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Selling Your Home in Barcroft
Your home prepared, staged and marketed to win, with the prep work covered at no additional cost.
Selling Your Home in Barcroft, and What You Get
Selling your home in Barcroft means selling a house with a past. According to the Barcroft School and Civic League, the central part of the neighborhood has homes built from the 1880s to the 1980s. Each one has its own quirks, and buyers will judge yours on how well it has been cared for and how ready it is to move into.
When you sell with us, The White Glove Home Sale Method™ gets your house ready at no additional cost to you. It covers painting, handyman repairs, caulking, staging, deep cleaning, carpet and window cleaning, power washing, landscaping, removal of unwanted items or furniture, and taking donations to the charity of your choice. Then we launch it with professional photography, a 3D tour, floor plans, paid social media advertising and open houses.
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Why Barcroft Sellers Choose The Mike Webb Team
The Mike Webb Team is Mike and Claudia Webb, with RE/MAX Allegiance. In more than 34 years we have helped more than 2,500 families buy and sell homes. About three out of four of our sales are in Arlington, and over the 12 months from October 2025 through September 2026 we listed 11 homes in ZIP code 22204, which includes Barcroft.
Over the 12 months that ended in September 2026, 11 of our 24 listings were on the market 10 days or fewer. Every house and every market is different, and we never promise a result, but preparation and the right price give your home its best start.
Claudia runs the preparation, the crews, the timeline and the marketing. When the offers come in, Mike and Claudia negotiate for you together.
Joy Duncan put it this way: “They really know the NoVA area market and South Arlington particularly well.”
Our Home Selling Process in Barcroft, What to Expect
Barcroft houses range from farmhouses to new construction, so the plan always starts with your house. Here is how we work through it:
- Assess: we walk through the house and the lot with you and compare them with homes that actually sold in 22204.
- Prepare: keep, fix, improve or skip. An older Barcroft house may need paint, caulking and yard work, and a big lot often shows best with fresh landscaping.
- Position: we show you how your home stacks up against what buyers will tour that weekend and recommend a price. The decision is always yours.
- Launch: professional photography, a 3D tour, floor plans, paid social media advertising and open houses.
- Negotiate and Move: we go through every offer with you and stay with you through closing.
If your home needs bigger updates, our Concierge Services™ can help eligible sellers complete approved renovations, such as flooring, a kitchen, a bathroom or a new roof, with no upfront cost, interest or fees, and payment at closing.
Barcroft: Local Context for Sellers
Many Barcroft homes were built by one family. Starting in 1918, builder Walter O'Hara and his son Robert built several hundred homes here in a variety of styles. The civic league also notes at least one Sears home and one Lustron enameled steel home in the neighborhood. If your house has a story like that, it belongs in the listing, and we tell it.
Buyers notice the setting. The Barcroft Community House, a 1908 one-room schoolhouse on the National Register of Historic Places, sits at the center of the neighborhood. Arlington Hall West Park, about 7 acres at 290 South Taylor Street, is inside Barcroft, and the Four Mile Run Trail runs along the neighborhood and connects to the W&OD Trail. Route 50, George Mason Drive and Columbia Pike all border Barcroft. It is served by Barcroft Elementary School and Kenmore Middle School, and we point buyers to the current Arlington Public Schools boundary map.
Depending on the house, your buyer is usually a first-time buyer or a move-up buyer, and we market your home to the buyer it fits.
The market has slowed from the spring. In ZIP code 22204, which includes Barcroft, homes that sold from July through September 2026 took an average of 54 days to sell and received about 97.2% of their original list price, according to Bright MLS. Arlington County had about 3.9 months of supply in September 2026, up from 3.0 a year earlier. Detached houses face less new competition than condos and townhouses: in September 2026, NVAR reported condo and townhouse listings across its Northern Virginia region up 49.7% from a year earlier, while detached listings rose only 5.7%.
Read more about the neighborhood on our Barcroft page.
Ready to Sell Your Barcroft Home?
Whether you plan to move this year or a few years from now, call us. We will walk through the house with you and tell you what it is likely worth today and what is and is not worth fixing.
Start with a free Barcroft home value, contact The Mike Webb Team, or call or text 703-350-3884.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to sell a home in Barcroft?
It depends on the house, the price and the preparation. In ZIP code 22204, which includes Barcroft, homes that sold from July through September 2026 took an average of 54 days to sell, according to Bright MLS.
My Barcroft house is older. Do I need to renovate before I sell?
Usually not. We decide together what to keep, fix, improve or skip. The White Glove Home Sale Method™ covers painting, repairs, staging, cleaning and more at no additional cost, and our Concierge Services can help with bigger updates, paid at closing.
My house was built by the O'Haras. Does that matter to buyers?
It can. A home's story helps it stand out from the other houses for sale, so we include it in your listing when we can confirm it.
What is my Barcroft home worth?
We come to your home, compare it with recent sales in 22204 and tell you what it would likely sell for today. It is free, with no obligation.
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What selling your home looks like in Barcroft
Colonials on big lots, craftsman homes and farmhouses along Four Mile Run, around a 1908 community house, with Arlington Hall West Park inside the neighborhood.
Subdivided under the Barcroft name in 1903 and named for Dr. John Woolverton Barcroft, with the historic Barcroft Community House at its center.
- The homes
- Colonials on big lots, Cape Cods, craftsman-style houses, farmhouses, and some apartments.
- Why people choose it
- Often a first home or a move-up home.
- Schools people ask about
- Barcroft Elementary School, Kenmore Middle School.
- Getting around
- Tree-lined streets. The Four Mile Run Trail runs along the neighborhood and connects to the W&OD Trail.
- Nearby
- Arlington Hall West Park, about 7 acres at 290 South Taylor Street, inside the neighborhood. The Barcroft Community House, on the National Register of Historic Places and believed to be the only remaining one-room wooden schoolhouse in Arlington.
- The trade-off
- Choosing it over its neighbors usually comes down to buyer preference more than a trade-off.
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