Best area for townhome

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Anonymous wrote:Anywhere in North Arlington if you think you might ever want kids. If definite on no kids, see if you can find something in Rosslyn. I lived there for years and the commute into DC was pretty sweet.

You might also be able to find something on Capitol Hill somewhere. like this one: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1317-Emerald-St-NE_Washington_DC_20002_M67842-23356

OP here.I loved this townhome!
How much would be to rent something like this you think?i think we will rent first for a year to get a feel of areas and where we want to be.

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https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1713-15th-St-NW-20009/unit-T-1/home/109277304

Also like this one a lot. Is this a good area?Loved that marble kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anywhere in North Arlington if you think you might ever want kids. If definite on no kids, see if you can find something in Rosslyn. I lived there for years and the commute into DC was pretty sweet.

You might also be able to find something on Capitol Hill somewhere. like this one: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1317-Emerald-St-NE_Washington_DC_20002_M67842-23356

OP here.I loved this townhome!
How much would be to rent something like this you think?i think we will rent first for a year to get a feel of areas and where we want to be.

I live two blocks from this house! Love the neighborhood. That place would rent for between 3,000 and 4,000. We own, so I haven't kept up with rents too much, but it seems like everything that isn't a wreck (lower) or a gorgeous, huge house rents in that range.

[Anonymous]

Rent in Logan, buy in Arlington if you want to have kids soon. You can't beat the lifestyle for young and childless in Logan Circle... If you have a baby it gets more complicated unless you've budgeted for a nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:H street, NoMA

You can easily buy in Eckington for your budget after renting in these locations.

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When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still leery about buying in DC. I lived there during the Barry years, and it seems like they are always one election away from corrupt mismanagement, again. It's also difficult to rent out your place.

If I were buying, I'd look at the new construction around Shirlington first, followed by McLean.

Difficult to rent out? I think not.

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Anonymous wrote:When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

It is pretty much the same thing. "Townhome" is used for marketing purposes.

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Anonymous wrote:When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-691-gh87qr/halsey-street-london-en

How would you call this?A house,flat,condo,townhome or rowhouse?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-691-gh87qr/halsey-street-london-en

How would you call this?A house,flat,condo,townhome or rowhouse?

That's not in DC. In DC they are rowhouses.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-691-gh87qr/halsey-street-london-en

How would you call this?A house,flat,condo,townhome or rowhouse?

That's not in DC. In DC they are rowhouses.

I am just pointing out that the same concept can be called differently.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

It is pretty much the same thing. "Townhome" is used for marketing purposes.

PP here. The worst marketing term is "rowhome"...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I hear "townhome", I'm thinking something newer with an HOA. Not an SFH in rowhouse form. Sounds like OP is looking for a rowhouse?

http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-691-gh87qr/halsey-street-london-en

How would you call this?A house,flat,condo,townhome or rowhouse?

That's not in DC. In DC they are rowhouses.

I am just pointing out that the same concept can be called differently.

Obviously, although the terms you are citing denote quite different things. (Or are you arguing that a house is the same as a flat, which is only a part of a house? And a rowhouse may be a condo with regard to ownership status, but that doesn't make the terms synonymous). But PP is still right that in DC, attached SFHs are traditionally called rowhouses. I really don't care what you call it, I was just sharing the fact that the title made me think OP was looking for a townhouse (of which "townhome" would be the marketing term in my mind), i.e. a newer attached dwelling in a planned community with an HOA.

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In Shaw you can buy a cute house that falls with your budget and meets your needs. It is trendy (although not nearly as much as Logan where you cannot afford a house). I think values will continue to go up there because if it's proximity and it immediately adjacent to Logan Penn quarter and U street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rent in Logan, buy in Arlington if you want to have kids soon. You can't beat the lifestyle for young and childless in Logan Circle... If you have a baby it gets more complicated unless you've budgeted for a nanny.

We bought young and childless in Logan and are still here many many years later - and there are plenty of other families here too. Agree with PP that said your budget is too low for a row house in Logan Circle proper, but it should be enough to get something in Shaw. Could you afford a higher budget if you had a basement rental unit to rent out? A lot of the places on my block are small row houses with 2/3 bedrooms upstairs with 1 bedroom basement apartments. That would probably be more like $1.2 M though. But I think the basements are renting out for around $2,000.