Is Great Falls not attractive anymore?

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Anonymous wrote:Great Falls is a VERY hot market right now. Richest zip code in the DMV by far.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1039-Aziza-Ct-Great-Falls-VA-22066/168040804_zpid/ This home is pending for 7.2m

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1209-Towlston-Rd-Great-Falls-VA-22066/51725556_zpid/ this home just sold for 7m, pending within days.

You sound like a real estate agent. Some may still like great falls but most people are looking for different things now, like walkability.

It's still a hot market for people that typically


send their kids to private school. The people buying 1-2M homes that usually send their kids to public school, not so much.

This is untrue. It’s not convenient to most private schools in the area.

Agree. Only Madeira and Flint Hill kinda nearby. Maybe Potomac.

Good luck getting into DC or Maryland.

1hr plus minimum during mornings.

For an actual data point, my commute from GF to DC is 45-50 mins on Tues/Weds, 40-45 on Thurs, and -35 on Mon/Fri. The only meaningful traffic, before you get close to DC is the backup at GTP and 495.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great Falls is a VERY hot market right now. Richest zip code in the DMV by far.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1039-Aziza-Ct-Great-Falls-VA-22066/168040804_zpid/ This home is pending for 7.2m

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1209-Towlston-Rd-Great-Falls-VA-22066/51725556_zpid/ this home just sold for 7m, pending within days.

You sound like a real estate agent. Some may still like great falls but most people are looking for different things now, like walkability.

It's still a hot market for people that typically


send their kids to private school. The people buying 1-2M homes that usually send their kids to public school, not so much.

This is untrue. It’s not convenient to most private schools in the area.

Agree. Only Madeira and Flint Hill kinda nearby. Maybe Potomac.

Good luck getting into DC or Maryland.

1hr plus minimum during mornings.

For an actual data point, my commute from GF to DC is 45-50 mins on Tues/Weds, 40-45 on Thurs, and -35 on Mon/Fri. The only meaningful traffic, before you get close to DC is the backup at GTP and 495.

What time do you leave for those times?

[Anonymous]

The idiosyncracies of a single property say nothing about a community at large. Homes in GF, priced sensibly, sell well. The demand is there. Not everyone prioritizes "walkability". Many instead prioritize privacy, larger homes/lots, proximity to Fx Co's top-rated schools, easy access to Dulles, Tyson's, Reston, Vienna, McLean, the Toll Rd. and the Beltway. Most homes for sale in GF don't sit long on the market if they are well sited and priced appropriately.

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Great Falls is very trapped in during rush house. You have to get on highway to everywhere. And even at rush hour getting to Tysons a headache.

To be honest Potomac Virginia people hate but it not as trapped as Great Falls Highway wise.

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Is it easy access to those places? Georgetown Pike is often very crowded, the roads are windy without lights making it dangerous at night and they have these weird one lane bridges that are terrifying. It seems the kind of place people should live if they don’t want to leave their house.

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Anonymous wrote:The idiosyncracies of a single property say nothing about a community at large. Homes in GF, priced sensibly, sell well. The demand is there. Not everyone prioritizes "walkability". Many instead prioritize privacy, larger homes/lots, proximity to Fx Co's top-rated schools, easy access to Dulles, Tyson's, Reston, Vienna, McLean, the Toll Rd. and the Beltway. Most homes for sale in GF don't sit long on the market if they are well sited and priced appropriately.

They aren’t close to top rated schools and it’s currently a source of much consternation in Great Falls that they may get rezoned to closer but lower rated schools soon.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great Falls is a VERY hot market right now. Richest zip code in the DMV by far.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1039-Aziza-Ct-Great-Falls-VA-22066/168040804_zpid/ This home is pending for 7.2m

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1209-Towlston-Rd-Great-Falls-VA-22066/51725556_zpid/ this home just sold for 7m, pending within days.

