Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burke does not have that many houses with 5+ bedroom in that price range. Clifton?

PG County isn't close in and definitely not worth it if the commutes are DC and VA or even MD. No jobs in PG county.

How in the world is PGC not close in when parts of the county abut DC?





Just say it's not worth living in a majority black county to you and go.

[Anonymous]

Very few people get everything they want with a starter home. Figure out what can give and what can’t. Quit living in the dreamworld of what you “imagined” and hoped for for your family. Get some perspective and buy a house.

[Anonymous]

I’d rather have a nice house than live in the area I like. ESP if I work from home.

[Anonymous]

With 825k you can’t dream OP. You are setting yourself for failure with unrealistic expectations. Agree with others you should try Rockville

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d. move to PG county. Cheverly, Mount Rainier, and Hyattsville is the last vestige of affordable housing in the DMV. The far out exurbs are soul sucking.

[Anonymous]

I have owned our home near West Springfield High School for 10 years, and I watch the market closely. Four day supply of homes for sale.

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Rockville or Silver Spring in Forest Glen/Wheaton. Schools in Silver Spring: Forest Glen, Oakland Terrace, Rock View, etc.

[Anonymous]

Burke, west springfield, Annandale west of 495, Kings Park West. You won’t get something updated completely but you can find something in those areas for that budget.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax Station? https://www.redfin.com/VA/Fairfax/10901-Spurlock-Ct-22032/home/9691553

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burke, west springfield, Annandale west of 495, Kings Park West. You won’t get something updated completely but you can find something in those areas for that budget.

This. And plenty of homes that are listed as 4 bedrooms have a fifth bedroom in the basement. 825 is definitely doable.

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Is Ashburn too far?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Surely there is a middle ground between close in and exurbs? If you give budget and wish list, people could give suggestions.

Good point: 825k or so, 4 bedroom +den/office, within 1 hour or so commute of DC, preferrably somewhere in Nova. It's OK if it needs cosmetic work, but we need the space and decent (middle pack) schools.

Burke, Springfield, South County HS area, the nicer neighborhoods of Centreville, South Riding, Chantilly--there are a lot of areas within an hour of DC that should have something in your price range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:d. move to PG county. Cheverly, Mount Rainier, and Hyattsville is the last vestige of affordable housing in the DMV. The far out exurbs are soul sucking.

She would have to budget for private school though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very few people get everything they want with a starter home. Figure out what can give and what can’t. Quit living in the dreamworld of what you “imagined” and hoped for for your family. Get some perspective and buy a house.

825k house with kids is not a starter home. They need something they can live in long term