Anonymous
12/26/2022 15:14
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Incorrect. Yes, it's a small site maybe 4.2 acres, but MCPS has built ESs on smaller parcels of land.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 11:40
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Poor quality houses, traffic being made worse (was already bad), in an overcrowded ES and HS cluster (HS overcrowding to be resolved by Woodward in F2026, no solution to Ashburton in site, despite the Cluster Coordinators pushing for it for years now). There is land on the Amalyn site for a new ES, but MCPS has done nothing with it, and has no plans to.
Thought I read somewhere that the site dedicated to MCPS is actually too small for an elementary school. There wouldn’t be enough room for necessary outdoor space.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 11:19
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Poor quality houses, traffic being made worse (was already bad), in an overcrowded ES and HS cluster (HS overcrowding to be resolved by Woodward in F2026, no solution to Ashburton in site, despite the Cluster Coordinators pushing for it for years now). There is land on the Amalyn site for a new ES, but MCPS has done nothing with it, and has no plans to.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 07:41
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
The county/builder are making the fernwood and democracy intersection wider. Also reconstructing the traffic signal at this intersection. The other items are to install bump outs on the adjacent roads, which is what the existing residents asked for.
What are bump outs?
Anonymous
12/23/2022 21:44
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
A roundabout never improves anything.
Roundabouts rock!
No roundabouts are being added.
Anonymous
12/23/2022 21:44
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
The county/builder are making the fernwood and democracy intersection wider. Also reconstructing the traffic signal at this intersection. The other items are to install bump outs on the adjacent roads, which is what the existing residents asked for.
Anonymous
12/22/2022 09:15
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
A roundabout never improves anything.
Roundabouts rock!
Like Best Rock Song Ever. Yes
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out 'n' out
You spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound of
In and out the valley
Anonymous
12/22/2022 00:54
Subject: Re:Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like it a lot. However, they are over priced. Also, even though interest rates are rising in the market is falling, they are holding steady on the pricing. Of equal concern, 8 feet into Ashburn elementary, which is one of the lowest rated Montgomery county elementary schools for some reason just check out great schools. It also feeds into WJ instead of Whitman or Churchill. But it is priced as if it is in a premier school district. Lastly, the market themselves as downtown Bethesda, but they’re not. They’re across the street from Montgomery mall basically.
I think the townhouse it should be in the high sevens
You are obviously not from around here.
Houses in the "high sevens" get torn down to make room for the $1.75M homes. They even feed into WJ (imagine that)!
Looking at redfin, There are exactly 2 homes in 20817 on the market in the "high sevens." Here is one. https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/6107-Dunleer-Ct-20817/home/10637040
Was referring to townhomes, not single family homes, in the non-Whitman district, and especially the Ashburton Elementary district which is the lowest ranked elementary school by far in the county. I have no idea why - its in a nice area but its LOW ranked:
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/855-Ashburton-Elementary-School/
Huh? I pulled up all 135 public elementary schools, and it looks like this one is about 60th when you order from highest to lowest rating. It's a 6/10, and there are plenty of schools lower. Maybe you mean lowest in Bethesda? That would make sense since this part of Bethesda isn't as affluent.
Ashburton is ranked lower because it has a more significant lower income population than other schools in Bethesda. Also, the County has made decisions over the last 10 years to keep Ashburton over-enrolled.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 20:46
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
A roundabout never improves anything.
Roundabouts rock!
Anonymous
12/21/2022 20:24
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
A roundabout never improves anything.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 08:59
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
I'm struggling to think of any road improvements that the county has made in recent years that have actually alleviated traffic. I feel like the go-to solutions are some combination of speed bumps, reduced speed limits, speed cameras, and bike lanes -- all of which make traffic worse.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 07:20
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
The county is supposed to make some changes to Fernwood to help alleviate that. Traffic was one of the reasons exiting neighbors were fighting the development. The county is supposed to add 2 left turn lanes onto democracy and improve the Greentree/ Fernwood intersection with possibly a roundabout.
Anonymous
12/20/2022 19:30
Subject: Amalyn Bethesda?
Stopped by this development and was surprised how small and basic these houses are for the price point. It was a pain to get in and out of the neighborhood during rush hour.
Anonymous
12/20/2022 17:59
Subject: Re:Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like it a lot. However, they are over priced. Also, even though interest rates are rising in the market is falling, they are holding steady on the pricing. Of equal concern, 8 feet into Ashburn elementary, which is one of the lowest rated Montgomery county elementary schools for some reason just check out great schools. It also feeds into WJ instead of Whitman or Churchill. But it is priced as if it is in a premier school district. Lastly, the market themselves as downtown Bethesda, but they’re not. They’re across the street from Montgomery mall basically.
I think the townhouse it should be in the high sevens
You are obviously not from around here.
Houses in the "high sevens" get torn down to make room for the $1.75M homes. They even feed into WJ (imagine that)!
Looking at redfin, There are exactly 2 homes in 20817 on the market in the "high sevens." Here is one. https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/6107-Dunleer-Ct-20817/home/10637040
Was referring to townhomes, not single family homes, in the non-Whitman district, and especially the Ashburton Elementary district which is the lowest ranked elementary school by far in the county. I have no idea why - its in a nice area but its LOW ranked:
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/855-Ashburton-Elementary-School/
Of course you were. Guess what? There were NO TOWNHOMES in the non-Whitman district (what gives with that?) that were priced in the high sevens for sale. NONE.
This townhome, feeding to Ashburton, just sold for $880,000 in November!!!! https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/6731-Eames-Way-20817/home/110057891
And another for $887k https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/10108-Baldwin-Ct-20817/home/10701338
I did find this townhome that feeds to Ashburton listed at $870,000 https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/10404-Breuer-St-20817/home/110057944
and another townhome feeding to Ashburton listed at $859,000 https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/10421-Fernwood-Rd-20817/home/110057659 for comps, as they are both relatively new and the same non-downtown Bethesda feeder to a non-Whitman school.
(And no, we are not in an Ashburton feeder neighborhood, but it's absurd that you think you have any idea about pricing in the area)
Anonymous
12/20/2022 06:33
Subject: Re:Amalyn Bethesda?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like it a lot. However, they are over priced. Also, even though interest rates are rising in the market is falling, they are holding steady on the pricing. Of equal concern, 8 feet into Ashburn elementary, which is one of the lowest rated Montgomery county elementary schools for some reason just check out great schools. It also feeds into WJ instead of Whitman or Churchill. But it is priced as if it is in a premier school district. Lastly, the market themselves as downtown Bethesda, but they’re not. They’re across the street from Montgomery mall basically.
I think the townhouse it should be in the high sevens
You are obviously not from around here.
Houses in the "high sevens" get torn down to make room for the $1.75M homes. They even feed into WJ (imagine that)!
Looking at redfin, There are exactly 2 homes in 20817 on the market in the "high sevens." Here is one. https://www.redfin.com/MD/Bethesda/6107-Dunleer-Ct-20817/home/10637040
Was referring to townhomes, not single family homes, in the non-Whitman district, and especially the Ashburton Elementary district which is the lowest ranked elementary school by far in the county. I have no idea why - its in a nice area but its LOW ranked:
https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/bethesda/855-Ashburton-Elementary-School/
Huh? I pulled up all 135 public elementary schools, and it looks like this one is about 60th when you order from highest to lowest rating. It's a 6/10, and there are plenty of schools lower. Maybe you mean lowest in Bethesda? That would make sense since this part of Bethesda isn't as affluent.