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Birchwood Summer Developer Update

Posted on by Linda Gregory

Birchwood Summer Developer Update

We have had an extraordinary year so far and are grateful with the continued sales in Birchwood and look forward to welcoming our new homeowners! Below is an update on our latest news in Birchwood, Brambleton and Loudoun County.

Housing Market Rebound / Builder Confidence Rallies to Pre-Pandemic Level in July

Birchwood Clubhouse Tours

Touch-Free Tours: Touch-Free Tours of our beautiful 20,000 square foot Clubhouse are now available. Book yours today by calling 703.722.2427 or emailing info@birchwoodatbrambleton.com.

Touch Free Tours at Birchwood

NEW 3D Virtual Clubhouse Tours: If you can’t make it in person, feel free to take a tour “virtually” of our beautiful Clubhouse here, from the comfort and safety of your home.

3D tour of Birchwood

Birchwood Commercial

We are pleased to share the architectural design for the first commercial/retail buildings that will be constructed along Loudoun County Parkway and Evergreen Mills Road. There will be 2 separate buildings connected by a walkway on the 2nd level. Miller Walker retail brokers are actively marketing this site that will be called Bram Quarter. As more details are made available, they will be shared with the community.  See information from the broker’s website here along with an article from a local source here.

Community Vision

The Developer’s vision for Birchwood has been to create a unique, refreshing 55+ neighborhood with a focus on healthy, stress-free living. Our desire is to break the mold of traditional 55+ communities with newly-designed home styles and on-trend amenities. A centrally located clubhouse serves as a social gathering hub for residents to engage in activities while connecting with new friends. Please view our brand new Vision Video here.

Community Vision in Birchwood

idealLIVING Virtual Shows

We hope to see you virtually at the The New Jersey Virtual Resort and Retirement Show on September 12th and 13th or at The Greater DC Virtual Resort and Retirement Show on September 26th and 27th. Register here today!

ideal living booth

Birchwood Events Are Back 

Birchwood residents have enjoyed a variety of events since July from outdoor concerts to His/Her events and workshops. Reimagine your Life at 55! 

Birchwood Events in 2020

Life Reimagined Video Series Debuts

Birchwood resident, Jim Phillips, has created an uplifting new video series for our residents. As a realtor, author and life strategist, Jim shares unique and positive messages on how to Reimagine Your Life At 55. To view the Life Reimagined Video Series, please click here.

We hope you’ll find his videos inspirational! Our residents are already responding positively: “Thanks for posting Jim’s video. I plan to be moving into my home in Birchwood in the Fall, (built by Miller and Smith) and it was reassuring to hear his positive message.  He sounds like a resident I would enjoy knowing. It makes me feel more comfortable about my decision to move from my home of 45 years and embark on my new adventure in Birchwood.” — Cindy Vough

Resident Testimonials

“Our house is from Winchester Homes, the Patuxent model. I love our kitchen and spend a lot of time there baking cookies, cakes, bagels, bread, and rolls.” — Michelle Van Duke

“I am in the Van Metre Villas Hudson Model. I love the great room and overlooking the lake. The next big project is to put in a stone facade on the fireplace.” — Linsey Pilkinton

Brambleton Town Center Update

Brambleton Town Center

Nearby Public Parks

In addition to the lovely natural landscaping and community trails in Birchwood, residents are fortunate to live minutes away from two new county parks: Beaverdam Reservoir & Hanson Regional Park.

Beaverdam Reservoir has recently reopened for waterfront hiking, fishing, kayaking and other non-motorized boating activities (enjoy a fun day on the water with rentals by Paddle Nova). Managed by Nova Parks, the park will be expanded by 2022 to include:

  • Reservoir Pavilion
  • Reservoir Shelters
  • Rental Boat Operation
  • Boardwalks
  • Boating Docks
  • Stream and Wetland Gardens
  • Reservoir Overlook

Photo: Don Bull

Future Hanson Regional Park Update:  This new 250-acre park is located just minutes west of Birchwood on Creighton Road.

“The Hal and Berni Hanson Regional Park project includes the design and construction of a new 257-acre regional park located on Evergreen Mills Road in Arcola, between the Brambleton and Willowsford communities.”

“Features of the park will include 17 lighted athletic fields, including two artificial turf fields and one cricket field; five ponds; the historic Lee-Hanson House; an event lodge and nature center; a skate plaza and disc golf course; a splash pad and playground with inclusive features and over 75 acres of passive recreational space. The park will be operated by the Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services.”

“The project is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022.”

Hanson Regional Park

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June Is National Homeownership Month & There’s No Better Time To Buy A New Home

Posted on by Linda Gregory

Home is now more important than ever, so why not celebrate National Homeownership Month in a new Birchwood at Brambleton home!

