Chelsea Manor Homes For Sale In Tempe
Chelsea Manor is a very small neighborhood located just north of Elliot Road between Rural Road and McClintock Drive. This stunning gated community with a perfect location features 29 exquisite homes on genuinely generous lots.
Lot sizes range from about 16,000 to 25,000 square feet — roughly a third of an acre to well over half — which is an unusual amount of land for a city as established as Tempe.
Chelsea Manor Real Estate Market Overview
Chelsea Manor is one of very few gated enclaves in Tempe, a city built out decades ago on a street grid with little room for communities of this kind. Twenty-nine homes on third-acre lots behind a gate is a genuinely scarce proposition here.
Home prices have ranged from $1,300,000 to $1,850,000. Contact The Holm Group for verified current pricing based on recent closed sales.
| Quick Fact | Chelsea Manor |
|---|---|
| Location | North of Elliot Road between Rural Road and McClintock Drive |
| Community Type | Small gated neighborhood of 29 homes |
| Gated | Yes |
| Home Types | Homes with soaring ceilings, large kitchens, private pools and up to three fireplaces |
| Lot Sizes | Approximately 16,000 to 25,000 square feet |
| Real Estate | $1,300,000 to $1,850,000 |
| School District | Kyrene Elementary School District and Tempe Union School District |
| Lifestyle | Corbell Park, an 11-acre neighborhood park, is minutes away |
| Nearby Areas | Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale and downtown Phoenix via I-10, Loop 101 and Loop 202 |
Chelsea Manor at a Glance: Chelsea Manor is a small gated neighborhood of 29 homes north of Elliot Road between Rural Road and McClintock Drive, on lots of roughly 16,000 to 25,000 square feet. Homes feature soaring ceilings, large kitchens and private pools.
Homes in Chelsea Manor
Chelsea Manor offers estate-scale living inside the city.
- A very small neighborhood of just 29 homes
- A stunning gated community
- Just north of Elliot Road between Rural Road and McClintock Drive
- Lot sizes from about 16,000 to 25,000 square feet
- Unique architectural characteristics
- Soaring ceilings and spacious rooms
- Most properties with huge kitchens and private pools
- As many as three fireplaces in some homes
For buyers, Chelsea Manor offers something Tempe barely has: a gate, a big lot, and a quiet street, minutes from everything.
Things to Do Near Chelsea Manor
Corbell Park
Just minutes away from Chelsea Manor:
- One of Tempe’s larger neighborhood parks
- Spanning 11 acres
- Built in honor of Victor Corbell, an Arizona pioneer and prominent Tempe business leader
- Open space within an established city
Getting Around
Chelsea Manor’s excellent Tempe location makes the freeway system easy to use:
- The nearby I-10
- The Loop 101
- The Loop 202
- Reaching Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale and downtown Phoenix without much thought
Tempe Life
You’re inside one of the Valley’s most established cities:
- Arizona State University and its surrounding district
- Tempe Town Lake and Mill Avenue
- Employers along the 101 and 202 corridors
- Sky Harbor International Airport close by
The Setting
A quiet pocket inside a busy city:
- A gated community — rare in Tempe
- Only 29 homes
- Third-acre lots and larger
- Established southern Tempe
Nearby Schools
Children living in Chelsea Manor are in the Kyrene Elementary School District and the Tempe Union High School District, allowing children to attend well known Kyrene de los Niños Elementary School, Kyrene Middle School and Marcos de Niza High School. Because attendance boundaries vary by address and can change over time, buyers with school-age children should always verify the specific current school assignments directly with the district before purchasing a home.
