Gambrills, MD

I was driving out and glanced over at my neighbor's house in Gambrills, Maryland and I saw this Turkey Vulture. One would think it was posing just for me. I grabbed my blackberry and got this pic. Does anyone have pics like this? It would be blast to compare.

Gambrills MD is a large, spread out community, but rarely has the number of sales of neighboring communities like Crofton and Odenton MD. This is due to the more rural nature of Gambrills MD. Many of the homes in Gambrills MD are on multiple acres, unlike Crofton and Odenton MD.

Total sold dollar volume seems to have stabilized and actually increased almost 10% when comparing August 2009 to August 2008.

Both average and median prices are down reflecting more purchases in the lower price ranges. You can see this pretty clearly from the Average List Price for Solds data row. A reduction of -15.36% from last year.

Days on the Market to sell a property increased +26.35% in Gambrills. It now takes, on average, 187 days to sell your Gambrills MD home. Gambrills MD is a wonderful community with excellent home values.

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As you leave Crofton and head east on Route 450 towards Annapolis, you'll spot this entrance into the community of Hermitage - a community of 62 custom-built homes on spacious lots.

You can see from these photos that Hermitage is not a "one size fits all" community... in fact you'll find homes and settings for every taste, from colonials to ranchers, tudors to contemporary, and wooded to open space. Yet it's not a hodge-podge, either, because the homes are far apart on winding and sloping roads that seamlessly take you past one home to the next.

There are no homes on the market now in Hermitage and no recent sales to report - in fact, the last sale/settlement in the community was January 2008 ($810,000). There is one home under contract, however, and it sold in just seven days. This is a stable community where people buy a home with the intention of staying! (Homes in the photos are not for sale.)

The location of Hermitage is ideal for anyone commuting to D.C. or Baltimore, since it's easily accessible to Route 50 (to D.C.) or Route 3 and I-97 (to Baltimore), depending on which way you turn at nearby Davidsonville Road (Rt. 424). It's a neighborhood that homebuyers select for that convenience, as well as its proximity to Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Naval Academy, Fort Meade, and Andrews Air Force Base are all within 30 minutes, as well.

Check out the homes in Hermitage and other upscale communities near Crofton. This is a GREAT time for current residents to move up without leaving the area and for relocating homebuyers to capitalize on a market that may make "upscale" more affordable for you than it would have been a few years ago.

Caramel syrup, cooler mix, ice, whipped cream and caramel drizzle... it all adds up to a Caramel Cooler at Caribou Coffee. We declined dessert earlier tonight at Four Seasons Grille after a wonderful dinner, but then walked next door for a cup of coffee. My husband instead succumbed to the temptation presented by a giant poster picturing summer coolers, and now I do believe he's hooked!

Caribou Coffee is located at The Village of Waugh Chapel in Gambrills, about 3 minutes North of Crofton and perhaps 10 minutes east of Fort Meade. Until tonight, it was one of the few stores there which I had never visited.

I always assumed it was similar to Starbucks, but never gave it much thought since I'm not much of a coffee-drinker. Actually, this location of Caribou Coffee is larger than any Starbucks I've visited nearby, with a huge lounge area beyond the counter area as well as casual seating as you walk into the store. I'm guessing they must have wi-fi, since I saw several people with computers open as well as others reading or chatting.

Outside they have a beautiful patio area with umbrella tables, separated from the patio at Four Seasons Grille by a curving brick wall. On a beautiful evening like we had tonight, there were lots of people out there - including a few from Titan Cigar, located next to Caribou Coffee.

When I got home, I checked out Caribou Coffee's website and found more info than I could ever want to know about that Caramel Cooler my husband enjoyed tonight: Calories (420), fat grams, cholesterol, calcium, sodium, calcium, and caffeine, to name just some of them.

Then I started exploring the website a little farther and found they have 8 "classic" beverages, 6 cold ones and 6 coolers, 5 flavors of smoothies, and a "snowdrift." They also have 8 flavors of espresso, 5 lite lattes, 7 "wild" beverages and at least 7 teas. Each has its own page with the same type of info that I found for the Caramel Cooler. Oh, by the way, did I mention they do have coffee... and feature a different one each day?

Now I'm kicking myself that I never visited Caribou Coffee before tonight because it would be a very comfortable place to sit down with clients and recap the days showings. It really doesn't matter that I'm not a big coffee fan because chances are my clients will be. Even non-coffee drinkers will find a Caramel Cooler refreshing!

Crofton Area Restaurants and Carryouts

Shoreline Seafood in Gambrills is where we get our steamed crabs - but they have so much more to offer.

Sure, there are plenty of places to get crabs and other seafood in the area... this is Maryland, after all, and we're only a half hour from the Chesapeake Bay. But we don't have time to go crabbing, and there's no place cl

oser to home than Shoreline Seafood in Gambrills for buying our steamed crabs. It's located just north of Crofton in the median strip of Route 3, near Johns Hopkins Rd. before you get to The Village at Waugh Chapel. If you're coming from Fort Meade, just take Route 32 to South on Rt. 3, and look for Shoreline Seafood in the median strip just after The Village at Waugh Chapel.

Although we first visited Shoreline Seafood to pick up steamed crabs, we quickly realized they carry a full menu of seafood for carryout, plus some other things including...

SOUP - Cream of Crab, Cream of Shrimp, Chesapeake Bay Crab Soup, Rockfish Chowder, Seafood Chowder, New England Clam Chowder, Oyster Stew (made to order), and Oyster Chowder. (Our favorite is the Chesapeake Bay Crab Soup, but the Cream of Crab is a close second.)

SANDWICHES and SUBS - Fried Oyster, Large Fried Shrimp, Fried Hand Shucked Clam Strips, Jumbo Soft Crab, Shrimp Salad, Tuna Salad, Flounder Fillet, Whiting Fillet, Catfish Fillet, Cod Fillet, Regular Crab Cake, Backfin Crab Cake, Salmon Cake and the usual burgers or chicken sandwiches. (Of course, we like the crab cake sandwiches.)

Of course, you can order various SEAFOOD DINNER PLATTERS from Shoreline Seafood, as well, but they're too numerous to mention! Another option is their BUCKETS, which we've never tried - but we will before this summer is over. I have my eye on that Shrimp Bucket which comes with 50 Lg. Breaded Shrimp, Fries, and 2 lb. Cole Slaw for $32.95. That oughta be just right for about 4 people.

By the way, Shoreline Seafood also does CATERING for large functions such as corporate events, organizations, churches, and more.

Be sure to call ahead and reserve your order so it will be ready when you arrive at Shoreline Seafood to pick up your carryout order. 410-721-7767. Since most people do order ahead, the long line disappears very quickly.