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Spacious Condo Living at Ellicott City's Villages of Montgomery Run
Clip: Season 4 Episode 11 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Jen and Ricardo tour a charming and spacious condo in Ellicott City.
Join Jen and Ricardo as they tour a charming 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Ellicott City condo in the Villages of Montgomery Run! With 1,083 sq. ft. of space, this home offers a bright and flexible layout, an updated kitchen, and a primary suite with stunning natural light. Plus, enjoy great community amenities like an outdoor pool, tot lot, and easy access to Ellicott City and Columbia!
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If You Lived Here
Spacious Condo Living at Ellicott City's Villages of Montgomery Run
Clip: Season 4 Episode 11 | 4m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Join Jen and Ricardo as they tour a charming 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom Ellicott City condo in the Villages of Montgomery Run! With 1,083 sq. ft. of space, this home offers a bright and flexible layout, an updated kitchen, and a primary suite with stunning natural light. Plus, enjoy great community amenities like an outdoor pool, tot lot, and easy access to Ellicott City and Columbia!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGREG: So we're in the Villages of Montgomery Run.
There's 600 garden-style condominiums in this complex.
All these condominiums have two or three bedrooms.
They all have that outdoor space, which is fantastic.
There's also an outdoor swimming pool and a tot lot as well.
We're 10 minutes away from that downtown Ellicott City area.
We're also on, right on the edge of Columbia and there's lots of restaurants and amenities in Columbia as well.
And as you'll see, it's sort of a blank canvas.
So whoever buys this property is gonna be able to pretty much do whatever they want.
JEN: Well, let's go in and dream up our dream condo.
RICARDO: All right.
JEN: Shall we?
GREG: Great.
Enjoy.
JEN: All right.
See you soon.
GREG: Bye.
JEN: All right.
House number one.
RICARDO: Hey.
JEN: Right off the bat, double doors are a bit unconventional.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: Ready?
RICARDO: Okay, let's go.
JEN: Oh, bedroom.
Okay.
Given its proximity to the front door.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: Maybe something other than a bedroom.
RICARDO: A home office would work really well.
JEN: Oh, yeah.
And a nice big double-door closet.
I'm sensing a theme.
RICARDO: With the double doors?
JEN: Yeah.
RICARDO: Yeah.
I like it.
It's fun.
JEN: Okay, we got a galley kitchen.
RICARDO: It's got everything that you need in here.
I think it's a great starter kitchen.
The appliances look brand new and I really dig these countertops.
Nice granite.
JEN: And they're really complementing these darker cabinets.
I do think we might need to address the elephant in the room.
RICARDO: The white elephant.
It's great to have it.
I'm not sure I would want it here in the kitchen.
And you've got so much storage space over here.
I think maybe that's an opportunity to move the washer and dryer and... JEN: Do I give up the storage for more counter space?
The conundrum.
RICARDO: Rather have it than not have it.
JEN: Yes, I agree.
I'm surprised how much living space there is in this room.
RICARDO: It's fantastic 'cause you have the flexibility to do multiple things with it.
I would love to take advantage of this view out here.
JEN: Plants.
A couple chairs, a nice table.
Certainly an area where I would be spending a lot of time.
I'm actually really pumped to see the bedrooms.
RICARDO: Well, we should head back.
JEN: Okay.
RICARDO: Okay.
JEN: Okay.
Full bath.
This is big.
RICARDO: That's a good size.
JEN: I would love to update this shower.
Just bring it into 2024.
RICARDO: I think the light fixtures here are pretty cool.
JEN: Yeah, it looks like maybe they updated the vanity and left the shower to the buyer.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
Yeah, but you can move right in.
JEN: Ooh, this is a nice size.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: This is a little bit bigger than the front hallway bedroom, but again with more double doors.
All right.
RICARDO: Yeah.
Loving it.
And this great natural light coming in.
JEN: I'm really excited to see the primary.
RICARDO: Yeah, let's go.
I am loving this wide wall of windows, Jen.
JEN: Look at this view.
RICARDO: You have enough space in here for maybe a little seating area in the corner.
JEN: Speaking of a seating area, check out this vanity.
I really like the setup where your sink and your get ready area is separate from the shower.
RICARDO: Yeah.
And the floors in here are a little bit different than what we've seen.
Nice, durable.
Okay.
So this is gonna be very, very difficult to come up with a number.
I think it's time to go and play the first game of the day.
JEN: All right, let's go.
RICARDO: Okay.
JEN: There's Greg.
GREG: Jen and Ricardo, welcome back.
What'd you think of house number one?
RICARDO: Oh, this was a great starter home.
JEN: Yeah, I certainly liked the traditional concept given the square footage 'cause it really did differentiate each space from each other.
But it left room for your imagination.
RICARDO: Yeah, there was plenty of opportunities to make it your own.
And you had some great sized bedrooms in the back, especially that primary where you had a beautiful wall of windows.
JEN: It was really nice and warm in there given the light coming in.
RICARDO: So Greg, what is the condo fee and what does it cover?
GREG: So the condo fee for this particular unit is $326 a month.
It covers the maintenance on the building, all the amenities, the pool, the tot lot.
It also covers your insurance and your water.
JEN: So a utility and your insurance.
That's kind of a surprise.
GREG: So this condo is three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
1,083 square feet and it was built in 1992.
Can you guess the list price?
JEN: Rock, paper, scissors for who goes first?
RICARDO: Sure.
JEN: Okay....
BOTH: Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
RICARDO: Cha-cha-cha.
All right.
JEN: Okay.
I'm gonna guess 341,000.
RICARDO: I'm gonna say 375,000.
JEN: Ooh.
It's much higher.
GREG: The actual listing price of this unit... is $318,900.
You've both gone over.
JEN: Oh.
RICARDO: Man, I can't believe it.
We both are losers clearly here, but whoever gets this property is gonna be a winner.
JEN: Yeah.
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