I'm moving to the suburbs
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Anonymous
| Try Somerset in MD. It has a pool and feeds to BCC. |
Anonymous
30x12000 plus interest vs 4x60000. For 1 kid private would be cheaper. |
Anonymous
Yes. It’s not super diverse there (not as diverse as say Woodside just around the corner), but yes. |
Anonymous
Great suggestion, but it may be out of OP's price range. If I were OP, I would search close-in Bethesda/Chevy Chase (in 20816 and perhaps 20815), as those zip codes would meet all of OP's criteria (except that OP may need to accept a smaller house than could be had out in the distant suburbs). 20815 would include Somerset, if OP wants to try to find something within budget. |
Anonymous
+1 although we haven't bought there yet. I've been looking for this type of neighborhood in the suburbs for years and finally just resigned myself to paying upper NW DC prices, because I can't find anything else I like. |
Anonymous
First of all, the extra $1k we are talking about is interest so no “plus interest.” Second of all, why only x4 on the private school tuition. More likely x12. |
Anonymous
Yes we bought (and spent $$) in North Cleveland Park after finally coming to terms with how lots of people have the same preferences and there are very few neighborhoods like it. That being said, prices on less shiny properties have really moderated over the past 4 months or so. Not sure what your budget is with the rate environment, but there are decent house going for less than 1.2 now. And I didn't see it in person, but this CP one look pretty nice for 1.27 (sq footage is on the smaller side, but that's generally how it goes here) https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/3201-Porter-St-NW-20008/home/9984376. |
Anonymous
| The obvious answer is CCMD (the part that zones to CCES), but you need $$$ |
Anonymous
aren't the schools bad? |
Anonymous
Most of the houses are cheap in Arlington so you can send children to private schools. |
Anonymous
If you're going by rankings alone, Langley and McLean are on the same level as Whitman. But there is always more to consider than just rankings. |
Anonymous
| McLean near chain bridge |
Anonymous
| Wood Acres or Westbrook |
Anonymous
Great community for what OP wants, but may be hard on budget |
Anonymous
I live in McLean near St John’s Catholic Church. The teardown houses are going for $1.2-$1.4m now- those generally get sold directly to the builders. Some of the teardowns are just older houses that have been lived in and kept up, some have not been kept up and need a ton of postponed TLC. Figure out which area you want and get a good real estate agent who will know when the kept up houses will go on sale. There will be competition. We have lived in our neighborhood since the mid-90’s and with the exception of about a year from late ‘08 to late ‘09, every house has had multiple offers. The community you seek is hit or miss and goes block by block and changes frequently. Our neighborhood has gone through ups and downs - if there is a critical mass of children in the same age group AND there are several families willing to do the grunt work of organizing activities it will work. You need to be willing to do the grunt work, if you want it. It is fairly easy, but for some reason most will participate but not do anything to help organize. Most send their children to public school. Get on the waitlists for the area pools and see which one moves the fastest. Think about if you prefer an AP or an IB high school. Marshall, Meridian and Washington& Liberty are IB. McLean, Madison, Langley, and Yorktown are AP. |