Tempted to move to great falls from McLean as prices seem to be falling

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

Pimmit Hills is the new Brooklyn.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

Can anyone give us the skinny on parts of Great Falls?

Should we look at near the Great Falls Village, near the pool club?

What about the areas closer to route 7?

What about the western areas almost to reston?

What about the far north areas?

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If you're shopping Pimmit Hills as well as GF, you probably have a fairly low budget for GF. You ideally want to be closer in, east/southeast of the Village and nearer McLean. It will help with commuting to work and school, and being closer to retail. But its a trade-off and GF costs less the further from Tysons you are.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're shopping Pimmit Hills as well as GF, you probably have a fairly low budget for GF. You ideally want to be closer in, east/southeast of the Village and nearer McLean. It will help with commuting to work and school, and being closer to retail. But its a trade-off and GF costs less the further from Tysons you are.

Our budget is 1.35 million but we wouldn't mind spending less.

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Buy in Great Falls. When the Metro ruins McLean the Great Falls home prices will soar.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're shopping Pimmit Hills as well as GF, you probably have a fairly low budget for GF. You ideally want to be closer in, east/southeast of the Village and nearer McLean. It will help with commuting to work and school, and being closer to retail. But its a trade-off and GF costs less the further from Tysons you are.

Our budget is 1.35 million but we wouldn't mind spending less.

That will get you a teardown in Great Falls.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're shopping Pimmit Hills as well as GF, you probably have a fairly low budget for GF. You ideally want to be closer in, east/southeast of the Village and nearer McLean. It will help with commuting to work and school, and being closer to retail. But its a trade-off and GF costs less the further from Tysons you are.

Our budget is 1.35 million but we wouldn't mind spending less.

That will get you a teardown in Great Falls.

I am seeing the following that have been sold or under contract and will go for less

New Build
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/805-Constellation-Dr-22066/home/9165085

Older but new style 90s+ homes
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/801-Lunenburg-Rd-22066/home/9155183
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/903-Falls-Manors-Ct-22066/home/9837592
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/11615-Rolling-Meadow-Dr-22066/home/9080157

Other homes are sitting a long time at the 1-1.5 million so I think it's safe to say that we could probably put in an offer to bring is down to 1.35 million.
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/10006-Park-Royal-Dr-22066/home/9167377
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/10941-Woodland-Falls-Dr-22066/home/9084625
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/10010-Park-Royal-Dr-22066/home/9167386
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/11132-Rich-Meadow-Dr-22066/home/9075241
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/1040-Springvale-Rd-22066/home/9162992

There are so many to chose from under 1.5 million, we could spend hours and days just going through them, it's quite over whelming.
https://www.redfin.com/city/23223/VA/Great-Falls/filter/max-price=1.5M,include=sold-3mo,status=active+pending+contingent,viewport=39.03786:38.96028:-77.2034:-77.36673

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

Can anyone give us the skinny on parts of Great Falls?

Should we look at near the Great Falls Village, near the pool club?

What about the areas closer to route 7?

What about the western areas almost to reston?

What about the far north areas?

Pool club used to have a 5 year wait list, now they are advertising for members. Tells you what you need to know about the area.

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Great falls bonanza! If you ever dreamed of moving to gF, now is the perfect time to do it. My only concern is that prices most likely will continue to trend downward. No one can predict the bottom unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

Can anyone give us the skinny on parts of Great Falls?

Should we look at near the Great Falls Village, near the pool club?

What about the areas closer to route 7?

What about the western areas almost to reston?

What about the far north areas?

Pool club used to have a 5 year wait list, now they are advertising for members. Tells you what you need to know about the area.

Although it is pricier than most, we definitely want to be near the community pool.
Q: Is there a waiting list?
A: We are currently offering memberships without a wait list.
http://www.gfsandt.com/membership/

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Anonymous wrote:Great falls bonanza! If you ever dreamed of moving to gF, now is the perfect time to do it. My only concern is that prices most likely will continue to trend downward. No one can predict the bottom unfortunately.

Do you think as Tysons gets built up that it may help great falls?

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

Can anyone give us the skinny on parts of Great Falls?

Should we look at near the Great Falls Village, near the pool club?

What about the areas closer to route 7?

What about the western areas almost to reston?

What about the far north areas?

As someone who lives in GF, I would say the following (all very general, not meant to be divisive, nobody should take offense to any of this)


Areas near the village - couple of different neighborhoods here, some teardown and new builds going on especially along Walker

Areas west of Springvale and South of 193 are for the most part the cheapest - still fine but smaller lots and more like a subdivision, there are some new subdivisions there with very nice, more expensive homes, like the ones off of Utterback - these areas funnel to Forestville and Colvin Run

NW McLean - these are the areas off of Leigh Mill, etc - some nice lots - closer to McLean but they aren't really close to either McLean or the Village, but some nice homes and some very private lots.

