[MD] Glen Echo Heights--Why hasn't this house sold?

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https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/5409-Wehawken-Rd-20816/home/10648640#!

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I've noticed that there are a lot of new homes at that price point sitting on the market for a long time in that Bethesda zip code. Maybe too many on the market -or that the market has become saturated.

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Only one reason why a house doesn't sell...priced too high.

Beautiful house but if no one is biting, the price is too high.

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There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

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Anonymous wrote:Only one reason why a house doesn't sell...priced too high.

Beautiful house but if no one is biting, the price is too high.

Wrong!!! it is clearly the bambo holding it back

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

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It's the location!

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

It's untrue but I'll agree that it sounds unfortunate. That's why Virginia is best avoided

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

Besides the house in the OP, here's one across the street: http://tour.homevisit.com/mls/184007/5402-WEHAWKEN-RD-BETHESDA-MD-20816
And 5103 Wehawken, 6216 Winnebago and 6305 Walhonding. All massive brand new or newish builds. And that's just what's on the market, let alone what's been built there and already sold in the past dozen years.

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

Besides the house in the OP, here's one across the street: http://tour.homevisit.com/mls/184007/5402-WEHAWKEN-RD-BETHESDA-MD-20816
And 5103 Wehawken, 6216 Winnebago and 6305 Walhonding. All massive brand new or newish builds. And that's just what's on the market, let alone what's been built there and already sold in the past dozen years.

And that house looks VERY different from the one posted by OP, and at least stays somewhat true to the general style of the neighborhood. World of difference between a new build that attempts to recreate the style of most of the houses around it and one that looks like it was slapped together from the sad-McMansion handbook

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Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of old colonials and beautiful stately homes in this part of Bethesda. A new build always sticks out like a sore thumb and probably isn't going to appeal to the Glen Echo types, who often move there for the natural beauty of the area.

Now, in McLean... a new build will probably be prized more highly.

Said someone who has obviously not driven through Glen Echo Heights recently

I have, actually.

The land of teardowns and McCraftsmans?

Where would that be? Across the bridge?

No, right in Glen Echo Heights. It's unfortunate but true.

It's untrue but I'll agree that it sounds unfortunate. That's why Virginia is best avoided

One fourth of the homes sold in Glen Echo Heights over the past two years were built since 2000. And that doesn't even count the older homes that were sold, torn down and replaced with gigantic new builds that were never re-sold. Look, I'm a lifelong MoCo resident who hates Virginia, too, but you can't deny what's actually happening in this neighborhood.