What's Glenmont like?
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Anonymous
Not too expensive, but apparently anything north of glenmont is too far for op. |
Anonymous
Thanks for answering! Oh, well, that is too bad. |
Anonymous
Northern College Park is less expensive & you can also look into Berwyn & Berwyn Heights. |
Anonymous
Wow, you're predicting over $100k over asking. Yeah, it does look very nicely renovated. |
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Glenmont is fine. Ignore the negativity. Kensington is now being taken over by the flipper and prices going up.
The nice thing about Glenmont is that the kids get school choice between three middle schools and are in the consortium for high school. We go to one of the middle schools and having a really good experience. |
Anonymous
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Near Glenmont metro:
https://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/13805-Bethpage-Ln-20906/home/11086407 |
Anonymous
Ugly, but spacious. But that’s pushing OP’s budget of $550k. Doubt it will go for less than list. |
Anonymous
Title 1 schools. The middle and high schools are considered crummy. Neighborhood has a lovely pool, but this otherwise nice enclave borders a federally labeled crime hotspot where all the garden apartments are on Hewitt (off of Georgia) and more apartments off of Bel Pre. |
Anonymous
For high schools: there is a consortium. The title 1 school gets a fair amount of funding and my neighbor's kids go there. I'm a fed live in a neighborhood nearby, and looked at this one as well. My neighbors are feds and teachers and police. If you are looking at around 500k near a metro, well...this is what you get. The garden apartments are notorious, but the crime doesn't tend to spill over into this neighborhood. MoCo could fix the crime issue in the apartments by stationing officers in that area at all times, but apparently it's not much of a priority, even pre BLM. Again, I live nearby and the worst we have had happen is neighbors getting their unlocked (!) cars tossed. |
Anonymous
| Careful regarding all the “consortium” talk. Posters act like kids can magically select which school they want. It’s not that easy. Go over to the mcps forum and ask parents how the consortium worked out for their kid. |
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https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-20906/
Crime stats for 20906 are really bad. |
Anonymous
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I live near this Kensington neighborhood, which would be a bit closer commute for you. Crime and schools are better, too. It’s $549,000 so at the top of your budget.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3212-Edgewood-Rd_Kensington_MD_20895_M57631-62028 |
Anonymous
I live in 20906. At least in most sfh neighborhoods, it's not that bad. And, if you bother to look at the crime grades map, you will see that this neighborhood and most sfh neighborhoods along Layhill are much safer. Actually much safer than Downtown Kensington. So look at the actual crime map and not at what the "crime is awful" posters here are saying. |
Anonymous
Schools are not crummy. |
Anonymous
This is pending and almost certainly for above list. This doesn't have any interior pics (yet?) but it's $475k so OP would have room to bid more, and it's in a wonderful neighborhood. I live nearby and it looked like work was being done in it over the weekend. https://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/2511-Jennings-Rd-20902/home/11030484 |