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Ryan Roberts · Compass Real Estate Agent · New Orleans
Ryan Roberts focuses his New Orleans practice on shotgun homes, connecting the building type to the neighborhoods, the market evidence and the decisions around buying and selling.
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A real estate agent at Compass focused on New Orleans shotgun homes.
A dedicated resource
Shotgun Homes New Orleans is dedicated to one specific relationship: shotgun houses and New Orleans real estate. Type, floor plan and condition vary widely from one shotgun home to the next, so this site separates those questions into dedicated resources. The building type gives a property its starting context, while the individual house, its neighborhood and the market inform a real decision.
The building type
A shotgun house is a long, narrow residential building type traditionally organized around a front-to-rear sequence of rooms. The basic form developed into several variations in New Orleans, and surviving houses now differ substantially from their original configurations.
The complete guide to what a shotgun house is explains the traditional floor plan, the difference between building type and architectural style, the disputed origin of the name, New Orleans history and the major shotgun configurations.
The building type
These labels describe the building configuration. Read the full guides before applying the differences to an individual listing.
One narrow dwelling traditionally arranged as a sequence of rooms from the front of the property toward the rear.
Read the guideTwo shotgun units placed beside one another within the same building; some remain separate residences and others have been converted.
Read the guideA shotgun with partial upper-story space toward the rear while the street-facing portion remains lower.
Read the guideResearch & guides
Each resource answers a different part of the shotgun-home search journey, from architectural understanding to the decisions involved in buying or selling an individual property.
Understand the building type, traditional layout, architectural terminology, history and major variations.
02See the active-property side of the topic and compare the homes currently being offered.
03Move from architectural understanding into property evaluation, due diligence and purchase decisions.
04Understand how configuration, condition, improvements, neighborhood and market evidence affect a sale.
05See where shotgun homes occur and how location changes the housing and property context around them.
06Follow current inventory, asking prices, property characteristics and broader New Orleans market evidence.
Service area
Shotgun homes are part of the housing stock across many areas of New Orleans — the type, age, density and renovation history vary with location.
Shotguns are the predominant historic building type in the Bywater Historic District. City guidance identifies single and double shotguns as the most common forms, within an approximately 120-block district containing more than 2,000 buildings. There is no reliable public Bywater-only shotgun median; the site's August 14, 2026 citywide sample of 52 priced shotgun-style listings had a $267,000 median asking price.
Faubourg Marigny's historic residential fabric includes ornamented one-story shotguns in two-, three- and four-bay configurations, alongside Creole cottages. City records place shotgun construction in the district from the late 1840s into the early twentieth century. No public Marigny-only shotgun median is reliable; the site's August 14, 2026 citywide sample had a $267,000 median asking price.
Late-nineteenth-century shotgun cottages are the dominant house type in the portion of the Tremé Historic District above North Claiborne Avenue, and the City documents many double shotguns built in the 1880s and 1890s. No reliable public Tremé-only shotgun median exists; the site's August 14, 2026 citywide sample had a $267,000 median asking price.
Shotguns are the prevalent and dominant residential building type in the Mid-City Historic District, whose main development period ran from about 1900 to 1940. Eastlake, Italianate, Arts and Crafts and Colonial Revival treatments appear in the district. No reliable public Mid-City-only shotgun median exists; the site's August 14, 2026 citywide sample had a $267,000 median asking price.
Single and double shotgun cottages form a major part of the Irish Channel Historic District's nineteenth-century residential fabric. City guidance describes simple wood-frame houses with narrow lots and limited setbacks. There is no reliable public Irish Channel-only shotgun median; the site's August 14, 2026 citywide sample had a $267,000 median asking price.
Shotguns are the largest building-type group in the Uptown New Orleans Historic District. The National Register survey estimated them at 48% of 10,716 buildings—about 5,144—while the City's later summary says more than half of district buildings are shotguns or camelbacks. This is historic survey evidence, not a current survival count. The site's August 14, 2026 citywide active sample had a $267,000 median asking price.
Buying
Buying starts with identifying what the property actually is today. A traditional single, functioning double, converted double and camelback each create very different living arrangements.
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Current configuration, condition, renovations, permits, use and the relationship between the original form and the present floor plan.
Context
Compare the individual house with the neighborhoods where shotgun homes are found and the current what the current market shows.
Inventory
Start with shotgun homes currently for sale in New Orleans when you are ready to compare real properties.
Selling
Selling starts by understanding the individual property well enough to explain how it differs from the alternatives a buyer is considering.
Current configuration, residential use, finished space, condition, renovations, location and relevant comparable properties all contribute to how the home should be positioned. The full selling guide goes deeper into pricing, preparation, property positioning and marketing.
Tools for sellers
Turn your selling plans into a practical worksheet to keep, print or discuss with Ryan.
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See what could remain after payoffs, selling costs and preparation.
Consider the price, credits, closing timeline and contingencies together.
Follow a 30-day preparation plan and gather your property documents.
The market
Ryan tracks public shotgun-home inventory, asking prices, property configurations and geographic patterns, keeping those figures distinct from citywide statistics that include every home type.
See the latest New Orleans shotgun housing market research for the current dated dataset, or compare it with the homes currently listed.
Compass Real Estate Agent · New Orleans
Ryan Roberts
Compass real estate agent · New Orleans
Ryan Roberts is a real estate agent at Compass building his New Orleans practice around shotgun homes. The focus is deliberately narrow: connecting the building type, its current inventory, neighborhood distribution and market context as parts of the same subject.
Ryan is early in his real estate career and does not present himself as having decades of shotgun-home transactions. His approach is to build expertise through focused research, property-level work and transparent sourcing.
Learn more about Ryan Roberts and his focus on New Orleans shotgun homes.
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Every property has its own layout, condition, history, neighborhood and market context. This is a dedicated resource for understanding the property and the market around it.