Tell me about Pimmit Hills

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You might want to look in the Town of Vienna. Not as close-in, but so much more attractive and the schools are better, too.

*snort* You'll live in traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our budget is $1.7m and lost several offers in McLean or CCMD. We don't have kids yet, but plan to have in next 3 years. We originally wanted to buy in a relative good school district and also be close to downtown DC. Pimmit Hills starts appearing on our list given the proximity to DC and with our budget we can easily afford a new build like the one below. I guess for now with the limited budget, we will need to prioritize on location instead of schools that we won't need until years later?

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1809-Gilson-St-22043/home/9396796

If you live in Pimmit Hills or know that area pretty well, could you please share any info about the neighborhood? TIA!

$1.7 million is a limited budget?

Guess that's limited for checking all OP's boxes in Mclean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You might want to look in the Town of Vienna. Not as close-in, but so much more attractive and the schools are better, too.

*snort* You'll live in traffic.

Better neighborhood, better schools, and near Vienna Metro.

[Anonymous]

Lived there. Amazing location with fast access to McLean and Tysons. Was like anything I needed was 5 minutes away.

Schools not best.

I would avoid buying on the main artery roads in the neighborhood.

As for Gilson, I think that is the far far end of neighborhood close to a highway and subway train, but I'd have to check a map.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You might want to look in the Town of Vienna. Not as close-in, but so much more attractive and the schools are better, too.

*snort* You'll live in traffic.

Not necessarily. Vienna is huge. Parts near Gallows and Route 7 are a spits throw from Pimmit. But might be zoned for same middle and high school, in which case it's almost a wash. Could tear down either location and build dream home for $1.7m.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about this:

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/1817-N-Tuckahoe-St-22205/home/11239540

Evergreene, yikes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about this:

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/1817-N-Tuckahoe-St-22205/home/11239540

Evergreene, yikes

Merion (well over 50% of new builds in PH), double yikes.

[Anonymous]

What’s all the negative talk about the schools? Marshall High School is more highly ranked on US News and Great Schools than Madison and one point below McLean.

[Anonymous]

Pimmit Hills. For people looking to get more out of their 1.7M and live near highways so they can quickly get to the shopping mall.

[Anonymous]

Our real estate agent pool-pooh'ed it 16 years ago. It's really hit a period of transformation since then. But, do check it out. It's still transforming. I've lots of lovely people there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pimmit hills is a blue collar neighborhood. It’s changing over, but do you really want to live with mechanics and plumbers in the meantime?

DP but I might prefer that to some of the snotty people in McLean or North Arlington (and I currently live in McLean).

[Anonymous]

So… we bought in pimmit hills last fall. We had disregarded it for years mostly because of the rhetoric on here. The pros are location, lovely neighbors, and schools. (Seriously, the schools are fine.). The cons, yes nearish to highway (which you cannot hear), train (which you sometimes can hear, but does not bother me at all), and possibly having to live through some tear downs on adjacent property. It has a neighborhoody feel and, while there are blue collar workers (who are very nice), those moving into new builds are highly educated. There are a lot of well educated immigrants and people of color, which may be why there is such veiled and explicit criticism. We are overall thrilled with our move.

[Anonymous]

No one in their right mind with a $1.7M budget wants to live in Pimmit Hills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one in their right mind with a $1.7M budget wants to live in Pimmit Hills.

Why not?

[Anonymous]

We live in Pimmit and really like it. The location is the biggest pro about the neighborhood. We like having quick access to all the major highways, and don't hear any road noise. We love all the parks and the library. There used to be a bunch of neighborhood events like Boo at the Barn and movies at the barn, but that hasn't restarted since the pandemic. They do bring in food trucks once or twice a month, which is a great way to meet the neighbors. We've had some incredible neighbors, and some... interesting neighbors. Most of the people we know are either in tech or finance. Overall we've been very happy.