Water view condos?
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Anonymous
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In the category of thinking ahead, my wife and I (both women) are planning on retiring in around 18 years which will be just after our kids graduate from college.At that time we will be 58 and 62.
We’ve both lived in this area almost all of our lives and we love it. So we would prefer to stay here. But we want to either have a river view or be near one of the major creek side walking trails. Regardless we want to be very close to a walking trail. We also want to be walking distance from restaurants. We will probably want to have a condo or coop. Currently our home is at 530000 value and we will have it fully paid off well before we retire. Places on our area we have thought of: Greenbelt Georgetown or Foggy Bottom (maybe the Watergate?) Possibly Navy Yard What would you add to or cut from this list that fits our requirements? |
Anonymous
| Old Town Alexandria. There's old, and lots of new construction in the works. |
Anonymous
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SW/waterfront has condos and coops on the water with a nice sense of community and some good MCM architecture in the older complexes. Newer complexes have good amenities and a younger crowd. By the time you retire, it'll be pretty seamlessly linked by riverside sidewalks and bike path from the downtown monuments to navy yard and historic Anacostia, via the new south Capitol st bridge project. While its all zip code 20024, it almost feels like 3 sub markets: The older core, the new Wharf, and the new construction at Buzzard Point. Waterview units are expensive, however.
Phase 2 of the Wharf delivers in 2022: https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the-350-residential-units-and-maritime-services-planned-for-the-wharfs-seco/15236 Riverpoint and Peninsula 88 at Buzzard Point deliver this year: http://www.buzzardpointdc.com/the-players/ https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/neighborhood/buzzard-point-development-signs-james-beard-winning-chef-looks-to-build-new-pier-94846 And the South Capitol St Bridge project will reshape that whole industrial stretch between the baseball and soccer stadiums and adjacent neighborhood. https://www.newfrederickdouglassbridge.com/ Older established communities over there are nice, too. http://www.tiberisland.com/ https://www.harboursquare.coop/ There's another condo building on the river, Riverside, but I can't find a website for them. This one is a block off the river but has neat architecture. http://www.riverparkdc.org/ |
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Wow, I just googled and i'd had no idea how big a project that bridge was. That really will change that whole area by the stadiums. https://dc.curbed.com/2017/8/10/16127036/frederick-douglass-memorial-bridge-rendering And PP is right - there is a ton of new construction coming by the soccer stadium that I didn't realize just from walking to the stadium from metro. I don't know how id feel if I were a resident, but that area will be so different in three years. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like the Southwest Waterfront area is worth looking in to. |
Anonymous
| Don’t think this far ahead. Neighborhoods will be very different and you’ll know a lot more about how climate change will affect things. |
Anonymous
I generally agree -flood zone maps generally suggest SW is pretty good and new construction is built with flooding in mind. But, the trendy neighborhoods will change. Historic Anacostia will be much more sought after in DC and in18 years, I think poplar point will be developed. In Crystal City, the Amazon stuff will be fully built out. And some of those Alexandra neighborhoods will be bettterserved by metro than they are now. That said, they're all very different places and mostly more expensive than it sounds like OP is now, so starting to think about what she wants and plan about it isn't dumb. |
Anonymous
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Hahaha. Life with preschoolers/elementary schoolers had me daydreaming about retirement and a condo too tiny for the hordes, too. You should totally spend some time on Redfin, eyeing things up -its cheap escapism. Here's one:
https://www.peninsula88.com/ |
Anonymous
I looked at some great older water view condos in SW, but the local shootings (on that street) scared me away. |
Anonymous
You got that right! OP here. Another factor was guest after guest arriving this holiday season. I don’t even want a guest room in my magical retirement condo. OMG send the kids back to school and end this holiday season pleeeaassseee |
Anonymous
| Annapolis and homes on South River |
Anonymous
These midweek Christmases and new years are the pits aren't they? They just go onandonandon. My particular variation on fantasy abode that would be relaxing and totally inappropriate with little kids was the live on a boat option. In that vein (and still on topic with regard to SW and other riverfront neighborhoods) I present this option. You'd be deluged with people wanting to visit around the time of the 4th of July, but probably not in chillier January! https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/600-Water-St-SW-20024/unit-Z8/home/162507428 |
Anonymous
| Lake Anne in Reston. |