Which Bethesda/Potomac/N. Potomac Neighborhood Has?...

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Anonymous wrote:Wildwood Manor (though a few teardowns/McMansions are starting to creep in)

More than a few, I'd say.

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Anonymous wrote:Wood Acres does not have it's own pool. Most people go to Merrimack, Bannockburn or Mohican pools. A lot use Kenwood or Chevy Chase Country Clubs.

It's a very family friendly area (perhaps the most in 20816), but the houses are usually very tiny and you can't expand much because of a very active covenants committee.

Covenants committee? I was under the impression that there was no binding association for wood arces. What do they simply appeal during the permitting phase? It isn't like there isn't dozen and dozens of tear downs in the neighborhood although granted more across mass in sumner and glen mar which I always thought was do to bigger lots and higher comps.

Ugh, sorry for the run-on sentence. Phone and lack of proof reading = regret

I'm sure someone who has expanded their WA house will chime in, but the bottom line is that you can't change the main/front features of the houses and you can't tear down to build a McMansion. So if you look at the many varied additions on WA houses, you can still see the original 1940s front. There are some big additions that add a lot of square footage and modern features, but the neighborhood still feels very cohesive.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wood Acres does not have it's own pool. Most people go to Merrimack, Bannockburn or Mohican pools. A lot use Kenwood or Chevy Chase Country Clubs.

It's a very family friendly area (perhaps the most in 20816), but the houses are usually very tiny and you can't expand much because of a very active covenants committee.

Covenants committee? I was under the impression that there was no binding association for wood arces. What do they simply appeal during the permitting phase? It isn't like there isn't dozen and dozens of tear downs in the neighborhood although granted more across mass in sumner and glen mar which I always thought was do to bigger lots and higher comps.

Ugh, sorry for the run-on sentence. Phone and lack of proof reading = regret

I'm sure someone who has expanded their WA house will chime in, but the bottom line is that you can't change the main/front features of the houses and you can't tear down to build a McMansion. So if you look at the many varied additions on WA houses, you can still see the original 1940s front. There are some big additions that add a lot of square footage and modern features, but the neighborhood still feels very cohesive.

Exactly, no tear downs allowed in Wood Acres. The new builds you see are in neighboring Springfield. Any expansions are supposed to undergo an approval process that includes your neighbors agreeing to it. I'm not sure what kind of teeth it has, but everyone who lives here likes that it looks consistent and I assume most are happy to keep it that way. But because of that, every house is truly different inside.