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Top 15 Reno home sales of 2017

If you had the dough in 2017, Reno had some mighty fine digs.

The most expensive home sold in the city this past year, an 8,600-square-foot number on Bordeaux Drive, fetched $3.4 million. To make this list of the 15 priciest pads took a sale of nearly $2 million.

No. 2 on the list was perhaps the year's most high-profile sale: the art-filled architecturally-distinctive home sold by gallery owners Turkey and Peter Stremmel. The home, with its earthen yellow and red exterior, has long been a landmark in the West Reno foothills.

 

Juniper Hill Road featured three homes among the year's 15 most expensive sales, including this residence at No. 655. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

A Juniper Hill Road property commanded the top price per square foot -- nearly $518 -- though that figure reflected a high purchase price (because of acreage) combined with a relatively smaller residence.

Five of the top 15 sales were in Montreux Golf & Country Club, four lay in the posh precincts south of Windy Hill, three were on Juniper Hill Road in West Reno, and one home each was in Verdi, Arrowcreek, and the North Valleys.

Dian VanderWell, a Realtor with Stefani & Associates, gathered information for this story from public property records and from the Northern Nevada Regional MLS.

Square foot figures do not include unfinished space, garages or guest houses. Indicated sales are as of record through Dec. 15.

 

20282 Bordeaux Drive sold for $3.4 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

1. 20282 Bordeaux Drive sold for $3.4 million. 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 8590 square feet.

 

339 Anitra Drive sold for $3.25 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

2. 339 Anitra Drive sold for $3.25 million. 4 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 6515 square feet.

 

155 Juniper Hill Road sold for $2.65 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

3 tie. 155 Juniper Hill Road sold for $2.65 million. 3 bedrooms, 6 full baths, 5119 square feet.

 

20 Lurie Lane sold for $2.65 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

3 tie. 20 Lurie Lane sold for $2.65 million. 5 bedrooms, 6 full baths, 7155 square feet.

 

905 Juniper Hill Road sold for $2.5 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

5. 905 Juniper Hill Road sold for $2.5 million. 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 3290 square feet

 

5915 Lausanne Drive sold for $2.45 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

6. 5915 Lausanne Drive sold for $2.45 million. 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 5089 square feet.

 

5820 Lausanne Drive sold for $2.42 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

7. 5820 Lausanne Drive sold for $2.42 million. 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 6618 square feet.

8. 655 Juniper Hill Road sold for for $2.375 million. 6 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 6715 square feet.

 

8395 Panorama Drive sold for $2.33 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

9. 8395 Panorama Drive sold for $2.33 million. 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 6635 square feet.

 

14700 Sto Lat Lane sold for $2.3 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

10. 14700 Sto Lat Lane sold for $2.3 million. 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 4815 square feet.

 

20162 Bordeaux Drive sold for $2.295 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

11. 20162 Bordeaux Drive sold for $2.295 million. 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 6346 square feet.

 

885 Hill Lane sold for $2.25 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

12. 885 Hill Lane sold for $2.25 million. 4 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 6640 square feet.

 

6070 Lake Geneva Drive sold for $2.125 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

13. 6070 Lake Geneva Drive sold for $2.125 million. 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 7193 square feet.

 

11155 Boulder Glen Way sold for $1.998 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

14. 11155 Boulder Glen Way sold for for $1.998 million. 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 6006 square feet.

 

10047 Trailside Court sold for $1.95 million. (Photo: Provided to RGJ Media)

15. 10047 Trailside Court sold for $1.95 million. 6 bedrooms, 5 full baths, 8743 square feet.