Why Buyers Choose Chelsea Manor
Buyers choose Chelsea Manor because it offers:
- A gated community of only 29 homes
- Lot sizes from about 16,000 to 25,000 square feet
- Soaring ceilings and spacious rooms
- Huge kitchens and private pools
- As many as three fireplaces
- Corbell Park minutes away
- The I-10, Loop 101 and Loop 202 close at hand
- Kyrene and Tempe Union schools
Frequently Asked Questions About Chelsea Manor
1. How unusual is a gated community in Tempe?
Genuinely unusual, and it’s the whole point of this page. Tempe is one of the Valley’s oldest and densest cities — built out decades ago around ASU, on a street grid, with very little of the land that gated development normally requires. A gated enclave of 29 homes here is a different proposition from a gate in North Scottsdale, where they are the norm.
2. What does a 16,000 to 25,000 square foot lot mean in Tempe?
A great deal more than the same lot would mean further out. These lots run from roughly a third of an acre to well over half — in a city where the typical lot is a fraction of that. In Tempe, this is genuine land. In North Scottsdale it would be unremarkable. Context is everything, and this is the context.
3. What privacy do 29 homes actually give you?
The kind that comes from being finite. Twenty-nine homes behind a gate is small enough that every car is known, and there is no through-traffic because there is nowhere to pass through to. Combined with lots this size, the result is a quiet that Tempe’s grid streets simply cannot offer.
4. Is the gate here about security or about scarcity?
Honestly, both — and the second matters more than people admit. A gate in Tempe isn’t just a security feature; it’s a statement that this enclave is separate from a city built on open blocks. That scarcity is a large part of what holds value here, because nobody is building another one.
5. What do the homes themselves do for privacy?
They’re built for it. Soaring ceilings, spacious rooms, huge kitchens, private pools and as many as three fireplaces — these are homes designed to be lived in inward, with the outdoor life happening in your own pool rather than a shared one. On a third of an acre, that works.
6. Who chooses a gated Tempe enclave over Scottsdale?
People with a reason to be in Tempe — and there are a lot of them. ASU, the biomedical corridor, the airport and the employers along the 101 and 202 are all right here. For a buyer who wants estate-scale living without a forty-minute commute out of North Scottsdale, this is a genuinely scarce answer.
7. What’s the trade-off?
You’re in a city, and that doesn’t change. Tempe is dense, busy and young, and the gate doesn’t move you out of it — it gives you a quiet pocket inside it. If you want desert seclusion and dark skies, this isn’t that. If you want a big house and a big lot minutes from everything, it is.
8. What about the location itself?
It’s the argument. Just north of Elliot Road between Rural Road and McClintock Drive puts you inside Tempe’s established southern residential area, with Corbell Park — eleven acres — minutes away, and the I-10, Loop 101 and Loop 202 all close enough to reach Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale or downtown Phoenix without much thought.
9. How does this compare to a gated community in Scottsdale?
It’s rarer, and it’s doing different work. North Scottsdale has dozens of gated communities and several private canyons; you can choose your level of seclusion. Tempe has very few. So a gated enclave of 29 homes on third-acre lots here isn’t one option among many — it’s close to the only one of its kind.
10. Should I work with The Holm Group to buy or sell in Chelsea Manor?
Andrew and The Holm Group have more than 26 years of experience and hundreds of closed transactions across the Valley, including Tempe. The team represents both buyers and sellers, and knows how lot, position and condition drive value in an enclave of only twenty-nine homes.
Chelsea Manor is a hard community to price from the outside, for a simple reason: there is almost nothing to compare it to. Twenty-nine gated homes on third-acre lots in Tempe is close to a category of one, and in a neighbourhood this size a year can pass without a sale. Portal estimates lean on the wider Tempe market, which is a completely different product.
Learn More About Chelsea Manor
Explore current listings and market updates across Tempe.
For information about city services, Corbell Park, and things to do in the area, visit the official City of Tempe website.
Work With Andrew & The Holm Group
Whether you are buying or selling a home in Tempe, The Holm Group is here to assist you. Andrew and The Holm Group have more than 26 years of experience representing both buyers and sellers throughout Chelsea Manor and surrounding communities. Whether it’s a custom home, luxury home, single-family home, or town home, you can rely on The Holm Group to ensure a smooth and successful transaction.
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Chelsea Manor Homes For Sale
Last Updated: October 2026
