Anonymous wrote:I posted a thread about this development a few weeks ago. My biggest concern was that it felt isolated from the rest of the neighborhood. It's on top of a hill and very close to the waste transfer station as others have pointed out.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/695128.page

We saw them in person and loved them -- considering what else you can get in the neighborhood in the 550-600k price range. I initially thought they were overpriced and you were paying for new construction until I looked at what else was selling in the neighborhood for just 50k less...then Totten Mews seems like a steal. I still don't love the warehouse nearby. When we checked them a few weeks ago the developer was offering significant closing cost assistance on the units that had already been built (and redfin shows that's still available). That is one of the reasons we are strongly considering the unit that's been built - we'd be able to put more down on the house instead of paying for closing costs.

We don't have kids yet, but schools are a concern of ours. For your family size it would be an awesome amount of space and you wouldn't have to worry about maintenance as you would with an older place. Keep in mind there are things coming to the neighborhood (more townhomes near the Walmart, the Children's Museum, maybe more retail).


Where else are you looking?

Anonymous wrote:good option if you're in at one of the nearby charters. otherwise, I think that the better comstock property is Georgia Row--offered for the same price, but IB for Takoma ES, which I prefer, and if you win the lottery and get into Shepherd then you have Deal and Wilson to take you through grade 12. Not far from Takoma or Silver Spring metros.

Some of it depends on whether you think you'll go into Silver Spring a lot or if you are members of the PG Pool and Ft. Totten is closer. If you work on the green line, Ft Totten has obvious alternatives. But the Georgia Ave buses are good too.