Struck Out in DC school lottery....Tell/Sell me in your non-W School Cluster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind there is only one way in and out of poolesville, clarksburg, and Damascus... May I suggest moving to VA?

Those clusters are way out in the boonies anyways. It will be a total shock to your system...

Do what now?

[Anonymous]

Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

Isn't that in Rockville? Do city people typically like living way out there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

Isn't that in Rockville? Do city people typically like living way out there?

That really isn't that far out. Tons of people, particularly with OP's budget, live much farther out from DC. It is FSBO, contingent upon the owner finding a new house, and a one month rent back -- so there is definitely the potential for it not to be a real smooth transaction.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of SFH options in neighborhoods that would feed into Oakland Terrace, Flora Singer, and Forest Knolls. If you're really focused on low FARMS percentages and commuting distance isn't a factor, by all means move further out. But a commute from these neighborhoods to DC i at least bearable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

It's an attached house, as you say. With a tiny lot, for over $500,000, not in walking distance of shops or restaurants, with transit consisting of a RideOn route with mostly 30-minute frequencies. But other than that, just what the OP is looking for!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

Isn't that in Rockville? Do city people typically like living way out there?

Other PPs were suggesting places like Olney and Clarksburg which are way farther than Rockville. And this home is 5 minutes from 270 which makes for an easier commute. It is also very close to Rockville Town Square and about a 10 minute drive to Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you sure you want to give up on DC? What are your kids' schools?

If you want a big house AND want your kids surrounded only by other high-SES kids, seems the prospects aren't great in MD at your budget, unless you move almost out to WV. Not sure it would be worth it, vs. just buying a condo in DC or close-in Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

It's an attached house, as you say. With a tiny lot, for over $500,000, not in walking distance of shops or restaurants, with transit consisting of a RideOn route with mostly 30-minute frequencies. But other than that, just what the OP is looking for!

It's a 5 minute drive to countless restaurants and grocery stores including Trader Joe's, Harris teeter, Safeway, Dawson's Market, and giant. Close to Fallsgrove restaurants, Park Potomac, and all of Rockville Town Square. OP said bus line, not walking to train (which you COULD walk to Rockville station from there, but the bus in front of Wootton HS is closer. And the house literally backs up to a 107 acre park. There's lots of open space lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a townhouse across the street from Wootton HS for $515k.

It doesn't meet your requirement of SFH - but it does back up to Wootons Mill Park which has lots of open space, streams, and playgrounds. It's also walking distance to Fallsmead Lake/pool area, and next to the Millennium Trail (bike path).

It's a very nice area and walking distance to Fallsmead ES, Frost MS, and Wootton HS (ie not likely to get rezoned anywhere else)

Close to exit 5 off 270

PP here - forgot to post the link!

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Rockville/950-Paulsboro-Dr-20850/home/10518845

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

A 5-minute drive to Rockville Town Center? Maybe at 2 am, if you speed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you sure you want to give up on DC? What are your kids' schools?

If you want a big house AND want your kids surrounded only by other high-SES kids, seems the prospects aren't great in MD at your budget, unless you move almost out to WV. Not sure it would be worth it, vs. just buying a condo in DC or close-in Silver Spring.

DH and I are definitely sure we want to leave DC. We may expand our search to Howard County. We want continuity for our children and the lottery is stressful despite the hard face people put on in DC. We have figured out that we’d rather not gamble with our children’s futures. We are also tired of the cramped space in the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 5-minute drive to Rockville Town Center? Maybe at 2 am, if you speed.

From Wootton HS? Absolutely. Just take Wootton Pkwy left on Falls into downtown Rockville. Perhaps you don't live nearby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you sure you want to give up on DC? What are your kids' schools?

If you want a big house AND want your kids surrounded only by other high-SES kids, seems the prospects aren't great in MD at your budget, unless you move almost out to WV. Not sure it would be worth it, vs. just buying a condo in DC or close-in Silver Spring.

DH and I are definitely sure we want to leave DC. We may expand our search to Howard County. We want continuity for our children and the lottery is stressful despite the hard face people put on in DC. We have figured out that we’d rather not gamble with our children’s futures. We are also tired of the cramped space in the city.

DP. But I would think hard about long commutes and space versus time with family. I also think that your attitude on DC schools is more negative than it need be. Classes in DC are generally smaller than Montgomery County and most middle schools are smaller too. This PP asked where you are IB now - you could consider different options including staying in DC.