Let's talk about this home in my neighborhood VA-ARL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5018-11th-St-N-Arlington-VA-22205/12066712_zpid/

First, I want to put this out there. The Realtor (tm) did a great job of getting the out of control yard to look normal. All street crossers and left-turn-makers are very happy with the yard changes.

Second, I think the price is too high. What is it? A sweat equity situation? A sub-let money maker? If yes, ok but who with 1.2M is going to want it?

Is it a tear down? Not at 1.2M, I don't think and while the lot is large, it's on a curb which makes the ...thingies larger (how far back from the street the building needs to be..setback?)

Third, why didn't the current owners go one extra step and re-finish those wood floors? I think it would have shown a lot better.

Finally, I hope it is obvious, I am not a relator, or the realtor, nor am I in the market but this forum can be downright snarky and fun.

Have at it!

I mean I don't like it but it's not priced above market for size and location I don't think. Everything is pretty much $1M+ in these parts these days so it's not crazy. We saw a house that was $975k in Arl and it was like a shack with 3BR about 1/2 this place and even dumpier! It's crazy but $1M really is baseline these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You seem to want us to be snarky and mean about a perfectly decent house.
This one ticks a lot of boxes for middle-class families: decent number of bedrooms, big lot, great school district. Needs some updates, but certainly appears liveable from the pics.
This similar home in the same zip code sold last month for $1.265M, so I don't think the asking price is insane: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5114-14th-St-N-Arlington-VA-22205/12068222_zpid/

Not everyone can afford to live in a $3 million white box.

I agree with this
A good livable house, nice size for a family, awesome yard and right by a great playground and community. Walkable to fantastic schools - the price is a steal IMO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10k lot is big and warrants the price.

Agree. Thus is a tear down price.

[Anonymous]

I rented a house up the street when we were in language training. I only met the older mom and her three daughters. All are very accomplished and lovely. One daughter lived in Arlington and the other two lived out of town. Caregivers lived in the basement. They offered veg from their amazing garden to neighbors. Otherwise we saw little of them. It looks like they removed the ramp from the front of the house. I would love to buy this house and gradually renovate it, but we have overseas posting for many more years

I am a consular officer and many people tell me how lucky Americans. They have no understanding of how most of the world lives at greater relative cost

[Anonymous]

The most off-putting part about this house, IMO is the OP who sounds like a neighbor. This is a great price for a large lot walkable to metro. The only downside is the school zoning - we had a friend who lived down the street and at the time the school was zoned for McKinley, which was far - maybe Cardinal now? It’s a hard location being bound by GM and Wash Blvd, but it’s priced accordingly, I think.

[Anonymous]

Agree about the location, but we live on the diagonal street between between 11th St and Washington Blvd. It is about 2 blocks away from Washington Blvd. Noise is not from Washington Blvd but George Mason Dr. Our house was in much worse condition when we bought it and we gradually renovated but did not expand it. We have 2 elementary school kids and it is comfortable. We wanted a beach house and spent our money there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I rented a house up the street when we were in language training. I only met the older mom and her three daughters. All are very accomplished and lovely. One daughter lived in Arlington and the other two lived out of town. Caregivers lived in the basement. They offered veg from their amazing garden to neighbors. Otherwise we saw little of them. It looks like they removed the ramp from the front of the house. I would love to buy this house and gradually renovate it, but we have overseas posting for many more years

I am a consular officer and many people tell me how lucky Americans. They have no understanding of how most of the world lives at greater relative cost

I’d delete this. You shared a lot of personal info on the owners that isn’t relevant to the listing.

[Anonymous]

Sold for $1,085,000

[Anonymous]

Probably they are selling to run away from neighbors like OP.

[Anonymous]

OP here. y'all mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not my dream home, but I don't think it is that bad. It could use some updates, sure, but it's fairly spacious and doesn't have carpet at least.

OP here. My first thought was that live-in basement. If my kids don't launch, maybe I need that.

Do people without attractive room for adult kids have as many instances of their failing to launch. Lol. I didn't walk five miles to school barefoot in the snow, but returning home to live in what was by then the office/sewing room was never an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not my dream home, but I don't think it is that bad. It could use some updates, sure, but it's fairly spacious and doesn't have carpet at least.

OP here. My first thought was that live-in basement. If my kids don't launch, maybe I need that.

Do people without attractive room for adult kids have as many instances of their failing to launch. Lol. I didn't walk five miles to school barefoot in the snow, but returning home to live in what was by then the office/sewing room was never an option.

Agent here. This year I sold three houses for parents whose adult children were living with them. The circumstances were different but all parents delayed downsizing to accommodate kids. I just sold a house with a basement apartment so an adult daughter with mobility issues could live with them but have independent space

[Anonymous]

That's not failure to launch.