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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is a tear down in this neighborhood. I would be surprised if a developer doesn't buy it to tear down and replace with a 4M house. [/quote]

No. The $4m rebuilds in that neighborhood have lingered. Given the dearth of sub-$2m houses in McLean, I imagine this will go under contract soon. It’s not for me (I need a yard for my kids), but it’s a lovely home for another family. [/quote]

Many of the $4M new houses in that neighborhood have sold quickly - several on Kurtz and another one on Calder was recently sold before it was finished.  The house next door to this house has lingered, but it will sell eventually, too. [/quote]

Eventually, sure. The one next door has been for sale for ten months; one a few houses down was listed for more than two years before it eventually sold; and one on Brawner just removed the listing that's been up for a year. 
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/1434-Waggaman-Cir-22101/home/9394455
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Mc-Lean/1428-Waggaman-Cir-22101/home/9392260
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6519-Brawner-St-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51752280_zpid/[/quote]

Goodness those houses are hideous.[/quote]

You don't like modern, we get it.  It doesn't make these homes all objectively ugly or even comparable to each other.  They don't look the same. But to you they do, apparently.   Also, one of them sold.  Just because these homes get overpriced initially, eventually they do get sold.   It happens largely because the builder can afford to overprice them and opportunistically wait for that deep pockets buyer.

They buy the lot for 1.5 mil, and want to sell for 4.5.  They want the spread of 3 mil to cover their costs of labor/materials/taxes.  Idk how much these costs are exactly, but they aren't  even 2 mil, because this is what it costs roughly to build a similar house on your own lot (which already incorporates builder's profit).  Which means the actual cost of this construction is below 2 mil, in which case they collect nice profit even if lowering the price. [/quote]

I never said they look the same. I said I think they are ugly. I’m sorry that hurt your feelings. I’m glad the builders make a tidy profit on these hideous houses.[/quote]

It's not about my feelings, it's what other people like, because builders would not build them otherwise.  You think you are some objective voice of taste?  :lol:  You think builders decided to offer this style of housing because only a few people find them attractive?[/quote]

I also didn’t say I’m an objective voice of taste. I said I think these houses are ugly, which seems to offend you for some reason. If that’s your style, more power to you. Plenty of overpriced modern monstrosities to choose from![/quote]

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