New development on one stage was arduous to seek out in Bowie, so she started contemplating townhouses. “I looked at a lot of floor plans online,” she stated. “The floor plan was huge for me. I bought [the Amber Ridge townhouse] from the floor plan.”
Caruso plans a complete of 63 townhouses at Amber Ridge. Prices begin at $535,990 for the bottom mannequin. The townhouses all have the identical floor plan, the Patuxent. The open-concept structure and ample pure mild in the mannequin unit satisfied Goldsborough that townhouse dwelling could be proper for her.
The base Patuxent townhouse has three bedrooms, two bogs and a powder room on three ranges, however Goldsborough selected a number of of the various “extensions” that Caruso provides consumers at Amber Ridge.
“The Patuxent floor plan can expand to include five full bedrooms and four full baths,” stated Jozette Adams, gross sales supervisor, Caruso Homes, Amber Ridge.
The upgrades embody including a fourth stage, which appealed to Goldsborough. Her unit’s whole square-footage is about 2,800, up from a normal measurement of about 2,400.
On the decrease stage, which comes commonplace with a recreation room, she selected so as to add an workplace and a full toilet.
Off the nice room, on the primary stage, she ordered a sunroom, and he or she selected a full spa bathtub and prolonged closet for the fourth stage. She additionally added a deck to the third stage, off the proprietor’s suite, one other deck off the sunroom and a concrete slab off the decrease stage.
“These are the options they give you,” Goldsborough stated.
Caruso, one among two builders working at Amber Ridge, is providing townhouses with luxurious laminate flooring in the lobby, kitchen, laundry and powder room (half-bath) and ceramic flooring in the total bogs. The different rooms are carpeted in impartial tones. There are nine-foot-high ceilings on the second and third ranges.
The kitchens have granite counter tops, stainless-steel home equipment and a stainless-steel sink with sprayer faucet, a self-cleaning fuel vary, a microwave with recirculating fan and LED lighting.
Energy-saving options embody vinyl, double-pane, thermal-insulated, Low E single-hung home windows with tilt decrease sash, a high-efficiency pure fuel heating and cooling system, programmable thermostat, high-efficiency tankless scorching water heater and Energy Star-rated home equipment.
Schools: Pointer Ridge Elementary, Benjamin Tasker Middle, Bowie High.
Transit: This group is basically depending on non-public autos. The Largo Metro station, on the Blue and Silver traces, is eight miles away.
Nearby: Bowie Town Center consists of eating places and shops akin to Macy’s, Barnes & Noble and Safeway. South Bowie Community Center has a group backyard, basketball court docket, a pc lab, a health room, a fitness center, a playground, assembly rooms and a therapeutic sensory room. Allen Pond Park, Bowie’s 85-acre metropolis park, provides biking, fishing, and ice skating on the Bowie Ice Arena. Six Flags America, the amusement park, features a water park and is understood for its curler coasters. Patuxent Research Refuge is 13,000 acres of forest, meadow and wetland set aide to preserve and defend wildlife.
Caruso Homes at Amber Ridge
16580 Fife Way, Bowie, Md. 20716.
Sixty-three Caruso townhouses are deliberate at Amber Ridge, with 24 left to promote. Prices begin at $535,990 for the bottom mannequin.
Features: The base mannequin has three ranges: the bottom stage (decrease stage) with a two-vehicle storage and a rec room, a center stage with the primary dwelling space and the third stage with three bedrooms, together with the proprietor’s suite. The second stage, with the primary dwelling area, features a nice room, eating room, kitchen and powder room. The kitchens have stainless-steel home equipment, granite counter tops, 42-inch birch cupboards and a 10-foot-long island. Units have a two-vehicle storage.
Bedrooms/bogs: 3 /2.5 (base)
Square-footage: 2,396 (base)
Homeowners affiliation price: $92 a month, consists of snow removing on the streets, grass reducing on entrance yard however not yard, and trash removing.
View mannequin: Models might be seen 10 a.m. to five p.m. Tuesday by means of Sunday and 1 to five p.m. Monday. Call 301-517-7314 to arrange an appointment.