Another new Pimmit Hills Home on the market

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If extreme convenience, top schools, and decent square footage are the most important things, then this house is it.

If someone prefers older architecture, being in DC, a huge yard, or an exclusive neighborhood, then this is not the place for them.

What if you don't particularly care about old houses, being in DC or having a huge yard, but the juxtaposition of a 4,000 SF house next to a bunch of 850 SF homes just creeps you out?

Then pay hundreds of thousands more for a comparable house in a neighborhood with homes large enough so as to not creep you out, like maybe a newer neighborhood somewhere.

[Anonymous]

It will sell. And quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

[Anonymous]

Hehe wild wild west and thats the gold rush

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

OMG, the original housing stock in PH is way uglier than brick boxes in Mclean and FC and Arlington. Really, it's just another degree of ugly. They are in general much smaller too and lack basements. A typical non-expanded rambler in PH is under 1000 sq.ft without a basement. A typical non-expanded rambler in Mclean is 1500 sq.ft, plus usually a large walk out basement, another legitimate living level. Plus, most ramblers in Mclean are brick, vs. in PH a lot are cheap siding, which makes them truly mobile homes plopped in the middle of the lot. They look like trailers, I am sorry. I am open minded and considered PH, but could not stomach the look of these older homes, plus chain link fences and questionable vehicles in some driveways. I hope this gets all demolished and replaced, these do need to go. But, the rate of rebuild will slow down once the prices come up for tear downs, which they already did. If the prices for new homes fail to catch up to this increase, the rebuild activity will slow down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

so these homes are more appealing?

Not PP.....To me they are, but I understand your point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

OMG, the original housing stock in PH is way uglier than brick boxes in Mclean and FC and Arlington. Really, it's just another degree of ugly. They are in general much smaller too and lack basements. A typical non-expanded rambler in PH is under 1000 sq.ft without a basement. A typical non-expanded rambler in Mclean is 1500 sq.ft, plus usually a large walk out basement, another legitimate living level. Plus, most ramblers in Mclean are brick, vs. in PH a lot are cheap siding, which makes them truly mobile homes plopped in the middle of the lot. They look like trailers, I am sorry. I am open minded and considered PH, but could not stomach the look of these older homes, plus chain link fences and questionable vehicles in some driveways. I hope this gets all demolished and replaced, these do need to go. But, the rate of rebuild will slow down once the prices come up for tear downs, which they already did. If the prices for new homes fail to catch up to this increase, the rebuild activity will slow down.

Why do you want my home demolished if you couldn't "stomach" living here? Why do you care so much what happens in a neighborhood you decided to not be a part of?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

OMG, the original housing stock in PH is way uglier than brick boxes in Mclean and FC and Arlington. Really, it's just another degree of ugly. They are in general much smaller too and lack basements. A typical non-expanded rambler in PH is under 1000 sq.ft without a basement. A typical non-expanded rambler in Mclean is 1500 sq.ft, plus usually a large walk out basement, another legitimate living level. Plus, most ramblers in Mclean are brick, vs. in PH a lot are cheap siding, which makes them truly mobile homes plopped in the middle of the lot. They look like trailers, I am sorry. I am open minded and considered PH, but could not stomach the look of these older homes, plus chain link fences and questionable vehicles in some driveways. I hope this gets all demolished and replaced, these do need to go. But, the rate of rebuild will slow down once the prices come up for tear downs, which they already did. If the prices for new homes fail to catch up to this increase, the rebuild activity will slow down.

True but think about it, it's so easy and cheap to tear down these original pimmit hills homes. I was quoted 35k to do a teardown, utilities permits etc... but this was back when things were slow in 2010.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

OMG, the original housing stock in PH is way uglier than brick boxes in Mclean and FC and Arlington. Really, it's just another degree of ugly. They are in general much smaller too and lack basements. A typical non-expanded rambler in PH is under 1000 sq.ft without a basement. A typical non-expanded rambler in Mclean is 1500 sq.ft, plus usually a large walk out basement, another legitimate living level. Plus, most ramblers in Mclean are brick, vs. in PH a lot are cheap siding, which makes them truly mobile homes plopped in the middle of the lot. They look like trailers, I am sorry. I am open minded and considered PH, but could not stomach the look of these older homes, plus chain link fences and questionable vehicles in some driveways. I hope this gets all demolished and replaced, these do need to go. But, the rate of rebuild will slow down once the prices come up for tear downs, which they already did. If the prices for new homes fail to catch up to this increase, the rebuild activity will slow down.

