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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Statistically those areas are at about -10-12% discount; not the same or more as similar areas without that issue. In DC that’s not the case; the houses cost the same or more in the Palisades and Foxhall. Are the buyers not informed?

I know that when we looked at a couple of open houses, you really couldn’t tell on Sunday afternoons, particularly if a leaf blower or a lawnmower was also going. Come Monday am, it was a very rude awakening for sure. We couldn’t imagine living like that so bought outside the flight path, but I have learnt that some people don’t care. I don’t understand that, but each to their own, as long as both sides are informed properly.

I keep wondering though how many people simply didn’t know or didn’t appreciate it for what it us? I know that the agent at one open house was aggressively calling us hypersensitive and essentially gaslighting us saying no one else thinks that, have a drink, it’s unusually bad at this moment of time, it doesn’t happen, and making us feel like we should be ashamed for asking any questions about the flight path. It was a bad experience and I’ve seen it at a couple of open houses. In the end we are grateful for that because it left a bad taste and we moved on, which we didn’t regret.

We really were tempted because it’s a green and nice neighborhood with a great K-5 for our children, but just couldn’t possibly live with it day to day ourselves. So we bought elsewhere but I really think many people simply don’t know.[/quote]

Not informing the buyer is a thing in DMV. VA is a no disclosure/buyer beware state, and DC forgot that there were toxic weapons in the Spring Valley (conveniently renamed by a developer from Death Valley) for well over 70 years or so. [/quote]

To reiterate, disclosures and direct dB and pollution measures are the only fair way forward.[/quote]

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