Laurel Real Estate - An Affordable and Safe Place to Live

Online, September 5, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Laurel real estate has come a long way from the row-houses, company-built apartment complexes and modest ranches of its "Mill Town" past. During the post-World War II housing boom, the convenient proximity to Washington DC and Baltimore, Maryland made Laurel real estate a prime destination for commuters, thus transforming the region from a manufacturing post to a suburban enclave.

Now much of Laurel real estate is spacious, offering better prices than the surrounding areas, and carefully planned with green space and proximity to amenities in mind. "New urbanism" is a phrase used by architects and city planners to describe communities that are designed to include a mix of residential, retail and workspace, as well as greenways, landscaping, playgrounds, communal space, hiking and biking trails. The idea is to encourage people to walk more often, to enjoy their surroundings and to interact with one another on a communal level, despite the ease of impersonal communication in this Digital Age.

"Russet," for example, is a sizable community of mixed residences townhomes, condos, apartments and single-family homes located near Route 198, with easy access to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. These units, constructed in the 1990s, were built near important amenities like Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, the Corridor Marketplace shopping center, Target, Kohl's, Weis Market and restaurants. Additionally, Russet was built with community in mind, as they've included a clubhouse, swimming pool, and day care center to encourage neighborhood residents to mingle. Developers also created a man-made lake and Oxbow Nature Preserve to provide a tranquil, scenic environment for their residents to enjoy as well, making Russet Laurel real estate a cut above the rest.

Near Oxford Drive and Ashford Boulevard, the "Laurel Lakes" gated community sits in the heart of it all. This collection of spacious townhomes and condos first underwent construction in the 1980s but continued well into the 2000s, housing several mini-communities of two and three-story structures with garages and a variety of floor plans. The Maryland real estate at Laurel Lakes certainly boasts opulence, with a diverse array of unique features; some homes feature enormous bathrooms containing adjoining powder rooms, while others have sunrooms with indoor pools. Also on the premises, the Spanish-styled clubhouse is a communal meeting point with a modest fitness center, billiards room, office space, a library, spa, sundeck, basketball courts and a fantastic outdoor in-ground pool that looks like a resort oasis. Residents are within walking distance of the Laurel Lakes Shopping Center (with a Safeway, Best Buy, Lowes and other stores), as well as the five superb restaurants along Laurel Place like Don Pablo's and the Lone Star Steakhouse. This Laurel real estate community is also situated close to the University of Maryland and a number of top-performing schools.

Of course, these are just two of the many residential enclaves in Laurel real estate. Compared to other areas, Laurel real estate seekers will get more space for less money. Even the townhomes and condominiums often begin at 1,500-square-feet or more. Many newly developed properties add on entertaining rooms studies, sunrooms, bars, walk-in pantries or grand rooms. On the exterior, Laurel real estate is made to look like big, stately manors the sort that prestigious government workers would want to live in, outside the hustle and bustle of the Capitol.

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