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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again. OP, if you post links to any rentals/houses you’re considering in Larchmont-Edgewater, I can tell you if it floods or not. Or at least consider finding a local to advise you—I wouldn’t trust a realtor on this matter.[/quote]

Thank you, thank you for this wonderful information! The neighborhood sounds exactly what we’re looking for. The flooding does scare me a bit. If you had to do it again, would the flooding deter you from buying in the neighborhood? And thank you for the pointers on what to look out for!

We’re looking at signing a short lease at CovePointe at the Landings while we get our bearings. Do you know anything about this apartment? We don’t need perfect since it will hopefully be short term.

Thank you again! [/quote]

You’re welcome! CovePointe is a great place to get your bearings. They have a pool there, I think, and you’ll be directly next to a couple of playgrounds and large playing fields, and Larchmont Elementary is about a 30-second walk. (There’s also a Catholic school across the street, but I doubt they have openings right now.) Around the corner on Colley Ave. is a brewery with good pizza, a little market with local produce/meats/wine, a bike repair shop, a hair salon and there’s an ice cream shop coming soon.

As for your flooding question, no, it wouldn’t deter me from buying here again. I’ve owned a few different houses in this city and learned how to find the ones that are high and dry—I don’t even have flood insurance on my house. (Look for a house situated in zone X on the flood map. If you see a few houses on a block that have been raised up to a ridiculous height in the air, that’s where the worst of it is. And I personally would avoid any house with a basement. If you fall in love with a house with a basement that’s not in zone X, prepare to pay really high flood insurance premiums.) There are more than a few highly coveted blocks that sit in low spots, though, and people keep buying there, so some people really brush it off as nbd. Some years are worse than others as far as flooding goes and people tend to forget when we have a few good years in a row, without any huge nor’easters or tropical storms.

Hope this helps, and hope you all love it here! It can be a bit of an adjustment from typical DCUM-land. People are pretty low-key and laid back here for the most part, which is a plus overall, but can take a little getting used to. It’s sort of an underdog city—a land of low expectations, but not necessarily in a bad way.[/quote]

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