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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That would be enormous in Manhattan. Not enormous in dc. Large, yes, enormous no. Whole swaths of DC are practically suburban. [/quote]

It can be enormous for one DC neighborhood but not for another. If you had a rowhouse on a 0.2 acre lot, it would be an enormous lot.[/quote]

No row/townhouse anywhere in the US is on nearly a quarter acre. We're talking SFH and if you are in DC in the market for a SFH, you are already a 1%er.[/quote]

The rowhouse example was a hypothetical to get the point across that it depends on the neighborhood. If you go to Redfin and filter for minimum lot size of 8,000sf, you will see that even in SFH neighborhoods in DC, there is very little. Mostly in the wealthiest neighborhoods WOTP, but almost nothing in AU Park, Chevy Chase, Barnaby Woods, North Cleveland Park, Wakefield. EOTP they are few and far between. So for those SFH neighborhoods, it wouldn't be a gross exaggeration to call a .2 acre lot "enormous" in the context of those neighborhoods. [/quote]

I live in a SFH in DC on .26ac and would not describe my hard as enormous. That's just silly.[/quote]

What neighborhood? What's the typical lot size there?

We have no idea what neighborhood OP's agent was talking about, but if it's a neighborhood where the vast majority of lots are half the size, it is perfectly reasonable for her to convey the idea that this is a really big lot for that neighborhood, even using the word "enormous". I doubt she would have described it that way if that size was nothing unusual in whatever neighborhood OP is looking, but without knowing in what context the agent was talking, we have no idea whether the agent was being silly or whether OP just has different standards for lot size because she comes from somewhere where lots are typically bigger.[/quote]

OP here. Neighborhood is in Bethesda.

The absurdity was not only the word, but that the agent implied that it was enough space to build a 10,000 square foot McMansion with a pool and a tennis court and a 5 car garage. My childhood home is on 0.2 acres. We couldn't have done even one of those things.[/quote]
You sound horrible.[/quote]

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