This beautiful snow scene was taken from the balcony of a Willoughby condo on the 15th floor looking out toward Friendship Heights, the GEICO headquarters, Bloomingdale's and the National Cathedral. While the rest of the world was struggling with plowing and snow shovels, the owners at the Willoughby condominiums were able to pour themselves another cup of coffee and watch!
One of the great things about life at the Willoughby, a large highrise condo community in Friendship Heights, is that everything is there that you might need. The front desk takes great care of you. There is an exercise room and a party room. There is a convenience store on the first floor that stocks wines and ice-cream in case you don't feel like walking to the Whole Foods two blocks away.
The Willoughby of Chevy Chase Condominium, standing 24 stories tall, is the largest residential building in the Friendship Heights neighborhood. In fact, the Willoughby is so big that it has two addresses - 4515 Willard Avenue and 5500 Friendship Boulevard - with entrances and front desks at each side. The Willoughby has a total of 815 condos including studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in a North and a South building,
AMENITIES AT THE WILLOUGHBY CONDOS
In addition to all that is available just steps outside the front doors of the Willoughby, The Willoughby's residents enjoy the convenience of many amenities, without stepping foot outside. Those who enjoy a vibrant social atmosphere find a dynamic community here, with resident-planned activities taking place throughout the year.
- Front Desk The front desks at the entrances of both the North and South buildings are staff around the clock, seven days a week. The front desk staff accepts packages for residents, admits visitors, and issues parking passes for guests.
- Controlled Access The Willoughby’s many entrance doors and garage doors are accessible only through the use of an access control card, issued by the Management Office. Residents may admit their guests by phone, using the entry phone at each of three locations. The guest simply dials the unit number and the resident uses the telephone to open the door.
- Convenience Store The Willoughby Market, located in the South lobby on Willard Avenue, provides a full assortment of canned, frozen and refrigerated foods, toiletries and sundries, bottled wine and beer, soft drinks, ice cream, magazines and newspapers. The convenience store is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Valet Shop The Valet Shop provides laundry and dry cleaning services, as well as shoe repair. Other services, including video rentals and faxing, are also available. The Valet Shop is located near the service elevators by the loading dock on the 7th floor.
- Exercise Room On the roof level, the exercise room has commercail grade treadmills, elliptical trainers, recumbent bikes, a five stage multi-gym and barbells. The exercise room is open from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Laundry Facilities On each resident floor, there are two laundry rooms, one in the North building and one in the South building. Washers and dryers are operated using stored value cards available in mail rooms of both the North and South buildings. The laundry rooms are open from 7a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Library The Willoughby Library on the roof level is a completely resident operated amenity. Books are donated by the residents, shelved by the residents and borrowed by the residents.
- Party Room Of course all the amenities are subject to the current covid restrictons, but the party room was recently renovated and will be a great place for parties once we are able to function again at a full pace.
- Restaurant Alfio's La Trattoria is a traditional Italian restaurant in the condo complex. It is open seven days a week, offers free valet parking, and carry out.
- Roof Top Lounge and Deck The heated and air-conditioned rooftop lounge offers a relaxing place to get together with other residents, play table games, or enjoy the quietude of a comfortable place to read. It opens on to a beautifully constructed wooden deck that overlooks the Friendship Heights and Chevy Chase shopping districts. The deck is a pleasant place to view the holiday fireworks displays. Though the lounge is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., the outdoor deck is open daily from 7:00 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. or half an hour after sunset, whichever occurs later.
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The Willoughby Pool was renovated in 2001 and now offers a full sized pool as well as a children's wading pool. The on site Management Office provides the seasonal pool passes.
SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN AT THE WILLOUGHBY
The Willoughby is now home to lots and lots of children. In fact in the morning, the lobby looks like a school itself since there are so many families that call the WIlloughby home. The public schools that the children from the WIlloughby attend include Somerset Elementary, Westland Middle School and the Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. There are a number of private schools near the Willoughby including the Little Flower School, Blessed Sacrament, Georgetown Day School, Sidwell Friends, just to name a few choices.
PETS AND THE WILLOUGHBY
There are lots of choices among condo buildings for people who have dogs or cats, but the WIlloughby is not one of them. On the other hand, if you are someone who is not comfortable with dogs or perhaps you are allergic to cat hair, you will enjoy the pet-free atmosphere of the WIlloughby!
CURRENT LISTINGS AND RECENT SALES AT THE WILLOUGHBY
With over 800 units at the Willoughby, there are always properties on the market. To see what is on the market now, you can start your search here. If you are not sure which units you want to see first, just give the Lise Howe Group a call at 240-401-5577. After all, who will be better able to help you determine which units will suit you than the Bethesda Condo Queen?
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