House on Grosvenor Ln in N. Bethesda
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Anonymous
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We have been to this house a few times now and really love the design and finishes -- the builder is very talented and takes great care: http://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/5714-Grosvenor-Ln-20814/home/10677057.
Here is our main concern: would it be terrible to live on Grosvenor Lane? We live on Capitol Hill now so we aren't familiar with the traffic patterns in North Bethesda. Would appreciate thoughts from anyone with more familiarity. Also wondering what the neighborhood is like -- do folks hang out at Fleming Park and walk or bike around the neighborhood, or is it pretty much a driving culture? Thanks for any help or advice you can offer. |
Anonymous
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What a lovely house!
Can't comment on the traffic, but I can tell you as a Bethesdan for many many many years, I have never been on that street. Is it a cut-through? |
Anonymous
| I think that's a lot to pay for that house, outside the beltway. |
Anonymous
| It's outside the Beltway by like a quarter mile. |
Anonymous
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We live a block off Grosvenor lane. I don't think the road is terribly busy, if that is your concern, although it can be during rush hour. It is a cut through from Old Georgetown to Wisconsin which is convenient, but that accounts for the busy factor.
A lot of walking/biking around Fleming Park (there is a bike trail that goes right past), and you see people walking up to Wildwood shopping center all the time. Definitely not the same as Capitol Hill, though. I've been driving by that every day, it looks beautiful! We love the schools (well, so far just elem- Ashburton), too. |
Anonymous
| I'm familiar with the neighborhood. It's nice and walkable. You can walk from there to Grosvenor metro in about 25 min and to Wildwood shopping center (Red Door, Balducci's) in about 15min. I see people biking and walking all the time. Lots of small older homes being replaced with expensive new build. Lots of doctors. Having said that, Grosvenor lane itself is pretty high-traffic and getting more congested. If I had that kind of money I would rather buy a similar home on one of the side streets in the same neighborhood. |
Anonymous
| That house is hideous. It's all about the garage. Houses that big do not belong on postage-stamp sized lots. |
Anonymous
A third of an acre is a postage stamp? |
Anonymous
| Not for 1.4M....no way jose... |
Anonymous
| 69 days on the market, nuff said! |
Anonymous
| (17:25 again): If the driveway is wide enough to turn around in, that would be a major plus, so that you wouldn't have to back out onto Grosvenor. |
Anonymous
Houses above $1.25M don't get snapped up the way houses under $750K do. It's almost never a knock against the actual house. |
Anonymous
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I don't like a white kitchen in any house over $1m.
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Anonymous
| It's beautiful inside but the front looks like crap. |