Reply to What's an absolute "No" in your house search?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "What's an absolute "No" in your house search?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things that are fixable are not deal breakers for me, so long as it's my budget to fix over time. Location can't be changed - so for me it's a thoroughfare.  But even more important that that is living on toxic land - I'm talking about you Spring Valley.  I used to own a home there (18 years ago), and to this day it's one of my biggest regrets.  Yes we made a killing when we sold, but I also have a DS with significant learning challenges that I relate directly back to living in that house, on that land and drinking that water when he was an infant. I also developed two random autoimmune conditions right after we moved.   Could they all be coincidental? Yes I suppose so, but I also believe strongly that there's a link.  [/quote]

wow. i was thinking about Mantua but I guess that's a hard no. [/quote]

What or where is Mantua?[/quote]
NP, but Mantua is a wealthy area of Fairfax County just outside the beltway. Part of Mantua is next to an oil tank farm and in the 1990s there was a leak that flooded a neighborhood. More here: [url]https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/285632/crude-awakening/[/url]
Related: neighborhoods without sidewalks and curbs are a big no for me and living next to petroleum reserves would also be unappealing.[/quote]

That was a very long time ago and only impacted two streets. Since then, they’ve testing the soil and water. If you have a problem with Mantua, you probably should a problem with a majority of Arlington and Alexandria neighborhoods.[/quote]
My problem with Mantua is mostly the lack of sidewalks and curbs. Just giving context about the petroleum spill given the earlier thread.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics