INSANELY overpriced listing in Loudoun

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At that price point I wouldn't expect that bathroom to look so dated or all that dark wood and yellow granite

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny every time a listing like this comes up, the DCUM crew who think they’re so wealthy and privileged hyperventilate about why someone would pay to live “SO FAR!!”.

The entire market of western loudoun and adjacent areas is filled with large houses on large pieces of land and owned by people who have lots of money and don’t have to work in the same way DC-centric office drones need to, if they have to work at all.

But to all the inside the beltway drones, these people can’t possibly be spending much on real estate because where does their money come from if they don’t work in a building in DC upstairs from a Chopt?

Wait till you learn there are properties that cost 10x this much.

The real money in the region lives in western Loudoun and they don’t care if you think they live far away and they’re unconcerned with what your commute would be if you lived where they do. To them, the people who are tied to their offices have the lowest quality of life and they can’t understand why anyone would pay millions to be on a 2000sf lot.

My DH and I both work fully remote and we still chose to be inside the beltway in a walkable neighborhood close to metro. Lots of my neighbors are the same. There’s plenty of money close-in and we’re not tied to some office building in DC (hence the dwindling commercial real estate market).

I can’t understand why anyone would pay to live in a McMansion on a plot of land in exurban sprawl (I am someone who needs mature trees and a good coffee shop to walk to).

To each their own, tell all the people in $3M+ homes in Arlington, McLean, Georgetown, CC, Bethesda etc. that the “real money” is practically out in WV.

We get that you "don't understand it." It's clear you don't understand a lot of things. But it's amusing you think your opinion is valid. This is often the case with people who are usually wrong but rarely in doubt, however. Stands to reason.

BTW, the house posted isn't a "McMansion." That's an actual mansion. A lot of the properties out here are.

This is where the old money is. People here aren't wage slaves. We also have mature trees and ... shhhhh ... cawfee. We also have wineries, breweries, mountains, axe throwing venues, charming towns with old fashioned main streets. We have ethnic restaurants and professional sports. All the things. And many things you cannot find closer in.

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NP There may be a ton of money in louden but that house is def a suburban style mcmansion. And the landscaping is pretty basic or whatever you would call several notches below basic. It definitely makes me sad.

Learn to spell and use correct punctuation and grammar if you're going to put on airs.

Somebody feeling a little triggered?

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Anonymous wrote:This is likely an agent posting. There's a typical pattern on here where the agent will post, but ask whether the price is too high or point out some flaw, as a way to make it seem like an agent is not posting. But the goal is accomplished -- more clicks on the listing and bringing it to the attention of more people who might not necessarily have otherwise considered it.

I think you're imagining things. Agents don't bother with sites like this. There's no upside.

Huge upside:
-- More clicks on the listing gets better search placement on sites like redfin and zillow
-- A buyer might see a house that would have otherwise escaped their search parameters

It really doesn't matter if the house gets criticized. The goal is accomplished.

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Anonymous wrote:Beautiful property but the price is bonkers. I don't who would be in the market to buy a house like that.

I'm gonna sound dumb here, but I had no idea Loudoun had properties like that. I still don't think it's worth that much though. I'd argue it's worth $1.8 mil max and if it had a pool it would be more reasonable.

Loudoun Co. had the highest median income in the US in 2023. Some of you need to get out of whatever bubble you are living in.

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/slideshows/richest-counties-in-america?onepage

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Anonymous wrote:This is likely an agent posting. There's a typical pattern on here where the agent will post, but ask whether the price is too high or point out some flaw, as a way to make it seem like an agent is not posting. But the goal is accomplished -- more clicks on the listing and bringing it to the attention of more people who might not necessarily have otherwise considered it.

I think you're imagining things. Agents don't bother with sites like this. There's no upside.

Every time a new poster asks about a house, we have ninny's like this who accuse them of being agents.

It's getting really old.

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Anonymous wrote:Beautiful property but the price is bonkers. I don't who would be in the market to buy a house like that.

I'm gonna sound dumb here, but I had no idea Loudoun had properties like that. I still don't think it's worth that much though. I'd argue it's worth $1.8 mil max and if it had a pool it would be more reasonable.

Loudoun Co. had the highest median income in the US in 2023. Some of you need to get out of whatever bubble you are living in.

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/slideshows/richest-counties-in-america?onepage

I had no idea that Louden is the #1 richest county in the entire US!

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny every time a listing like this comes up, the DCUM crew who think they’re so wealthy and privileged hyperventilate about why someone would pay to live “SO FAR!!”.

The entire market of western loudoun and adjacent areas is filled with large houses on large pieces of land and owned by people who have lots of money and don’t have to work in the same way DC-centric office drones need to, if they have to work at all.

But to all the inside the beltway drones, these people can’t possibly be spending much on real estate because where does their money come from if they don’t work in a building in DC upstairs from a Chopt?

