Mt Prospect in North Potomac

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Anonymous wrote:I heard they are only giving 80k discounts that can be used for the options for those windmills lots. No other incentive. Lot premium 45-50k still applies

Not worth it, way overpriced for this location especially with the current economy

Simple, since you can’t afford it, you should skip Mt. Prospect and stick to searching in Darnestown.

Huh? So skip one part of Darnestown for the rest of Darnestown?

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We have been living in the community for a year now. The houses look great from the outside but the quality of interior finish is definitely not up to the standards of “luxury homes”. Even the 30 years old house we had in Bethesda was built with better quality. Those reviews on toll brothers online are true.

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Anonymous wrote:We have been living in the community for a year now. The houses look great from the outside but the quality of interior finish is definitely not up to the standards of “luxury homes”. Even the 30 years old house we had in Bethesda was built with better quality. Those reviews on toll brothers online are true.

Interesting, how so?

We passed on it because we were quickly priced out. Tried to get in early via the VIP list but could not and the prices went up from there.

What are your dislikes/likes about the neighborhood?

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People that care about what their city is called, lol. People that care about what other peoples cities are called, more lol.

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Anonymous wrote:We have been living in the community for a year now. The houses look great from the outside but the quality of interior finish is definitely not up to the standards of “luxury homes”. Even the 30 years old house we had in Bethesda was built with better quality. Those reviews on toll brothers online are true.

Quality of what finishes? Ones you picked from design center or stuff like the molding where you don’t have a choice?

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Anonymous wrote:We have been living in the community for a year now. The houses look great from the outside but the quality of interior finish is definitely not up to the standards of “luxury homes”. Even the 30 years old house we had in Bethesda was built with better quality. Those reviews on toll brothers online are true.

I agree with this person. The basic package looked cheap and outdated. We had to spend a lot at the design studio to make our house look presentable. We couldn’t find out the price of these upgrades at design studio before we paid the deposit so we were stuck with it even knowing their design studio is 4x market rate

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We are one of the first buyers and we are very happy with our house!!! we love the finishings.

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We’ve been here over a year and are truly happy with the quality and craftsmanship. House looks great inside and out. No complaints or regrets, whatsoever.

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I love my house!!!! It is so so wonderful!!!! No problems at all!!!!

Yours truly,
Definitely not a Toll agent

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Also agree as one of the early buyers. The house is now almost 2 years old and construction is solid, overall. There are certainly some issues but that comes with ANY new construction. Also, all homes by any builder look "standard" when you think about it - it is an empty mostly white bunch of rooms. Toll's upgrades for cabinets, counters, fixtures, and floors were all pretty on point cost wise and good quality. That is the way to upgrade a home right out of the gate. After that it is up to you to decorate and furnish it appropriately to maintain a high quality look....if you can't do that then that is on you.

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Anonymous wrote:We have been living in the community for a year now. The houses look great from the outside but the quality of interior finish is definitely not up to the standards of “luxury homes”. Even the 30 years old house we had in Bethesda was built with better quality. Those reviews on toll brothers online are true.

Seriously? What finishing are you referring to? I assume you saw the models before buying, so knew what you were getting?

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What is strange is the new Orchards- one orchard is facing like the other way? with respect to the homes next to it?
What is going on there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have been living in the community for a year now. The houses look great from the outside but the quality of interior finish is definitely not up to the standards of “luxury homes”. Even the 30 years old house we had in Bethesda was built with better quality. Those reviews on toll brothers online are true.

Seriously? What finishing are you referring to? I assume you saw the models before buying, so knew what you were getting?

They finish the models much better than the actual homes they give. They show you a pretty house, and even if you spend the money on options, it won't be finished as well as the model home. They are a mass-production builder with probably some of the worst reviews; it's funny how people buy these when there are much better new homes. Also, people who bought homes recently are either crazy rich or will take the bare minimum in options.

Having a nice-looking home in this community for windmills costs 2.4-3+ million dollars today, if you don't want to spend that much you will have an ugly home with level 1 options. And why do people buy the hamlets? They are overpriced big townhomes when you can get much better value for money elsewhere. They will cost 1.7-2 million finished, which is absurd. People buy anything these days; they just don't think. I hope the people who bought at least negotiated discounts. They give about 100k, but knowing how desperate some people are, people probably did not even try to get a discount. Also, the location is shitty. Not near a thing when you can buy in McLean or Bethesda for the same cost, sometimes cheaper.

It is crazy to think Toll Brothers will price this community up soon, probably 20-40k, before the next set of windmills gets released; people will still be desperate and buy. The homes could be 4-5 million and there will still be desperate buyers like in Arden Virginia.

I used to want to buy in this community but after looking into it more it really makes no sense at all.

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Cool opinions

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This community is the perfect example of the irrational exuberance in the current market. Once Toll has finished selling these houses, the resale on them will be brutal. I think we could be looking at 10-20 years for people to break even (unless they bought very early). Arden may be even worse — many of those houses are basically on a highway.