For a family with 6 kids who want to live in Arlington [VA] with good school

[Anonymous]

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/6430-27th-St-N-22207/home/22983928?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

It looks like this is for someone building an army. $1.35M for 10,000 sq feet!

[Anonymous]

What is with all the diamond motifs? On the walls, in the tiles, on the carpets?

[Anonymous]

This house has a long long history and is almost always on the market. Something like a guy built it himself to have a boys home and then fled to Hawaii?? I can’t remember exactly but I think there was a wapo story on it. No one has been able to salvage it since.

[Anonymous]

Wow, the house takes up the entire lot, basically.

[Anonymous]

Here's the article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/02/17/arlington-downsizing-mcmansion-aspirations/d8ca0d3e-5188-42fa-8d8c-81f3130898c9/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This house has a long long history and is almost always on the market. Something like a guy built it himself to have a boys home and then fled to Hawaii?? I can’t remember exactly but I think there was a wapo story on it. No one has been able to salvage it since.

Would love to hear a story. Anyone got a link to this story?

[Anonymous]

Is that by Duggarbilt Homes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This house has a long long history and is almost always on the market. Something like a guy built it himself to have a boys home and then fled to Hawaii?? I can’t remember exactly but I think there was a wapo story on it. No one has been able to salvage it since.

Would love to hear a story. Anyone got a link to this story?

Pp here I was searching and someone more skilled found it for me above! Truly a bizarre story. He took the original hone apart board by board and tatted building it himself. The boys home thing must have been a rumor, that’s what I heard in the neighborhood. But he did ditch it and go to Hawaii. Definitely bizarre.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/02/17/arlington-downsizing-mcmansion-aspirations/d8ca0d3e-5188-42fa-8d8c-81f3130898c9/

[Anonymous]

Woah sorry for above, typing quickly on my phone and so many autocorrects

[Anonymous]

10,000 square feet for $1.3M in Arlington?! - what's the street view a drug rehab clinic?

[Anonymous]

I mean...its not bad.

A lot of open-air rooms which could be closed off with walls easily. Rip out the basement tile and chop up the island.

Not seeing the issue here?

[Anonymous]

How much will the gas bill be in winter???

[Anonymous]

I love how the floor plans just describe some of the rooms as “Room.” But it has more character than 90% of the houses in Arlington, which are just incredibly bland.

[Anonymous]

My daughter would drool over the basement, it’s a perfect dance studio.

Normally I’d say I would never want that much square footage but this spring has changed my mind.

[Anonymous]

I have 4 kids and a spouse. I work from home. If we had an au pair, 7 BR wouldn't be excessive (each kid with own room; parents own room; au pair own room; office).