What is going on with Lakelands and Kentlands?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just looked on Zillow and there are quite a few houses there that have been sitting for months. They look nice so it appears to be the area not the individual houses. I looked up a few that had sold and some had been on for months, listed and delisted for even more time, and several price drops.

This was explained earlier in the thread.

[Anonymous]

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I have been there *many* times. I hate HOAs, and Kentland HOA is pretty restrictive. If I want to paint my door red or get any reasonable colored/style roof, I should be able to do that, but their HOA is pretty restrictive in terms of things like roof material and color.

Plus, I dislike how close the houses are to each other (I have lived in these types of houses all my life), and I certainly think it's ridiculous to have a detached garage for that price point.

But plenty of people who are not you don't think it's ridiculous.

I wouldn't want to live in Kentlands either (not that I could afford it anyway), but I think that there's a meaningful difference between "I don't want to live in Kentlands, but I understand that other people do" and "Kentlands is horrible, and nobody wants to live there".

Yeah, I don't understand the horror people seem to have over the detached garage. We walk literally 10 steps from our house to the garage. We live in a pretty temperate climate. I'd understand if it was Minnesota, but in Maryland it's really not a big deal.

But some people *do* want an attached garage at that price point. The humidity/heat in the summer is horrible. I dread going into my car when it's been parked outside during the summer. Plus, yea, I don't want to have to deal with the snow, even if it's only for a few days, if I don't have to. And I don't since there are plenty of homes around the area with attached garages.

Of course I get that some people don't mind, obviously, because there are plenty of people who live there. You have your opinion; I have my mine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked on Zillow and there are quite a few houses there that have been sitting for months. They look nice so it appears to be the area not the individual houses. I looked up a few that had sold and some had been on for months, listed and delisted for even more time, and several price drops.

This was explained earlier in the thread.

What is the explanation?

I read through the earlier pages, and I didn’t see this explained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Context people. Every so often a thread will come up about why houses aren't selling in the Kentlands. This isn't the first one.

Several posters will respond giving reasons why they wouldn't buy there or why when they looked they decided against the houses. These are the same reasons EVERY SINGLE TIME. Too far out, OK but not great schools, weird HOA, detached garages, overpriced. Rinse, repeat, again and again.

A grumpy Kenlands/Lakelands residents will then start insisting that none of the reasons are valid because she doesn't care about a detached garage. Well, it does not matter my dear what you think. What matters is what the majority of other buyers think. The houses are not selling and sitting a long time because of all the REASONS that other potential buyers listed.

Are you living in an alternate reality? There are fewer than 20 listings right now, out of about 3,000 homes. If you don’t like the neighborhood that’s fine, but at least engage with facts.

[Anonymous]

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I have been there *many* times. I hate HOAs, and Kentland HOA is pretty restrictive. If I want to paint my door red or get any reasonable colored/style roof, I should be able to do that, but their HOA is pretty restrictive in terms of things like roof material and color.

Plus, I dislike how close the houses are to each other (I have lived in these types of houses all my life), and I certainly think it's ridiculous to have a detached garage for that price point.

But plenty of people who are not you don't think it's ridiculous.

I wouldn't want to live in Kentlands either (not that I could afford it anyway), but I think that there's a meaningful difference between "I don't want to live in Kentlands, but I understand that other people do" and "Kentlands is horrible, and nobody wants to live there".

Yeah, I don't understand the horror people seem to have over the detached garage. We walk literally 10 steps from our house to the garage. We live in a pretty temperate climate. I'd understand if it was Minnesota, but in Maryland it's really not a big deal.

But some people *do* want an attached garage at that price point. The humidity/heat in the summer is horrible. I dread going into my car when it's been parked outside during the summer. Plus, yea, I don't want to have to deal with the snow, even if it's only for a few days, if I don't have to. And I don't since there are plenty of homes around the area with attached garages.

Of course I get that some people don't mind, obviously, because there are plenty of people who live there. You have your opinion; I have my mine.

How would your car be outside if you have a detached garage? It would be ... in the garage.

[Anonymous]

Winter is a bad time to evaluate a real estate market. I know you all know that, so come back in the spring; then you can all talk about how horrible the Kentlands market is, when houses sell in a week.

