Can the Home of Your Dreams Fit Your Eco Friendly Lifestyle? You may have heard that when looking for Real Estate, your top 3 considerations should be: location, location, location. And while location certainly matters, I've found that for most Buyers, the important factors to evaluate include:
- Location
- Schools and Family Life
- Neighborhood
- Nuisances, or the lack thereof - privacy, noise, etc.
- Lifestyle - how does a home or community fit in with a Buyer's choices in lifestyle
The last item on that list - lifestyle - I've seen a big shift recently toward Buyers who are preferring to look for homes that suit their other Eco Friendly Lifestyle choices. While it may not be at the top of Buyers' lists, it certainly is a factor for many people looking for homes today.
The home at 8100 Hunterbrooke Lane has much to offer a Buyer interested in reducing the amount of resources they use, and in living more efficiently:
Location. Located halfway between Baltimore and Washington D.C., close to commuter routes like Route 29 and Interstate 95. Also located nearby is the Maple Lawn planned community with convenient shopping, medical offices, and local business.
Schools and Family Life. School Rankings and reports for this Home*:
- Fulton Elementary School
- Lime Kiln Middle School
- Reservoir High School
- Howard County Public School System
Neighborhood. Community report for Fulton, MD.
Nuisances. Located on more than 10 acres, this home offers the ultimate in privacy, yet is also part of the Hunterbrooke neighborhood. The lot backs to the Rocky Gorge Reservoir and a Patuxent Watershed protected Forest Preservation Area.
Lifestyle. For those choosing an eco friendly lifestyle, this home has so much to offer. Organic, all natural shopping is available at David's Natural Market, MOM's, as well as Roots right down the street. The Tai Sophia Institute is just minutes away, as is the Columbia Mall, with an LL Bean Retail Store.
Your own 10 acre lot is perfect for hiking and biking, and the Rocky Gorge Reservoir is an excellent place for kayaking, shoreline fishing, horseback riding, hunting and picknicking. A permit is required for these activities; the cost is minimal, and you can contact WSSC for more information.
The home itself incorporates many natural materials, with wood, stone, granite, and marble surfaces in nearly every space. One of the most interesting features of this home is the heating system. The whole home can be heated with wood, oil or coal, and the furnace can simultaneously be used to heat the water heater.
Most eco-friendly homes in Howard County, MD will be in the price range of $500,000 to more than $1,000,000. Although the expense may be higher than the average Howard County or Montgomery County home, for those who can afford it and for whom the lifestyle is a priority, 8100 Hunterbrooke Lane offers everything you would look for in the home of your dreams.
Rocky Gorge Photo Courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbrenschmidt/
*School districting can change from year to year, and should be independently verified. Visit www.hcpss.org for more information about the Howard County Public School System.
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of these qualities and more. The vast kitchen overlooks the spacious sunroom which opens to the pool deck and rear lawn, making these spaces the hub of this home.
Twenty miles north of Washington DC and twenty miles south of Baltimore, MD, Maple Lawn is a planned community built on the ideal of a late 19th century small town. ‘These small towns were distinctive, prosperous and thriving and, most of all, had a sense of community'.1 Six small-scale neighborhoods have been designed and are planned with interconnected, tree-line streets, open space and a variety of housing styles and options.
