West Dayton’s housing story keeps getting written one closing at a time, and the Northwest side is adding pages quickly. At 4004 Larkspur Drive, an updated four-bedroom in Wesleyan Hill went under contract in eight days and closed above its list price, landing second among the neighborhood’s 15 sales over the past year.
A Four-Bedroom Sale That Moved in Eight Days
The updated two-story at 4004 Larkspur Drive in Dayton’s Wesleyan Hill neighborhood closed on October 30, 2026 for $126,000. That is $1,100 above its $124,900 list price, or 0.9% over asking, and the home needed only 8 days on the market to get there.
Those three facts tell most of the story. A home that sells above its list price tells you the pricing was calibrated to what buyers were ready to pay. A home that does it in a little over a week tells you the demand was already waiting. In a neighborhood where the typical sale over the past twelve months took 34 days to come together, Larkspur Drive moved at roughly one quarter of that pace.
The house itself is a four-bedroom, one-bath home with 1,304 square feet, built in 1952. At $126,000, the sale works out to $97 per square foot. That sits well above the neighborhood’s median of $77 per square foot, and it puts the sale at 2 of 15 among Wesleyan Hill’s closed sales over the last twelve months.
This is part of West Dayton’s momentum on the Northwest side, where Wesleyan Hill sits within the city’s Northwest priority board area. It is not a headline-grabbing number in the way a new-construction sale can be. It is the kind of sale that does steadier work: it shows that a well-updated, practically laid out older home can command a price meaningfully above the neighborhood’s middle, and find its buyer almost immediately.
What the Buyer Got Inside 4004 Larkspur Drive
The listing describes a two-story home with a layout that splits its four bedrooms evenly: two bedrooms on the main floor and two more upstairs. That arrangement is the feature that gives the house its range. A main-floor bedroom can serve as a guest room, a home office or a first-floor sleeping space, while the upstairs pair keeps a separate zone for the rest of the household.
The updates concentrate on the parts of a house that buyers tend to scrutinize first. The kitchen has a new granite countertop and new appliances. The first-floor bathroom has been completely redone and includes a tile shower. A first-floor laundry room keeps the washing and drying off the stairs, which is a small convenience that matters daily.
The envelope of the house has been addressed too. The listing notes several new windows and a brand-new patio door that opens to the backyard. Mechanically, there is a new air conditioning unit, and the furnace was recently serviced. For an owner moving into a home built in 1952, a new cooling system and a freshly serviced furnace take two of the biggest question marks off the first-year list.
Put those pieces together and the listing’s pitch is plain: a home that is ready to occupy, with the kitchen and the main bathroom already done, and enough bedrooms to be flexible. The single full bathroom is the one spec a buyer weighs against that. The market’s answer, a closing above asking in eight days, suggests that buyers saw the whole package and judged it favorably.
A Backyard With Mature Trees and Room to Park
Outdoor space did a lot of work in this listing. The home has a driveway for off-street parking and a fenced-in backyard with mature trees. The new patio door connects the kitchen side of the house to that yard, so the fenced space is part of daily use rather than something seen only through a window.
A fence matters to a wide range of owners. It gives pets a defined run and lets small children play within sight of a back door. It also gives anyone who simply wants a quiet corner to sit in a boundary to work with. Mature trees add shade over the summer, which pairs naturally with a house that just received a new air conditioning unit.
The driveway is the other practical piece. Off-street parking is easy to overlook when it is present and expensive to live without when it is not. On an established residential street like Larkspur Drive, having a dedicated place to park a car is part of what makes a 1,304-square-foot home function like a larger one.
None of these features is exotic, and that is the point. The value in this sale came from a set of ordinary things done well: four bedrooms, a kitchen and bath that were updated, a yard that is fenced, parking that is off the street, and a price set where buyers were willing to meet it.
How $126,000 Compares With the Wesleyan Hill Median
Over the past twelve months, Wesleyan Hill recorded 15 sales with a median sale price of $80,000. At $126,000, this sale came in 57% above that median, a gap of $46,000. Only one sale in that stretch ranked higher, and the neighborhood’s highest closing over the period was $152,000.
The per-square-foot picture is just as clear. The neighborhood median is $77 per square foot. This home closed at $97, about 26% higher. That matters because price per square foot strips out some of the effect of size. Even after accounting for the fact that this house is larger than many nearby, buyers still paid more for each square foot than the neighborhood’s typical sale did, and the premium traces to condition and layout.
Speed completes the comparison. The median home in Wesleyan Hill took 34 days to sell over the last twelve months. This one needed 8, which is 26 days faster than the median. When a home is both priced above the middle of the market and sold well ahead of the usual timeline, the result is a clean signal that the pricing sat in the right place for the product.
Sitting second among 15 sales is a strong place to be. It means that in a year of closings across the neighborhood, only one transaction beat the number set at Larkspur Drive. That is a good position for a four-bedroom, one-bath home with a 1952 build date, and it speaks to how much buyers value updated systems and finishes when the price is set well.
The Closest Comparable Sales
Recent nearby closings give the number more context. The most direct comparison is on the same street. On August 10, 2026, another four-bedroom home on Larkspur Drive sold for $100,000. It had 1,109 square feet, about 195 fewer than the home that just sold. The newer sale came in $26,000 higher, roughly 26% more, for a house about 18% larger and with the updates described in the listing.
The other close reference is on Necco Avenue. A three-bedroom, 936-square-foot home there sold for $125,000 on June 24, 2026, within $1,000 of this sale price. The Larkspur Drive home has 368 more square feet and an extra bedroom for essentially the same money. A second Necco Avenue sale of the same size closed at $99,500 on July 8, which shows how much room there still is for pricing to move within the same small-home category.