[Anonymous]

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I have been there *many* times. I hate HOAs, and Kentland HOA is pretty restrictive. If I want to paint my door red or get any reasonable colored/style roof, I should be able to do that, but their HOA is pretty restrictive in terms of things like roof material and color.

Plus, I dislike how close the houses are to each other (I have lived in these types of houses all my life), and I certainly think it's ridiculous to have a detached garage for that price point.

But plenty of people who are not you don't think it's ridiculous.

I wouldn't want to live in Kentlands either (not that I could afford it anyway), but I think that there's a meaningful difference between "I don't want to live in Kentlands, but I understand that other people do" and "Kentlands is horrible, and nobody wants to live there".

Yeah, I don't understand the horror people seem to have over the detached garage. We walk literally 10 steps from our house to the garage. We live in a pretty temperate climate. I'd understand if it was Minnesota, but in Maryland it's really not a big deal.

But some people *do* want an attached garage at that price point. The humidity/heat in the summer is horrible. I dread going into my car when it's been parked outside during the summer. Plus, yea, I don't want to have to deal with the snow, even if it's only for a few days, if I don't have to. And I don't since there are plenty of homes around the area with attached garages.

Of course I get that some people don't mind, obviously, because there are plenty of people who live there. You have your opinion; I have my mine.

How would your car be outside if you have a detached garage? It would be ... in the garage.

Whenever I go to Kentlands, I see folks parking their car out front on the curb. Many don't seem to bother putting their car in the garage.

Even if you park it in the garage, I don't want to be lugging my kids and groceries in the rain/heat/snow. No, thank you.

RE: HOA - people probably already know what' acceptable and what's not, which is why HOA approves 98% of the requests. People don't bother putting in a request that they know won't be approved. I dislike these restrictive HOAs immensely.

[Anonymous]

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I have been there *many* times. I hate HOAs, and Kentland HOA is pretty restrictive. If I want to paint my door red or get any reasonable colored/style roof, I should be able to do that, but their HOA is pretty restrictive in terms of things like roof material and color.

Plus, I dislike how close the houses are to each other (I have lived in these types of houses all my life), and I certainly think it's ridiculous to have a detached garage for that price point.

But plenty of people who are not you don't think it's ridiculous.

I wouldn't want to live in Kentlands either (not that I could afford it anyway), but I think that there's a meaningful difference between "I don't want to live in Kentlands, but I understand that other people do" and "Kentlands is horrible, and nobody wants to live there".

Yeah, I don't understand the horror people seem to have over the detached garage. We walk literally 10 steps from our house to the garage. We live in a pretty temperate climate. I'd understand if it was Minnesota, but in Maryland it's really not a big deal.

But some people *do* want an attached garage at that price point. The humidity/heat in the summer is horrible. I dread going into my car when it's been parked outside during the summer. Plus, yea, I don't want to have to deal with the snow, even if it's only for a few days, if I don't have to. And I don't since there are plenty of homes around the area with attached garages.

Of course I get that some people don't mind, obviously, because there are plenty of people who live there. You have your opinion; I have my mine.

How would your car be outside if you have a detached garage? It would be ... in the garage.

Whenever I go to Kentlands, I see folks parking their car out front on the curb. Many don't seem to bother putting their car in the garage.

Even if you park it in the garage, I don't want to be lugging my kids and groceries in the rain/heat/snow. No, thank you.

RE: HOA - people probably already know what' acceptable and what's not, which is why HOA approves 98% of the requests. People don't bother putting in a request that they know won't be approved. I dislike these restrictive HOAs immensely.

Most of us have 2 cars and want extra room in the garage, so one car goes on the street.

It’s really not a big deal, but if it’s a dealbreaker for you, it’s a good thing you don’t live here. I will say, though, that some of our houses do have attached garages. All the condos do, as well as some of the larger SFHs.

[Anonymous]

The HOA publishes all the requests it gets in the Lakelands and Kentlands newspapers and it seems 98% of them get approved.

This is creepy. If I want to paint my front door, it gets published in a newletter that is sent to the entire development?

[Anonymous]

I'm also curious , where exactly is this river for kayaking and hiking that is right near the Kentlands? You can't mean the Potomac River because that is pretty far south. If you want to paddle on the Potomac you are better off living in Potomac, Rockville, DC or Poolesville not the Kentlands.