You sound like a real estate agent. Some may still like great falls but most people are looking for different things now, like walkability.

It's still a hot market for people that typically


send their kids to private school. The people buying 1-2M homes that usually send their kids to public school, not so much.

This is untrue. It’s not convenient to most private schools in the area.

Agree. Only Madeira and Flint Hill kinda nearby. Maybe Potomac.

Good luck getting into DC or Maryland.

1hr plus minimum during mornings.

For an actual data point, my commute from GF to DC is 45-50 mins on Tues/Weds, 40-45 on Thurs, and -35 on Mon/Fri. The only meaningful traffic, before you get close to DC is the backup at GTP and 495.

What time do you leave for those times?

Around 8.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:22066 is the most expensive zip code in NoVA. Seems pretty attractive to me.

22066 has the highest median because there are no condos or townhouses. 22101 is a lot more.expensive if comparing apples to apples

+1

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Anonymous wrote:5900 sq ft is utterly massive. No normal family with 3 kids has a need for that much space. And 2.7 acres of forest?

Your kids will be covered in ticks from playing in that forest all year round. No thanks
For that money I’ll live in Arlington

We live in Arlington near mclean and have an 8000sf house and it's fine for our family of 4 and nanny. It's not massive at all.

That might be true if you've given your nanny appropriate accommodations. But really this is very subjective. I've lived in 2 houses of that size and they did feel pretty big. I like 6000SF.

Do you mean above grade 6000 SF?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:22066 is the most expensive zip code in NoVA. Seems pretty attractive to me.

22066 has the highest median because there are no condos or townhouses. 22101 is a lot more.expensive if comparing apples to apples

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5 year average percentage increase in home price is also higher in 22066 than in 22101.

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If I do a search on Redfin for the average sales price for a single-family home in 22101 and 22066 over the past 12 months, it indicates $1.95M in 22101 and $1.67M in 22066.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5900 sq ft is utterly massive. No normal family with 3 kids has a need for that much space. And 2.7 acres of forest?

Your kids will be covered in ticks from playing in that forest all year round. No thanks
For that money I’ll live in Arlington

We live in Arlington near mclean and have an 8000sf house and it's fine for our family of 4 and nanny. It's not massive at all.

That might be true if you've given your nanny appropriate accommodations. But really this is very subjective. I've lived in 2 houses of that size and they did feel pretty big. I like 6000SF.

Do you mean above grade 6000 SF?

Yes I prefer all of the finished space above grade. I like 2 level living. I don't prefer the 4 levels of finished space in many new builds here, but I understand why the homes are built that way.

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Anonymous wrote:5900 sq ft is utterly massive. No normal family with 3 kids has a need for that much space. And 2.7 acres of forest?

Your kids will be covered in ticks from playing in that forest all year round. No thanks
For that money I’ll live in Arlington

We live in Arlington near mclean and have an 8000sf house and it's fine for our family of 4 and nanny. It's not massive at all.

That might be true if you've given your nanny appropriate accommodations. But really this is very subjective. I've lived in 2 houses of that size and they did feel pretty big. I like 6000SF.

Do you mean above grade 6000 SF?

Yes I prefer all of the finished space above grade. I like 2 level living. I don't prefer the 4 levels of finished space in many new builds here, but I understand why the homes are built that way.

It makes it very difficult for families looking for 4 bedroom 2709 as ft single family homes. Everything is either 1500 sq ft or 4500+.

[Anonymous]

The attractive parts of Great Falls are the ones closest to McLean/Tysons

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The attractive parts of Great Falls are the ones closest to McLean/Tysons

This. It's easy to get anywhere if you have relatively quick access to Rt. 7 or Old Dominion Dr. not far out from McLean. If you're way back near the Potomac River, that's different, but traffic density on those back roads isn't actually too bad most of the time because housing density isn't all that dense. It's a pretty rural feel out that way, while closer in to Tyson's is much more suburban.