Reply to This house in Edgemoor?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "This house in Edgemoor?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Washington area housing prices have finally reached California levels.

I have researched  five communities, two immediately outside Washington, DC (Bethesda, MD, and McLean, VA), and three immediately outside Los Angeles (San Marino, CA, South Pasadena, CA, and Pasadena, CA).

All of these communities have excellent public schools (except perhaps Pasadena, CA, which has only two elementary schools with greatschools ratings of 8, but a number of excellent private schools); good walkability (except perhaps McLean, VA); easy access to public transportation; and a short commute to their respective metropolitan centers (20 minutes to downtown DC or LA).

A previous poster mentioned the GreatSchools.org ratings, so I compared them out for four San Marino and South Pasadena in the LA-area, and McLean and Bethesda in the DC region. The public schools in all four communities have very high ratings and compare favorably to one another.

South Pasadena, CA Public Schools  (all 9s and 10s)
http://www.greatschools.org/search/search.page?q=S...%20Pasadena&state=CA&st=public
 
San Marino, CA Public Schools  (all 10s)
http://www.greatschools.org/search/search.page?q=San%20Marino&state=CA&st=public
 
McLean, VA Public Schools 
http://www.greatschools.org/search/search.page?q=McLean&state=VA&st=public

Bethesda, MD Public Schools 
http://www.greatschools.org/search/search.page?q=Bethesda&state=MD&st=public
 
Using the Edgemoor listing in Bethesda as a target, I researched homes in the $1,500,000 range in San Marino, CA, and South Pasadena, CA. They illustrate the point that Washington-area housing, in comparable communities with a close-in commute to downtown, walkable neighborhoods, and good public schools, have reached California-expensive levels.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/280-Saint-Albans-Ave-South-Pasadena-CA-91030/20692480_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1551-Diamond-Ave...sadena-CA-91030/20696164_zpid/

http://www.movoto.com/real-estate/homes-for-sale/C...ta-Vista-Ave-202_A12091689.htm
 
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1625-S-Euclid-Av...Marino-CA-91108/20699682_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1885-Robin-Rd-Sa...Marino-CA-91108/20704049_zpid/

If you are willing to send your children to private school in Pasadena (which generally have less expensive tuition than the DC-area private schools), then there are also a number of good houses in a comparable $1,500,000 price range in Pasadena, CA. I have also included greatschools.org link to the well-rated Pasadena public elementary schools.

http://www.greatschools.org/california/pasadena/2786-Hamilton-Elementary-School/

http://www.greatschools.org/california/pasadena/27...undamental-School/?tab=reviews

Also included the following excerpt from an article referring to one of Pasadena’s private schools.

“Q. What about hot West Coast schools outside the Bay Area?

A. Polytechnic School in Pasadena, which is just down the road from California Institute of Technology, is having better luck placing its children at elite schools than Phillips, Exeter and Andover. Lakeside School, which is the alma mater of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, belongs on this list too.”

Following is the list of Pasadena housing.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/425-Plumosa-Dr-P...sadena-CA-91107/20879065_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/520-W-California...sadena-CA-91105/20860030_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1230-Brookmere-R...sadena-CA-91105/20694441_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1571-Oakdale-St-...sadena-CA-91106/20869085_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1460-Old-House-R...sadena-CA-91107/20880981_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/685-Linda-Vista-...sadena-CA-91105/20856227_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1335-Cresthaven-...sadena-CA-91105/20769671_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2121-Monte-Vista...sadena-CA-91107/20874058_zpid/

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/675-Linda-Vista-...sadena-CA-91105/20856229_zpid/

DC is an increasingly expensive metropolitan area to live.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics