Spring Valley vs AU Park

[Anonymous]

Moving to Washington DC soon. Considering both these areas. Any obvious differences? Any red flags?

[Anonymous]

Houses/lots are generally bigger and more expensive in Spring Valley. Parts of AU Park are close to Metro (Tenleytown or Friendship Heights); Spring Valley is not. Spring Valley has the issue of buried munitions--Google for more information.

[Anonymous]

Spring Valley buried munitions = toxic. Do.not.buy.here.

[Anonymous]

Look into kent, palisades or Wesley hts. Nicer than these areas, and not as metro accessable either.

[Anonymous]

We love Cleveland Park!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spring Valley buried munitions = toxic. Do.not.buy.here.

Agree completely. Do not buy there.

[Anonymous]

Spring Valley munitions affect the water supply. Yeah! kids that may glow some time?

[Anonymous]

AU Park has small houses. Think expensive shacks. Spring Valley is toxic waste. Try Kent, Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase, and Crestwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AU Park has small houses. Think expensive shacks. Spring Valley is toxic waste. Try Kent, Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase, and Crestwood.

Tough crowd. But i like these neighborhoods better as well, except for Kent (too stuffy).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AU Park has small houses. Think expensive shacks. Spring Valley is toxic waste. Try Kent, Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase, and Crestwood.

Also suggest 6,000 sq ft homes along the water. There's a few nice places for 5 or 10 million

[Anonymous]

OP, if you plan to use the public schools there are important differences between these otherwise very desirable neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Tenley town is convenient but I think a bit ugly also I dont like seeing that huge tower looming over everything. Would hate to see that everytime I sat in my backyard.

[Anonymous]

Stop spreading misinformation about Spring Valley. I get it you can't afford it here but not need to distort the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop spreading misinformation about Spring Valley. I get it you can't afford it here but not need to distort the truth.

I can afford it but chose not to live there....it is a toxic dump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop spreading misinformation about Spring Valley. I get it you can't afford it here but not need to distort the truth.

Well isn't that true? When we looked in spring valley we were handed special disclosure forms when we wrote an offer. They included, basically, a statement that the ground was likely heavy in arsenic and other carcinogens and that we shouldn't grow food in it. I seem to recall it also had some liability waiver for munitions. Maybe not a toxic dump.... but it scared us off.