Cumberland Court is a small, established residential subdivision on the north side of Tullahoma, Tennessee, a few minutes from the North Jackson Street shopping corridor. It's a settled, built-out neighborhood rather than an active build site: the housing stock is largely brick single-family homes from roughly the 1980s into the 1990s, commonly three- and four-bedroom, on generous lots along cul-de-sac and dead-end streets that carry no through traffic.
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| Address | Sold Price | Sold Date | Beds / Baths | Sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 Hillcrest Dr | $229,250 | — | 3 bd / 2 ba | 1,441 |
| 1137 Madison St | $195,000 | — | 2 bd / 2 ba | 2,349 |
| 0 Cumberland Ct. | $58,500 | — | — bd / — ba | — |
Cumberland Court is a small, established residential subdivision on the north side of Tullahoma, Tennessee, a few minutes from the North Jackson Street shopping corridor. It's a settled, built-out neighborhood rather than an active build site: the housing stock is largely brick single-family homes from roughly the 1980s into the 1990s, commonly three- and four-bedroom, on generous lots along cul-de-sac and dead-end streets that carry no through traffic.
It reads in the affordable-to-mid part of the Tullahoma market, and, like any established neighborhood, the single thing that moves an individual home's value most here is its condition, since these homes are three to four decades old and some have been updated while others still run their original systems. The grid above shows every home currently for sale in Cumberland Court straight from the local MLS; the rest of this page is the first-hand read a portal listing can't give you.
Here's what the portal pages, and the softer "quiet little secret" write-ups, miss about Cumberland Court in the way that's actually useful to a buyer. The portals give you a filtered grid and stop; the lifestyle posts tell you it's quiet and leave it at a feeling.
The useful version is concrete: Cumberland Court's whole layout is no-through-traffic. The streets dead-end or loop rather than connecting two other roads, so the only cars moving through are the people who live there, that's a design fact you can verify by driving it, not a marketing adjective, and it's a specific reason people who want a calm street seek it out.
It's a small, self-contained pocket, which is the other half of the same coin: fewer homes, and none of the cut-through traffic that comes with being on a connector.
The second thing that separates this subdivision from the other established, affordable-to-mid neighborhoods in town is location, and it cuts against the usual trade-off. Quiet north-side pockets are often quiet because they're set back from everything, but Cumberland Court sits just off the North Jackson Street corridor, which is where Tullahoma's everyday errands actually live: Kroger, the Walmart Supercenter, and Lowe's are all a few minutes north, along with most of the town's big-box shopping.
So you get the dead-end-street calm without the twenty-minute drive for groceries. That combination, no-through-traffic layout, established brick homes, genuinely close to the errands corridor, at an affordable-to-mid price, is the honest reason to look here, and it's exactly what a "40 homes for sale" portal headline can't tell you.
What the price actually turns on is the same thing it turns on in any 30-to-40-year-old neighborhood: condition. These homes were well built for their era, full-brick exteriors were standard, not an upgrade, but the expensive systems are now decades old, and one owner may have replaced the roof, HVAC, and panel while the next hasn't.
On any Cumberland Court home I'm reading those systems against the asking price, so you're paying for a genuinely updated house when the listing says "updated," and pricing in the work when it isn't.
Cumberland Court sits on the north side of Tullahoma, just off the North Jackson Street corridor, the retail-and-grocery spine of town, which the neighborhood guide reads as the northern side with easy access to the shopping corridor and a mix of established homes and newer building. It's an established subdivision rather than a brand-new one: the bulk of the housing stock here was built out across roughly the 1980s into the 1990s, so you're looking at mature, settled streets with grown-in trees rather than an active build site.
The homes lean toward brick single-family houses, commonly three- and four-bedroom, in traditional floor plans on generous, established lots, and their condition ranges from original-systems homes to ones previous owners have updated with modern kitchens, baths, and systems. That condition spread is the single biggest thing that separates one Cumberland Court home from the next.
The defining physical feature of the subdivision is its street layout: it's built around cul-de-sacs and dead-end streets that carry no through traffic.
On dues: I don't publish an HOA answer for Cumberland Court from the subdivision name, because that's exactly the kind of thing that can't be assumed. That said, most of Tullahoma's established, built-out subdivisions carry no homeowners association and no monthly dues, a common perk of buying in an older part of town, and an in-city 1980s–1990s pocket like this is a likely example.
Either way, I pull the recorded plat and any HOA or covenant paperwork on the specific home before you write an offer, so you know the real answer rather than trusting a listing headline. If you're weighing Cumberland Court against other developments in town, the Tullahoma subdivisions index lists the named developments side by side; if your question is more about areas by price and feel than this specific plat, the neighborhood guide maps the whole city.
Day to day, the north side is the most convenient part of Tullahoma for everyday errands, because the town's main retail-and-grocery corridor runs right up North Jackson Street, and Cumberland Court is one of the closer established subdivisions to it. Here's how the practical stuff actually lines up from this side of town.