Why do you want my home demolished if you couldn't "stomach" living here? Why do you care so much what happens in a neighborhood you decided to not be a part of?

Actually I don't care if your house gets demolished or not. I bought in the area I felt comfortable with the way it looks today, so that I don't have any expectations as to what my neighbors will do. But, I was interested from investment perspective, not ready to live in this area the way it looks now, but won't mind buying something to rent and hold on to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

OMG, the original housing stock in PH is way uglier than brick boxes in Mclean and FC and Arlington. Really, it's just another degree of ugly. They are in general much smaller too and lack basements. A typical non-expanded rambler in PH is under 1000 sq.ft without a basement. A typical non-expanded rambler in Mclean is 1500 sq.ft, plus usually a large walk out basement, another legitimate living level. Plus, most ramblers in Mclean are brick, vs. in PH a lot are cheap siding, which makes them truly mobile homes plopped in the middle of the lot. They look like trailers, I am sorry. I am open minded and considered PH, but could not stomach the look of these older homes, plus chain link fences and questionable vehicles in some driveways. I hope this gets all demolished and replaced, these do need to go. But, the rate of rebuild will slow down once the prices come up for tear downs, which they already did. If the prices for new homes fail to catch up to this increase, the rebuild activity will slow down.

True but think about it, it's so easy and cheap to tear down these original pimmit hills homes. I was quoted 35k to do a teardown, utilities permits etc... but this was back when things were slow in 2010.

Yeah, I hear you, it was also cheaper back then to get a tear down property. We looked at a couple under 400K. One of them got fixed up a little and flipped actually, not demolished. So, I guess lots of stuff is going on, some buy and rebuild, some remodel and flip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

From what I can tell, the PH houses that tend to get posted on DCUM are spec homes where someone has bought a lot and built a large new Colonial for sale, similar to houses built all over other parts of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William in the 1990s. You could find similar houses in Centreville, Ashburn or Haymarket further out, but the homes in PH are about as inexpensive as it gets for a big house near Tysons. I've seen other custom homes in PH that are more appealing, but they aren't going to show up on RE sites like Redfin or FranklyMLS until the owners decide to sell. In general, PH is kind of the Wild Wild West right now in terms of the mix of housing.

How is that different then anywhere else, I see ndi homes go up in arlington , mclean and bethesda all the time.

Fundamentally, it's not different than any other close-in location in the DC region with teardowns. For the most part, people are free to build what they want. Empirically, the ratio of NDI-style houses (big, basic Colonials) to non-NDI-style houses is a good bit higher in PH.

OMG, the original housing stock in PH is way uglier than brick boxes in Mclean and FC and Arlington. Really, it's just another degree of ugly. They are in general much smaller too and lack basements. A typical non-expanded rambler in PH is under 1000 sq.ft without a basement. A typical non-expanded rambler in Mclean is 1500 sq.ft, plus usually a large walk out basement, another legitimate living level. Plus, most ramblers in Mclean are brick, vs. in PH a lot are cheap siding, which makes them truly mobile homes plopped in the middle of the lot. They look like trailers, I am sorry. I am open minded and considered PH, but could not stomach the look of these older homes, plus chain link fences and questionable vehicles in some driveways. I hope this gets all demolished and replaced, these do need to go. But, the rate of rebuild will slow down once the prices come up for tear downs, which they already did. If the prices for new homes fail to catch up to this increase, the rebuild activity will slow down.

Why do you want my home demolished if you couldn't "stomach" living here? Why do you care so much what happens in a neighborhood you decided to not be a part of?

Actually I don't care if your house gets demolished or not. I bought in the area I felt comfortable with the way it looks today, so that I don't have any expectations as to what my neighbors will do. But, I was interested from investment perspective, not ready to live in this area the way it looks now, but won't mind buying something to rent and hold on to.

So glad you cleared that up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

so these homes are more appealing?

I'm not a new-build fan, but I actually like the second one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is every new build in that neighborhood so hideous? I have seen new/newer houses in Falls Church and Arlington that are 100% more appealing. Is it so much cheaper to build the tacky kind of new house?

so these homes are more appealing?





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The second one is, it has a fantastic view. If only it had a neoghborhood, it is between a country club and a college.