Mansion for sale in Glen Echo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's going to be tough to redevelop. Look at the Zsa Zsa Gabor house on Goldsboro just before the gas station. It's been sitting vacant for years as they can't get approval to redevelop it into a couple townhomes.

Or take the church for sale right in the middle of Glen Echo (like in the middle of a square in fact). Again, can't get approval to redevelop this to just 4 homes.

So 9 homes on this property will be a real stretch. The neighbors will object vociferously.

That said, they did pull it off on that bit of land just off Sangamore where they have the intelligence agency. Between it and the low-income apartments are a bunch of luxury townhomes going in. Not sure how they got that approved, but they did.

The "luxury townhomes" at Brookes Ridge have been on the market for about 3 years and they aren't selling.

I wonder why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's going to be tough to redevelop. Look at the Zsa Zsa Gabor house on Goldsboro just before the gas station. It's been sitting vacant for years as they can't get approval to redevelop it into a couple townhomes.

Or take the church for sale right in the middle of Glen Echo (like in the middle of a square in fact). Again, can't get approval to redevelop this to just 4 homes.

So 9 homes on this property will be a real stretch. The neighbors will object vociferously.

That said, they did pull it off on that bit of land just off Sangamore where they have the intelligence agency. Between it and the low-income apartments are a bunch of luxury townhomes going in. Not sure how they got that approved, but they did.

The "luxury townhomes" at Brookes Ridge have been on the market for about 3 years and they aren't selling.

I wonder why not?

Must be the airplane noise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's going to be tough to redevelop. Look at the Zsa Zsa Gabor house on Goldsboro just before the gas station. It's been sitting vacant for years as they can't get approval to redevelop it into a couple townhomes.

Or take the church for sale right in the middle of Glen Echo (like in the middle of a square in fact). Again, can't get approval to redevelop this to just 4 homes.

So 9 homes on this property will be a real stretch. The neighbors will object vociferously.

That said, they did pull it off on that bit of land just off Sangamore where they have the intelligence agency. Between it and the low-income apartments are a bunch of luxury townhomes going in. Not sure how they got that approved, but they did.

The "luxury townhomes" at Brookes Ridge have been on the market for about 3 years and they aren't selling.

I wonder why not?

Next door (literally feet away) from a creepy secret government facility, tons of both airplane noise because it's on the DCA flight path and helicopter noise due to said government facility, plus thousands of employees in cars and busses going by on the tiny narrow road in front of the townhomes. Do not know what they were thinking. Oh and about a block from multiple busy roads and the fire station.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's going to be tough to redevelop. Look at the Zsa Zsa Gabor house on Goldsboro just before the gas station. It's been sitting vacant for years as they can't get approval to redevelop it into a couple townhomes.

Or take the church for sale right in the middle of Glen Echo (like in the middle of a square in fact). Again, can't get approval to redevelop this to just 4 homes.

So 9 homes on this property will be a real stretch. The neighbors will object vociferously.

That said, they did pull it off on that bit of land just off Sangamore where they have the intelligence agency. Between it and the low-income apartments are a bunch of luxury townhomes going in. Not sure how they got that approved, but they did.

The "luxury townhomes" at Brookes Ridge have been on the market for about 3 years and they aren't selling.

I wonder why not?

Next door (literally feet away) from a creepy secret government facility, tons of both airplane noise because it's on the DCA flight path and helicopter noise due to said government facility, plus thousands of employees in cars and busses going by on the tiny narrow road in front of the townhomes. Do not know what they were thinking. Oh and about a block from multiple busy roads and the fire station.

Man you are right, that place is the worse. Everyone reading this flock to silver spring before it is too late.

[Anonymous]

No one is going to buy this to fix up. A developer will buy it and it will be bulldozed and they will put up 100 townhouses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is going to buy this to fix up. A developer will buy it and it will be bulldozed and they will put up 100 townhouses.

Possibly

[Anonymous]

I would love to fix something up. Totally my dream.

