The Ashburton Community in Bethesda MD
WHY CHOOSE ASHBURTON AS HOME?
People choose Ashburton because it is a friendly old fashioned neighborhood that welcomes newcomers and embraces the long time residents. Its mid century split levels and ramblers set on quarter acre lots with mature trees and shrubbery are affordable in relation to the rest of Bethesda and it is close to shopping, dining and transportation. Ashburton offers easy access to downtown Washington and the Beltway. It has wonderful schools, and the streets are quiet and filled with children riding bikes and families walking their dogs. Naturally a popular neighborhood like this is beginning to see new construction as some of the older and smaller homes are torn down and replaced with Craftsman homes with inviting front porches so there is a full range of prices available from the mid $600s to the mid $1.4M and more.
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WHAT ARE THE HOMES IN ASHBURTON LIKE?
Homes range from the upper $600s in price for a rambler or split level to over $1,400,000 for a new or newer Craftsman style home.Homes range in size from about 1350 square feet for a traditional 1950s rambler to well over 4500 square feet for new Craftsman style homes which have replaced some of the original Ashburton homes. The homes are well spaced from each other on quarter acre to one third acre lots. The streets are wide and quiet. The individual lots all have mature trees and shrubbery but the overwhelming feel of the neighborhood is sunny and open.
According to Montgomery County’s tax records, Ashburton is a community of approximately 650 homes on either side of the Beltway, west of Old Georgetown Road and south of Democracy and east of Fernwood. To the south its border is irregular but its neighbor is the Wyngate neighborhood. Ashburton offers some of the more affordable homes in Bethesda.
WHAT’S NEAR ASHBURTON
Ashburton is perfectly located between Pike and Rose at Old Georgetown and the Rockville Pike and downtown Bethesda. The closest shopping to Ashburton is at the Wildwood Shopping Center where you have Balducci’s, a high end grocery store, a Starbucks and restaurants like Chop’t, Le Pain Quotidien, Oakville Grille, Fish Taco and Wildwood Kitchen by Chef Robert Weidemaier. There are small boutique stores like South Moon Under, Red Orchard Bellini and Blue Mercury for makeup and necessary stores like a CVS. At the intersection of Democracy and Old Georgetown, there is another shopping center anchored by the Giant and a DSW plus several restaurants and other shops. Then just a mile away is the Westfield Montgomery Mall with a new ArcLight movie theater, Nordstroms and Macy’s, Sears and Ann Taylor, plus probably another hundred shops and restaurants.
No matter what you need, it is just a short drive away from Ashburton.
If you are looking for the major employers, rest assured they are here. NIH and Walter Reed are less than five miles away. The Marriot Headquarters is in Bethesda, just a few blocks away – although it is moving to downtown Bethesda in a few years – still less than five miles away.
WHERE DO CHILDREN LIVING IN ASHBURTON GO TO SCHOOL?
Most children living in Ashburton will attend the Ashburton elementary school, rated 9 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, although those living south of the Beltway will attend Wyngate Elementary, which is rated 10 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org. All the children attend North Bethesda Middle School (10 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org) and the Walter Johnson High School (8 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org).
Nearby private and parochial schools include Georgetown Prep, Stone Ridge, Jane De Chantal, St. Andrews (an Episcopal day school which Barron Trump is expected to attend in the fall of 2017), and Bradley Hills Nursery School.
To get local school scores and more information about these schools check out the Bethesda School Reports on my website.
NOW YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND A HOME IN ASHBURTON! RIGHT?
Armed with all this information about Ashurton, are you interested in finding a home for sale or rent in Ashburton? Just click on that link to find all the homes available in Ashburton.
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