House with yard, easy walk to metro, quick commute to DC & good public school: Lyon Park is it?
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Anonymous
| Are there any other options? Ideally would be under 1 million. Need 3 bedrooms minimum, and a short commute. |
Anonymous
| Not sure if you're tied to VA, but I've seen Bethesda SFHs (walkable to Bethesda Metro) with 3BRs below a million. Easy commute if you work on the Red line. |
Anonymous
| Bethesda and Woodside in MoCo come to immediate mind. |
Anonymous
| Not going to get much a 3 BR SFH in Lyon Park for under a million (or for that matter any walkable neighborhood near Courthouse and Ballston metros)...sorry....some do exist, but tend to be tiny and run down at this price-point... |
Anonymous
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Parts of Cherrydale, Bonair and Bluemont are walkable to Ballston metro, have good schools and are within your range. You might also be able to find something in Ashton Heights that is walkable to Virginia Square - that's a personal favorite of mine.
I did see 3BR SFH's in Lyon Park for under a mil, but they generally weren't fully renovated. This one looks pretty nice: http://franklymls.com/AR9001449 And this one: http://franklymls.com/AR7698811 This one probably needs a lot of work, but the neighborhood is great: http://franklymls.com/AR9000293 If you go a little farther out toward East Falls Church, you can probably find something even better. |
Anonymous
| Ooh, the schools in Lyon Park aren't really that good. The principal at Long Branch is kind of flighty and Thomas Jefferson Middle has a lot of gang problems. |
Anonymous
| Silver spring. |
Anonymous
| Cross the bridge - come to the blue state... MoCo awaits... |
Anonymous
I would agree with this and add Waverly Hills, and Waycroft-Woodlawn to the mix. You are not going to be 2 blocks from metro, but you could be a 10-15 minute walk and can definitely find things under $1 million that are renovated (not new). |
Anonymous
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Hmm, why not something near the Vienna/Dunn Loring/West Falls Church/East Falls Church lines?
You can get a rambler that's been updated in this century for $490-$525k in the town of Vienna. When the Silver Line opens, EFC becomes doubly good, as you can get out to Tysons/Reston easily. If you're willing to tough it out a year, you could get something in Reston, although I don't know where the SFH areas are in relation to the metro stops. |
Anonymous
Are you kidding? I know many people who live there and work there and it's a great school. |
Anonymous
Which one? Many Lyon Park residents pull their kids out of ACPS after elementary. And if you have to fork over money for private school, why not live in DC? |
Anonymous
| Falls Church City, within walking distance to Metro. |
Anonymous
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Do-able, but likely not Lyon Park. As PPs have said, you'll do much better between Virginia Square and EFC in your price point. Cherrydale, Waycroft, Bluemont, Bon Air, Madison Manor, Dominion Hills, Westover, Tuckahoe are just a few of the neighborhoods that have sections walkable to metro, and/or a 5min busride to the metro. A lot of the post-WWII homes with 3BR, 1BA have been renovated and expanded and still are comfortably under $1M.
Along this route the schools include Glebe, Ashlawn, McKinley and probably Tuckahoe. |
Anonymous
| Dunn Loring, Vienna |