Great House if you hate neighbors

[Anonymous]

7.6 acres backs up to a few hundred acres of woods all for under one million.

I am surprised zoned for Winston Churchill, but hey even hermits kids need a good education

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Potomac/12720-Piney-Meetinghouse-Rd-20854/home/10607396

[Anonymous]

I saw this but the house is only 2 beds and 1 bath. A great opportunity for someone though. Can they split the lot in future?

[Anonymous]

Maybe the OP whose husband wants to move to a rural area in the other thread could check it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw this but the house is only 2 beds and 1 bath. A great opportunity for someone though. Can they split the lot in future?

Oops, I must’ve gotten mixed up. 3 beds, 2 bath.

[Anonymous]

What’s the catch? Why is it so cheap?

[Anonymous]

NO ONE wants that much forest. That's all. All the people who would want that much land (such as my husband) want a vista, to see their property, and they want to have amenities (pool, tennis, gardens), and they do not want to have to maintain woods. Trees need maintenance otherwise they grow every which way and fall on each other and surrounding buildings. They harbor too many deer and then you go into your garden and catch Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. My uncle is a forest manager and deal with these things.

And since it would be VERY expensive to uproot half the trees... this is going to be a hard sell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
NO ONE wants that much forest. That's all. All the people who would want that much land (such as my husband) want a vista, to see their property, and they want to have amenities (pool, tennis, gardens), and they do not want to have to maintain woods. Trees need maintenance otherwise they grow every which way and fall on each other and surrounding buildings. They harbor too many deer and then you go into your garden and catch Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. My uncle is a forest manager and deal with these things.

And since it would be VERY expensive to uproot half the trees... this is going to be a hard sell.

Lol. Terrible take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the OP whose husband wants to move to a rural area in the other thread could check it out.

YES!!!!

[Anonymous]

How long will the 100s of wooded acres stay that way? Are they protected? Or can they be developed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7.6 acres backs up to a few hundred acres of woods all for under one million.

I am surprised zoned for Winston Churchill, but hey even hermits kids need a good education

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Potomac/12720-Piney-Meetinghouse-Rd-20854/home/10607396

Why wouldn’t a developer buy this, cut it into smaller parcels and sell it off/make a small development out of it with several homes? Can the land not be developed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How long will the 100s of wooded acres stay that way? Are they protected? Or can they be developed?

So much of MoCo is already protected. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/agservices/ag-facts.html
This house isn’t in the Ag Reserve but I bet if this lot was subdividable someone would have looked into it and there would be some info in the comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
NO ONE wants that much forest. That's all. All the people who would want that much land (such as my husband) want a vista, to see their property, and they want to have amenities (pool, tennis, gardens), and they do not want to have to maintain woods. Trees need maintenance otherwise they grow every which way and fall on each other and surrounding buildings. They harbor too many deer and then you go into your garden and catch Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. My uncle is a forest manager and deal with these things.

And since it would be VERY expensive to uproot half the trees... this is going to be a hard sell.

Lololol. Idiot city folk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
NO ONE wants that much forest. That's all. All the people who would want that much land (such as my husband) want a vista, to see their property, and they want to have amenities (pool, tennis, gardens), and they do not want to have to maintain woods. Trees need maintenance otherwise they grow every which way and fall on each other and surrounding buildings. They harbor too many deer and then you go into your garden and catch Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. My uncle is a forest manager and deal with these things.

And since it would be VERY expensive to uproot half the trees... this is going to be a hard sell.

Lololol. Idiot city folk.

I laughed at this assessment also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
NO ONE wants that much forest. That's all. All the people who would want that much land (such as my husband) want a vista, to see their property, and they want to have amenities (pool, tennis, gardens), and they do not want to have to maintain woods. Trees need maintenance otherwise they grow every which way and fall on each other and surrounding buildings. They harbor too many deer and then you go into your garden and catch Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases. My uncle is a forest manager and deal with these things.

There are people all over the country that have wooded lots that are hundreds of acres and don’t go through pruning trees all day.

And since it would be VERY expensive to uproot half the trees... this is going to be a hard sell.

[Anonymous]

One disadvantage is that you’ll get some park visitors since there are no public trails and no dedicated public parking area. You can put up “private property” signs but you’ll probably still get some visitors who park on your lot.

On the plus side, because there is no easily accessible public access to the park, the adjoining few hundred acres will seem like your own private backyard.