[Anonymous]

circa 1995, shortly after Leland Phillips purchased this property and applied to build a trail of houses with a driveway onto Tulip Hill Terrace (where he maintains a small plot of land, including mowing it himself up until 15 years ago -- my pre-schooler used to watch him on a tractor-mower), it was denied by the Planning Board. When we moved into our house, my immediate neighbors proudly told me about fighting off Phillips' development plans (first of many NIMBY campaigns in Tulip Hill, to include recent FAA flight path algorithm which saves fuel and protects the greater environment). Last time I saw Phillips, he told me he was concentrating on a parcel in Foxhall. This was about 10 years ago, when he was already in his 80s. Stonehaven has character and potentially good "bones," but I am also confused as to the 9 houses -- unless they are planning to build a switchback road up from MacArthur, cuz they're not allowed a driveway onto Tulip Hill Ter as far as I know. Before Leland fenced it off in 2006, we used to walk through that gothic property to access the Puppet Co & carousel at Glen Echo Park, and it's steeply graded.

[Anonymous]

follow up after finding land records -- so Phillips bought it in 1995, and transferred it to an LLC in 2003:


Owner: STONEHAVEN LLC
Land value: $1,600,000
Improvement value: $100,000
Total value for property: $1,700,000
Assessments for tax year: 2014
Property use: Residential
Property class: Standard Unit
Building area: 2,106 square feet
Number of full bathrooms: 2
Number of half bathrooms: 2
Number of stories: 2.0
Year property was built: 1937
Basement: Yes
Exterior: Stone
Garage: 1 Attached
Last sales:
Date: 04/02/2003
Seller: PHILLIPS, LELAND H
Date: 04/02/2003
Seller: PHILLIPS, LELAND H & SHEILA M
Date: 04/11/1995
Seller: LELAND H PHILLIPS


Read more: http://www.city-data.com/montgomery-county/M/Macarthur-Boulevard-7.html#ixzz4ybLxXrXO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:circa 1995, shortly after Leland Phillips purchased this property and applied to build a trail of houses with a driveway onto Tulip Hill Terrace (where he maintains a small plot of land, including mowing it himself up until 15 years ago -- my pre-schooler used to watch him on a tractor-mower), it was denied by the Planning Board. When we moved into our house, my immediate neighbors proudly told me about fighting off Phillips' development plans (first of many NIMBY campaigns in Tulip Hill, to include recent FAA flight path algorithm which saves fuel and protects the greater environment). Last time I saw Phillips, he told me he was concentrating on a parcel in Foxhall. This was about 10 years ago, when he was already in his 80s. Stonehaven has character and potentially good "bones," but I am also confused as to the 9 houses -- unless they are planning to build a switchback road up from MacArthur, cuz they're not allowed a driveway onto Tulip Hill Ter as far as I know. Before Leland fenced it off in 2006, we used to walk through that gothic property to access the Puppet Co & carousel at Glen Echo Park, and it's steeply graded.

Listing says "up to 9 lots". My guess is that this goes to whoever can get the most places built, but that almost certainly won't be 9 additional homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:circa 1995, shortly after Leland Phillips purchased this property and applied to build a trail of houses with a driveway onto Tulip Hill Terrace (where he maintains a small plot of land, including mowing it himself up until 15 years ago -- my pre-schooler used to watch him on a tractor-mower), it was denied by the Planning Board. When we moved into our house, my immediate neighbors proudly told me about fighting off Phillips' development plans (first of many NIMBY campaigns in Tulip Hill, to include recent FAA flight path algorithm which saves fuel and protects the greater environment). Last time I saw Phillips, he told me he was concentrating on a parcel in Foxhall. This was about 10 years ago, when he was already in his 80s. Stonehaven has character and potentially good "bones," but I am also confused as to the 9 houses -- unless they are planning to build a switchback road up from MacArthur, cuz they're not allowed a driveway onto Tulip Hill Ter as far as I know. Before Leland fenced it off in 2006, we used to walk through that gothic property to access the Puppet Co & carousel at Glen Echo Park, and it's steeply graded.

Listing says "up to 9 lots". My guess is that this goes to whoever can get the most places built, but that almost certainly won't be 9 additional homes.

Agree with poster who said Cafritz or Rembrandt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:circa 1995, shortly after Leland Phillips purchased this property and applied to build a trail of houses with a driveway onto Tulip Hill Terrace (where he maintains a small plot of land, including mowing it himself up until 15 years ago -- my pre-schooler used to watch him on a tractor-mower), it was denied by the Planning Board. When we moved into our house, my immediate neighbors proudly told me about fighting off Phillips' development plans (first of many NIMBY campaigns in Tulip Hill, to include recent FAA flight path algorithm which saves fuel and protects the greater environment). Last time I saw Phillips, he told me he was concentrating on a parcel in Foxhall. This was about 10 years ago, when he was already in his 80s. Stonehaven has character and potentially good "bones," but I am also confused as to the 9 houses -- unless they are planning to build a switchback road up from MacArthur, cuz they're not allowed a driveway onto Tulip Hill Ter as far as I know. Before Leland fenced it off in 2006, we used to walk through that gothic property to access the Puppet Co & carousel at Glen Echo Park, and it's steeply graded.

