Townhouse in McLean - What’s Wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Newer condo 2 BRs - https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/1650-Silver-Hill-Dr-22102/unit-1706/home/171051145

Larger older w elevator https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/702-Belgrove-Rd-22101/home/9410003

the second one is just as dated at the townhouse. Do only old people live in McLean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Newer condo 2 BRs - https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/1650-Silver-Hill-Dr-22102/unit-1706/home/171051145

Larger older w elevator https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/702-Belgrove-Rd-22101/home/9410003

the second one is just as dated at the townhouse. Do only old people live in McLean?

If so, they must wait until they are in the 40s to have kids. McLean HS is one of the most overcrowded high schools in the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Newer condo 2 BRs - https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/1650-Silver-Hill-Dr-22102/unit-1706/home/171051145

Larger older w elevator https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/702-Belgrove-Rd-22101/home/9410003

the second one is just as dated at the townhouse. Do only old people live in McLean?

+1. And it has a $1000/month HOA. The townhouses getting pushed in this thread are hilarious. They're awful and overpriced, and it's not even a close call.

[Anonymous]

You can buy a real house that is not stuck in the 1990s and actually has a yard just a couple miles away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're committing them to stairs, which is a guaranteed move later on. I would never do this. It was hard enough to get my parents to move even once.

OP here - the townhouse I posted has an elevator, which is definitely a draw for that reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can buy a real house that is not stuck in the 1990s and actually has a yard just a couple miles away.

They already live in a real house with a yard. They are having trouble keeping up with the maintenance, thus the townhouse idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy a real house that is not stuck in the 1990s and actually has a yard just a couple miles away.

They already live in a real house with a yard. They are having trouble keeping up with the maintenance, thus the townhouse idea.

Townhouses like the ones posted will have a lot of maintenance needs, and in fact, there may even be more maintenance because of the elevator. The only maintenance improvement is the lack of a yard, and even that's not true for many townhouses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're committing them to stairs, which is a guaranteed move later on. I would never do this. It was hard enough to get my parents to move even once.

This. So many stairs on that walk up

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. My parents are very particular and my dad doesn’t even want to leave their house so unfortunately I’m trying to work with what I’ve got.

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with that townhouse? It needs conservatively $200k worth of work to bring it out of 1992, but that may be a really low estimate right now. So all in you are looking at a 1.3M investment before you furnish the joint.

[Anonymous]

Location of this townhouse is terrible; that’s the main issue. Right on a very busy road. There are similar townhomes that are not as poorly situated.