Is Aldie done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aldie has nice houses like this one. The issue is how they cram all the houses on top of each other for being farther out.

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This is a tiny yard for such a large house. They have so much land out there but they still are cramming houses on top of each other.

Wow, that's crazy appreciation. From 900K to $1.6 million in 3 years. (And I don't for one second believe that any upgrades done by the owners "are worth over $300k.")

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aldie has nice houses like this one. The issue is how they cram all the houses on top of each other for being farther out.

https://redf.in/L1DIoT

This is a tiny yard for such a large house. They have so much land out there but they still are cramming houses on top of each other.

Wow, that's crazy appreciation. From 900K to $1.6 million in 3 years. (And I don't for one second believe that any upgrades done by the owners "are worth over $300k.")

I believe it. We have friends who live out there. That $900k house came with everything 90s builder grade. You have to then spend more to upgrade every little thing. Our friends have put a ton of money into their 6 year old home.

As for fences, people do put them in after they have lived there a while and have money to spend on upgrades. Those houses come with the bare minimum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aldie has nice houses like this one. The issue is how they cram all the houses on top of each other for being farther out.

https://redf.in/L1DIoT

This is a tiny yard for such a large house. They have so much land out there but they still are cramming houses on top of each other.

My question is why are there never fences with these homes? Does Aldie restrict fencing or something? To me a backyard is useless without a fence.

Why? I hate fences. They rot, lean, fall apart and don't match house to house. Your neighbor puts an ugly one up or asks you to pay to replace one you never wanted in the first place. Yuck.

Unfortunately both people on each side of me have fences.

Get a vinyl or a metal fence. Problem solved.

Hideous, metal fences are only for low class people with pit bulls. And vinyl? Cracks and looks cheap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aldie has nice houses like this one. The issue is how they cram all the houses on top of each other for being farther out.

https://redf.in/L1DIoT

This is a tiny yard for such a large house. They have so much land out there but they still are cramming houses on top of each other.

My question is why are there never fences with these homes? Does Aldie restrict fencing or something? To me a backyard is useless without a fence.

Why? I hate fences. They rot, lean, fall apart and don't match house to house. Your neighbor puts an ugly one up or asks you to pay to replace one you never wanted in the first place. Yuck.

Unfortunately both people on each side of me have fences.

Still better than no fence at all.

Get a vinyl or a metal fence. Problem solved.

Hideous, metal fences are only for low class people with pit bulls. And vinyl? Cracks and looks cheap.

[Anonymous]

Every 3m toll house build in McLean has a black metal fence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aldie has nice houses like this one. The issue is how they cram all the houses on top of each other for being farther out.

https://redf.in/L1DIoT

This is a tiny yard for such a large house. They have so much land out there but they still are cramming houses on top of each other.

I don’t think this is a nice house. I think this is a big, cheap house in an ugly neighborhood that won’t have proper trees for 50 years. I think these houses appeal to a certain type of person when they are new but then to nobody at all when they are 20-50 years old, so the neighborhood will decline because there’s nothing good about it once it’s not new construction.

I used to be this delusional. Then I woke up from my dream.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People are bashing it but, who knows maybe it will develop more in the future. My dh is from the midwest and when we moved to the dmv he told me that his grandmother was originally from that area. She apparently used to put on a southern accent from time to time and would talk about growing up in a small country, middle of nowhere town in Virginia. Turns out that the town was Vienna.

While it's not a buzzing metropolis it definitely is a far cry from the countryside that my dh's grandma had described. Perhaps that's Aldie's future.

I bought a house in Ashburn 15 years ago and people thought I was crazy because Ashburn was basically nothing back then. Now I don’t regret that decision one bit. Aldie and that area are already becoming a big thing in that region. 10 years ago, Aldie was 100% woods.

Agree with this. Aldie was all woods back then. Now it’s one of the fastest growing places especially among South Asians.