Budget <500k, have to buy in DC proper

[Anonymous]

There is a cute two bedroom for sale across from Rose park in Georgetown. It was renovated. The park is nice.

[Anonymous]

Area between Takoma park metro and fort totten. Langdon, I guess it's called? I've seen a lot of stuff sell around the 400k mark there, and it seems nice and safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Area between Takoma park metro and fort totten. Langdon, I guess it's called? I've seen a lot of stuff sell around the 400k mark there, and it seems nice and safe.

It's called Lamond Riggs In NE, Manor Park in NW, and ITA. Not sure why OP would prefer EOTR to those neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This sounds like a unicorn. I mean, it's great you know what you want, but clearly you're not going to find it at your price.

You'll either need to downgrade your living situation now and save up & so you can increase your budget, or you'll need to borrow more, or you'll need to live further out.

No, clearly we will have to do something like the following:

-Buy east of the river. In this case, I would love any suggestions about which neighborhoods to check out.
-Buy a condo.

Congratulations! You answered your own question. So why did you post, again?

You know that "east of the river" comprises many neighborhoods, right? So that's why she posted, dummy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria or South Arlington. Just bring your kid to school when you commute to work.

OP obviously got a job at a decent school in DC but must live in boundary to let her child attend. No way is she going to drop her kid off at some shitty Alexandria City school on the way to her decent DC school.

Please, South Arlington elementary schools compare easily to any charter school or DCPS public, and Gunston is a pretty solid middle school.

At high school, Wilson and DCI seem pretty comparable to Wakefield:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/arlington-county-public-schools/wakefield-high-20363

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/district-of-columbia-public-schools/wilson-woodrow-high-school-4649


Honestly, kind of confusing b/c Wakefield has higher math and reading proficiency but lower college readiness than Wilson; and why was Wakefield nationally ranked but not Wilson -- I would argue they are comparable but surprised Wakefield trumps Wilson in these rankings.

Wakefield has average SAT of 1462 and non-minority SAT of 1639 -- anyone have Wilson scores?

I guess my confusion is why OP is resigning herself to probably huge compromises in housing when she can get a good school and housing that works for her at in So Arlington? Is she teaching at some magic school in DC; and is she guaranteed to work through through her child's career (are they guaranteed full-term admission even if she leaves, that would seem like a charter school or DCPS loophole that people would quickly exploit).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria or South Arlington. Just bring your kid to school when you commute to work.

OP obviously got a job at a decent school in DC but must live in boundary to let her child attend. No way is she going to drop her kid off at some shitty Alexandria City school on the way to her decent DC school.

Please, South Arlington elementary schools compare easily to any charter school or DCPS public, and Gunston is a pretty solid middle school.

At high school, Wilson and DCI seem pretty comparable to Wakefield:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/arlington-county-public-schools/wakefield-high-20363

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/district-of-columbia-public-schools/wilson-woodrow-high-school-4649


Honestly, kind of confusing b/c Wakefield has higher math and reading proficiency but lower college readiness than Wilson; and why was Wakefield nationally ranked but not Wilson -- I would argue they are comparable but surprised Wakefield trumps Wilson in these rankings.

Wakefield has average SAT of 1462 and non-minority SAT of 1639 -- anyone have Wilson scores?

I guess my confusion is why OP is resigning herself to probably huge compromises in housing when she can get a good school and housing that works for her at in So Arlington? Is she teaching at some magic school in DC; and is she guaranteed to work through through her child's career (are they guaranteed full-term admission even if she leaves, that would seem like a charter school or DCPS loophole that people would quickly exploit).

Seriously? Her job is in DC....get it? She's not going to change jobs so she can live in Arlington. Would you change jobs to live in DC? Probably ly not. Don't take it personally that not every single person on earth wants to live in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look close to Fort Totten Metro- Riggs Park, Manor Park, or North Michigan Park. Lots of SFH around or under that price point.

This is my suggestion as well.

[Anonymous]

I presume you're on a time crunch?

Do you have to own your residence? Is that an employment requirement?

Why don't you just rent for now? Then take your sweet time looking? Personally, I think we're in a housing bubble.

Otherwise, be prepared to buy a shitty basement condo west of the river or something EOTR.

[Anonymous]

Is this your first house OP? I think you should either keep renting or buy a smaller house and then move up. What's wrong with renting?

[Anonymous]

Just by a condo in north Arlington and send your kids to school there. Better than the weird EOTP thing you are trying to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I presume you're on a time crunch?

Do you have to own your residence? Is that an employment requirement?

Why don't you just rent for now? Then take your sweet time looking? Personally, I think we're in a housing bubble.

Otherwise, be prepared to buy a shitty basement condo west of the river or something EOTR.

OP stated very clearly she has been looking for two years.

[Anonymous]

For two bedrooms, I actually don't think it would be that tough. 3 bedrooms, no way. But when we were looking a year ago, we found plenty of 2 bedrooms in that price range.

Now "turn key"-- I guess it depends on what you mean by that. If you want modern updates, then probably not. If somewhat outdated but functional, then yes.

[Anonymous]

Here's one close to the Takoma metro in Lamond-Riggs. Complete renovation.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/100-Tuckerman-St-NW-20011/home/10068243

[Anonymous]

OP, I put your parameters in Redfin and got 281 listings. You really can't find ANYTHING out of that many listings that you like?

Just a couple examples:

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/4813-10th-St-NE-20017/home/10088388

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/5117-8th-St-NW-20011/home/10051869

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/15-Van-Buren-St-NW-20012/home/10067734

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/20-Hawaii-Ave-NE-20011/home/10077488

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/725-32nd-St-SE-20019/home/10142752

[Anonymous]

Check out 29 Longfellow in Manor Park. Looks like it would fit your criteria and is not that far from either Fort Totten or Takoma stations. $430k.

Oh and can the Arlington posters get lost? Jesus - please understand and believe that many many people have zero interest in moving to Arlington.