Advice on where to buy - Reston, Fairfax, Vienna, Oakton

[Anonymous]

We love Vienna. Particularly for its community feel. Church Street Holiday stroll, Halloween parade, Viva Vienna to name just a few. Also, fabulous restaurants and great schools. I guess CNN and Money magazine ranking Vienna as one of the Best Place to Live in the country doesn't hold any weight? I can just imagine someone snapping pictures of the Vienna strip malls as they drive down Maple Ave to prove a point. Geez. Maple Avenue runs from Tysons, past Vienna, Oakton, Fairfax, on and on. Take the time to walk around the area, talk to actual people, and don't rely on a few posts on DCUM to make such a big decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Franklin MS?

Meh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

There is a little difference from ES. If the ES is bad it can be Huge. The same house in Dogwood ES vs Hunter Woods can be significantly cheaper in Dogwood.

In Vienna, Louise Archer and Vienna ES go for a little more than the house in Cunningham Park or Marshall Road. (Flint Hill and Wolftap do not have the "standard" 1950's ramblers for comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

The marshall district has better appreciation and good school. I would definitely check it out. The best area is mclean but marshall areas are very good too and are closer in and near allot of tysons redevelopment. Vienna is further out and has no plans in upgrading their soviet era shopping areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

The marshall district has better appreciation and good school. I would definitely check it out. The best area is mclean but marshall areas are very good too and are closer in and near allot of tysons redevelopment. Vienna is further out and has no plans in upgrading their soviet era shopping areas.

I agree Vienna is further out, but they do have plans to upgrade their strip malls as does Fairfax and some other towns. The re-zoning is already approved. How long it takes to develop remains to be seen. I actually like strip malls to denser living. Vienna has a town center along with it's strip malls similar to Herndon. It's nice and easy to walk to from quite a few single family homes. I don't get the hate just because of some strip malls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

The marshall district has better appreciation and good school. I would definitely check it out. The best area is mclean but marshall areas are very good too and are closer in and near allot of tysons redevelopment. Vienna is further out and has no plans in upgrading their soviet era shopping areas.

The problem with Marshall is there is no community -- yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

The marshall district has better appreciation and good school. I would definitely check it out. The best area is mclean but marshall areas are very good too and are closer in and near allot of tysons redevelopment. Vienna is further out and has no plans in upgrading their soviet era shopping areas.

The problem with Marshall is there is no community -- yet.

And the high school follows IB program..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton or Madison. Buy in Vienna or Oakton.

Be careful, some of Veinna goes to Marshall HS, South Lakes and some of Oakton goes to Fairfax HS.

ES doesn't effect price. HS is the determining factor in price.

Is this true, ES has little impact on price or resale value?

Yes. this is true. HS is what people care about. ES is the same now matter where in FCPS - with the exception of Alexandria and parts of Springfield.

The same house in Vienna, VA that goes to Oakton or Madison will cost more more $$ as compared to a house in Vienna zoned for Falls Church or Marshall HS.

Buy in 22181 or 22180. Make sure Oakton or Madison is the HS. You will be happy!

The marshall district has better appreciation and good school. I would definitely check it out. The best area is mclean but marshall areas are very good too and are closer in and near allot of tysons redevelopment. Vienna is further out and has no plans in upgrading their soviet era shopping areas.

The problem with Marshall is there is no community -- yet.

Wrong. No matter how many times this is posted doesn't make it right. You just sound ignorant and like you don't know anything about Marshall HS.

[Anonymous]

There are good schools in all of those neighborhoods--and in others, as well. Don't forget commute issues--after school and social activities factor in with that. If your work commute is excessive, a whole bunch of other problems are created.

[Anonymous]

OP, in your situation, I would go with an AP, rather than a IB school. You might think that an IB school would do a better job of developing your child's writing skills, but there's also a significant chance that he would be frustrated with the heavy writing requirements and choose not to pursue an IB diploma. The variety of courses available at an AP school provide for considerably more flexibility. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, in your situation, I would go with an AP, rather than a IB school. You might think that an IB school would do a better job of developing your child's writing skills, but there's also a significant chance that he would be frustrated with the heavy writing requirements and choose not to pursue an IB diploma. The variety of courses available at an AP school provide for considerably more flexibility. Good luck!

You don't need to do an ib diploma, you can take classes here and there like ap. Ap has no diploma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, in your situation, I would go with an AP, rather than a IB school. You might think that an IB school would do a better job of developing your child's writing skills, but there's also a significant chance that he would be frustrated with the heavy writing requirements and choose not to pursue an IB diploma. The variety of courses available at an AP school provide for considerably more flexibility. Good luck!

Actually ib has as many as ap, in fact marshall is a stem academy school and has a lot of extra high school college credit courses.

http://www.fcps.edu/MarshallAcademy/

[Anonymous]

The Marshall people work overtime to upsell their school, but at the end of the day the AP schools are perceived as more desirable and homes purchased in those districts are safer investments and more likely to hold their value. There is not a single higher-income community in Fairfax County that has ever requested an IB program and the percentage of graduates at local IB schools receiving IB diplomas is embarrassingly low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Marshall people work overtime to upsell their school, but at the end of the day the AP schools are perceived as more desirable and homes purchased in those districts are safer investments and more likely to hold their value. There is not a single higher-income community in Fairfax County that has ever requested an IB program and the percentage of graduates at local IB schools receiving IB diplomas is embarrassingly low.

I posted the above about marshall, I am zoned for mclean but we are lucky enough to be able to utilize the stem academy and know people who are very happy with ib.

Any moron with half a brain knows that ib was put into less desirable school's to attract desirable demographics. It hasn't really worked in that sense. Marshall used to be undesirable back in the 90s and earlier but feeding neighborhoods improved and brought in higher incomes which improved Marshall.