The honest takeaway: Cumberland Court gives you a quiet, no-through-traffic street while putting the town's main errands corridor a few minutes up the road, which is the specific reason to prefer it over a quieter-but-farther pocket. If a certain grocer, a short base commute, or a park is high on your list, I'll fold it into the search.
A few things I confirm before you commit here, because this is where an established, three-to-four-decade-old home either rewards you or surprises you.
First, condition, the whole ballgame in this subdivision. Because homes here range from original-systems to updated, I steer the inspection toward the expensive systems rather than the cosmetics, the age of the roof and HVAC (original 1980s–1990s equipment is at or past its expected life), the electrical panel and wiring, the plumbing and water heater, and any crawlspace or foundation moisture, and I read any "updated" claim against what was actually done and when.
In an affordable-to-mid neighborhood the gap between a home that's had its systems brought current and one that's still on its originals is the difference between a fair price and inheriting someone else's deferred maintenance; it's also where a well-negotiated repair or price credit lives, which is the part I handle.
Second, the HOA / covenant question. Whether an association exists at all, and what any recorded covenants restrict, I pull the plat and any HOA or covenant paperwork on the specific home so you know the real answer before you write an offer, rather than trusting the listing field.
If Cumberland Court turns out to be a no-HOA subdivision (likely, but confirmed per record), that's a genuine positive I'll point out; if there are recorded covenants, we read what they actually restrict together.
Third, the boundary and the basics. Because it's a small, self-contained pocket, portal maps can draw the line imperfectly, so if a home sits on the edge I confirm it's recorded in the Cumberland Court plat and not a neighboring development.
The good news on the paperwork side: this is a north-side, in-city subdivision, so it does not carry the Coffee/Franklin county-line tax-and-zoning wrinkle that homes on Tullahoma's southern edge do, one fewer variable to chase. For financing, I can introduce local VA, USDA, and THDA lenders early so your offer is clean, this price tier is where those programs do the most work.
Cumberland Court is on the north side of Tullahoma, just off the North Jackson Street corridor, which keeps it a few minutes from the town's main shopping and a reasonable commute to the Arnold Air Force Base gate, I'll map the actual drive time for any specific address. On schools, homes inside the Tullahoma city limits are served by Tullahoma City Schools, a district of four elementary schools (Bel-Aire, East Lincoln, Jack T.
Farrar, and Robert E. Lee), two middle schools (East and West, split geographically), and a single high school, Tullahoma High School, plus a virtual academy. The Cumberland Court addresses I've reviewed list Jack T.
Farrar Elementary and West Middle School, but attendance zones are drawn by address and can change, and listing-site school data isn't always right, so I confirm the exact assigned zone for any specific Cumberland Court home rather than assuming it. I map the assigned schools for every Cumberland Court address on the Tullahoma schools page, which handles zones and boundaries; for how the north side compares on commute, amenities, and feel against the rest of town, the neighborhood guide has the area-by-area read.
Yes, Cumberland Court is an active, established north-side subdivision in Tullahoma, and the grid above shows every home currently listed there straight from the local MLS, refreshed daily. Because it's a small, single subdivision, inventory is often thin, on many days it ranges from a couple of homes to none at all, and the live count above is the honest read.
If nothing fits today, tell me and I'll set up a saved search so you hear about the next Cumberland Court listing the day it hits, often before it spreads to the portals.
It has to be confirmed on the specific listing and in the recorded documents rather than assumed from the name, but most of Tullahoma's established, built-out subdivisions carry no homeowners association and no monthly dues, and an older in-city pocket like this is a likely example. I pull the plat and any HOA or covenant paperwork before you write an offer, so you know the real answer and any restrictions rather than trusting a listing headline.
If avoiding dues is the priority, you can also filter straight to no-HOA homes across Tullahoma.
Cumberland Court is on the north side of Tullahoma, just off the North Jackson Street shopping corridor (Kroger, Walmart, and Lowe's are a few minutes north) and a reasonable commute to the Arnold AFB gate. Homes inside the city limits are served by Tullahoma City Schools, whose single high school is Tullahoma High School; the Cumberland Court addresses I've reviewed list Jack T.
Farrar Elementary and West Middle School, but attendance zones are set by address and can change, so confirm the exact zone for any home on the Tullahoma schools page. For how the area compares on price and feel, see the neighborhood guide; for live prices and days on market, the market report.
Mostly brick single-family homes, commonly three- and four-bedroom, in traditional floor plans on generous, established lots, built out across roughly the 1980s and 1990s, along cul-de-sac and dead-end streets that carry no through traffic. Because that makes them three to four decades old, the biggest difference from one home to the next is condition: some are still on their original roof, HVAC, and systems, while others have been updated by previous owners, and that gap moves the price more than the subdivision name does.
I read the expensive systems and any updates against the asking price on every Cumberland Court home before you offer, the market report has the live numbers, and I'll give you the first-hand read on the specific house.
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