thoughts on this new home in mclean?
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Anonymous
Why is my post stupid, other posters have commented on how the house's architecture makes it look like an old home. When buying a new house i want it to look new from the outside. Woukd you build a new house that looked like a 1950s rambler. |
Anonymous
The lot looks small for the price. I think the inside looks fine (don't like the fireplace, though! lol!) and it looks spacious, but I'm not digging the outside of the house -- the outside just isn't that appealing; it has neither old world nor new world charm. The other houses people posted look nicer. |
Anonymous
Depends on how big it was. Your posts are still dumb. |
Anonymous
| Why are people from McLean so testy and sensitive? Jeez. |
Anonymous
| The builder paid 356k just for the lot in 2010. How much does it cost to build a house like that? Do builders really clear a million bucks on each spec house? Damn, i went into the wrong business. |
Anonymous
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This is my hood so ill chime in. The tiny lot is prolly worth 500k so the builder did well shelling out 350k at auction. With that in mind they could have done better than hardi siding on the ex. The interior in general seems nice enough. Im guessing the builder put it up for circa 450k and is looking to double their money. I personally think a more realistic price for this is 1.3m which leaves plenty of room to profit. The other properties that were mentioned earlier may be better values but this house is in a better location. Hard to argue about the previously mentioned drug problem. We gots a pharmacy every 500 ft around here.
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Anonymous
| PP here. I'm not from here, so McLean is kind of a joke to me. |
Anonymous
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i like it. i know mclean fairly well, but not each street exactly, but i have a good idea of where this house is. there is no beltway noise and it's a good location. this house might be in one of those neighborhoods where it's the most expensive on the street. i personally wouldn't want that, but this house is very nice. i could cope with this house. in my opinion, mclean high school is preferable over langley. (variety of reasons.)
to add to the mclean restaurants: tachibana is great sushi! |
Anonymous
Would have the same reaction if you were discussing a house in Bethesda. What exactly is a new house supposed to look like? |
Anonymous
| Why are people so testy and sensitive ABOUT Mclean? Why is Mclean THAT big of a deal? |
Anonymous
You should not equate impatience with insipid posts with sensitivity about a particular town. McLean isn't a big deal, but neither is Arlington, Bethesda or most DC neighborhoods. |
Anonymous
| So they are just jealous? |
Anonymous
The people who claim not to like the first house, which they probably couldn't afford? Could be. |
Anonymous
Not from here meaning the general DC/MD/NoVA area, or specifically not McLean? And it's a joke because..._________? |
Anonymous
Trashy people like the Kennedys, the Saudi Royal Family, the former Queen of Jordan, Colin Powell, Wes Bush (CEO Northrop Grumman), Steve Case, Ted Leonsis, tons of Senators/Congressman..... There are some ugly "new money" homes (I'm guessing you mean huge McMansions that are gaudy?), but I recommend you drive around Potomac and Bethesda for a nice array of those, too. There aren't exactly a lot of historic homes here, it's not exactly Newport is it? |