$1.2 MILLION in Bowie!? “SOLEIL AT BOWIE”
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Anonymous
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I have been getting tons of advertisements for Soleil at Bowie. This is a new development with homes between $900K-$1.2M. Homes include elevators and in-ground swimming pools. Homes go up to 7,000+ Sq. Ft. with 6 BD 5.5 BA.
Beautiful houses, but who is the buyer for this? The assigned schools are poorly ranked and the location is surrounded by generic subdivisions with minimal high quality retail. Thoughts? https://www.soleilatbowie.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.soleilatbowie.com |
Anonymous
People of color who have money and want to live around other people of color. -Person of color |
Anonymous
| I'd happily live in 2 of the 4 of them. |
Anonymous
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I think it looks lovely. We live in Crofton, but our church is in Bowie. I like Bowie, a lot. Allen Pond, nice shopping center, more daycare options now than a few years ago. There’s a new Lidl in Bowie, I think.
This place is in keeping with some of the new developments in Crofton. And I’m jealous of whomever lives here, because their commute will be much better than mine! |
Anonymous
I think it looks pretty good, too, though I'd reserve final judgement till see something real, not just a rendering. It also looks like an impressive value, at least on paper. |
Anonymous
| There are plenty of neighborhoods with homes over 1 million in greater Bowie. This isn’t even that unique. How do you live here and not know that? |
Anonymous
| OP do you ask about the million dollar new builds in Hyattsville? This is a much better value. |
Anonymous
| Die, modern farmhouse, DIE. |
Anonymous
| If I never see one of these silly houses with the black windows again in my whole life it will be too soon. |
Anonymous
Umm, this is a generic subdivision. And Bowie is just like every other pretty wealthy exurb except with more black people. |
Anonymous
| This seems ridiculously high. I agree, that location is undesirable. |
Anonymous
| I’m black. Hard pass. |
Anonymous
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At 1-1.2 million private school is likely. There are plenty of private school options in the surrounding area.
Location is desirable. It takes me 40 minutes to get to Yards DC on a Sat night (which includes a 10 min delay on our most recent trip), its 30 min to Annapolis, 40 min to Baltimore, 30 min to Old Town Alexandria (love Elizabeths Counter there for vegan donuts). There is a reason Bowie was so popular for commuting family professionals and its have a bit of a resurgence lately. We selected Bowie because its an equal drive for both of our commutes and now we love living here even though our commutes are max 2 days/week going forward. Those lot sizes are pretty desirable and in AACo Severna Park a very similar community is going for 700+ with a miniscule lot (<6k) whereas a 0.5acre lot is 21k. Many of the families we know in that area of AA arent sending their kids to public elementary or middle but may consider high school. My spouse has suggested SP and I am not interested. We are a mixed family and the minority pop in SP Elem is <20% with a 17:1 student teacher ratio. Our local is 65% minority and 14:1 ratio. They are both rated 8 in GS. |
Anonymous
| We just purchased in Bowie last year near the Target on Annapolis Rd. and really love the area. I would not pay that price for the schools even if I had to pay for Riverdale Baptist or any other "private". |
Anonymous
| I couldn’t figure out where exactly this is. Is it part of the old Levitt development? Or did they knock something down to build this? Looks like north of 50 between 301 and 197? |