Every home in this area is selling fast... Our neighbors bough a 20 year old home in North Potomac for a million...
So, why not get a new home?

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Anonymous wrote:to those of you that are going to buy here: aren't you worried about possible school rezoning?

I assume if Mt Prospect gets rezoned, it might go to the new Crown HS or Quince Orchard? That wouldn't be so bad, the area around Crown has a good amount of newer, higher end homes.

Even if you’re ok with the school it gets moved to, expect the value of the house to drop about $100K when you lose the Wootton premium. That’s hard to swallow on a purchase like this.

100K is not a big deal for this folks buying there as the demand is supper high .. I saw many people there begging to be reserve lots, but there were none available.

I live in this area and most people it would be a big deal to. I find it hard to believe 5%+ on the value of your new home wouldn’t be a big deal to most people, but maybe it’s attracting people with more money than sense. This area is not Uber wealthy and it would be a huge concern to most. The real estate market is quite strong now though in this area. I’m shocked how quickly million plus homes are moving.

When we went yesterday, two Hamlets were gone and 4 Orchards. Not sure, of the Windmill. Wanted to go in just to tour it but that was a diff sales team and diff. appointment.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, they are selling fast.

which ones? all of them or the hamlet/orchard?

Can you tell me how many are gone? Just curious. their website does not update that stuff..

Yeah, they are selling fast.

Wow! How come prices changed so much for the Windmill? Is there truly a demand for these?

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Parkhurst went up by 50k and Palatine by 100k.
As for the lots, I agree they are oddly shaped so will wait until other lots open. But I am worried that the lot and base will go up since they already have increased on some models based on demand.

Yes it is the same dilemma for me lol .. The prices for the most popular models have gone up significantly already .. 100K for palatine! you need to get the Renwick or Ridgeview to get the original price lol .. I love the ridgeview, but they don't have a model

Looks like Parkhurst went up by 50k and Palatine by 100k.
As for the lots, I agree they are oddly shaped so will wait until other lots open. But I am worried that the lot and base will go up since they already have increased on some models based on demand.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a great visit. Put down a reserve on a lot. Interest is high for sure. Quality of finishes looked good to me...certainly not an expert, but everything looked nice. That said, almost everything was upgraded. They do provide options pricing and base options information. Very nice folks working.

I went there and put down a reservation on a lot as well. It is a close call for us, given that we did not really find a lot we like and the premium is still huge. I am not sure if we will buy.. still deliberating .. With options this is a $1.8m buy which is quite high for this development and the weird lots available now

Can you talk a little bit about the lot premiums? Are they built into the base price or do they vary per lot? Can you explain the issue of "weird lots"?

If you look at their website you will see that there are really only 4 lots that can accommodate large homes in the windmill collection. lots 9, 10, 11 and 18, but they all have weird shapes, not in rectangular shapes for good backyard

They are not built into the base price.

The Hamlet's also have MPDU units to the back of their garages...
Also, the county is putting a requirement of "3 car garage mandate" in some of the Hamlet's. Which means their one car garage shares a wall with the other neighbor garage. very strange.
Also, Toll asked for larger roads, but the county purposely gave them a narrow entry road from the circle so people won't start parking cars on the entrance road.

There is ample street parking through out the community. Roads inside are a bit wider than the entry road.

Premiums are like 10-35K for the Orchard and Hamlett.. If it is closer to lake more premium...more land - more premium...etc
Less premium for homes that they "pre choose" to build. So, some he has picked the models and you just choose that site and so the premium is less.
The Orchard lot has even lots but the Hamlet lots are uneven. Also, due to the long elongated shape of the Hamlet's the lot looks even weirder...

Orchard's are beautiful! Loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:We had a great visit. Put down a reserve on a lot. Interest is high for sure. Quality of finishes looked good to me...certainly not an expert, but everything looked nice. That said, almost everything was upgraded. They do provide options pricing and base options information. Very nice folks working.

I went there and put down a reservation on a lot as well. It is a close call for us, given that we did not really find a lot we like and the premium is still huge. I am not sure if we will buy.. still deliberating .. With options this is a $1.8m buy which is quite high for this development and the weird lots available now

Can you talk a little bit about the lot premiums? Are they built into the base price or do they vary per lot? Can you explain the issue of "weird lots"?

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Anonymous wrote:to those of you that are going to buy here: aren't you worried about possible school rezoning?

I'm not buying here after looking, but I think school rezoning should be an ever-constant threat for anyone in the Maryland 'burbs. Know MoCo is in the process of a much bigger plan that may raise this more, but it seems MoCo (and a bit farther out, HoCo) damn near always on the move. That just may be my perspective from having grown up here and gone through it myself several times, and then watched friends do the same more recently.

Why did you decide not to buy here? are there alternative developments in the area that you are considering? Thanks

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Anonymous wrote:to those of you that are going to buy here: aren't you worried about possible school rezoning?

I assume if Mt Prospect gets rezoned, it might go to the new Crown HS or Quince Orchard? That wouldn't be so bad, the area around Crown has a good amount of newer, higher end homes.

Even if you’re ok with the school it gets moved to, expect the value of the house to drop about $100K when you lose the Wootton premium. That’s hard to swallow on a purchase like this.

100K is not a big deal for this folks buying there as the demand is supper high .. I saw many people there begging to be reserve lots, but there were none available.

what is the alternative if you want a TB home in moco or northern VA? this is the most affordable. in VA you are looking at $2m+ base prices. the problem here is the lots are not good and the streets look very small