Under Contract: A Tudor In Forest Hills; A Rancher In Bethesda

• September 16th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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In this week's Under Contract, we feature a Forest Hills Tudor that found a buyer in less than a week and a Bethesda rancher that took about a month to go under contract.

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About A Month For 5,000 Square Feet on a Private Wooded Acre In Bethesda

This brick-and-cedar ranch on a wooded lot minutes from downtown Bethesda spent about 4 weeks on the market before going under contract. A skylit foyer opens onto a living room with a wet bar and a great room with vaulted ceilings and a stacked-stone fireplace, while the kitchen brings a gas cooktop island, butler's pantry, wine fridge and a screened porch off the breakfast area. The main-level primary suite comes with three custom walk-in closets and a spa bath redone in 2023 with heated floors and a soaking tub, and the walk-out lower level adds two more bedrooms, a full bath and flex space for a gym or rec room. Recent upgrades include a new roof and repaved driveway, a renovated laundry room, and a whole-house generator.

• Full Listing: 6800 Melody Lane (map) 
• Price: $2.35 million 
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: 3.5
• Year Built: 1955
• Days On Market: 28
• Listing Agent: Eris Norman, TTR Sotheby's International Realty

Photo by Nina Schierow and Jamie Arnold.

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Five Days For 9,000 Square Feet of Tudor Grandeur

This Forest Hills Tudor Revival spent just under a week on the market before finding a buyer. The listing features a main house and a newly constructed guest cottage with over 9,000 square feet of living space, seven bedrooms, six full and three half baths, and a swimming pool rounding out the amenities. An airy foyer in the main house rises beneath diamond-patterned windows and an iron staircase, unfolding into a classic living room and a light-drenched family room addition that opens straight onto the yard and pool through expansive glass doors. The rear grounds center on a stone patio, mature landscaping, and the pergola-shaded guest house complete with vaulted, shiplap-lined ceilings and its own hearth — a serene extension of the property built for both quiet living and lively entertaining.

• Full Listing: 3101 Ellicott Street NW (map) 
• Price: $6.45 million 
• Bedrooms: Seven
• Bathrooms: 7.5
• Year Built: 1937
• Days On Market: 5
• Listing Agent: Michael Rankin, TTR Sotheby's International Realty

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/under_contract_a_tudor_in_forest_hills_a_rancher_in_bethesda/24998.