If you mean the man made mini lake at RIO with the foot paddle ducky boats -well hmm. Even then, this is closer to Crown and the Rio not the Kentlands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm also curious , where exactly is this river for kayaking and hiking that is right near the Kentlands? You can't mean the Potomac River because that is pretty far south. If you want to paddle on the Potomac you are better off living in Potomac, Rockville, DC or Poolesville not the Kentlands.

If you mean the man made mini lake at RIO with the foot paddle ducky boats -well hmm. Even then, this is closer to Crown and the Rio not the Kentlands.

I don't live in the Kentlands but Seneca Creek State Park is near there. Less than 3 miles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm also curious , where exactly is this river for kayaking and hiking that is right near the Kentlands? You can't mean the Potomac River because that is pretty far south. If you want to paddle on the Potomac you are better off living in Potomac, Rockville, DC or Poolesville not the Kentlands.

If you mean the man made mini lake at RIO with the foot paddle ducky boats -well hmm. Even then, this is closer to Crown and the Rio not the Kentlands.

I don't live in the Kentlands but Seneca Creek State Park is near there. Less than 3 miles.

Yeah, we have a ton of nature right near us. The ag reserve is 15 min away at most.

[Anonymous]

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The HOA publishes all the requests it gets in the Lakelands and Kentlands newspapers and it seems 98% of them get approved.

This is creepy. If I want to paint my front door, it gets published in a newletter that is sent to the entire development?

Only with your consent.

[Anonymous]

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I have been there *many* times. I hate HOAs, and Kentland HOA is pretty restrictive. If I want to paint my door red or get any reasonable colored/style roof, I should be able to do that, but their HOA is pretty restrictive in terms of things like roof material and color.

Plus, I dislike how close the houses are to each other (I have lived in these types of houses all my life), and I certainly think it's ridiculous to have a detached garage for that price point.

But plenty of people who are not you don't think it's ridiculous.

I wouldn't want to live in Kentlands either (not that I could afford it anyway), but I think that there's a meaningful difference between "I don't want to live in Kentlands, but I understand that other people do" and "Kentlands is horrible, and nobody wants to live there".

Yeah, I don't understand the horror people seem to have over the detached garage. We walk literally 10 steps from our house to the garage. We live in a pretty temperate climate. I'd understand if it was Minnesota, but in Maryland it's really not a big deal.

But some people *do* want an attached garage at that price point. The humidity/heat in the summer is horrible. I dread going into my car when it's been parked outside during the summer. Plus, yea, I don't want to have to deal with the snow, even if it's only for a few days, if I don't have to. And I don't since there are plenty of homes around the area with attached garages.

Of course I get that some people don't mind, obviously, because there are plenty of people who live there. You have your opinion; I have my mine.

How would your car be outside if you have a detached garage? It would be ... in the garage.

Whenever I go to Kentlands, I see folks parking their car out front on the curb. Many don't seem to bother putting their car in the garage.

Even if you park it in the garage, I don't want to be lugging my kids and groceries in the rain/heat/snow. No, thank you.

RE: HOA - people probably already know what' acceptable and what's not, which is why HOA approves 98% of the requests. People don't bother putting in a request that they know won't be approved. I dislike these restrictive HOAs immensely.

Most of us have 2 cars and want extra room in the garage, so one car goes on the street.

It’s really not a big deal, but if it’s a dealbreaker for you, it’s a good thing you don’t live here. I will say, though, that some of our houses do have attached garages. All the condos do, as well as some of the larger SFHs.

I have a two car garage (not in Ketlands) with room to spare. We put both cars - larger suv and smaller one -- in there a long with most of the camping gear, bikes, etc... And room to spare. We also have a basement with loads of room for stuff.

When we were looking for a house, we definitely wanted a two car garage so that we could put both cars in there. If I'm going to live in the burbs, I definitely want the advantage of living in one, which usually includes a proper two car garage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The HOA publishes all the requests it gets in the Lakelands and Kentlands newspapers and it seems 98% of them get approved.

This is creepy. If I want to paint my front door, it gets published in a newletter that is sent to the entire development?

Only with your consent.

DP.. still creepy. Everyone knows your business.