Thoughts on this Kensington Heights house?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

For all you know, PP's kid is majoring in chemistry or math at that SLAC, bitch.

Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

For all you know, PP's kid is majoring in chemistry or math at that SLAC, bitch.

Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry.

Smaller classes taught by professors and not TAs?
Point being, not everyone at an SLAC is studying the poetry of ancient Greece.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

Yes, because no one from the W schools goes to liberal arts colleges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

For all you know, PP's kid is majoring in chemistry or math at that SLAC, bitch.

Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry.

My brother went to Amherst and majored in History, then eventually went to medical school.

You are an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Since the OP has kids in private school, she doesn't really care about the Einstein vs WJ debate, except as it pertains to maintenance of home value. It appears that many believe Einstein's reputation is improving. The elementary feeder schools are strong (OTES, Flora Singer, Woodlin, etc), and the parents at Sligo MS have made a big commitment to improving Sligo as well. Isn't there a reasonable expectation that Einstein will only get better (thereby making the purchase of this home a reasonable investment)? I think everyone agrees that the neighborhood is nice, and it seems that whether this home has a reasonable asking price and whether this home is a sound investment is all the OP really wants to know...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

For all you know, PP's kid is majoring in chemistry or math at that SLAC, bitch.

Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry.

Q: Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry?

A: Because the purpose of attending college is to be educated, and an education includes non-STEM subjects.

[Anonymous]

I walked by this house yesterday, and it's under contract. Did you buy it, OP?

I hadn't looked at this thread since the second page; wow, it really devolved. Sad.

[Anonymous]

There is no "wrong side" of Kensington.

Kensington is just Wheaton, everyone get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no "wrong side" of Kensington.

Kensington is just Wheaton, everyone get over it.

Then are parts of Chevy Chase and Bethesda, JUST Kensington. Wheaton is very different from Kensington!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

For all you know, PP's kid is majoring in chemistry or math at that SLAC, bitch.

Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry.

Q: Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry?

A: Because the purpose of attending college is to be educated, and an education includes non-STEM subjects.

yes we need proper grammar to announce grande skim late with two squirts of chocolate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like that part of Kensington and if my kids were in private I would absolutely live there. I certainly wouldn't pay a 400K premium for a house on the "right" side of the tracks. That being said, we paid the premium because we use the public system and don't want to be zoned for Einstein.

We love Einstein. My DH is a university professor, I'm a lawyer, we have two high-achieving kids. DD is at a selective liberal arts college after having graduated from Einstein; DS is a junior there. Both have done well. There are many other families like ours at Einstein.

There is no "wrong" side of Kensington.

not sure if touting the choice to do liberal arts over STEM is helping your case

For all you know, PP's kid is majoring in chemistry or math at that SLAC, bitch.

Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry.

Q: Why would you pick a liberal arts school to study math or chemistry?

A: Because the purpose of attending college is to be educated, and an education includes non-STEM subjects.

yes we need proper grammar to announce grande skim late with two squirts of chocolate

Proper spelling might help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I walked by this house yesterday, and it's under contract. Did you buy it, OP?

I hadn't looked at this thread since the second page; wow, it really devolved. Sad.

Nope, my brother bought it! They were considering it and it suddenly clicked I had read this thread, so I pulled it up on my phone and showed it to them. They think (most of) you all are crazy- and they didn't read past page 2!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walked by this house yesterday, and it's under contract. Did you buy it, OP?

I hadn't looked at this thread since the second page; wow, it really devolved. Sad.

Nope, my brother bought it! They were considering it and it suddenly clicked I had read this thread, so I pulled it up on my phone and showed it to them. They think (most of) you all are crazy- and they didn't read past page 2!

I'm the one who saw it's under contract. Hope your brother enjoys his new neighborhood and the naysayers stay on their side of Kensington.

[Anonymous]

PP, congrats to your brother!

[Anonymous]

Welcome to the neighborhood (brother of poster)!