How far is too far to be considered accessible to metro?

[Anonymous]

Our home is approximately 1 mile from metro. We typically walk or bike with latter taking 10 or less. Walking takes about 25 mins, bus is about 10-15 mins. I don't consider this that much of a problem but for folks around here it appears from a market standpoint that it's too far. It's never been a problem commuting wise. We still get into work within an hour.

Obviously if money is no object, people would want to be as close to the Metro as possible. But as everyone here knows, you will pay a very high premium to live near the metro inside the beltway. What distance is too far where it's not worth it?

[Anonymous]

15 minute walk max. Otherwise I'm grabbing a bus, if that's more convenient. A 25 minute walk is not close.

[Anonymous]

We live a mile from three metro stops (Union Station, Potomac Ave, Eastern Market). I consider our house Metro accessible but I wouldn't promote it that way in a listing. We are just steps from the DC Streetcar, though.

[Anonymous]

I agree that I would not describe a 25 minute walk as "close" for a real estate advertising purpose.

Why does it take 25 minutes to walk if it is only a mile? Are you one mile "as the crow flies," or one mile total walking distance? If it's total walking distance, I'm guessing that you have to cross several busy streets and waiting for the crossing signals add a lot of time?

[Anonymous]

Under the new zoning regulations the change in parking rules kicks in when the location is .5 miles from a metro stop.

We live .7 miles from 2 metro stops and it is definitely close to Metro for marketing purposes. The walk is about a 12 minutes for us (your pace may differ).

[Anonymous]

Are you on a great bus line? I used to look at bus lines to metro also. A block from a bus was better than a mile to the metro.

I did used to walk a mile to the metro, take the metro and then walk another mile. It was a horrific commute in the winter and summer.

[Anonymous]

When we were looking for a house walkable to the metro, we were looking for 1 mile or (preferably) less. Ended up with 0.6, which is perfect (not sure I would want to be closer because it would make street parking more difficult - we commute by metro but still have a car).

[Anonymous]

I would put the distance in the listing (1 mile to X metro), but I would not add descriptions (walkable, accessible, etc), because it is different to different people.

[Anonymous]

My husband walks 1.5 miles in 25 minutes to his job, or does it in 10 minutes on his bike. Just a couple of traffic lights.

Real estate listings are notorious for straining the truth.
They add illegal bedrooms, state the wrong school cluster, say it's walking distance when it's not, etc.

It's on the buyer to verify these statements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our home is approximately 1 mile from metro. We typically walk or bike with latter taking 10 or less. Walking takes about 25 mins, bus is about 10-15 mins. I don't consider this that much of a problem but for folks around here it appears from a market standpoint that it's too far. It's never been a problem commuting wise. We still get into work within an hour.

Obviously if money is no object, people would want to be as close to the Metro as possible. But as everyone here knows, you will pay a very high premium to live near the metro inside the beltway. What distance is too far where it's not worth it?

Being one mile from metro is still a plus, if not a high-premium factor. When marketing your home, just put "one mile from metro". It certainly doesn't hurt.

[Anonymous]

There's a big development (Cathedral Commons) in NW DC, which is almost a mile walk to the closest Metro. It is marketed as Metro accessible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a big development (Cathedral Commons) in NW DC, which is almost a mile walk to the closest Metro. It is marketed as Metro accessible.

Oh gosh, I used to live right by there and it is so not metro accessible.

[Anonymous]

I saw a listing describe a house 1 mile from the metro as being a "healthy walk" to the metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw a listing describe a house 1 mile from the metro as being a "healthy walk" to the metro.

See, I can get behind that. It's all in the wording

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our home is approximately 1 mile from metro. We typically walk or bike with latter taking 10 or less. Walking takes about 25 mins, bus is about 10-15 mins. I don't consider this that much of a problem but for folks around here it appears from a market standpoint that it's too far. It's never been a problem commuting wise. We still get into work within an hour.

Obviously if money is no object, people would want to be as close to the Metro as possible. But as everyone here knows, you will pay a very high premium to live near the metro inside the beltway. What distance is too far where it's not worth it?

I think being about three miles from Metro is ideal. Quick drive, but away from the riff-raff.