Anonymous wrote:Glen Echo Heights is where the poor people who can't afford Kent/Spring Valley/Wesley Heights lives.

You and I have different definitions of poor people. I would think most of the people who bought new builds in GEH could find a place in their budgets in any of those places if not quite as many Sqft but chose privacy and non-urban because it is more their style. Most people who buy 1.5-3mill homes tend to get something close to what they want where there want.

This old house is famous in the neighborhood.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/5415-Mohican-Rd-20816/home/10648971

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/Web-2016/Bethesdas-Historic-Baltzley-Castle-Is-On-the-Market-For-44-Million/

Glen Echo Heights is where the poor people who can't afford Kent/Spring Valley/Wesley Heights lives.

Anonymous wrote:Have you looked around Glen Echo Heights lately? Ain't nobody spending $1.9 million to renovate an old house -- not going to happen. Glen Echo Heights (and a few other Bethesda neighborhoods) are the new Edgemoor, without the walkability. Over time the whole 'hood is going to flip to new builds.

This, that who area west of Mass Ave between Little Falls and Goldsboro is being flipped as we speak. The older money is resisting some what in Westmoreland Hills and Sumner but GEH, MH and Glen Mar are losing original homes quickly.

I grew up there. I had some good neighborhood friends (via luck) but it was a very isolating location. I returned to live in Bethesda as an adult and GEH has never been on my radar because I'll gladly trade lot size for walkability. Obviously others weigh those factors differently. My parents still live there and are still mad that neighborhood NIMBYs blocked the county's offer of sidewalks a few years because, quelle horreur, think of all the undesirables who might walk around if the threat of being run over by a car were slightly reduced.

I'm dying to live there. I used to love my walks up the canal when I lived there.
Jealous of all who live there.
That is all.

Anonymous wrote:Have you looked around Glen Echo Heights lately? Ain't nobody spending $1.9 million to renovate an old house -- not going to happen. Glen Echo Heights (and a few other Bethesda neighborhoods) are the new Edgemoor, without the walkability. Over time the whole 'hood is going to flip to new builds.

Between purchase price for an existing home then a full-on addition and renovation? Oh yes there are.

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Anonymous wrote:Good neighborhood. Over time more and more of the old houses will be replaced by new builds.

...with that oh so pretty tan, syngogue brick. Enjoy.

Close. It's more like stone front with light red brick on all the other sides. You know, to save money. And don't forget the porte-cochere. Rembrandt Builders have been on a small tear in Glen Echo Heights for the past several years.

In contrast to the lovely shade of beat-up brick of the crappy old housing stock. Knock it all down, I say. The problem isn't the loss of "beautiful" old houses (there never were any), it's the fact that only wealthy people can afford the neighborhood now. But somehow having to pay $1.9 million for new build seems less of a ripoff than having to pay $800k for a junk pile of an old house that hasn't been touched in decades.

If you are going to spend $19M anyway, an 800k "junk pile" can be renovated into something tasteful and fitting with the environment and feel of the neighborhood. And without stripping the land of trees. Faux chateaus may be fine for a Gaithersburg pasture, but not really for a place like Glen Echo.

Although there is a legit faux chateau in Mohican Hills, just next door.

Have you looked around Glen Echo Heights lately? Ain't nobody spending $1.9 million to renovate an old house -- not going to happen. Glen Echo Heights (and a few other Bethesda neighborhoods) are the new Edgemoor, without the walkability. Over time the whole 'hood is going to flip to new builds.

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Anonymous wrote:Good neighborhood. Over time more and more of the old houses will be replaced by new builds.

...with that oh so pretty tan, syngogue brick. Enjoy.

Close. It's more like stone front with light red brick on all the other sides. You know, to save money. And don't forget the porte-cochere. Rembrandt Builders have been on a small tear in Glen Echo Heights for the past several years.

In contrast to the lovely shade of beat-up brick of the crappy old housing stock. Knock it all down, I say. The problem isn't the loss of "beautiful" old houses (there never were any), it's the fact that only wealthy people can afford the neighborhood now. But somehow having to pay $1.9 million for new build seems less of a ripoff than having to pay $800k for a junk pile of an old house that hasn't been touched in decades.

If you are going to spend $19M anyway, an 800k "junk pile" can be renovated into something tasteful and fitting with the environment and feel of the neighborhood. And without stripping the land of trees. Faux chateaus may be fine for a Gaithersburg pasture, but not really for a place like Glen Echo.

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Anonymous wrote:Good neighborhood. Over time more and more of the old houses will be replaced by new builds.

...with that oh so pretty tan, syngogue brick. Enjoy.

Close. It's more like stone front with light red brick on all the other sides. You know, to save money. And don't forget the porte-cochere. Rembrandt Builders have been on a small tear in Glen Echo Heights for the past several years.

In contrast to the lovely shade of beat-up brick of the crappy old housing stock. Knock it all down, I say. The problem isn't the loss of "beautiful" old houses (there never were any), it's the fact that only wealthy people can afford the neighborhood now. But somehow having to pay $1.9 million for new build seems less of a ripoff than having to pay $800k for a junk pile of an old house that hasn't been touched in decades.

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Anonymous wrote:Good neighborhood. Over time more and more of the old houses will be replaced by new builds.

...with that oh so pretty tan, syngogue brick. Enjoy.

Close. It's more like stone front with light red brick on all the other sides. You know, to save money. And don't forget the porte-cochere. Rembrandt Builders have been on a small tear in Glen Echo Heights for the past several years.

Anonymous wrote:Good neighborhood. Over time more and more of the old houses will be replaced by new builds.

...with that oh so pretty tan, syngogue brick. Enjoy.

Anonymous wrote:GEH is one of those places that you instantly love or instantly don't. Same with neighboring Mohican Hills. In many ways they are both the antidote to the uniformity of Sumner, Wood Acres and Springfield, all lovely neighborhoods in their own right. The downside is that the informality of GEH lends itself to properties that wouldn't be allowed in more "orderly" places.

I agree with you

GEH is one of those places that you instantly love or instantly don't. Same with neighboring Mohican Hills. In many ways they are both the antidote to the uniformity of Sumner, Wood Acres and Springfield, all lovely neighborhoods in their own right. The downside is that the informality of GEH lends itself to properties that wouldn't be allowed in more "orderly" places.