$1.5M home in Lyon Park

[Anonymous]

What do you think?

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/3110-1st-St-N-22201/home/11256950

[Anonymous]

I like it. Love the color of that one bathroom. Basement floor could be changed and some paint in several of the rooms but the kitchen is nice. How is the ceiling height? Looks like it is just at 8’ but love the wood trim throughout

[Anonymous]

I like that it’s masculine too

[Anonymous]

That is not my favorite part of Lyon Park, but the house is nice and it's hard to find homes at that price point.

[Anonymous]

It's already pending

[Anonymous]

Place looks amazing, like wow did they do an amazing job renovating it (historical photos of the place look awful, from listing in 2013, they did tons of changes since buying it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's already pending

It went pending yesterday after 3 weeks on the market.

[Anonymous]

Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

Every time I read something like this I feel a little shock remembering that some people 1) feel this way and 2) think it’s fine to express it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

Every time I read something like this I feel a little shock remembering that some people 1) feel this way and 2) think it’s fine to express it.

So why do you think people pay a premium to live in 22207? Or in Bethesda instead of oxon hill? It’s better to acknowledge and discuss the factors that drive housing prices rather than pretend that people make housing choices just based on how a house looks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

It is about a mile from a lot of stuff (metro, trader Joe's, coffee, etc) and a couple blocks from elementary school. So while walkability is not ideal, it's not horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

Every time I read something like this I feel a little shock remembering that some people 1) feel this way and 2) think it’s fine to express it.

Location is everything, that is why one pays a million (for example) for a TH in say NW DC, North Arlington, Bethesda, rather than paying half that to live in say Groveton or Huntington, or in the middle of nowhere somewhere.

Frankly, as someone who has lived in several countries in the past, I don't get the US focus on suburbia (living in the middle of nowhere, having to drive to get to anything and etc to live in a SFH). Nowhere i have been to is it like that except here

[Anonymous]

This isn't a bad location; you can walk to Clarendon very easily on the back streets; if you ride a bike, you are there in only a few minutes. If you commute to DC, the trip is easy. I wouldn't live there (I live south of 50, oh the horror), but to imply that this is akin to a suburban cul-de-sac is incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

Those schools are totally fine - I know a bunch of kids who went to both -- and W-L is a great high school. The kids, if there are any, who live in this house will do just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school is about 1/3 FARMs and middle is over 40%. It’s also just one block from south Arlington and not walkable to anything (walk score of 51). So I guess if you want to be able to tell your friends that you live in north Arlington, this will do the trick but the location is not good otherwise.

Every time I read something like this I feel a little shock remembering that some people 1) feel this way and 2) think it’s fine to express it.

Location is everything, that is why one pays a million (for example) for a TH in say NW DC, North Arlington, Bethesda, rather than paying half that to live in say Groveton or Huntington, or in the middle of nowhere somewhere.

Frankly, as someone who has lived in several countries in the past, I don't get the US focus on suburbia (living in the middle of nowhere, having to drive to get to anything and etc to live in a SFH). Nowhere i have been to is it like that except here

You missed the PP's point entirely.