Did OP say that she was looking for new construction?

New homes in that neighborhood will START at 1.4.

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Anonymous wrote:Word on the street is that a builder is building 4 new homes on Buchanan Street (at the culdesac off of Yorktown Boulevard). It's the Nottingham/New Elementary school-Williamsburg-Yorktown pyramid. Builder is T.S. Cowles and Company 703-447.9551.

I hope this is true as those split levels have been vacant for years. The Glebe Rd overpass also goes righ next to those houses.

There's a sign up by the developer right in front of the cul de sac.

If you're worried about keeping power - buy a house near the main road or near a major intersection. In our neighborhood (not in Arlington), we're a block off the main road and we've gotten connected a few days ahead of the rest of our neighborhood during those bad outtages.

Anonymous wrote:Word on the street is that a builder is building 4 new homes on Buchanan Street (at the culdesac off of Yorktown Boulevard). It's the Nottingham/New Elementary school-Williamsburg-Yorktown pyramid. Builder is T.S. Cowles and Company 703-447.9551.

I hope this is true as those split levels have been vacant for years. The Glebe Rd overpass also goes righ next to those houses.

Part of our neighborhood in Arlington has power lines on the street in front of the houses while a few streets have them running through the back yards. It's really six and a half dozen. Yes, more curb appeal without the power lines but do you really want to see them from your back patio? Also neighbors with them in the back say they come down more often with tree limbs/falling trees and take longer to repair because of access issues.

Word on the street is that a builder is building 4 new homes on Buchanan Street (at the culdesac off of Yorktown Boulevard). It's the Nottingham/New Elementary school-Williamsburg-Yorktown pyramid. Builder is T.S. Cowles and Company 703-447.9551.

The only reason I would care about buried power lines is for stability of power during storms. If they're in your backyard and something falls on them,you are guaranteed to be dead last at restoration. I wouldn't want backyard power lines - underground or on the street where they are likely to block cars so Dominion will move it up on the restoration list. To be fair Dominion is pretty good, moves fairly quickly, and updates it's outage site a lot during large events.

Some neighborhoods have power lines in the back yards or alleys: parts of Tara, Lyon Village, Ashton Heights, and Country Club Hills come to mind. Only the brand new developments have them completely buried. There's one off of Lorcom Lane under construction if you can go higher than 1.1 mill.

You want a new development in arlington or enclave by a builder, not going to happen at that budget.

I hate the power lines myself, but I had to suck it up to live our current neighborhood. I wish there was some way to get them buried.

There are quite a few houses available. Maybe they are too ugly for you, but that's Arlington.

These silly posts trying to create the impression there's nothing out there make me laugh.

Why did you put a hash tag in a DCUM post? Is DCUM connected to your twitter or something? I don't get it...

Most streets here have power lines. Some houses won't if they're tear downs, rebuilds, or new houses. What are some other criteria? Despite what you read here, there are houses under $1m.

Please tell me more houses will be coming. We can go up to 1.1 million (prefer less) and looking for something with some curb appeal and a non- power lined street. #AmIDreaming?