What’s so bad about living in a townhouse?

[Anonymous]

Wow people are so mean for no apparent reason.

Townhomes are lovely and incredibly practical. My favorite home was my first townhome.

Tell someone in the West Village they are poor.

[Anonymous]

I live in a 1970s townhouse in Falls Church and it's fab. Virtually no sound travels, large yard, I live walking distance to several parks, stores, CVS, coffee shops, theater, restaurants, everything! My husband wishes for more storage space but we aren't getting that for under 7 figures in FCC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow people are so mean for no apparent reason.

Townhomes are lovely and incredibly practical. My favorite home was my first townhome.

Tell someone in the West Village they are poor.

I bet the ones making snide comments live in apartments/condos.

[Anonymous]

Nothing is wrong with a TH in general.
After living in an apartment for over a decade, I was over sharing walls though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In addition to quality of life concerns, a nice big house puts you next to successful families in a neighborhood you won’t find renters and unwashed pretenders in. It projects status. Successful people care about their reputation and community standing. They don’t want broke messy people in their orbit. Concepts and concerns which go over the heads of average townhome dwellers.

You sound like such a nice neighbor. I wish I lived next to you so you could pass judgement on my car, clothes, job, etc. It would totally improve my life!

Please give me some tips too

[Anonymous]

We bought our small 2200 square ft SFH in Vienna about ten years ago. The prices of THs in Vienna now are crazy and I doubt we could afford most of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Your neighbors are likely renters…or they soon will be when the units transition to rentals.

And you will hear their cars, every time they argue, when they have sex, and smell what they have for dinner. Fun times!

Just like in your SFH where you can stretch your arms out between you and your neighbors house and hear and smell the same thing!

Where are SFHs that close together?

Ummm everywhere in the DMV. Your average yard here is less than .10 acre. Unless you live on half an acre, you will hear and smell neighbor activities.

I live on 1/4 acre and there is room between homes. Not a ton of room as the builders build horizontally to prioritize backyard space, but enough.

You can still hear loud music and smell smoke. Sorry but 1/4 an acre isn’t enough for you to say “I live completely independent from elements”.

My gosh, how thick are you? Your neighbors are more likely to be trashy in a lower income area with lots of renters and entry-level (town) home owners. This is quite literally what fuels higher end real estate — people fleeing trashy poor neighbors and seeking peace and quite and classy neighbors who know how to act. People eagerly pay premiums for good neighbors and no unsightly cheap townhomes and apartments.

Oh no it’s you. The crazy troll from the Money forum thread that harps about escaping the neighborhoods with trashy poor and middle class people.

[Anonymous]

Loved living in a Capitol Hill rowhouse. We did have our own outdoor space though. I don't really get why suburban townhomes don't fence off individual yards for people. Wouldn't most people prefer a small individual patio/garden to a big communal lawn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loved living in a Capitol Hill rowhouse. We did have our own outdoor space though. I don't really get why suburban townhomes don't fence off individual yards for people. Wouldn't most people prefer a small individual patio/garden to a big communal lawn?

?? Every townhouse I know has a little fenced off yard.

[Anonymous]

99% of the time they are hideous builder-grade dumps. Glorified apartments for people with crappy credit. Of course the triggered folks in this thread cling to two million dollar row houses and townhomes in Georgetown and Capitol Hill and pretend they're the norm

Something like THIS in Oxon Hill is the norm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:99% of the time they are hideous builder-grade dumps. Glorified apartments for people with crappy credit. Of course the triggered folks in this thread cling to two million dollar row houses and townhomes in Georgetown and Capitol Hill and pretend they're the norm

Something like THIS in Oxon Hill is the norm

What is wrong with this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:99% of the time they are hideous builder-grade dumps. Glorified apartments for people with crappy credit. Of course the triggered folks in this thread cling to two million dollar row houses and townhomes in Georgetown and Capitol Hill and pretend they're the norm

Something like THIS in Oxon Hill is the norm

Is everyone supposed to live in a custom mansion? It’s a standard th that’s probably great for a family of four.

Why bump this thread to post such a stupid post?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:99% of the time they are hideous builder-grade dumps. Glorified apartments for people with crappy credit. Of course the triggered folks in this thread cling to two million dollar row houses and townhomes in Georgetown and Capitol Hill and pretend they're the norm

Something like THIS in Oxon Hill is the norm

My townhouse is worth 1.3 million, and is not located in DC. And I have excellent credit and own a business.

You shouldn’t do drugs…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:99% of the time they are hideous builder-grade dumps. Glorified apartments for people with crappy credit. Of course the triggered folks in this thread cling to two million dollar row houses and townhomes in Georgetown and Capitol Hill and pretend they're the norm

Something like THIS in Oxon Hill is the norm

What is wrong with this?

It's a glorified downscale apartment complex.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:99% of the time they are hideous builder-grade dumps. Glorified apartments for people with crappy credit. Of course the triggered folks in this thread cling to two million dollar row houses and townhomes in Georgetown and Capitol Hill and pretend they're the norm

Something like THIS in Oxon Hill is the norm

My townhouse is worth 1.3 million, and is not located in DC. And I have excellent credit and own a business.

You shouldn’t do drugs…

"Great credit" score =/= ability to get or pay a $2 million dollar mortgage on a nice SFH home. If you could do better you'd do better.