Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Uh, the house behind it, with 4 pickup trucks in the driveway (and not looking like it is likely undergoing renovation). What exactly is on the roof?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=7600+FISHER+Dr+FALLS+CHURCH,+VA+22043&ll=38.911456,-77.20715&spn=0.005084,0.009645&sll=38.911696,-77.207199&layer=c&cbp=13,318.96,,0,16.82&cbll=38.911409,-77.207242&gl=us&hnear=7600+Fisher+Dr,+Falls+Church,+Fairfax,+Virginia+22043&t=m&z=17&panoid=1HNj1WOY8AFy5ohX8bKdGw
And then go down 1 house over and there is another brand new home
http://goo.gl/maps/pxCCm
Point being people are building new homes it's just a matter of time and you can either get in early. I don't get why all the hate because in South Arlington and DC you get into gentrifying neighborhood and there is no hope of the schools being good or even the location being that great.
Oh, the solar panel was confusing, because of the streams of rust under it from the roof. I suspect that solar array was from the last great solar revolution, after the oil embargo in the 70s!
Another spec home; the re-development of the area seems to be still in early days, and could back track. You can read many other threads about being a 'pioneer' and having a radically more expensive home than is normal for an area. Why aren't these homes being replaced by modest middle-class homes, rather than trying to push PH into a new McLean. That would be a gradual evolution that integrates into the neighborhood better and builds a community.
No argument that being an urban pioneer in DC or S. Arl would be just as fraught, except location of those areas are generally not nestled between the toll road and the beltway and i-66, ie. an island in a sea of highways. There are limits to what can be done with the neighborhood b/c of these significant boundaries.