Why no open house on this Falls Church property?
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Anonymous
Even for houses that will sell after one weekend, it's dumb not to do an open house. What if someone who would have come to an open house would have put in a bid higher than everyone else? It's potentially leaving money on the table, plain and simple. We shouldn't make excuses for agent laziness. I bought my house after attending the open house. |
Anonymous
+1 You even said yourself, OP, that you would probably wait longer. |
Anonymous
An agent who knows the market well probably doesn’t need an open house on this property. The serious buyers and their agents are on top of the listings and have probably called them while it was “coming soon.” |
Anonymous
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I saw it.
It isn't small like a rambler and it isn't huge like the new construction around there -- it's kind of like a big three-level townhome but not attached to other houses. There is not much space between it and the adjacent houses except for driveways. The lot is small and steep and there is a garage but no real backyard. One of the bedrooms is really small. Master bedroom is big with lots of windows and a master bath and walk in closet, and the other bedroom is average size. The basement is finished and there is a room down there that has a big walk in closet, and there is a full bath down there. And the family room in the basement is big and has a fireplace. First level is pretty but living room is smallish. The kitchen is a nice layout with a bay window, but it's old and I'd probably gut it. Builder grade cabinets, old appliances, etc. Loved the porch. Did not love the lack of any real yard. It's a 1.1M house assigned to McLean hs, and that is probably what matters. |
Anonymous
Even a buyers agent usually won’t work with you unless you’re pre approved for a mortgage. Just get pre approval so you can make appointments to look. You don’t have to make an offer. |
Anonymous
They'll work with you. They'll just send you to their lender for pre-approval. |
Anonymous
| House is already pending. |
Anonymous
Wow. That went fast. When does the amount it sold for become public? How does that work? |
Anonymous
The final sales price shows up on Redfin when the listing goes from "pending" to "sold." Which is usually a few days after the sale closes. So you will be able to see what this (and most any) property actually sold for then. My guess? Above list. |
Anonymous
Agree, that was quick! |
Anonymous
I'm no expert at searching on Redfin, so I don't know if you can search it by school? So what I did was searched by "Mclean" which should catch everything in that school pyramid, at least assuming the listing mentions it -- which it definitely would. Because it doesn't just give you search results in actual McLean, it gives any search result that uses that term. At least I think it do. So ... with a price of 1.5M and under for sfh I'm seeing only 5 houses. Two obvious tear downs that are probably not even habitable, two at 1,499,000, which is way above the 1.1M list of the house in the OP, and a 1.25 that recently came down from 1.5. So no surprise the house in the OP was snatched up. Just out of curiosity I searched "Langley" and if you want that high school there is nothing under 1.5M except one townhouse. Again, my searching skills aren't perfect, so if anyone wants to check my work, please do. |
Anonymous
| Because they didn't need one. |
Anonymous
There are a couple of single-family houses around $1.1 million zoned for Langley on the market but they are in Great Falls, not McLean. |
Anonymous
It's a very desirable area. Good Fairfax County schools and walking distance to Falls Church City. |