Two other sales give a sense of the neighborhood’s range this fall. A three-bedroom, 1,120-square-foot home on Wesleyan Road closed for $80,000 on September 4, 2026, which lines up with the neighborhood median. A larger three-bedroom of 1,385 square feet on Lori Sue Avenue sold for $60,000 on September 30, 2026. Those closings show how much buyers are paying for updates, because size alone did not set the price.
Read together, the comparables show a market that is sorting homes by condition and layout. The same-street four-bedroom set a floor at $100,000, the Necco Avenue home reached $125,000 at a much smaller size, and this sale at $126,000 now gives appraisers and agents a four-bedroom, 1,304-square-foot reference that is updated throughout the main living areas.
Eight Days on the Market and What It Signals
The listing price of $124,900 was set just under the $125,000 mark, a number that nearby sales show buyers had already been willing to pay for smaller homes. That is a sensible placement. It put the listing in front of buyers who were looking at the high end of Wesleyan Hill’s range, and it gave them a larger four-bedroom with new finishes at a price they had already seen in the neighborhood.
The result was a sale that closed at $126,000, $1,100 over asking, after just 8 days. Homes that sell in that window usually have drawn more than one interested buyer or at least a buyer who recognized the value quickly and acted. Either way, the outcome means the seller did not have to wait, cut the price or negotiate down.
A fast closing above list also protects the quality of the comparable data. When a home lingers and takes reductions, the final number understates what the property was worth to the first buyers who saw it. When a home sells quickly and over asking, the number on the record reflects real demand. The next appraiser looking at a four-bedroom in Wesleyan Hill will find a data point built on competition, not concession.
For sellers thinking about the neighborhood, the lesson is practical. In a twelve-month stretch with 15 sales and a median near $80,000, the home that rose to $126,000 was the one with a modernized kitchen, a redone first-floor bath, new windows and a new cooling system. Preparation showed up in the price, and it showed up in the calendar.
What the Sale Means for Wesleyan Hill and West Dayton
West Dayton’s recovery is often described in terms of big projects, but most of it is made of transactions like this one. A well-kept 1952 home is updated, listed at a fair number, and bought within days by someone ready to move in. Each of those closings adds a data point that lifts the confidence of lenders, appraisers, sellers and the next set of buyers.
For Wesleyan Hill specifically, this sale widens the visible range. With a neighborhood median of $80,000 and a highest sale of $152,000 over the past year, a closing at $126,000 sits in the upper tier and shows that buyers will pay well above the middle for a home that needs little work. It also gives owners who have been thinking about kitchen, bath or window projects a concrete example of how the market has rewarded that kind of investment nearby.
The sale also underscores the appeal of the housing type. A four-bedroom home at about $97 per square foot gives buyers room that is hard to find at that price in many other parts of the region. For a household that needs bedrooms, a yard and a driveway, Wesleyan Hill offers those things at a cost that remains well below the figures common in newer developments.
One closing does not rewrite a neighborhood. But a second-place finish among 15 sales, eight days on the market and a price above asking add up to the kind of result that supports the trend line. As more homes here are updated and sold at numbers like this one, the baseline for the neighborhood moves up with them.
Recognizing the Professionals Behind the Outcome
Listing agent Karen Mcrill of Streetlight Realty LLC brought the home to market, and Leah McGuffin of RE/MAX Preferred Group represented the buyer. Results like this come from careful pricing, strong presentation and steady work through closing, and both sides of the deal deserve recognition.
Listing data courtesy of Dayton REALTORS® MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
More Common Questions About Wesleyan Hill
Here are some practical questions about this sale and the Wesleyan Hill housing market, answered with the numbers from the past twelve months.
How much did 4004 Larkspur Drive sell for?
The home sold for $126,000 on October 30, 2026. It was listed at $124,900, so it closed $1,100 above asking, or 0.9% over the list price, after 8 days on the market.
What does the home offer?
It is a two-story, four-bedroom, one-bath home with 1,304 square feet, built in 1952. Two bedrooms are on the main floor and two are upstairs. The listing notes a new granite countertop and new appliances in the kitchen, a completely updated first-floor bathroom with a tile shower, a first-floor laundry room, several new windows, a new patio door, a new air conditioning unit and a recently serviced furnace. Outside are a driveway and a fenced backyard with mature trees.
How does the sale compare with the typical Wesleyan Hill home?
Over the past twelve months Wesleyan Hill had 15 sales with a median price of $80,000 and a median of $77 per square foot. This sale at $126,000 and $97 per square foot came in 57% above the median price and ranks 2 of 15. The neighborhood’s highest sale in that period was $152,000.
How long do homes usually take to sell in Wesleyan Hill?
The median time on market over the past twelve months was 34 days. This home sold in 8 days, which is 26 days faster than the median.
What have similar homes nearby sold for recently?
Another four-bedroom on Larkspur Drive, with 1,109 square feet, sold for $100,000 on August 10, 2026. A three-bedroom, 936-square-foot home on Necco Avenue sold for $125,000 on June 24, 2026, and a three-bedroom of 1,120 square feet on Wesleyan Road sold for $80,000 on September 4, 2026.
Is this price typical for the neighborhood?
It is well above the typical sale. At $126,000 it sits about $46,000 over the $80,000 median, which reflects the updates to the kitchen, bath, windows and cooling system as well as the four-bedroom layout.
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