Brownstones, single-family houses for 55-plus buyers in Loudoun, Va. – The Washington Post

October 11, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EDT

Birchwood at Brambleton a 55-and-older community of single-family houses, brownstone townhouses and courtyard houses is the newest section of the Brambleton planned community in Loudoun County, Va. Brambleton, about 30 miles west of Washington, was established in 2001 near Ashburn (and has an Ashburn mailing address). The community has athletic courts, pools, trails and other recreation areas and is near shopping at the Brambleton Town Center. Some new social and recreation facilities are specific to the Birchwood section.

Birchwood single-family houses and brownstones, some already built but none move-in ready, are now on the market. Sales for courtyard houses will begin later this year. Buyers are offered a selection of some exterior and interior features. Exteriors have brick and vinyl siding with masonry veneer accents.

The Miraval brownstone is Birchwoods elevator townhouse floor plan.

The first floor has a foyer and a two-car garage, both with access to a room that could be a recreation room or a bedroom. A powder room or a full bathroom and a backyard patio are options.

The second floor has an open-concept kitchen, dining area and great room. A powder room comes standard. Options include a deck and a gas fireplace. The deck can be fully or partially screened.

The third floor has a primary bedroom suite with en suite bathroom. It also has a laundry room and the choice of either two more bedrooms and a hall bathroom or a second bedroom with en suite bathroom.

The elevator serves all floors. Hardwood floors are standard in the foyer, powder room, kitchen, elevator, and entry from the garage. Buyers select flooring for the rest of the townhouse.

The Delano single-family house, also with an elevator, has two floors and a lower level.

The first floor has a front porch next to a two-car garage. The entry foyer leads to the open-concept kitchen, dining area and great room. This level also has a pantry and a powder room. Options include decks off the dining area and great room. The back deck, off the great room, can be fully or partially screened.

The second floor has a loft, furnished as an office in the decorated model. The primary bedroom suite has an en suite bathroom and a walk-in closet. The laundry room can be accessed from that closet or the hall. Two more bedrooms share a hall bathroom.

The lower level has storage areas and optional finished rooms. The decorated model has two recreation rooms; one has wood cabinets with black marble countertops.

Hardwood floors are standard in the foyer, powder room, kitchen, great room, dining room, elevator, and entry off the garage. Buyers select flooring for the rest of the house.

Buyers have some choices for kitchen fixture finishes and countertop material. And optional upgrades are available for appliances.

The kitchen of the Miraval furnished model townhouse has light gray cabinets and stainless-steel Samsung appliances, including a double wall oven and three-door refrigerator. It has a white quartz countertop with a gas cooktop and white subway tile backsplash. A dishwasher is installed in the island, which has a sink with a black Kohler faucet and a brown granite countertop.

The kitchen of the Delano furnished model home has natural-wood-finish cabinets, white quartz countertops, and a stone-look tile backsplash. It also has stainless-steel Jennair appliances, including a double wall oven and three-door refrigerator. The cabinets and countertop in the pantry match those in the kitchen. Both places have black Kohler faucets.

The Miraval brownstone has a powder room and two or three full bathrooms. The decorated model unit has a powder room on the second floor and two full bathrooms on the third floor. All have black Kohler fixtures, and the full bathrooms have gray cabinets that match those in the kitchen. The half-bath has a pedestal sink.

The primary bathroom has a double-sink vanity with a white quartz countertop. The shower has a bench and a stone-look-tile shower surround. The bathroom floor matches the shower surround and the shower floor has matching small tiles. The secondary suite has a shower and a single-sink vanity with a white cultured marble countertop. The shower surround and bathroom floor are gray tile that match the smaller shower floor tiles.

The Delano has a powder room and two or three full bathrooms. The decorated model home has a full bathroom on the lower level, a powder room on the first floor and two full bathrooms on the second floor. All have black Kohler fixtures. The full baths have natural-wood cabinets that match those in the kitchen. The lower-level bathroom has a tub-shower combination with white subway tile shower surround, gray floor tile and a single-sink vanity with a white marble countertop. The powder room has a pedestal sink.

The second-floor primary bath has a walk-in shower with a bench. The shower surround and bathroom floor are marble-look tile, and the shower floor has similar but smaller tile. The double-sink vanity has a white quartz countertop. The hall bathroom has a tub-shower combo with a white subway tile shower surround, gray floor tile and a single-sink vanity with white cultured marble countertop.

When completed, the Birch House 55+ Exclusive Club House will include social gathering spaces, exercise rooms, covered outdoor seating and bocce courts. In the established section of Birchwood at Brambleton across Loudoun County Parkway, there is a clubhouse that has a demonstration kitchen, flex space for yoga classes, arts and crafts classes, game rooms, a golf simulator, and indoor and outdoor pools. Outside there are trails, bocce and Pickleball courts and a fishing pier on Lake Birchwood.

Brambleton Town Center is about two miles away. Bram Quarter is adjacent to Birchwood at Brambleton. It now provides space to the Brambleton Welcome Center, a Miller and Smith sales office and a dental center but will eventually be further developed into retail and commercial space.

Birchwood at Brambleton has walking trails and green space. Lake Birchwood is surrounded by trails and green spaces. Brambleton Regional Park and Golf Course is less than five miles away. Stream Valley Park and Broad Run Trail are adjacent to the community.

Ashburn Metrorail station, on the Silver Line, is four miles away.

Birchwood at Brambleton offers a variety of options in an active-adult community connected to the planned community of Brambleton. Tracy Lamb, vice president of sales at Miller and Smith, said in an email that the available choices appeal to buyers. Buyers can customize cabinets, flooring, countertops (kitchen and bath), bath tile, appliances, and many structural components of the home as well. Its not a one size fits all as in other active adult communities, she said.

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