awpitt
Main Streeter
Excellent point. There are some great communities that are in the 20653 zop code. Town Creek, Esperanza Farms, Rues Woods, Greenbrier just to name some. Some folks might think of Chancellors Run Rd as being in Lexington Park or California but it's actually part of Great Mills.Don't let the age of a home make your mind up. Maintenance and original builder quality is what you should look for. My 50+ y/o, 2500 sq ft home has had three oak trees bounce off the roof! Try that with a new home. Our electric bills average $170/mo and oil heat (hard to find in new construction) is about $900 a year.
Depends what you need. If you don't spend time at home, or have no inclination to do your own work get a townhouse, there are good ones in Wildewood at these prices. Pegg Road is not a great area. Look it up, lived there for four years.
BTW: Find a zip code map before you eliminate Lexington Park. You get the misconception that everything in the 20653 zip code is high crime garbage. Not quite, the zip codes are very convoluted. I believe they patterned them after the tax code.