What are not very expensive neighborhoods zoned for Langley - Herndon? Reston?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d look at something zoned for McLean or Marshall. You can get something more affordable in those districts. Also, what’s your commute?

OP. Looking for most affordable areas zoned to a high school with good test scores of kids.

Long commute or small house or townhouse is okay.

Are the test scores in McLean and Marshall too low for you?

OP. Any HS with good test scores is okay. But Langley has big boundary so maybe some area far away may be less expensive? McLean, Marshall, Oakton have scores but smaller boundary so hard to find any areas far away that may be less expensive.

Budget is maybe 850K or 900K after sale of condo and loan interest rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d look at something zoned for McLean or Marshall. You can get something more affordable in those districts. Also, what’s your commute?

OP. Looking for most affordable areas zoned to a high school with good test scores of kids.

Long commute or small house or townhouse is okay.

Are the test scores in McLean and Marshall too low for you?

OP. Any HS with good test scores is okay. But Langley has big boundary so maybe some area far away may be less expensive? McLean, Marshall, Oakton have scores but smaller boundary so hard to find any areas far away that may be less expensive.

Budget is maybe 850K or 900K after sale of condo and loan interest rate.

That’s not how it works. Langley has a big boundary precisely because over the years public officials have gerrymandered the boundary to make sure Langley only draws from expensive areas with no multi-family housing. So the boundary may stretch all the way from McLean to the Loudoun border but it’s all expensive.

An 850-900K budget generally gets you nothing in Langley, a less expensive townhouse or a teardown in McLean, or a nicer townhouse or an older house in Marshall or Oakton.

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We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the only house in the Langley zone <$1M that I found. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1107-Wimbledon-Dr-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51728404_zpid/

Nice but for that price it needs to be an end unit.

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Anonymous wrote:We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

How will you pupil place in?

Or will you just go ahead and move?

With any luck the school board will rezone you and save you the trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

How will you pupil place in?

Or will you just go ahead and move?

With any luck the school board will rezone you and save you the trouble.

That’s a good question. It’s easier to pupil place to Langley than to Herndon unless you’re zoned to an IB school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

How will you pupil place in?

Or will you just go ahead and move?

With any luck the school board will rezone you and save you the trouble.

I haven’t looked into it, but I don’t think pupil placement is all that difficult from what I have heard through the grapevine. My younger one is in early elementary so we have some time thankfully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d look at something zoned for McLean or Marshall. You can get something more affordable in those districts. Also, what’s your commute?

OP. Looking for most affordable areas zoned to a high school with good test scores of kids.

Long commute or small house or townhouse is okay.

Are the test scores in McLean and Marshall too low for you?

OP. Any HS with good test scores is okay. But Langley has big boundary so maybe some area far away may be less expensive? McLean, Marshall, Oakton have scores but smaller boundary so hard to find any areas far away that may be less expensive.

Budget is maybe 850K or 900K after sale of condo and loan interest rate.

That’s not how it works. Langley has a big boundary precisely because over the years public officials have gerrymandered the boundary to make sure Langley only draws from expensive areas with no multi-family housing. So the boundary may stretch all the way from McLean to the Loudoun border but it’s all expensive.

An 850-900K budget generally gets you nothing in Langley, a less expensive townhouse or a teardown in McLean, or a nicer townhouse or an older house in Marshall or Oakton.

Teardown SFH in Mclean are $1.5. OP could get a townhouse for just under a mil.

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Anonymous wrote:We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

I love the trolling on this thread. Slow clap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

I love the trolling on this thread. Slow clap.

Not PP but why are you calling that trolling? My kids would probably hate a long bus ride, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d look at something zoned for McLean or Marshall. You can get something more affordable in those districts. Also, what’s your commute?

OP. Looking for most affordable areas zoned to a high school with good test scores of kids.

Long commute or small house or townhouse is okay.

Are the test scores in McLean and Marshall too low for you?

OP. Any HS with good test scores is okay. But Langley has big boundary so maybe some area far away may be less expensive? McLean, Marshall, Oakton have scores but smaller boundary so hard to find any areas far away that may be less expensive.

Budget is maybe 850K or 900K after sale of condo and loan interest rate.

Look in Oak Hill/Herndon, you can find a $850-$900K house in an older neighborhood like Franklin Farm pretty easily. They are zoned for Oakton and I've heard it's a lovely community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in the farthest neighborhood that is in the Langley district. My child has a 45 minute bus ride both ways. It is quite miserable and not worth it in my opinion. We are considering sending younger one to Herndon high school, which is a five minute drive from us.
Think about the logistics of your every day before you make this decision.

I love the trolling on this thread. Slow clap.

Wtf? You’re an idiot. It’s not trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shouse village

That was such a cute neighborhood 50 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouse village

That was such a cute neighborhood 50 years ago.

It's not like it's fallen apart. And it is relatively affordable as Langley goes, just like McLean Hamlet, but OP isn't getting a house there for $850-900K.

The suggestions in the Oakton zone were good. Would not buy way out towards Loudoun just for Langley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouse village

That was such a cute neighborhood 50 years ago.

Um, it still is.