This is why people buy in ashburn, you would die for a home like this in arlington

[Anonymous]

We house-hunted for a bit in Ashburn b/c I work from home and DH works near Dulles, and did see some attractive houses, but this particular house is pretty fugly.

Actually I think the cute houses were in south riding, which I don't think is technically Ashburn. They had front porches and back garages, which made them less depressing.

[Anonymous]

I'm in 22043 and I must say I have kitchen envy. We paid $150k for our home which is built terribly and is starting to need a bunch of work. I love where I live and know that if my DH and I want to go to DC for date night, we can be there in 20 minutes (plus or minus depending on traffic) If I weren't that lazy I could walk to the grocery store and a couple of restaurants.

I personally wouldn't say the home is that ugly, I think the emphasis on the floors in some pictures is a little overkill, but not everyone has the same taste.

[Anonymous]

Here is another example of smaller close in and identical houses right next to each other. I don't see why people claim it only happens to newer developments.

http://goo.gl/maps/69gED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:too worried I'd walk into someone else's house by mistake if i lived in ashburn.

opposed to the rows of identical tiny rectangle boxes. Unless there are many tear downs all neighborhoods old, new, far and close in have similar tract housing. As to arguing whether the smaller houses were intended to be permanent or house people of more affluent stature then their original target buyers, is up for debate.

http://goo.gl/maps/2DOrf

http://goo.gl/maps/b7EoR

that's where the trees come in handy vs tract housing in a plowed exurb, ha ha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:unless I was a family of 10, I can't imagine how I would need 4100 sq ft, no matter where I live.

i agree. It's so much wasted space. Even when we were considering a move to TX (shudder), we were not impressed by the gigantic homes for cheap. I STILL liked houses similar to the one we wound up in here. Granted, there we could get the type of house we wanted IN the city with decent schools (or JUST outside of it with the best schools in the area); whereas, here we are 20 miles out of the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:too worried I'd walk into someone else's house by mistake if i lived in ashburn.

opposed to the rows of identical tiny rectangle boxes. Unless there are many tear downs all neighborhoods old, new, far and close in have similar tract housing. As to arguing whether the smaller houses were intended to be permanent or house people of more affluent stature then their original target buyers, is up for debate.

http://goo.gl/maps/2DOrf

http://goo.gl/maps/b7EoR

that's where the trees come in handy vs tract housing in a plowed exurb, ha ha

People also let their trees grow too big and they become destructive to the house's foundation and eventually fall over.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I really do prefer smaller, less cheaply ostentatious and closer-in.

Now OP, if you had worded your post a little less provocatively, you would have received much less intense responses - it's all about psychology and how you present your story...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:unless I was a family of 10, I can't imagine how I would need 4100 sq ft, no matter where I live.

+1

[Anonymous]

Carmela Soprano called and wants everyone to leave her house the F alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, there are many posters here who don't like "shitshacks," we know this. Since it's Friday and I'm just relaxing with my coffee, I did a quick scan of some of the recent threads in the RE forum. Most posters here have a much better grasp on sentence structure than the person I'm referring to. How can it NOT be the same person? Arlington Hater/New Homes Booster are probably the same person. Also high likelihood of Pimmit Hills Boosterism.

Or (less likely) every person who wants to live away from Arlington and in a new build cannot write for shit? Hmm, no.

I agree with you, but how about we turn the RE forum upside-down by having a day where we pay homage to the Pimmit Hills booster by embracing his or her literary style, but challenge his or her pet projects.

Here are some possibilities:

"wow I discovered there were some other zip codes besides 22046, 22043, and 22182 or dun loring that feed into marshall"

"gee maybe w-l really is pretty good"

"arlington sure is convenient, no wonder people pay to live there"

"fixed up old houses can be nice, LOL"

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a fucking joke? God-is that one ugly-ass house . The faux mixed media. That thing could be in any horrid suburb of America. It looks like a million other shitty new builds. I am sure every other home in the neighborhood is identical as well. Be careful you might turn into the wrong driveway.

That is my idea of a personal hell.

+1

Fugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:too worried I'd walk into someone else's house by mistake if i lived in ashburn.

opposed to the rows of identical tiny rectangle boxes. Unless there are many tear downs all neighborhoods old, new, far and close in have similar tract housing. As to arguing whether the smaller houses were intended to be permanent or house people of more affluent stature then their original target buyers, is up for debate.

http://goo.gl/maps/2DOrf

http://goo.gl/maps/b7EoR

that's where the trees come in handy vs tract housing in a plowed exurb, ha ha

People also let their trees grow too big and they become destructive to the house's foundation and eventually fall over.

Hahaha! So mature trees are NOT desirable? Now I KNOW that you are joking. Good one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carmela Soprano called and wants everyone to leave her house the F alone.

Or else...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is that, a tub for ANTS?!?!??

Just wanted to post to say how much I love you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW, is there one person who continually posts over and over again, shitting on older, smaller homes? I know many people feel this way, but one person's posting style is very specific.

not that poster but it's not that hard to copy when you dont live in a shit shack, LOL.

Yes, there are many posters here who don't like "shitshacks," we know this. Since it's Friday and I'm just relaxing with my coffee, I did a quick scan of some of the recent threads in the RE forum. Most posters here have a much better grasp on sentence structure than the person I'm referring to. How can it NOT be the same person? Arlington Hater/New Homes Booster are probably the same person. Also high likelihood of Pimmit Hills Boosterism.

Or (less likely) every person who wants to live away from Arlington and in a new build cannot write for shit? Hmm, no.

pink bathroom, radiators, tiny count most people out

the real hot places will be the silver line, developers are heavily investing there

+1, don't buy at the peak of desirability Arlington will go down hill as other newer metro accessible developments outside of Arlington are built

mediocre for this area, sub par elsewhere

Sounds bad

I wouldn't do it I would do only 22046, 22043, 22182 or dun lorring.

My theory this person is the rude poster who used to curse a lot more frequently. I think it's a man. A builder. (Cheap construction, no doubt.) That's my own theory for this poster. But I haven't had my coffee yet this morning so no additional supporting quotes.