Most home for money in Silver Spring - where?
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Anonymous
| We commute, nice to be near 495 or ICC. 4-5 bedrooms, full basement, garage. Specific community names would be helpful. I detest the ugly colonial add-ons, cape cod add-ons.... also I don't like the huge homes on a small lot and can look at neighbor making dinner. |
Anonymous
| Any of the Woodside neighborhoods. |
Anonymous
| Is that near 4 Corners? |
Anonymous
| If you're looking near the ICC, you might be interested in Stonegate or Napes Manor. There are some other neighborhoods up that way, but the lots are small. |
Anonymous
| OP - what's your budget? Woodside, Woodside Park and Woodside Forest are beautiful - they are between downtown Silver Spring and Four Corners - but five bedrooms there will be $500K at an absolute minimum. I bought a 4-BR cape in Sligo Park Hills this spring - could be a 5-BR if we opened up a window in the basement - listed in the high $500s but went over $600K to beat out four other offers. I can recommend my agent if you like - she was fabulous, really knows Silver Spring and showed us at least 40 houses before we knew this was the one. |
Anonymous
| Op here. our max is $650,000, but the 20% down would deplete our savings on that amount. PP, was your experience that 20% down was required... I know mortgage standards are tightening these days. And we have a townhome that we would like to sell, but will probably need to bring $50K to the table. I'll check out what's available in Woodside and Stonegate... Thanks! |
Anonymous
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Hey 22:36 - welcome to the neighborhood. You'll love it!
Signed, Your Sligo Park Hills Neighbor 
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Anonymous
| Forest Glen |
Anonymous
| I live near the Forest Glen neighborhood, and I would think you could get something pretty nice for $650K in that area. |
Anonymous
| There are virtually no 4-5 bedroom homes in Forest Glen. And if there, they are the added-on colonials and capes that OP detests. |
Anonymous
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I'm in Woodside. It's a great neighborhood, but if you can do anything between the beltway and the ICC, you can get A LOT more for your money closer to the ICC. That puts you near Olney and there are a ton of great neighborhoods out there with newer construction and much bigger houses for the price. Just compare http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Olney_MD/beds-4/price-100000-650000 to http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/20910/beds-4/price-100000-650000 There are several really nice, newer neighborhoods just north of the ICC off of Georgia, although I don't know the names http://g.co/maps/b5w8h.
The Woodside area is really nice though. Other areas near the beltway to look at are Woodmoor, which is in 4 corners and is a great family neighborhood. |
Anonymous
Most of the capes in my neighborhood have four bedrooms. But they are two up two down, which might not be what OP wants. |
Anonymous
| I just bought a 5 (6, but one has no windows) br house in Kemp Mill. Full walk-out basement and the house was in great shape. Its on a huge piece of property that backs up to the woods. House was $460K. |
Anonymous
| Is that considered Wheaton? traditional sale or short sale? |
Anonymous
What schools are you zoned for? My understanding is that many families in the big houses in Kemp Mill go private or Yeshiva. |