What zip codes to look for a SFH/big townhouse with decent commute to DC and great schools? Nova.

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Anonymous wrote:22003. The address will say Annandale. It is just outside the beltway. Frost/WT Woodson high school for most. VRE train w/free parking into DC

The best way to search for this one is to input Woodson High School into fairfax.

In fact the best way to search for houses is to input the high school you want into redfin.

Which would be those? My child is still preschool age so I am not "in the loop" per say, only from what I read here from time to time. I am not from this area either and neither is my husband (although he has lived here for over 20 years).

So, from what I have read here I know McLean HS, Marshal HS, Langley and George Mason. I know there are other too - what are their names?

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22031

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Oakton, Madison, Woodson, West Springfield

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22101 - townhouses off Old Dominion and Westmoreland will feed into great ES (Franklin Sherman, Kent Gardens, Haycock), MS (Longfellow), HS (McLean). They are near West Falls Church and Tysons/McLean metro. Drive to DC generally ranges from 20-50 minutes depending on time of day. Close to DC, Arlington, Tysons, Vienna, FCC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:22003. The address will say Annandale. It is just outside the beltway. Frost/WT Woodson high school for most. VRE train w/free parking into DC

The best way to search for this one is to input Woodson High School into fairfax.

In fact the best way to search for houses is to input the high school you want into redfin.

Which would be those? My child is still preschool age so I am not "in the loop" per say, only from what I read here from time to time. I am not from this area either and neither is my husband (although he has lived here for over 20 years).

So, from what I have read here I know McLean HS, Marshal HS, Langley and George Mason. I know there are other too - what are their names?

Any if these ten except for tj which is a magnet
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia

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Anonymous wrote:Any N. Arlington zip codes would work, depending on your budget. I know others will say "what about S. Arlington?" but since you were against Falls Church HS I assumed you didn't want Wakefield either.

Anyway, the N. Arlington zips are the ones that end in an odd number... so 22201, 22203, 22205 and 22207. I'd recommend 22207 myself, but that's because I live there and really like it

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Another 22207-er with a preschooler. We are zoned for Jamestown.

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If budget isn't an issue, North Arlington. 22207 is great, but most of it is not as close to metro. There are some great townhouses off of Sycamore St., walkable to East Falls Church metro - I might start there. There are tons of townhouses in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, depending on your price range. There are nice townhouse communities clustered around the Vienna and Dunn Loring metros, but some are zoned for Falls Church HS, and it sounds like you don't want that. Woodson boundary has few townhouses, but you can generally find something in a single family house for under $700K there. (and if you're in the northernmost part of the boundary, Dunn Loring or Vienna metro might work out.)

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OP here!

Thanks so much everyone!! Your help was enormous to me!! I will bookmark this thread and start my research

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Anonymous wrote:Any N. Arlington zip codes would work, depending on your budget. I know others will say "what about S. Arlington?" but since you were against Falls Church HS I assumed you didn't want Wakefield either.

Anyway, the N. Arlington zips are the ones that end in an odd number... so 22201, 22203, 22205 and 22207. I'd recommend 22207 myself, but that's because I live there and really like it

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Another 22207-er with a preschooler. We are zoned for Jamestown.

In north Arlington there are two High School pyramids, Yorktown and Washington and Lee.

If you are not happy w/ Falls Church High School you would only want to focus on Yorktown. Washington and Lee is the same lower rating as Falls Church High.

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20171 --specifically Oak Hill.

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22207!

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22201 or 22207

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and parts of 22205

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22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. Excellent school pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You'll save YEARS of your life in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Totally worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

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Anonymous wrote:22201, if you can afford it. There are some huge townhouses in that zip code. 3500-4000 sq feet. So-so pyramid. Orange line metro Courthouse, Clarendon etc.

22209 also has some large townhouses, too. Roslyn Metro.

It really doesn't get closer to the city than these zip codes. You might save 10-15 minutes/day in commuting time compared to living out in Fairfax or beyond. Not really worth the trade off in price per square foot, IMHO.

Fixed that for you.