Carriages winchester rendering

First-time homebuyer? Moving up? Down-sizing? Whatever your motivation may be, NOW is the time to act because 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages have hit record low rates. Freddie Mac has just announced that rates are now as low as 3.13% — some of the lowest in US history! Buying a new home may sound counter-intuitive right now, with so much negative economic news these days, but a couple of factors make it easy to understand. In most parts of the country, construction is still categorized as an essential industry, so new homes continue to be built. The Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts have helped reduce mortgage rates to these history-making lows.

birchwood van metre grand villa homes

Why NOW is the Right Time to Buy in Birchwood

Birchwood’s new homebuilders are still going strong, continually showcasing innovative new designs that offer low-maintenance, never-before-built condominiums, courtyards, villas, bungalows, carriages and single family homes by Miller & Smith, Van Metre Homes and Winchester Homes. Urban style homes are especially popular here because they offer a modern style and most are within a few miles of the stores, restaurants and events at the Brambleton Town Center. That’s a great lifestyle combination for any buyer, but especially for mature buyers who are down-sizing after raising their families in favor of a more urban way of living. Builders help make the buying process easy here, too. Many offer services like virtual home tours to make comparison shopping simple and convenient.

Patuxent exterior

Aside from the new homes themselves, Birchwood offers the amenities and character fitting the more active, engaged lifestyle that people now seek.

bocce and pickleball birchwood

It’s in a convenient urban setting, everything is integrated, and walkability is a top priority. As noted earlier, the bustling Town Center’s shops, restaurants, cafes, fitness, salons and even physicians’ and dentists’ offices, are close to home. And the Brambleton Town Center offers one of the most technologically-advanced new public libraries in the nation.

The focus on urban-inspired homes goes beyond the homes themselves – Birchwood’s shared spaces are woven into the urban-influenced design for more ways to get to know neighbors and a much more refreshing vibe than suburban settings of a generation ago.

birchwood-formal-garden

Nature and recreation are intertwined with the urban sensibility, too. Open public green space, miles of trails and inviting parks are just as close to new homes as the city-inspired amenities. Birchwood at Brambleton is no mere “development” – this is a complete hometown, and unlike anything in the DC metropolitan area.

If you’re ready for a renewed lifestyle, check out Birchwood at Brambleton. Located in award-winning Brambleton, in the heart of Loudoun County, Virginia, Birchwood has become the best-selling active adult community around. Buyers have fallen in love with this new, walkable community where everything you want is at your fingertips including a 20,000 square foot clubhouse with indoor and outdoor pools, open spaces and trails, shopping and dining. Birchwood is within easy access to Dulles International Airport, the nation’s capital, the new Metro extension and dozens of wineries, breweries and historic sites. Choose from condominiums, courtyard homes, villas, carriages and single-family homes with furnished models by nationally recognized homebuilders Miller & Smith, Van Metre Homes and Winchester Homes. Priced from the upper $300s to $600s.

Birchwood 55+ Luxury Clubhouse

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People are talking about Birchwood, read what resident Fred has to say!

Posted on by Lauren Malik

Meet Fred S. Van Metre Birchwood Resident If you see Fred at the Birchwood clubhouse, you might ask if he’s seen Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, or Martin Sheen lately.

Fred and his wife, Catherine, live at “The Townes” built by Van Metre in Birchwood, that is when he’s not on a movie or commercial set somewhere between Baltimore and Richmond. As a longtime extra, Fred occasionally rubs elbows with Hollywood’s elite. But he’ll tell you that they are “just people after all.”

Moving to Loudoun County from Springfield after 30 years, Fred and Catherine are now enjoying first floor living after selecting Birchwood and moving in last fall to their two-level townhome. “The Townes” offer residents low maintenance living within close proximity to amenities and retail. Featuring a wide range of floor plans, these models feature three-and-four bedroom options, as well as patios and balconies.

van metre townes collection

“A lot of things led us here,” Fred says, noting that their new home and community in Birchwood met everything on their list including the location, quality of the homes and the neighborhood. Probably tops on that checklist is the fact that their daughter and her family, including grandchildren ages 1, 6 and 8, live in Brambleton. Frequent babysitting is something the couple enjoys when they are not traveling, working on their new home, or when Fred is “on location.”

Birchwood Residents Cookie Decorating with Grandkids

Catherine, a special education teacher, is now partly retired, but still working as a consultant. Working to create positive environments within schools, she can be found traveling to various cities where she trains teachers and administrators. Fred retired 10 years ago after 36 years working at the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Highway Administration, finding the time for his extra roles when he could break away from the office. “Retirement fills up your day,” he says with a laugh. “There are so many things to do and it frees you up to do spur of the moment things…your day is easily filled.”

Fred is used to short notice as a call to take an extras part from the Screen Actors Guild never provides much time to make a decision to accept the role. He has enjoyed the work for years and doesn’t mind the long hours involved. “Sometimes it’s a 16-hour day for two minutes of film time,” he adds.

Shwaery couple Birchwood at Brambleton residents

A new member of the Birchwood Resident Ambassador program, Fred says he won’t have any problems introducing new residents to the community and its focal point community center. “The staff is very helpful and friendly and all the amenities at the center are very high end,” he says, “they have really thought of everything.” As an example, he points to the multiple ports for charging cell phones and the top grade utensils and party ware in the center’s demonstration kitchen.

He’s a frequent visitor to the center, as the grandchildren love the pool, the art room and fishing at the lake. “They think it’s a resort,” he adds with a laugh.

Birchwood 55+ Luxury Clubhouse

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