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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you to everyone so far who gave thoughtful advice! In terms of Hyattsville, what do you think is a good benchmark for price per square foot for something that has been completely updated? This is probably too specific a question, but I might as well ask! We saw a house we loved, but it was significantly more expensive than the other houses on the surrounding blocks. However, it was at least 1,000 sq ft larger than them and was a new build. We also thought we might feel awkward being in the nicest house on the block.[/quote]

You’re going to want a car for any of these places so it’s good that you’re pricing that in. I drive so much more since I moved out here. The upside is that parking is much easier and I walk around the neighborhood a lot, just not to errands as much. Rte 1 is also a great place for recreational biking if you like that. The trolley trail and the anacostia trail system are so nice and so not overcrowded. I went recently with a friend on the capital crescent and I nearly had a panic attack. It’s nice to bike down to the navy yard and then either bike back or take the green line. The bridge to the arboretum will be great as well (although there will be a steep hill on the arboretum side!)

Tbh though you sound a little bit stressed about the neighborhoods. If you think you’d be more comfortable in MoCo then maybe you would be. Maybe you should try renting in College Park for a year and just see how you feel about it. You want to pick a neighborhood you like now and not one that you might like, conditional on it’s future gentrification.

Re: the new build, you can look at comps on Redfin and filter by year built to see how many new builds there have been and what they sell for. A lot of them are from one company, Werrlein, that is theoretically building a whole slew of townhouses where the old WSSC building is. There are also a bunch of rehabbed houses with a higher $/sq foot that you should be able to find as well. Mt Rainier is like that too. I assume College Park although I don’t know the neighborhoods as well. [/quote]

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