Of course, they say the decor has come a long way. John and Angie were less than 0 3 years old when they moved into the house and just beginning to raise a family. John remembers, “We were on a much tighter budget then and we wanted our home to evolve over time. We rode bikes with the kids in the unfinished basement and our pool table was the only piece of furniture in the living room for almost 10 years.”
An Inside Look: John Marriott’s Personal Touch 9900 New London Drive, Potomac, Maryland BY STAC E Y G R A Z I E R P FA R R
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t was just before Christmas 1986 when hotel executive John Marriott heard that the 1,100-acre Avenel Farm in his hometown was slated to be developed into a residential neighborhood. He and his wife, Angie, were living in Boston at the time, but John Marriott explains they always looked forward to the day they would live in the D.C. area – where he was born and raised. After searching for days around the Bethesda and Potomac area, they found the
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perfect property: a 2.6-acre, densely wooded lot on the corner of Natelli Woods Lane and New London Drive. “I knew the property well because in high school I used to ride my dirt bike on trails that ran throughout the property,” he says. “Today, some of those same trail are used as equestrian trails – and an occasional dirt bike.” The couple spent the next year and a half designing the seven-bedroom house – and the following two years building it.
“We have been very blessed with a wonderful family, terrific children – now adults, and the opportunity to travel, to learn and to experience a wide range of places, ideas, and cultures,” Marriott says.“The opportunity to build and develop our home as we have grown and developed ourselves has been a lot of fun and very rewarding.” John and Angie Marriott’s home is listed for $5.7 million through Long & Foster’s Banner Team. For more information, please call 301-365-9090.
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