Falls Church Home for Sale Burns down again...

[Anonymous]

The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

If someone paid $550K for the lot, they paid considerably more than tear-down lots have recently been selling for a mile or two away in Pimmit Hiils, and they'd still have to deal with the crap left over from the latest fire.

As long as someone doesn't take five years to build Gigantor IV, they likely will have no issue in the neighborhood. There are many other new builds around there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

If someone paid $550K for the lot, they paid considerably more than tear-down lots have recently been selling for a mile or two away in Pimmit Hiils, and they'd still have to deal with the crap left over from the latest fire.

As long as someone doesn't take five years to build Gigantor IV, they likely will have no issue in the neighborhood. There are many other new builds around there.

What business is it of the neighbors if the owners build what they want? Are the neighbors some sort of delusional, self-aggrandizing, gun toting, insane and criminal self-imposed "enforcers", or something? It is not up to the neighbors to dictate what happens (or doesn't) on land they don't own. Clearly no one wants to be there because of the animosity, insanity and criminality the neighbors have shown. The neighbors are so stupid, they tainted their own neighborhood. How stupid can someone be??!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

Are you sure the deal actually closed? If you drive by there, you'll see a sign advertising for a foreclosure auction of the property on something like August 8 or August 9. Someone else posted a Zillow link listing it as still available for sale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

If someone paid $550K for the lot, they paid considerably more than tear-down lots have recently been selling for a mile or two away in Pimmit Hiils, and they'd still have to deal with the crap left over from the latest fire.

As long as someone doesn't take five years to build Gigantor IV, they likely will have no issue in the neighborhood. There are many other new builds around there.

What business is it of the neighbors if the owners build what they want? Are the neighbors some sort of delusional, self-aggrandizing, gun toting, insane and criminal self-imposed "enforcers", or something? It is not up to the neighbors to dictate what happens (or doesn't) on land they don't own. Clearly no one wants to be there because of the animosity, insanity and criminality the neighbors have shown. The neighbors are so stupid, they tainted their own neighborhood. How stupid can someone be??!!

You are the stupid one. Plenty of other new homes have been built in that area. The neighborhood is not tainted at all, as evidenced by the continued premiums people will pay for teardowns in that area compared to nearby Pimmit Hills. Nor does there appear to have been any final adjudication as to the cause of the fires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

Are you sure the deal actually closed? If you drive by there, you'll see a sign advertising for a foreclosure auction of the property on something like August 8 or August 9. Someone else posted a Zillow link listing it as still available for sale.

The online county property records do not reflect a June 2014 sale. A sale in August would not necessarily be reflected yet in the online database.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

If someone paid $550K for the lot, they paid considerably more than tear-down lots have recently been selling for a mile or two away in Pimmit Hiils, and they'd still have to deal with the crap left over from the latest fire.

As long as someone doesn't take five years to build Gigantor IV, they likely will have no issue in the neighborhood. There are many other new builds around there.

What business is it of the neighbors if the owners build what they want? Are the neighbors some sort of delusional, self-aggrandizing, gun toting, insane and criminal self-imposed "enforcers", or something? It is not up to the neighbors to dictate what happens (or doesn't) on land they don't own. Clearly no one wants to be there because of the animosity, insanity and criminality the neighbors have shown. The neighbors are so stupid, they tainted their own neighborhood. How stupid can someone be??!!

You are the stupid one. Plenty of other new homes have been built in that area. The neighborhood is not tainted at all, as evidenced by the continued premiums people will pay for teardowns in that area compared to nearby Pimmit Hills. Nor does there appear to have been any final adjudication as to the cause of the fires.

Not really. But then again, you are not the real estate or property attorney, are you? Interesting how you spurt off without realizing who you are talking to. It will always be known as the neighborhood with the hostile neighbors. Case in point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

If someone paid $550K for the lot, they paid considerably more than tear-down lots have recently been selling for a mile or two away in Pimmit Hiils, and they'd still have to deal with the crap left over from the latest fire.

As long as someone doesn't take five years to build Gigantor IV, they likely will have no issue in the neighborhood. There are many other new builds around there.

What business is it of the neighbors if the owners build what they want? Are the neighbors some sort of delusional, self-aggrandizing, gun toting, insane and criminal self-imposed "enforcers", or something? It is not up to the neighbors to dictate what happens (or doesn't) on land they don't own. Clearly no one wants to be there because of the animosity, insanity and criminality the neighbors have shown. The neighbors are so stupid, they tainted their own neighborhood. How stupid can someone be??!!

You are the stupid one. Plenty of other new homes have been built in that area. The neighborhood is not tainted at all, as evidenced by the continued premiums people will pay for teardowns in that area compared to nearby Pimmit Hills. Nor does there appear to have been any final adjudication as to the cause of the fires.

Not really. But then again, you are not the real estate or property attorney, are you? Interesting how you spurt off without realizing who you are talking to. It will always be known as the neighborhood with the hostile neighbors. Case in point.

Sorry, but you're wrong. There have been at least five houses built and sold for over a million on that block alone since the first fire at 2142 Haycock. Other lots in the neighborhood have also been redeveloped without protest or incident.

This has next to no impact on the Churchill neighborhood. It may taint the particular lot until a new house is built and sold there, something the guy who bought the lot in 2006 (and who has since filed for bankruptcy) was unable to do in nine years.

