[VA] Arlington big house nice neighborhood sitting

[Anonymous]

We have our eyes on this place, it’s a decent size lot, pretty big house, but kind of weird layout.

We have seen older houses on busy roads sell for about this price not sure why it’s sitting?

Are we missing something? I feel like you can split one of the bedrooms and have 3 upstairs and have a pretty nice place?

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/3110-N-Thomas-St-22207/home/11229880?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting. I am in the market and this one looks nice!

[Anonymous]

Extremely weird layout. Why on Earth would anyone doing a major renovation decide to relocate the kitchen to the second floor?!

[Anonymous]

A river runs through the middle of the property. Probably good zone requirements as to why they must locate rooms to the second level. Passssssssss

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A river runs through the middle of the property. Probably good zone requirements as to why they must locate rooms to the second level. Passssssssss

What?! How do you know this??

[Anonymous]

That house style is called a "raised ranch". It was a weird house type that was built for a short time in the 60s-early 70s. Lower level got rec room and bedrooms, main living area upstairs. Sort of an evolution from the split-foyer houses that had a short flight down to the rec room/bedroom and short flight up to living area. No idea why anyone thought it was a good idea but you see them come up for sale occasionally in inner suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A river runs through the middle of the property. Probably good zone requirements as to why they must locate rooms to the second level. Passssssssss

What?! How do you know this??

Seriously how do you know river?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Extremely weird layout. Why on Earth would anyone doing a major renovation decide to relocate the kitchen to the second floor?!

They didn't. This is a typical raised ranch and was built with the kitchen on the 2nd floor. Stupid, but the 70s were weird. It would require a complete gut of the house to reconfigure to put the kitchen on the first floor and bedrooms + appropriate bathrooms on the 2nd floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A river runs through the middle of the property. Probably good zone requirements as to why they must locate rooms to the second level. Passssssssss

What?! How do you know this??

Seriously how do you know river?

Thanks, I see now on Redfin site on computer you see it.

[Anonymous]

Sitting? It’s on market 10 days!

As for the river — it is clearly shown on the map. I think that is Donaldson Run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sitting? It’s on market 10 days!

As for the river — it is clearly shown on the map. I think that is Donaldson Run.

On the iPhone, Apple maps does not show river. In website Google Maps does

It’s been listed since Apt, just delisted and listed 10 days ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A river runs through the middle of the property. Probably good zone requirements as to why they must locate rooms to the second level. Passssssssss

Absolute BS. OP this person is probably bidding against you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A river runs through the middle of the property. Probably good zone requirements as to why they must locate rooms to the second level. Passssssssss

Absolute BS. OP this person is probably bidding against you.

OP here. I see the river on google maps. Likely an underground river but still could be issue

[Anonymous]

The neighborhood has sorted bags and the raised ramblers were done to avoid basements. You enter on the lower level and walk upstairs to main level think of it as a rambler that popped out of ground.

[Anonymous]

Hq2, bro.