Selling plan · Parkside, Bethesda
10696 Weymouth Street,
Apartment 201
One bedroom · one full bath · top floor · planned to reach the market in January 2027
Selling plan · Parkside, Bethesda
One bedroom · one full bath · top floor · planned to reach the market in January 2027
Susan —
You called us because you're ready to move on your own schedule, to a place without the stairs and the laundry trips. So here is the plan for selling the condo, start to finish, with real dates on it.
Everything below is a first draft built from what you told me on the phone and from county and MLS records. Records are wrong as often as they're right, and you know the apartment better than any database does.
I registered 10696WeymouthStApt201.com for the unit. This page sits on it now. On listing day the same address becomes the property site buyers see.
Bring a red pen on Saturday.
Charlie
Section one
What the county record says, and what you've told us.
Section two
Parkside is a garden-style condominium community of brick buildings set among tall trees, in the part of Bethesda between downtown Bethesda and North Bethesda. Buyers tend to compare it with apartments, so the amenities matter.
The condo fee is the other selling point. In Parkside it typically covers heat, air conditioning, gas, electricity, water, sewer and trash, which makes the monthly cost easy to compare with an apartment. That is a good argument for buyers looking at rents.
Drawn from the descriptions of recent Parkside listings. Details such as laundry and storage location vary by building, so we'll confirm yours.
Section three
We looked at every Parkside one-bedroom that has sold since 2000: 438 sales. Top-floor units sell for more than lower-level units of the same size, in the same building, in the same year.
Parkside buildings have three levels. Units numbered 1–4 are the lower level, 101–104 the middle, and 201–204 the top. Your unit, 201, is on the top level. We compared net price (sale price minus any help the seller gave toward the buyer's closing costs) after adjusting for square footage and sale year.
Upper floors overall, compared with lower-level units, come to about 5%. On a typical Parkside one-bedroom that is roughly $10,000–$12,000.
That premium holds even though there are no elevators and the laundry is down the stairs. The data shows that the premium exists, not why. The likely reasons, which agents write about in their listings:
The gap between the middle and top levels is about two points, which is suggestive but not conclusive. The overall upper-versus-lower gap has varied by period, from about 2.5% to about 9%, and recent years have fewer sales to measure. Treat 5% as the long-run figure, not a promise. The detailed analysis is available on request.
Section four
Parkside one-bedrooms sell, but they sell to buyers who find the price credible. Here is what the last six months of MLS data show.
What this says about your unit. One-bedrooms are the more active part of Parkside. Roughly half of the one-bedrooms listed in the last six months sold, and the five on the market now are about four months of supply at the recent pace. Larger units look different: sales come quickly and close to list when the price is right, but there are many more on the market, and nearly half of those have cut their price.
What this says about price. Among the one-bedrooms that sold, those priced closest to the market from the start sold fastest. The three that opened highest took between three and six months and closed 12% to 16% below their first asking price, while the ones that sold within 23 to 54 days gave up 9% or less. The 365-day report shows no one-bedroom closings between last October and late April, so winter buyers are scarce, and a January launch competes with listings that have already been sitting.
Parkside is a small community, and six to eight sales is a small sample. Use these as direction, not as a forecast. Bright MLS, one-bedroom and two-bedroom-or-larger Parkside condominium listings through October 31, 2026.
Section five
The paint, counters and appliances you already updated are the expensive part. What's left is small, and small things are what buyers remember.
A 33-year-old dishwasher is what a buyer's inspector is likely to note first, and a discolored refrigerator sits in the middle of every kitchen photo. We'll price the options with you on Saturday: replace both, replace the dishwasher only, or offer an allowance.
A chip on a newer vanity is likely a repair or touch-up job rather than a replacement. We'll have it looked at.
Professional cleaning is the minimum. If it's worn, replacing it with vinyl plank to match the rest is worth pricing before you decide.
A one-bedroom looks as big as the furniture lets it. We'll walk the unit and mark what stays and what goes to storage or your next place.
Section six
Here is every Parkside one-bedroom that sold in the last 180 days, with what each seller asked, what each seller paid toward the buyer's closing costs, and how long it took.
| Unit | Level | Sold | First list | Last list | Sold price | Seller-paid costs | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10661 Weymouth St #102 | Middle | May 8 | $245,000 | $239,990 | $230,000 | — | 39 |
| 10655 Montrose Ave #103 | Middle | May 26 | $249,000 | $235,000 | $228,000 | — | 146 |
| 10630 Montrose Ave #104 | Middle | May 28 | $219,900 | $219,900 | $200,000 | — | 23 |
| 10524 Weymouth St #W-1 | Lower | May 29 | $229,000 | $208,900 | $193,250 | — | 181 |
| 10630 Kenilworth Ave #101 | Middle | Jun 13 | $229,000 | $219,000 | $219,000 | $4,380 | 51 |
| 10500 Montrose Ave #203 | Top | Jul 29 | $237,500 | $221,000 | $210,000 | — | 85 |
| 10656 Weymouth St #202 | Top | Jul 31 | $259,500 | $229,000 | $229,000 | $4,000 | 107 |
| 10619 Kenilworth Ave #202 | Top | Sep 22 | $223,500 | $223,500 | $223,500 | $2,500 | 49 |
Shaded rows are top-floor units, like yours. Bright MLS, sold May 8 to September 22, 2026. "Seller-paid costs" is the amount the seller paid toward the buyer's closing costs, so the seller's net is the sold price minus that amount. 10630 Montrose #104 had been on the market before this listing, which is why its days are low.
Where that leaves Apartment 201. The three top-floor sales ranged from $210,000 to $229,000, with a middle of $223,500, and on average they brought the highest price per square foot of any level. Across all eight, sellers gave up about 8% from their first asking price and about 4% from their last, and six of the eight cut their price at least once. 10619 Kenilworth #202, priced near its final sale price from the start, sold at full price in 49 days. The three that opened highest took 85 to 181 days and sold for 12% to 16% less than their first asking price.
The best list price is virtually the same as the price the apartment will sell for. Pricing at that level gets the strongest response in the first two weeks, when buyers pay the most attention, and it avoids the price cuts that drag sales out.
We will set the list price together when you are ready to go on the market. In the meantime, we will get back to you with an estimated sale price based on the current market.
If there has been little showing activity two weeks in, we sit down and look at the data. Overpriced homes lose their best two weeks of attention, and fixing it early costs far less than fixing it late.
Section seven
Dates are targets for a January launch. We'll move any of them to fit your plans.
Walk the unit, decide the appliance question, and set your target move-out date.
Appliances, vanity touch-up and carpet decisions finished before the holidays so nothing is left hanging over January.
Pack what you won't need, then a professional deep clean.
Photos and a short video, taken once the unit is staged and the light is good.
Every MLS field filled in correctly, so buyers filtering for a feature find the apartment.
Agents tour the unit over lunch the next day, when their buyers are looking.
The first weekend, when most buyers shop.
We look at showings, feedback and the price together.
Section eight
The apartment hasn't been photographed for sale, so these frames are empty on purpose. We'll fill them on Tuesday, January 5.
Last section
Strike what's wrong, add what we missed, and tell us what matters most to you in the sale. The price, the date and the move are yours to decide. Our job is to make each one easier.
“It sold the first day it went on the market! … Charles was able to negotiate very effectively through the process.”
— Diana and Gonzalo P.
“With his help, I got my condo sold in just two days on the market … our offer was accepted before competing offers were received.”
— Beatriz C.
“They took the time to explain everything in great detail and in plain English.”
— Audrey H.
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