$1.2 MILLION in Bowie!? “SOLEIL AT BOWIE”

[Anonymous]

Anyone else read the title of this thread and instinctively try to make soleil rhyme with bowie? Just me?

[Anonymous]

HOA fees for "24/7 security" divided among only 21 homes = lots of money down the drain.

[Anonymous]

The garage though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the three words that define Soleil's grace, luxury, and exclusive living- 'Prince George's County'

It's a very affluent area. It's the same as Olney or Columbia or wherever.

I grew up in Olney and it’s not affluent.

[Anonymous]

Only if it was built in AA County, not PG County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only if it was built in AA County, not PG County.

Not trying to live near rednecks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HOA fees for "24/7 security" divided among only 21 homes = lots of money down the drain.

Based on the rendering on the website, there’s a gate but no guard shack. I’m assuming that “24/7 security” is simply referring to a gate that is opened by a key fob/ garage door opener. Otherwise the HOA fees would be absolutely astronomical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HOA fees for "24/7 security" divided among only 21 homes = lots of money down the drain.

Based on the rendering on the website, there’s a gate but no guard shack. I’m assuming that “24/7 security” is simply referring to a gate that is opened by a key fob/ garage door opener. Otherwise the HOA fees would be absolutely astronomical.

Maybe it's just marketing fluff by the developer. Looking at the site plan on the website, there are many roads that lead to the houses, so I'm not sure how any single gate can keep people out. Also, that picture of the gate is laughable -- it looks like any car could easily just drive around it. I know it's just a rendering, but it's pretty funny that they presented it that way.

I am guessing the developer will just install some useless gate to live up to the marketing hype, then the HOA will get rid of it later once it breaks down or proves to be useless.

By the way, according to the site plan, it looks like these homes are selling pretty well.

[Anonymous]

I'm black and recently moved from "rezoned" Bowie, pretty much Lanham/Glenarden. Bowie is nice if you want a big house and that's it. Id rather live elsewhere in a townhouse then a SFH in Bowie. To someone else's point, we ended up spending a lot of money traveling to go to shopping, eating out, even just for a nice walk. Now that we have a child, schools are important and subpar schools for all of that money in my opinion isn't worth it. PG county has so much potential because of how close it is to DC but it just seems like the county's leaders are sell outs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Farmhouse style is going to look sooooooooo dated in 10-15 years.

Agree - but then I think most house styles eventually look dated.

True, but these ones are on a whole new level.
50s ramblers, 70s split-levels, 1980s colonial revival (I live in one) all look dated.
But at least they look like homes. Once a house looks dated, they don’t become exponentially more dated as the years to on and at least I did not pay a “new house” premium to get mine. These modern farmhouses are a big mistake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm black and recently moved from "rezoned" Bowie, pretty much Lanham/Glenarden. Bowie is nice if you want a big house and that's it. Id rather live elsewhere in a townhouse then a SFH in Bowie. To someone else's point, we ended up spending a lot of money traveling to go to shopping, eating out, even just for a nice walk. Now that we have a child, schools are important and subpar schools for all of that money in my opinion isn't worth it. PG county has so much potential because of how close it is to DC but it just seems like the county's leaders are sell outs.

This is us too. We just moved from this area (Silverbrook) to DC. Couldn’t navigate the politics or school system so we sold last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I never see one of these silly houses with the black windows again in my whole life it will be too soon.

Same.

[Anonymous]

They have sold about half of the sites.

[Anonymous]

Who is the builder? Have they broken ground. I tried looking it up and wasn’t able to find much. Something seems sketchy.

[Anonymous]

Another former Bowie resident — I agree with many PP that the location is great, parks are great, city services are good, shopping is convenient. We did find the restaurants to be disappointing and often went into Annapolis or DC to eat out. (It seemed like the good ones just got driven out by chains). We also didn’t like the private school culture—prefer a neighborhood with most kids going to the local school so they all know each other.