Lake Barcroft - Annandale Next big thing?

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't worry too much about the public schools if you love the house and it works for your budget and commute. I bought in a "bad" pyramid and my kids are doing great. Plus, there's a lot less pressure to keep up with the Joneses.

Kids will be in school for a few years. If they're smart, they will do well wherever they go. I plan to be in my house until I'm very old.

OP here. Thanks for responding with something germane to my question. I don't know why I keep coming back to DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:That house is friggin beautiful. Love all the wood and natural light. Sorry kids, you're going to a GS 2 for that house.

It is really pretty. I generally detest MCM and those little rectangle windows in the middle of walls give me the heebie jeebies, but I would do it in this house (and happily) if it were on the water. Not on the water, not worth it.

Not on the water.

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Anonymous wrote:That house is friggin beautiful. Love all the wood and natural light. Sorry kids, you're going to a GS 2 for that house.

It is really pretty. I generally detest MCM and those little rectangle windows in the middle of walls give me the heebie jeebies, but I would do it in this house (and happily) if it were on the water. Not on the water, not worth it.

Not on the water.

It is a gorgeous street with many cool houses, even though not on the water.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to answer the original question. We just bought in Annandale outside the beltway and we love it! Beautiful neighborhood, decent commute and more space than we could have had in other areas. We love the proximity to diversity, unique restaurants in Annandale, and the proximity to highways and Mosaic. So yes, I look around and see lovely updated homes selling in a few days on the market and think we made the right choice.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I bought a starter home very close to Lake Barcroft more than 20 years ago, ParkLawn/Ellen Glasgow/Jeb Stuart pyramid. It has appreciated very little over those two decades. We moved to a larger house after having kids in a better school district, and rent it out. It was not a good investment.

You are either a troll or have let this house go to seed. The average older home in the neighborhood near Parklawn and Glasgow has more than doubled in value over the past 15 years.

Different poster here. I don't think pp is a troll. I bought 14 years ago close to Lake Barcroft and there hasn't been much appreciation in my neighborhood. I think it depends on where the pp is talking about. Prior to the crash houses in my neighborhood were going in the 600,000-700,000 range. After the crash, many houses were under water. Now they are coming back up and are going for between 600,000-650,000, so if you bought at the peak you would be even or very little appreciation.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm an immigration lawyer. Please don't believe these idiot posters who know nothing about DACA. DACA has nothing to do with the programs related to Central American minors. DACA is for people who came here when they were young, grew up here and went to our schools. There are a bunch of racist idiots on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I bought a starter home very close to Lake Barcroft more than 20 years ago, ParkLawn/Ellen Glasgow/Jeb Stuart pyramid. It has appreciated very little over those two decades. We moved to a larger house after having kids in a better school district, and rent it out. It was not a good investment.

You are either a troll or have let this house go to seed. The average older home in the neighborhood near Parklawn and Glasgow has more than doubled in value over the past 15 years.

Different poster here. I don't think pp is a troll. I bought 14 years ago close to Lake Barcroft and there hasn't been much appreciation in my neighborhood. I think it depends on where the pp is talking about. Prior to the crash houses in my neighborhood were going in the 600,000-700,000 range. After the crash, many houses were under water. Now they are coming back up and are going for between 600,000-650,000, so if you bought at the peak you would be even or very little appreciation.

There are houses all over the region that aren't back to their 2007 values. If you bought in LB 15-20 years ago, however, you are still sitting on some major appreciation. Pulling up some houses on the LB street posted by OP and most have more than doubled in value since 2000.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I bought a starter home very close to Lake Barcroft more than 20 years ago, ParkLawn/Ellen Glasgow/Jeb Stuart pyramid. It has appreciated very little over those two decades. We moved to a larger house after having kids in a better school district, and rent it out. It was not a good investment.

You are either a troll or have let this house go to seed. The average older home in the neighborhood near Parklawn and Glasgow has more than doubled in value over the past 15 years.

Different poster here. I don't think pp is a troll. I bought 14 years ago close to Lake Barcroft and there hasn't been much appreciation in my neighborhood. I think it depends on where the pp is talking about. Prior to the crash houses in my neighborhood were going in the 600,000-700,000 range. After the crash, many houses were under water. Now they are coming back up and are going for between 600,000-650,000, so if you bought at the peak you would be even or very little appreciation.

There are houses all over the region that aren't back to their 2007 values. If you bought in LB 15-20 years ago, however, you are still sitting on some major appreciation. Pulling up some houses on the LB street posted by OP and most have more than doubled in value since 2000.

Some of the increase has to do with renovations that invested a lot of additional money into the properties. The price of properties in this area that aren't renovated have been pretty stagnant over the past few years, due in large part to the downward spiral of the schools. Given the demographics of the schools, I don't see that improving. In 2000, people were still optimistic about the schools, not anymore. Look at Sleepy Hollow ES over that time, it went from a good school to one of the lowest performing schools in the county. I lived in the area and considered buying in Lake Barcroft when we needed more space after having kids, but decided against it because of the schools. I'm sure OP has decided by now, but I would not buy if I had kids and couldn't afford private through high school. If I had no kids or could afford private, it's a lovely enclave in a not so great area.

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Please move out to Spotsylvania or something. Nova is getting browner and browner, and we don't want racists here <3

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Anonymous wrote:Please move out to Spotsylvania or something. Nova is getting browner and browner, and we don't want racists here <3

What is it with people resurrecting old threads now? This is an ancient discussion.

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2020:

Justice HS - GS 3

Glasgow MS - GS 5

Belvedere ES - GS 8

Sleepy Hollow ES - GS 3

So if you still care about GS ratings, you'd try to get your kid into Belvedere ES, hope Glasgow MS keeps improving (it used to be a 3) and hope Justice improves or go private for HS.