Wait till you learn there are properties that cost 10x this much.

The real money in the region lives in western Loudoun and they don’t care if you think they live far away and they’re unconcerned with what your commute would be if you lived where they do. To them, the people who are tied to their offices have the lowest quality of life and they can’t understand why anyone would pay millions to be on a 2000sf lot.

+1. They think because Western Loudoun is conservative that it must mean it's full of poor hicks. I live in Leesburg and have no desire to ever live anywhere else. Bethesda and McLean are amazing communities and I'm sure that people love living there.

Your post was so refreshing to read.

I really appreciate that you highlighted how happy you are living in Leesburg/Loudoun, WITHOUT resorting to disparaging other popular areas to live (such as Bethesda and McLean).

I wish more posters would realize that positive perspectives such as your own will always resonate deeper with readers, rather than those who feel the need denigrate other towns/areas in order to elevate their own.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny every time a listing like this comes up, the DCUM crew who think they’re so wealthy and privileged hyperventilate about why someone would pay to live “SO FAR!!”.

The entire market of western loudoun and adjacent areas is filled with large houses on large pieces of land and owned by people who have lots of money and don’t have to work in the same way DC-centric office drones need to, if they have to work at all.

But to all the inside the beltway drones, these people can’t possibly be spending much on real estate because where does their money come from if they don’t work in a building in DC upstairs from a Chopt?

Wait till you learn there are properties that cost 10x this much.

The real money in the region lives in western Loudoun and they don’t care if you think they live far away and they’re unconcerned with what your commute would be if you lived where they do. To them, the people who are tied to their offices have the lowest quality of life and they can’t understand why anyone would pay millions to be on a 2000sf lot.

My DH and I both work fully remote and we still chose to be inside the beltway in a walkable neighborhood close to metro. Lots of my neighbors are the same. There’s plenty of money close-in and we’re not tied to some office building in DC (hence the dwindling commercial real estate market).

I can’t understand why anyone would pay to live in a McMansion on a plot of land in exurban sprawl (I am someone who needs mature trees and a good coffee shop to walk to).

To each their own, tell all the people in $3M+ homes in Arlington, McLean, Georgetown, CC, Bethesda etc. that the “real money” is practically out in WV.

We get that you "don't understand it." It's clear you don't understand a lot of things. But it's amusing you think your opinion is valid. This is often the case with people who are usually wrong but rarely in doubt, however. Stands to reason.

BTW, the house posted isn't a "McMansion." That's an actual mansion. A lot of the properties out here are.

This is where the old money is. People here aren't wage slaves. We also have mature trees and ... shhhhh ... cawfee. We also have wineries, breweries, mountains, axe throwing venues, charming towns with old fashioned main streets. We have ethnic restaurants and professional sports. All the things. And many things you cannot find closer in.

You are a hoot. The old money owned all of the land, died, the heirs subdivided it to developers and the types of people buying this house are new money people getting McMansions. And may I remind you, this site is DC Urban Moms and Dads[i][u] So yes, to the people this site is meant for, Leesburg is far out.

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It is quite far. Lots of Trumpers live out there.

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I don't understand why you wouldn't put a pool in there. Certainly have enough space and the land is clear already. Build a structure for shade by the pool and it would be great. At least shade by the immediate backyard area -- that would make me crazy.

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Loudoun is a wealthy area and Western Loudoun attracts a mostly White UMC crowd who leans right of center. I live in Waterford right outside Leesburg and love it. We have some progressive neighbors and very Trumpy neighbors as well. We all get along and share the same love for our scenic community.

I do think the price for the home is somewhat steep. People out here have money but the homes that sell fast out here are relatively updated/newer SFHs on 2-5 acres in the 1-1.8mil price range. Homes priced over 2million take longer to sell and I would not be surprised if the sellers are forced to reduce the price to $1,999,999 or something.

I used to live in Arlington and absolutely loved it. We could walk to coffee shops, restaurants, stores, bars, etc. As we got older we eventually got tired of feeling crowded and being on a small lot (we have always dreamed of having large yard to garden in and build a pool), so we decided to move to Loudoun once commuting was no longer a factor.

I hate when people on here bash other communities to elevate their own. Arlington/McLean/Bethesda are desirable for good reason and the prices reflect that. Super convenient, metro access, easy access to DC, etc. I also love the outer suburbs and what they offer. Western Loudoun offers upscale rural living with the ability to get the Arlington/DC in an hour. Everyone has their own goals and sometimes different areas are more suitable to fulfill said dreams than others. Embrace the fact that we live in such a dynamic area with so many great places to live!

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun is a wealthy area and Western Loudoun attracts a mostly White UMC crowd who leans right of center. I live in Waterford right outside Leesburg and love it. We have some progressive neighbors and very Trumpy neighbors as well. We all get along and share the same love for our scenic community.

