[MD] Glen Echo Heights--Why hasn't this house sold?

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Anonymous wrote:I'll buy...for $1M, not 2.2!

Yah lots of bargains on the D.C. line next to the river srounded by only the nicest areas of DC/Maryland/ Virgina also zoned for the best school cluster in the D.C. Metro area. I mean it is no Pimmit Hills but what is

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I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

+1, this and being on the flight path makes me wary

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

Besides the house in the OP, here's one across the street: http://tour.homevisit.com/mls/184007/5402-WEHAWKEN-RD-BETHESDA-MD-20816
And 5103 Wehawken, 6216 Winnebago and 6305 Walhonding. All massive brand new or newish builds. And that's just what's on the market, let alone what's been built there and already sold in the past dozen years.

That one's been on the market forever--since 5/15--and the price, which seems very high compared with others in the neighborhood, hasn't been reduced once.

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

Besides the house in the OP, here's one across the street: http://tour.homevisit.com/mls/184007/5402-WEHAWKEN-RD-BETHESDA-MD-20816
And 5103 Wehawken, 6216 Winnebago and 6305 Walhonding. All massive brand new or newish builds. And that's just what's on the market, let alone what's been built there and already sold in the past dozen years.

That one's been on the market forever--since 5/15--and the price, which seems very high compared with others in the neighborhood, hasn't been reduced once.

Noticed this too

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

+1, this and being on the flight path makes me wary

I hear Silver Spring doesn't have flight noise.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

+1, this and being on the flight path makes me wary

I hear Silver Spring doesn't have flight noise.

Nor does Potomac.

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Expensive as hell and on a tiny lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

Lol. Are you scared of your own shadow?

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

+1, this and being on the flight path makes me wary

I hear Silver Spring doesn't have flight noise.

Nor does Potomac.

Um, yes it does. It's on the same river as this neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:GEH was never the land of old Colonials. That's just not consistent with when the neighborhood was originally built on. I agree the giant new builds are taking over, but several PPs clearly don't know GEH to start with. (I grew up there and visit regularly.)

The house the OP posted is actually my favorite of the Wehawken new builds, inside and out, (not yet another crappy Craftsman!) but this is a slow price range, and there's a lot competition in the neighborhood.

I agree with you! It's not my style, but there were/are a lot of modern/contemporary homes in GEH and the house in the OP seems to complement them. Much better than, say, this:

I don't think the pictured house is so bad. Yes, it lacks charm, but it's not an eyesore like some of the old crum-bum houses that still dot Glen Echo Heights. I'd certainly choose it over one of those.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard that there are drainage and water damage issues in GEH due to the hills and deeply sloped lots.

+1, this and being on the flight path makes me wary

I hear Silver Spring doesn't have flight noise.

Nor does Potomac.

Um, yes it does. It's on the same river as this neighborhood.

It's on the flight path, but the planes fly higher because Potomac is farher from the airport

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Anonymous wrote:GEH was never the land of old Colonials. That's just not consistent with when the neighborhood was originally built on. I agree the giant new builds are taking over, but several PPs clearly don't know GEH to start with. (I grew up there and visit regularly.)

The house the OP posted is actually my favorite of the Wehawken new builds, inside and out, (not yet another crappy Craftsman!) but this is a slow price range, and there's a lot competition in the neighborhood.

I agree with you! It's not my style, but there were/are a lot of modern/contemporary homes in GEH and the house in the OP seems to complement them. Much better than, say, this:

I don't think the pictured house is so bad. Yes, it lacks charm, but it's not an eyesore like some of the old crum-bum houses that still dot Glen Echo Heights. I'd certainly choose it over one of those.

PP who posted this house - it's not that it's so bad, just that it's a very typical McMansion which was definitely not taking into account the character of the neighborhood, like we are speculating that the more modern one posted in the OP is.

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GEH has definitely changed over time. Originally it was dominated by lifers living in small brick ramblers and stick-built cottages. As they have died off or moved on, there has been a creeping of new builds but there are still many very tasteful renovations and expansions. What's happened though is that the dilapidated wrecks are fewer and fewer but tend to stand out more. And there are still lot of them, which makes selling a $2 million new build difficult.

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Anonymous wrote:GEH has definitely changed over time. Originally it was dominated by lifers living in small brick ramblers and stick-built cottages. As they have died off or moved on, there has been a creeping of new builds but there are still many very tasteful renovations and expansions. What's happened though is that the dilapidated wrecks are fewer and fewer but tend to stand out more. And there are still lot of them, which makes selling a $2 million new build difficult.

Yah, most homes in GEHs sold now days are closer to 2mil than 1mil excluding the lots bought buy developers.