Listing says "up to 9 lots". My guess is that this goes to whoever can get the most places built, but that almost certainly won't be 9 additional homes.

Agree with poster who said Cafritz or Rembrandt.

Plus 1. Their houses don't sell very quickly though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:circa 1995, shortly after Leland Phillips purchased this property and applied to build a trail of houses with a driveway onto Tulip Hill Terrace (where he maintains a small plot of land, including mowing it himself up until 15 years ago -- my pre-schooler used to watch him on a tractor-mower), it was denied by the Planning Board. When we moved into our house, my immediate neighbors proudly told me about fighting off Phillips' development plans (first of many NIMBY campaigns in Tulip Hill, to include recent FAA flight path algorithm which saves fuel and protects the greater environment). Last time I saw Phillips, he told me he was concentrating on a parcel in Foxhall. This was about 10 years ago, when he was already in his 80s. Stonehaven has character and potentially good "bones," but I am also confused as to the 9 houses -- unless they are planning to build a switchback road up from MacArthur, cuz they're not allowed a driveway onto Tulip Hill Ter as far as I know. Before Leland fenced it off in 2006, we used to walk through that gothic property to access the Puppet Co & carousel at Glen Echo Park, and it's steeply graded.

Listing says "up to 9 lots". My guess is that this goes to whoever can get the most places built, but that almost certainly won't be 9 additional homes.

Agree with poster who said Cafritz or Rembrandt.

Plus 1. Their houses don't sell very quickly though.

There are too many new build McMansions in GEH and they languish on the market.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's going to be tough to redevelop. Look at the Zsa Zsa Gabor house on Goldsboro just before the gas station. It's been sitting vacant for years as they can't get approval to redevelop it into a couple townhomes.

Or take the church for sale right in the middle of Glen Echo (like in the middle of a square in fact). Again, can't get approval to redevelop this to just 4 homes.

So 9 homes on this property will be a real stretch. The neighbors will object vociferously.

That said, they did pull it off on that bit of land just off Sangamore where they have the intelligence agency. Between it and the low-income apartments are a bunch of luxury townhomes going in. Not sure how they got that approved, but they did.

The "luxury townhomes" at Brookes Ridge have been on the market for about 3 years and they aren't selling.

I wonder why not?

Next door (literally feet away) from a creepy secret government facility, tons of both airplane noise because it's on the DCA flight path and helicopter noise due to said government facility, plus thousands of employees in cars and busses going by on the tiny narrow road in front of the townhomes. Do not know what they were thinking. Oh and about a block from multiple busy roads and the fire station.

Man you are right, that place is the worse. Everyone reading this flock to silver spring before it is too late.

Ha ha- or DARNESTOWN. Gotta try keeping the property values up in Darnestown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:circa 1995, shortly after Leland Phillips purchased this property and applied to build a trail of houses with a driveway onto Tulip Hill Terrace (where he maintains a small plot of land, including mowing it himself up until 15 years ago -- my pre-schooler used to watch him on a tractor-mower), it was denied by the Planning Board. When we moved into our house, my immediate neighbors proudly told me about fighting off Phillips' development plans (first of many NIMBY campaigns in Tulip Hill, to include recent FAA flight path algorithm which saves fuel and protects the greater environment). Last time I saw Phillips, he told me he was concentrating on a parcel in Foxhall. This was about 10 years ago, when he was already in his 80s. Stonehaven has character and potentially good "bones," but I am also confused as to the 9 houses -- unless they are planning to build a switchback road up from MacArthur, cuz they're not allowed a driveway onto Tulip Hill Ter as far as I know. Before Leland fenced it off in 2006, we used to walk through that gothic property to access the Puppet Co & carousel at Glen Echo Park, and it's steeply graded.

Phillips Park!
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20061026005250/en/Development-Team-Breaks-Ground-Phillips-Park--