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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Loudoun is a wealthy area and Western Loudoun attracts a mostly White UMC crowd who leans right of center. I live in Waterford right outside Leesburg and love it. We have some progressive neighbors and very Trumpy neighbors as well. We all get along and share the same love for our scenic community.

I do think the price for the home is somewhat steep. People out here have money but the homes that sell fast out here are relatively updated/newer SFHs on 2-5 acres in the 1-1.8mil price range. Homes priced over 2million take longer to sell and I would not be surprised if the sellers are forced to reduce the price to $1,999,999 or something.

I used to live in Arlington and absolutely loved it. We could walk to coffee shops, restaurants, stores, bars, etc. As we got older we eventually got tired of feeling crowded and being on a small lot (we have always dreamed of having large yard to garden in and build a pool), so we decided to move to Loudoun once commuting was no longer a factor.

I hate when people on here bash other communities to elevate their own. Arlington/McLean/Bethesda are desirable for good reason and the prices reflect that. Super convenient, metro access, easy access to DC, etc. I also love the outer suburbs and what they offer. Western Loudoun offers upscale rural living with the ability to get the Arlington/DC in an hour. Everyone has their own goals and sometimes different areas are more suitable to fulfill said dreams than others. Embrace the fact that we live in such a dynamic area with so many great places to live! [/quote]

I think this captures it well. I also live out here, moved cross-country almost a decade ago. Upscale rural pretty much captures it--I grew up in a way less upscale rural/remote area in the Midwest and I call Western Loudoun "rural but not remote". Even if my options within 5-10 minutes are limited, I can get to doctor's offices for most specialties, shopping, a major international airport and a variety of restaurants in 20-30 minutes, and a major metropolitan area in an hour-ish, depending on traffic. In the place where I grew up, you had to drive 1-3 hours for those things. I currently WFH in a house similar in size to the one posted but on two acres, DH commutes to Herndon and TBH the one thing I think would be nice is more acreage.

That said, I do think this property is somewhat overpriced, for similar reasons that the quoted pp mentioned. It's also unclear to me whether there is wired internet actually available at the property, usually that gets prominent play in a listing like this. Verizon lists it as service available for Fios, but with a long driveway/setback, I would definitely want to 100% confirm that wired service already exists--not like, there is fiber out at the road and you have to foot the $$$$ to trench it to the house. Otherwise you have to rely on a satellite or fixed wireless service and a lot of the options suck. The potential market for that property if it does NOT have wired internet definitely narrows and makes it less likely that they'll get that asking price or close.

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I don’t think they charge for this. My house is in a rural area. Verizon easily trenched 300-400 feet to my house and did not charge me for it other than the $100 set up fee. [/quote]

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