Why is this house sitting? Arlington edition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Average size lot in 22203 right next to Carlin Springs- 800k max. Maybe 700-750.

No… a similar sized house on the same street sold for 750, 5 years ago! This will go for about 900.

[Anonymous]

I’m pretty sure they had cats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure they had cats

Ooh, that could do it. Cat pee and spray is up there with cigarette smoke- have to tear the place to studs to get rid of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Average size lot in 22203 right next to Carlin Springs- 800k max. Maybe 700-750.

No… a similar sized house on the same street sold for 750, 5 years ago! This will go for about 900.

Have you seen what's happening in the market? There is a basically new house on Williamsburg Blvd. that's for sale for $2.25. A year ago it would have gone quickly at $2.8. Those days are over for the foreseeable future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s basically only one bathroom and two bedrooms up.

Bad schools.

Priced too high.

Right off Carlin springs.

I don’t love this Home, but Ashlawn and WL are amazing schools – it gets not so great middle school with Kenmore but no middle school in Arlington is really all that.

ok keep thinking that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Average size lot in 22203 right next to Carlin Springs- 800k max. Maybe 700-750.

No… a similar sized house on the same street sold for 750, 5 years ago! This will go for about 900.

Have you seen what's happening in the market? There is a basically new house on Williamsburg Blvd. that's for sale for $2.25. A year ago it would have gone quickly at $2.8. Those days are over for the foreseeable future.

You’re talking about a house on Williamsburg Boulevard that’s in the same price point of the majority of homes and 22207/22213. They are very few under $1 million home in Arlington. I’ll be back in about 60 days to check and I bet it goes for about 900.

[Anonymous]

Builders are starting to pass on these borderline properties. Too much risk in this environment. Would have sold at this price a year ago.

[Anonymous]

Agree it’s overpriced - this is the same floor plan and square footage as a lot of duplexes that sell for 1/2 of asking. It’s not a bad house but it’s not a home many people can live in for long as a starterp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree it’s overpriced - this is the same floor plan and square footage as a lot of duplexes that sell for 1/2 of asking. It’s not a bad house but it’s not a home many people can live in for long as a starterp

Duplexes selling for 450k??

[Anonymous]

It’s likely the mediocre schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I walked the 3D tour and I see now how terrible this floor plan is. It’s not even completely about size. I’ve seen very charming homes that were tiny but flowed well. This house has a horrible layout and zero charm. I wonder if it was originally 3 bedrooms upstairs and remodeled to become 2 larger bedrooms. The main floor is not welcoming and there’s no real dining space.

We have a house in Arlington with the same original layout. This layout is awful. They removed a dining room and cut into living to make a kitchen that is flat and long. And they absorbed a bedroom upstairs to turn it into 2beds upstairs.

Why are there no windows on the back wall. When you look at the exterior it looks like it’s missing 3-4 windows.

WHY ARE THERE NO BACK WINDOWS?!!

Why is there no drywall over the insulation in the basement bathroom?!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s likely the mediocre schools

Homes easily sell for over 2 mill in that school pyramid. My guess is it’s more the neighborhood. There are more attractive neighborhoods and streets in that part of Arlington.

[Anonymous]

It is under contract per Zillow. They had an open house last weekend.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/401-N-Frederick-St-Arlington-VA-22203/12073857_zpid/

[Anonymous]

The housing market around this price point in N Arlington is all over the place.

This one closed today at $930K - https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/960-N-Lebanon-St-22205/home/11240915 - Redfin already has it up $180K over it's sold price

And then this one, same floor plan as above and worse finishes but better staging (which looks just like their actual furniture) - went pending at $999 https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/938-N-Liberty-St-22205/home/11241038

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The housing market around this price point in N Arlington is all over the place.

This one closed today at $930K - https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/960-N-Lebanon-St-22205/home/11240915 - Redfin already has it up $180K over it's sold price

And then this one, same floor plan as above and worse finishes but better staging (which looks just like their actual furniture) - went pending at $999 https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/938-N-Liberty-St-22205/home/11241038

The second house you linked has a family room and half bath addition off the rear of the house. It is larger than the first house you linked - and has a better backyard.