Arlington - will this monstrosity ever sell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House was originally built as a halfway house in cahoots with a neighbor who worked for Arlington County. Neighbors got together and forced Arlington to deny use permit.

The owner needed federal/state/local governments to pay for occupants When he couldn’t use it as halfway house, he went bankrupt and lost house. It has been through several owners since who lost money too.

I’m pretty sure this is a lie. The construction of this house had a long, well-documented history that in no way fits with this theory.

We have lived on 28th St about a block from the house and the sellers had been there a long time. They had letters between them and the zoning office objecting to the structure and gave them to us along with other paperwork related to the house. All of the neighbors talk about the house. This is consistent with what we were told. One neighbor who was a professor at GW when the original owner was building the house questioned about the Institute that he ran at GW. Turns out there was no institute and no record that he was affiliated with GW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is honestly the best this house has ever looked and I’ve seen listings of it for a zillion years.

Right? The strategy of not including the entire giant thing in any of the exterior photos is paying off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House was originally built as a halfway house in cahoots with a neighbor who worked for Arlington County. Neighbors got together and forced Arlington to deny use permit.

The owner needed federal/state/local governments to pay for occupants When he couldn’t use it as halfway house, he went bankrupt and lost house. It has been through several owners since who lost money too.

I’m pretty sure this is a lie. The construction of this house had a long, well-documented history that in no way fits with this theory.

We have lived on 28th St about a block from the house and the sellers had been there a long time. They had letters between them and the zoning office objecting to the structure and gave them to us along with other paperwork related to the house. All of the neighbors talk about the house. This is consistent with what we were told. One neighbor who was a professor at GW when the original owner was building the house questioned about the Institute that he ran at GW. Turns out there was no institute and no record that he was affiliated with GW.

You have documentation of the application for a use permit to operate a halfway house?

[Anonymous]

Gigantor

[Anonymous]

Needs better images, paint trim, done. It’s a beautiful home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House was originally built as a halfway house in cahoots with a neighbor who worked for Arlington County. Neighbors got together and forced Arlington to deny use permit.

The owner needed federal/state/local governments to pay for occupants When he couldn’t use it as halfway house, he went bankrupt and lost house. It has been through several owners since who lost money too.

I’m pretty sure this is a lie. The construction of this house had a long, well-documented history that in no way fits with this theory.

We have lived on 28th St about a block from the house and the sellers had been there a long time. They had letters between them and the zoning office objecting to the structure and gave them to us along with other paperwork related to the house. All of the neighbors talk about the house. This is consistent with what we were told. One neighbor who was a professor at GW when the original owner was building the house questioned about the Institute that he ran at GW. Turns out there was no institute and no record that he was affiliated with GW.

Share their information on a public forum. Stay classy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Needs better images, paint trim, done. It’s a beautiful home.

Guess you’ve never driven by it.

[Anonymous]

Is it actually staged or is that competent generated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House was originally built as a halfway house in cahoots with a neighbor who worked for Arlington County. Neighbors got together and forced Arlington to deny use permit.

The owner needed federal/state/local governments to pay for occupants When he couldn’t use it as halfway house, he went bankrupt and lost house. It has been through several owners since who lost money too.

I’m pretty sure this is a lie. The construction of this house had a long, well-documented history that in no way fits with this theory.

We have lived on 28th St about a block from the house and the sellers had been there a long time. They had letters between them and the zoning office objecting to the structure and gave them to us along with other paperwork related to the house. All of the neighbors talk about the house. This is consistent with what we were told. One neighbor who was a professor at GW when the original owner was building the house questioned about the Institute that he ran at GW. Turns out there was no institute and no record that he was affiliated with GW.

Since you live nearby, what's up with the empty grass lot on the next block?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House was originally built as a halfway house in cahoots with a neighbor who worked for Arlington County. Neighbors got together and forced Arlington to deny use permit.

The owner needed federal/state/local governments to pay for occupants When he couldn’t use it as halfway house, he went bankrupt and lost house. It has been through several owners since who lost money too.

I’m pretty sure this is a lie. The construction of this house had a long, well-documented history that in no way fits with this theory.

We have lived on 28th St about a block from the house and the sellers had been there a long time. They had letters between them and the zoning office objecting to the structure and gave them to us along with other paperwork related to the house. All of the neighbors talk about the house. This is consistent with what we were told. One neighbor who was a professor at GW when the original owner was building the house questioned about the Institute that he ran at GW. Turns out there was no institute and no record that he was affiliated with GW.

Since you live nearby, what's up with the empty grass lot on the next block?

It’s an old family cemetery that Arlington County maintains

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so bad. Hideous curb appeal. Bedrooms chopped up across FOUR levels. Cheeses early oughts construction.

More like ought not, amirite.

[Anonymous]

For some reason had this tab open for awhile. Looks like it hasn’t sold yet (listed April 2021)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some reason had this tab open for awhile. Looks like it hasn’t sold yet (listed April 2021)

It’s been for sale in one form another for like, the past decade. I really wish someone would just tear the thing down already. Can’t figure out what the current owners were thinking putting lipstick on that pig. They could have torn down, built new, and made a profit on a $1.8m sale.

[Anonymous]

Hot damn. I would totally buy this puppy if I had the cash. Admittedly, I have nine kids and almost half of them adore roller skating. So it has a market, just an incredibly small, cash-flow challenged one

[Anonymous]

I knew exactly what house you were referencing without even clicking on the link. It’s practically famous!