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[quote=Anonymous]We have a house on the Northern Neck that we share with my sister and her family.  The key for us is proximity -- we can get there in 2.5-3 hours or so, which makes it close enough to go down to for just the day or even only overnight.  Pretty much someone is down there every weekend.

We've had the house for about over 15 years, since the oldest children were 5 or so, and the oldest are now in college.  Sometimes during the middle school / high school years, travel team sports schedules made it hard for a particular child to get there consistently but it all evened out.

What we found was that in middle school and high school, our kids wanted to go to the River House and bring a friend with them for the weekend or for longer periods during the summer.  It always is a lot of fun.  Sometimes it is just one friend and sometimes it is more.  Our place has a lot of toys and a large outdoors area but the house itself is pretty humble.  That has not stopped our kids one bit from wanting people to come down.  The older children talk a lot now about bringing their own kids when they have families.

We have cleaners come in once a week and we have a lawn service.  Both of those make a huge difference so we don't have to do any chores when we're there.  I imagine that you'll get some feedback from some people who found the weekend house didn't work for them but it has been a wonderful place for us and we're glad we took the plunge!  [/quote]

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