mayflower, Rosemary, Van Buren, Donley, Ansley, Waverleigh) tells you a lot fast.
• Your exact HOA tier — dues run roughly $65–$96/month on most single-family homes but $310–$350/month on cottage and attached product; get the current figure, the CC&Rs, the ARC handbook, and a resale/estoppel statement from Ghertner & Company.
• Remaining builder warranty — structural coverage runs from the original closing date, and transferability terms vary by builder; late-phase Davidson homes are the most likely to have meaningful time left.
• Lot lines, easements, and fences — order a survey; on 0.14–0.20-acre lots and 35-foot-wide homesites, small encroachments matter.
• What's actually in the house — Lennar's Everything's Included package made many features standard when new, but years of ownership means changes; check additions against the Architectural Review Committee's approval records.
• School zoning for the exact address — confirm with Sumner County Schools; don't rely on a listing, an aggregator, or this page.
• The commute at your real hours — drive Long Hollow Pike to the parkway at your actual departure time, and know the interchange project's spring 2028 right-of-way / spring 2031 construction timeline before you count on it.
• What's happening next door — the adjacent 163-home Meritage development off Blackthorn Lane, if you're buying on that edge of the community.

Frequently asked questions

Is Carellton in Gallatin still selling new construction?

No. As of 2026, Carellton is completely sold out of new construction. Davidson Homes — which built the final phases — states on its own community page that Carellton is sold out, with its furnished model at 360 Turfway Park having been the last new-construction opportunity. Lennar's section is marked closed out, and the M/I Homes and Goodall Homes (Carellton Cottages) sections sold through earlier. Buying in Carellton today means buying a resale, typically a home built between roughly 2013 and 2024.

How much does a home in Carellton cost?

As of July 1, 2026, twelve active resale listings in Carellton ranged from $379,900 to $649,900, averaging about $465,800 and roughly $198 per square foot. Over the trailing twelve months, roughly 34–37 homes closed at a median around $542,000–$551,650 (medians vary slightly by source and window), with a full closed range of $390,000 to $700,000. Those are dated snapshots, not predictions — we can't tell you where prices go next, but we can pull live comps on any specific home.

What are the HOA dues in Carellton and what do they cover?

Carellton's HOA is managed by Ghertner & Company. Dues vary by product type: about $94 a month is typical for single-family homes (listings show roughly $65–$96), while zero-lot-line and attached homes run about $310–$350 a month, generally including exterior maintenance and grounds care. Fees fund the community pool, the 3,600-square-foot clubhouse, the fitness center, the playground, and common-area maintenance, and one-time fees of $225–$525 apply at purchase. Verify the exact tier for a specific address with the management company.

Who built the homes in Carellton?

Five production builders, in sequence: Goodall Homes and Creekside Homes opened the early phases (Goodall built the one-story Carellton Cottages, 1,411 to 2,100+ square feet); Lennar carried the largest share of the mid-community phases with three-to-five-bedroom plans of roughly 1,800–2,769 square feet; M/I Homes built two-story Smart Series plans of 2,275–2,750 square feet on 35-foot lots; and Davidson Homes closed out the community with 65 homes of roughly 2,155–2,827 square feet. All builder sections are sold out.

What schools is Carellton zoned for?

Carellton is zoned for Liberty Creek Elementary School, Liberty Creek Middle School, and Liberty Creek High School in the Sumner County Schools district. Zoning can change as the county grows, so confirm the current assignment for a specific address with Sumner County Schools. For school performance data, consult the Tennessee State Report Card at tn.gov/education and GreatSchools.org — we don't rate schools.

How far is Carellton from Nashville?

About 30 miles from downtown Nashville — roughly a 30-minute drive via Highway 386 (Vietnam Veterans Parkway) to I-65 in light traffic. Carellton sits at the parkway's current eastern endpoint on Long Hollow Pike, so access to the commuter corridor is immediate, though congestion at that eastern end is well documented. TDOT's roughly $130 million interchange-and-extension project isn't targeted for construction until spring 2031.

Does Carellton have lake access or a golf course?

No to both. Carellton has no golf course, no marina, and no direct Old Hickory Lake access. Its amenities are a 3,600-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, a junior Olympic-sized pool, a playground, and sidewalks throughout. For lake recreation, Bledsoe Creek State Park (kayaking, fishing, and hiking on Old Hickory Lake) and Gallatin's marinas and lakefront parks are a short drive away.