I do think the price for the home is somewhat steep. People out here have money but the homes that sell fast out here are relatively updated/newer SFHs on 2-5 acres in the 1-1.8mil price range. Homes priced over 2million take longer to sell and I would not be surprised if the sellers are forced to reduce the price to $1,999,999 or something.

I used to live in Arlington and absolutely loved it. We could walk to coffee shops, restaurants, stores, bars, etc. As we got older we eventually got tired of feeling crowded and being on a small lot (we have always dreamed of having large yard to garden in and build a pool), so we decided to move to Loudoun once commuting was no longer a factor.

I hate when people on here bash other communities to elevate their own. Arlington/McLean/Bethesda are desirable for good reason and the prices reflect that. Super convenient, metro access, easy access to DC, etc. I also love the outer suburbs and what they offer. Western Loudoun offers upscale rural living with the ability to get the Arlington/DC in an hour. Everyone has their own goals and sometimes different areas are more suitable to fulfill said dreams than others. Embrace the fact that we live in such a dynamic area with so many great places to live!

+1. As a McLean resident, I love going to the wineries in Western Loudoun! I truly do get the appeal of living out there and I always tell my DH that we should retire out there. Thank you for your positive take, it's very nice to see.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny every time a listing like this comes up, the DCUM crew who think they’re so wealthy and privileged hyperventilate about why someone would pay to live “SO FAR!!”.

The entire market of western loudoun and adjacent areas is filled with large houses on large pieces of land and owned by people who have lots of money and don’t have to work in the same way DC-centric office drones need to, if they have to work at all.

But to all the inside the beltway drones, these people can’t possibly be spending much on real estate because where does their money come from if they don’t work in a building in DC upstairs from a Chopt?

Wait till you learn there are properties that cost 10x this much.

The real money in the region lives in western Loudoun and they don’t care if you think they live far away and they’re unconcerned with what your commute would be if you lived where they do. To them, the people who are tied to their offices have the lowest quality of life and they can’t understand why anyone would pay millions to be on a 2000sf lot.

My DH and I both work fully remote and we still chose to be inside the beltway in a walkable neighborhood close to metro. Lots of my neighbors are the same. There’s plenty of money close-in and we’re not tied to some office building in DC (hence the dwindling commercial real estate market).

I can’t understand why anyone would pay to live in a McMansion on a plot of land in exurban sprawl (I am someone who needs mature trees and a good coffee shop to walk to).

To each their own, tell all the people in $3M+ homes in Arlington, McLean, Georgetown, CC, Bethesda etc. that the “real money” is practically out in WV.

We get that you "don't understand it." It's clear you don't understand a lot of things. But it's amusing you think your opinion is valid. This is often the case with people who are usually wrong but rarely in doubt, however. Stands to reason.

BTW, the house posted isn't a "McMansion." That's an actual mansion. A lot of the properties out here are.

This is where the old money is. People here aren't wage slaves. We also have mature trees and ... shhhhh ... cawfee. We also have wineries, breweries, mountains, axe throwing venues, charming towns with old fashioned main streets. We have ethnic restaurants and professional sports. All the things. And many things you cannot find closer in.

You are a hoot. The old money owned all of the land, died, the heirs subdivided it to developers and the types of people buying this house are new money people getting McMansions. And may I remind you, this site is DC Urban Moms and Dads[i][u] So yes, to the people this site is meant for, Leesburg is far out.

Eh. Somewhat. The offspring of many of the old families are still wandering around. Many of them, some as a result of their wealth significantly declining from decades ago, have no interest or ability to maintain large land holdings. Also, tenant farming isn’t really as common anymore (example, some people actually pay farmers to take hay from their fields).

But western Loudoun mostly prohibits many subdivisions and Fauquier and other neighboring counties can be even worse. So many old families are sitting on a lot of money in land. Their offspring want to be nearby but in a modern upscale house with a lot less maintenance.

That said, this house has no charm in an area that has a lot.

Still, it will probably sell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny every time a listing like this comes up, the DCUM crew who think they’re so wealthy and privileged hyperventilate about why someone would pay to live “SO FAR!!”.

The entire market of western loudoun and adjacent areas is filled with large houses on large pieces of land and owned by people who have lots of money and don’t have to work in the same way DC-centric office drones need to, if they have to work at all.

But to all the inside the beltway drones, these people can’t possibly be spending much on real estate because where does their money come from if they don’t work in a building in DC upstairs from a Chopt?

Wait till you learn there are properties that cost 10x this much.

The real money in the region lives in western Loudoun and they don’t care if you think they live far away and they’re unconcerned with what your commute would be if you lived where they do. To them, the people who are tied to their offices have the lowest quality of life and they can’t understand why anyone would pay millions to be on a 2000sf lot.

