Reply to Best NOVA Beltway community for $2100/mo, 3 or 4 BR, 3 kids + husband and wife?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "Best NOVA Beltway community for $2100/mo, 3 or 4 BR, 3 kids + husband and wife? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM friends -- help me!!  Hubby and I live in an apartment in McLean and we are planning to move to a SFH or TH.  We'd like to move to Arlington, Falls Church, Oakton, or Vienna, but we're also considering Springfield, Burke, or Alexandria.  My question is -- given our price point and our interest in a SFH or TH, what community would give us the best bang for our buck? We are not sure if we should go with a smaller, older home in Falls Church or a more spacious, newer TH in Burke.  We're also interested in moving to a decent school district.  We've noticed that Springfield and Burke are relatively cheap on CL, but we're not quite sure why?[/quote]

Where do you have to commute every morning?  Personally, with 3 kids, I'd go for space.  Burke and Springfield have great schools - some every bit as good as the ones always touted on DCUM in Vienna or Arlington.  For instance many elementary schools in Burke feed to Robinson High School, which is a very solid school.  On that same note, I'd avoid Central Springfield or North Springfield.  West Springfield is really where you can get the most bang for your buck and into the great schools.  I also second a PP's recommendation of the Woodson area of Annandale.

I think that most DCUMs think these locations are in the netherregions of the DMV; however, they are really centrally located to many different places.  Frankly, if you use HOV or VRE, the commute to DC can be shorter from these areas than from Vienna or Oakton. I'll be honest though.  The rental market is tight in Burke right now (I think West Springfield is similar), so I'd look into a lot of different options.  I'd also avoid CL and look at militarybyowner.com (you don't have to be military to use it or rent from there).  You'll find a lot of great options in the Burke / West Springfield area.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics