Glen Echo Heights?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GEH has a disproportionate number of teardowns because property is cheaper than in other parts of Bethesda/CC due to the flightpath.

How wrong on that one.

Agree with PP. Nowhere else in the area is there such a high concentration of new builds, there’s a reason, and please let us know if you have a more plausible one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GEH has a disproportionate number of teardowns because property is cheaper than in other parts of Bethesda/CC due to the flightpath.

How wrong on that one.

Agree with PP. Nowhere else in the area is there such a high concentration of new builds, there’s a reason, and please let us know if you have a more plausible one.

It used to be a downscale area with homes to match. The flightpath stuff is just, um, noise.

[Anonymous]

We live in a new build in this neighborhood and love it. Don't notice the airplane noise and don't have any street noise. Tear downs with quarter acre lots go for over $700k now, unless there is a defect, like it's next to a main road. I think there are so many new builds in the neighborhood because the housing stock (with smaller, less updated properties) lends itself to that. A lot of older homes in more manicured Sumner start at $850-900, and the economics don't work. We chose this neighborhood over other more manicured Bethesda neighborhood because we liked the more natural vibe it has, the diversity (and funkiness) of the houses, and the commute. The commute is fabulous compared to other Bethesda neighborhoods we've lived in (also in the Whitman district).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Can you recommend a good builder on Glen Echo Heights?

+1 in Bethesda

Meridian in Bethesda too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GEH has a disproportionate number of teardowns because property is cheaper than in other parts of Bethesda/CC due to the flightpath.

How wrong on that one.

Agree with PP. Nowhere else in the area is there such a high concentration of new builds, there’s a reason, and please let us know if you have a more plausible one.

It used to be a downscale area with homes to match. The flightpath stuff is just, um, noise.

Pivoting off the PP (for the topic) post comparing it with Sumner, GEH also had the least developed infrastructure of any area in Bethesda. It still lacks sidewalks and much of the other markers of dense, 20th century suburbia. It, like Potomac, often has larger lots, hence it's a more natural locale for your 5,000+ sqft manse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GEH has a disproportionate number of teardowns because property is cheaper than in other parts of Bethesda/CC due to the flightpath.

How wrong on that one.

Agree with PP. Nowhere else in the area is there such a high concentration of new builds, there’s a reason, and please let us know if you have a more plausible one.

If that's the reason, shouldn't Brookmont and Glen Echo proper have an even higher concentration of new builds?

[Anonymous]

PP, are you familiar with these neighborhoods? The lot sizes are so much smaller in Brookmont and Glen Echo vs GEH. There is also a much more “natural” vibe to GEH vs the houses dropped curbside in Brookmont and Glen Echo. ai like all 3 neighborhoods (and live in one of them) but GEH is pretty different than the other two, even though geographically it is between them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, are you familiar with these neighborhoods? The lot sizes are so much smaller in Brookmont and Glen Echo vs GEH. There is also a much more “natural” vibe to GEH vs the houses dropped curbside in Brookmont and Glen Echo. ai like all 3 neighborhoods (and live in one of them) but GEH is pretty different than the other two, even though geographically it is between them.

Pretty sure those areas+Sumner were only invoked to counter the airplane noise troll's take on GEH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The new builds are very nice but, to be honest, it's the prevalence of dumpy properties that is the problem. Junky ramblers with overgrown yards and abandoned cars. Reportedly there is even a man living in a partially completed building. Seems like 2 million dollars is excessive to live with that.

Not reportedly. There actually is a man living in a partially completed building. The yard is filled with inoperable cars and junk and is completely overgrown. Montgomery County refuses to do anything about it despite repeated neighborhood complaints.

[Anonymous]

I live in GEH and am unaware of this situation with a guy living in a partial home! What street is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in GEH and am unaware of this situation with a guy living in a partial home! What street is that?

NP. I live in GEH too. If it's the situation I'm thinking of, a man lives in the third floor of a brick monstrosity. The building is filled with junk. Old cars everywhere. Can't think of the road name but it's in the older section of GEH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in GEH and am unaware of this situation with a guy living in a partial home! What street is that?

NP. I live in GEH too. If it's the situation I'm thinking of, a man lives in the third floor of a brick monstrosity. The building is filled with junk. Old cars everywhere. Can't think of the road name but it's in the older section of GEH.

madawaska?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in GEH and am unaware of this situation with a guy living in a partial home! What street is that?

NP. I live in GEH too. If it's the situation I'm thinking of, a man lives in the third floor of a brick monstrosity. The building is filled with junk. Old cars everywhere. Can't think of the road name but it's in the older section of GEH.

Can't someone do something about it? Sounds like there might be cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in GEH and am unaware of this situation with a guy living in a partial home! What street is that?

NP. I live in GEH too. If it's the situation I'm thinking of, a man lives in the third floor of a brick monstrosity. The building is filled with junk. Old cars everywhere. Can't think of the road name but it's in the older section of GEH.

madawaska?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in GEH and am unaware of this situation with a guy living in a partial home! What street is that?

NP. I live in GEH too. If it's the situation I'm thinking of, a man lives in the third floor of a brick monstrosity. The building is filled with junk. Old cars everywhere. Can't think of the road name but it's in the older section of GEH.

Proof positive that the County could care less.