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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking from personal experience as someone who had ES aged children in a townhouse -- I would NOT choose a new construction townhouse over a dated single family home. NEVER. First, your kids won't have any friends in those neighborhoods. The people buying are either young couples without children or investors who are going to rent them out to young couples without children. You'll likely have a revolving group of neighbors living in a group house situation. Second, you can EASILY find SFHs in that price range zoned to those schools or similarly rated schools. Buy an SFH in an established neighborhood so your kids can have neighborhood friends and a yard to play in. We just moved out of our townhouse into a SFH and it has made a HUGE difference in my children's lives. They go outside all the time now. The fresh air alone is worth it.[/quote]
I think the townhouse situation you describe (primarily childless couples, high percentage of rentals, etc.) is more common in certain areas like along the orange metro line in Arlington.  I know that a significant percentage of the $650-900K townhouses around the Ballston, Clarendon, and Rosslyn metros are owned by investors who rent them.

I see a lot of families with younger kids in townhouse communities in Fairfax and outside the areas alluded to above. In DC, obviously the vast majority of school-aged kids live in townhouses or row homes.

Moreover, I don’t think investors are buying new $900+K townhouses away from metros as rental units.  At current interest rates, no sensible investor is going to spend that much money on a rental unit unless they like lighting money on fire.[/quote]
 
If OP is going to live in a townhouse, she should move into a community that has amenities (like a pool) - those are the ones that attract families. OP - check out the townhouses near Jefferson Golf Course off of Lee Hwy/29. There are so many families in that community, that they have to send 2 school busses. [/quote]

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