South Charlotte estate sells for $3.8M, marking Meck County's priciest home sale in February

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An estate in south Charlotte topped the residential real estate charts for February as the most expensive home sale in Mecklenburg County.

That French Country-style home in Charlotte’s Greenwood neighborhood sold for $3.8 million late last month. At nearly 6,000 square feet, the residence sits on a five-acre wooded lot and has features that include craftsman touches such as hand-painted fresco walls, wood floors and a stone bistro wine cellar as well as a sun terrace, gardens, a swimming pool and a carriage house for guests.

Check out photos and additional details of this and other luxury homes that sold across the county last month here.

The home has five bedrooms and five full, two half-bathrooms. Built in 1968, it last sold for just shy of $2.1 million in 2005, according to county real estate records.

The property had been originally listed in the summer of 2017 for $4.25 million, according to Realtor.com.