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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a 'river house' down on the Northern Neck.  Ours is strictly a family house and we don't rent it out.  It is four-season so we can go down all year.  Our advice is to buy for the NOW and worry about later needs later.  Sure, your priorities may change and you may scale back but in the meantime you want to make memories with your kids NOW.  So go for it.

We have found that there is an ebb and a flow for our use.  We're heading back into a flow after being on a strong ebb (four kids in middle/high school but the fourth is about ready to leave for college after next year).  Our fifth, 6, is still too young to be totally consumed with spring/summer sports so it doesn't matter if he misses some games and such.  When he gets up to middle and high school I'm sure we'll ebb back.  But by that time maybe some of the older kids will start having families and want to go down either with or without us.

We share the house with my sister and her family.  The spacing of their children is pretty similar although they still have 2 in hs so they aren't getting much more use out of the house than we are right now.  But our folks are down there all the time.  It all works out.

Enjoy![/quote]

We're in a similar situation, though our place is in St. Mary's County.  We have a nice sandy beach and a drive of just 1.5 hours, so most of the time we can go on Saturday afternoon after little league and soccer games and come back Sunday afternoon (or all weekend after the season is over).  Unless you're dead-set on the ocean beach/surfing/boardwalk scene, I'd highly recommend checking out the Western Shore of the Bay - many fantastic waterfront places.    You'll likely use it a lot more when it's so much closer.[/quote]

The western shore is a great suggestion.  It takes us about 2.5-3 hours to get down to our place, which is a little west of Kilmarnock.  For some folks that may be too much. For us it is just about right.[/quote]

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