[Anonymous]

This whole thread is so typical of the attitude of the folks that live in that area. Social wannabes who aren't quite there because they are not really in McLean, although they want to be. Sniping, etc. What a joke!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is so typical of the attitude of the folks that live in that area. Social wannabes who aren't quite there because they are not really in McLean, although they want to be. Sniping, etc. What a joke!

That's ridiculous on multiple levels. First, people are drawn to that area by the convenient location and excellent schools, not because they are "social wannabes." Second, it's part of the McLean tax assessment district, even if it has a Falls Church address. Third, if they actually had McLean addresses, they'd still get crap here for not living in DC or Maryland.

I don't live in that neighborhood, but I know people who do and it's a nice mix of new and older homes. There are probably at least a half-dozen brand-new houses or homes currently under construction within a few blocks from the lot that had the fires. The woes of "Gigantor" makes for an entertaining story but it hasn't had any other impact on the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is so typical of the attitude of the folks that live in that area. Social wannabes who aren't quite there because they are not really in McLean, although they want to be. Sniping, etc. What a joke!

That's ridiculous on multiple levels. First, people are drawn to that area by the convenient location and excellent schools, not because they are "social wannabes." Second, it's part of the McLean tax assessment district, even if it has a Falls Church address. Third, if they actually had McLean addresses, they'd still get crap here for not living in DC or Maryland.

I don't live in that neighborhood, but I know people who do and it's a nice mix of new and older homes. There are probably at least a half-dozen brand-new houses or homes currently under construction within a few blocks from the lot that had the fires. The woes of "Gigantor" makes for an entertaining story but it hasn't had any other impact on the neighborhood.

Was the address on topic the first new house in the neighborhood? Why has no one has answered this? It makes sense that it was the first new house in the neighborhood. It could easily have set off a neighbor that could not afford it. There is precedent for this. For example, you know that new houses drive up neighborhood property tax, don't you? How would the old house property owners, who can not afford to move, be happy with this? Do you own a house? Have you bought within the last 20 years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The land already sold at auction in June 2014 fir something like $550.

The land/neighborhood is tainted, due to the neighbors' feelings about the house. No wonder they had to give it away.

If someone paid $550K for the lot, they paid considerably more than tear-down lots have recently been selling for a mile or two away in Pimmit Hiils, and they'd still have to deal with the crap left over from the latest fire.

As long as someone doesn't take five years to build Gigantor IV, they likely will have no issue in the neighborhood. There are many other new builds around there.

What business is it of the neighbors if the owners build what they want? Are the neighbors some sort of delusional, self-aggrandizing, gun toting, insane and criminal self-imposed "enforcers", or something? It is not up to the neighbors to dictate what happens (or doesn't) on land they don't own. Clearly no one wants to be there because of the animosity, insanity and criminality the neighbors have shown. The neighbors are so stupid, they tainted their own neighborhood. How stupid can someone be??!!

You are the stupid one. Plenty of other new homes have been built in that area. The neighborhood is not tainted at all, as evidenced by the continued premiums people will pay for teardowns in that area compared to nearby Pimmit Hills. Nor does there appear to have been any final adjudication as to the cause of the fires.

Not really. But then again, you are not the real estate or property attorney, are you? Interesting how you spurt off without realizing who you are talking to. It will always be known as the neighborhood with the hostile neighbors. Case in point.

Sorry, but you're wrong. There have been at least five houses built and sold for over a million on that block alone since the first fire at 2142 Haycock. Other lots in the neighborhood have also been redeveloped without protest or incident.

This has next to no impact on the Churchill neighborhood. It may taint the particular lot until a new house is built and sold there, something the guy who bought the lot in 2006 (and who has since filed for bankruptcy) was unable to do in nine years.

Why are you mentioning Churchill? In McLean? Is that neighborhood tainted, also? I have heard that it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is so typical of the attitude of the folks that live in that area. Social wannabes who aren't quite there because they are not really in McLean, although they want to be. Sniping, etc. What a joke!

That's ridiculous on multiple levels. First, people are drawn to that area by the convenient location and excellent schools, not because they are "social wannabes." Second, it's part of the McLean tax assessment district, even if it has a Falls Church address. Third, if they actually had McLean addresses, they'd still get crap here for not living in DC or Maryland.

I don't live in that neighborhood, but I know people who do and it's a nice mix of new and older homes. There are probably at least a half-dozen brand-new houses or homes currently under construction within a few blocks from the lot that had the fires. The woes of "Gigantor" makes for an entertaining story but it hasn't had any other impact on the neighborhood.

Was the address on topic the first new house in the neighborhood? Why has no one has answered this? It makes sense that it was the first new house in the neighborhood. It could easily have set off a neighbor that could not afford it. There is precedent for this. For example, you know that new houses drive up neighborhood property tax, don't you? How would the old house property owners, who can not afford to move, be happy with this? Do you own a house? Have you bought within the last 20 years?

There were multiple new houses in that neighborhood that were built and sold for over $1 million before and after the guy tore down the old house at 2142 Haycock.

You can speculate all you want about the cause of the fires. The county has never charged a neighbor with starting the fire because they were worried about higher tax assessments. There are other possible explanations. Homeowners in Fairfax County who are 65 or older can seek real estate tax relief if they meet certain requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Why are you mentioning Churchill? In McLean? Is that neighborhood tainted, also? I have heard that it is.

Churchill is the name of the Falls Church neighborhood. It is not the same as the Churchill Road area of McLean, or the area around Winston Churchill HS in Potomac.