North of 193 West of Springvale, Seneca area, etc. Some newer homes here, some subdivisions longer commutes if you are headed to the beltway - elementary is Forestville

North of 193, East of Springvale - Lots of older, larger homes, some very nice neighborhoods like Deerfield, Falcon Ridge - elementary is Great Falls


Great Falls has a lot of uniqueness about it so it is important to understand some of the different areas and what they offer before diving in. It is a great place to live. You won't always find a lot of love for it here for various reasons, but then again, there is a lot of hate for most things on this site so take it for what it is worth. I have mentioned before that I have lived here for a long time and I have never heard, or overheard a single conversation regarding panic and home values - many on here want to believe it is a bigger problem than it really is. It is as silly as saying you won't move here because of well and septic. Not everyone wants what GF has to offer and I think that is really OK for both sides of the argument

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get mcmansion for under 1.3 mullion now

There are about 30 houses on the market in Great Falls/22066 with at least 4000 square feet priced for under $1.3 million.

WOW I never thought the day that pimmit hills would be on par w/ great falls prices, crazy stuff

It depends on what you mean by "on par." New construction of a house with at least 4000 square feet in Great Falls typically will go for at least $200K more than similar new construction in Pimmit Hills.

But, your comparison becomes more apt when you take older homes into consideration. For example, for the price of this new house in Pimmit Hills (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/1913-Hileman-Rd-22043/home/9473068), you could get this older home in Great Falls (https://www.redfin.com/VA/Great-Falls/9400-Brian-Jac-Ln-22066/home/9251971).

What about something like this
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/7331-Paxton-Rd-22043/home/102249090

That house is in PH. Not remotely comparable to the much more upscale McLean and Great Falls. If you can't afford McLean or Great Falls, Vienna is a better affordable option.

I think the PH posters just want to point out that, for the cost of something (older) in GF or McLean, you can buy new in PH. Which you can, although it probably isn't going to appeal to someone who likes the idea of a big house on a big yard in GF.

Yeah, I don't think anyone is cross shopping Pimmit Hills and Great Falls/McLean.

We are cross shopping pimmit hills and surrounding areas,and great falls due to jobs being in the Tysons area. One spouse likes a lot of land the and is ok with an older home, the other prefers brand new and low maintenance yard.

Can anyone give us the skinny on parts of Great Falls?

Should we look at near the Great Falls Village, near the pool club?

What about the areas closer to route 7?

What about the western areas almost to reston?

What about the far north areas?

As someone who lives in GF, I would say the following (all very general, not meant to be divisive, nobody should take offense to any of this)


Areas near the village - couple of different neighborhoods here, some teardown and new builds going on especially along Walker

Areas west of Springvale and South of 193 are for the most part the cheapest - still fine but smaller lots and more like a subdivision, there are some new subdivisions there with very nice, more expensive homes, like the ones off of Utterback - these areas funnel to Forestville and Colvin Run

NW McLean - these are the areas off of Leigh Mill, etc - some nice lots - closer to McLean but they aren't really close to either McLean or the Village, but some nice homes and some very private lots.

North of 193 West of Springvale, Seneca area, etc. Some newer homes here, some subdivisions longer commutes if you are headed to the beltway - elementary is Forestville

North of 193, East of Springvale - Lots of older, larger homes, some very nice neighborhoods like Deerfield, Falcon Ridge - elementary is Great Falls


Great Falls has a lot of uniqueness about it so it is important to understand some of the different areas and what they offer before diving in. It is a great place to live. You won't always find a lot of love for it here for various reasons, but then again, there is a lot of hate for most things on this site so take it for what it is worth. I have mentioned before that I have lived here for a long time and I have never heard, or overheard a single conversation regarding panic and home values - many on here want to believe it is a bigger problem than it really is. It is as silly as saying you won't move here because of well and septic. Not everyone wants what GF has to offer and I think that is really OK for both sides of the argument

This is a great post. Thanks for being helpful.

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Some sold to relatives . Some friends have sold and moved to Reston [really nice ] and an area in Loudoun near Big Don's Golf Club, Trump National previously known as Lowe's Island.



It is absolutely astounding how many people here are aging in place. One friend had no intention of moving but sold to relatives and bought a condo-Many don't want main roads and want level streets near the village without excessive amounts of woods. Obviously no one wants that weird new house plopped on Gtown Pike.