My DH and I both work fully remote and we still chose to be inside the beltway in a walkable neighborhood close to metro. Lots of my neighbors are the same. There’s plenty of money close-in and we’re not tied to some office building in DC (hence the dwindling commercial real estate market).

I can’t understand why anyone would pay to live in a McMansion on a plot of land in exurban sprawl (I am someone who needs mature trees and a good coffee shop to walk to).

To each their own, tell all the people in $3M+ homes in Arlington, McLean, Georgetown, CC, Bethesda etc. that the “real money” is practically out in WV.

We get that you "don't understand it." It's clear you don't understand a lot of things. But it's amusing you think your opinion is valid. This is often the case with people who are usually wrong but rarely in doubt, however. Stands to reason.

BTW, the house posted isn't a "McMansion." That's an actual mansion. A lot of the properties out here are.

This is where the old money is. People here aren't wage slaves. We also have mature trees and ... shhhhh ... cawfee. We also have wineries, breweries, mountains, axe throwing venues, charming towns with old fashioned main streets. We have ethnic restaurants and professional sports. All the things. And many things you cannot find closer in.

You are a hoot. The old money owned all of the land, died, the heirs subdivided it to developers and the types of people buying this house are new money people getting McMansions. And may I remind you, this site is DC Urban Moms and Dads[i][u] So yes, to the people this site is meant for, Leesburg is far out.

The old money is still where it's always been, pocketed in hunt country, which is why those areas of the county remain mostly undeveloped (for now). It was mostly working farmland that was no longer profitable, sold off and rezoned starting in the 80s-90s. Loudoun had a very intentional plan to attract new money and improve its economic standing. They courted investors, developers, and tech companies. They built the greenway, aol, verizon, started carving up western loudoun into hamlet developments and the money followed. "Charming towns with old-fashioned main streets" that previously could not sustain retail became weekend tourist attractions, along with wineries, breweries, and event venues. I'm not sure PP would have much to brag about otherwise. The development and traffic continue to creep westward and any suggestion that it's not funded by the same sources as further east or populated by the same wage slaves is definitely a hoot. Plenty of commuters and super commuters along with virtual workers who choose to live here based on whatever calculus makes sense to them.

It's nice, we love it, but we didn't crack some code by moving out here. I grew up here and it felt right to return to a familiar place, even for how much it's changed. I still love DC and the close-in suburbs and that lifestyle can't be replicated here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun is a wealthy area and Western Loudoun attracts a mostly White UMC crowd who leans right of center. I live in Waterford right outside Leesburg and love it. We have some progressive neighbors and very Trumpy neighbors as well. We all get along and share the same love for our scenic community.

I do think the price for the home is somewhat steep. People out here have money but the homes that sell fast out here are relatively updated/newer SFHs on 2-5 acres in the 1-1.8mil price range. Homes priced over 2million take longer to sell and I would not be surprised if the sellers are forced to reduce the price to $1,999,999 or something.

I used to live in Arlington and absolutely loved it. We could walk to coffee shops, restaurants, stores, bars, etc. As we got older we eventually got tired of feeling crowded and being on a small lot (we have always dreamed of having large yard to garden in and build a pool), so we decided to move to Loudoun once commuting was no longer a factor.

I hate when people on here bash other communities to elevate their own. Arlington/McLean/Bethesda are desirable for good reason and the prices reflect that. Super convenient, metro access, easy access to DC, etc. I also love the outer suburbs and what they offer. Western Loudoun offers upscale rural living with the ability to get the Arlington/DC in an hour. Everyone has their own goals and sometimes different areas are more suitable to fulfill said dreams than others. Embrace the fact that we live in such a dynamic area with so many great places to live!

I think this captures it well. I also live out here, moved cross-country almost a decade ago. Upscale rural pretty much captures it--I grew up in a way less upscale rural/remote area in the Midwest and I call Western Loudoun "rural but not remote". Even if my options within 5-10 minutes are limited, I can get to doctor's offices for most specialties, shopping, a major international airport and a variety of restaurants in 20-30 minutes, and a major metropolitan area in an hour-ish, depending on traffic. In the place where I grew up, you had to drive 1-3 hours for those things. I currently WFH in a house similar in size to the one posted but on two acres, DH commutes to Herndon and TBH the one thing I think would be nice is more acreage.

That said, I do think this property is somewhat overpriced, for similar reasons that the quoted pp mentioned. It's also unclear to me whether there is wired internet actually available at the property, usually that gets prominent play in a listing like this. Verizon lists it as service available for Fios, but with a long driveway/setback, I would definitely want to 100% confirm that wired service already exists--not like, there is fiber out at the road and you have to foot the $$$$ to trench it to the house. Otherwise you have to rely on a satellite or fixed wireless service and a lot of the options suck. The potential market for that property if it does NOT have wired internet definitely narrows and makes it less likely that they'll get that asking price or close.