Anonymous
05/14/2012 12:59
Subject: For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
Houses used to be a lot smaller. The average size of a house depends on when it was built. In the 1940's, the average house was a lot smaller, and Arlington has a lot of houses built in that period. Houses got bigger in the 1970's, but it was not an especially attractive period for residential architecture, so I'm not sure that was a better deal for everyone. 
(I grew up in a 70's-era split level that was a decent size but oh so ugly, like most of the houses in my midwestern neighborhood.) Around here, though, the bigger your budget, the more likely you are to get a renovated, bigger house or a bigger new infill house. Or you could move further out.
(I grew up in a 70's-era split level that was a decent size but oh so ugly, like most of the houses in my midwestern neighborhood.) Around here, though, the bigger your budget, the more likely you are to get a renovated, bigger house or a bigger new infill house. Or you could move further out.
Anonymous
05/14/2012 12:32
Subject: For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
I think they were built when people were skinnier.
Honestly, I have no idea. When we were house hunting, very few houses had usable square footage if you are over 6'. The bedroom ceilings and basements were usually so short!
Honestly, I have no idea. When we were house hunting, very few houses had usable square footage if you are over 6'. The bedroom ceilings and basements were usually so short!
Anonymous
05/14/2012 11:51
Subject: Re:For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
Anonymous wrote:The Dickerson street house isn't awesome, but for the price it's not that bad, especially for North Arlington. I live a few blocks away and it's a nice neighborhood. You could put in $50K of work and have a nice house feeding into great schools.
I wouldn't buy any of the 3 houses for sale on Glebe around 66 (the gray one is nice, but the location- ugh) but I would probably consider the nice red brick one a 1/2-1 mile or so up glebe from there. I would think carefully before buying in Highview park - some of the streets are still really sketchy, which is why even nice houses are a lot cheaper than they would be in other neighborhoods.
This one's nice, though a bit close to 50: http://franklymls.com/AR7839965
This one's nice: http://franklymls.com/AR7838979
This one could use some kitchen work, but the neighborhood is nice and this part of patrick henry isn't too busy: http://franklymls.com/AR7834878
This one is very close (too close?) to Westover: http://franklymls.com/AR7835056
This one is nice: http://franklymls.com/AR7833741
This one is cool: http://franklymls.com/AR7834377
This one has nice finishes, but on a busier stretch of patrick henry, and the 3rd bedroom in this colonial plan tends to be REALLY small and mostly unusable as an actual bedroom: http://franklymls.com/AR7832575
Man...these are all so narrow and cramped. You'd think Arlington was a town of hobbits when they were built. Why do they leave so much space for grass out front and make the house so small?
Anonymous
05/14/2012 10:50
Subject: Re:For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
The Dickerson street house isn't awesome, but for the price it's not that bad, especially for North Arlington. I live a few blocks away and it's a nice neighborhood. You could put in $50K of work and have a nice house feeding into great schools.
I wouldn't buy any of the 3 houses for sale on Glebe around 66 (the gray one is nice, but the location- ugh) but I would probably consider the nice red brick one a 1/2-1 mile or so up glebe from there. I would think carefully before buying in Highview park - some of the streets are still really sketchy, which is why even nice houses are a lot cheaper than they would be in other neighborhoods.
This one's nice, though a bit close to 50: http://franklymls.com/AR7839965
This one's nice: http://franklymls.com/AR7838979
This one could use some kitchen work, but the neighborhood is nice and this part of patrick henry isn't too busy: http://franklymls.com/AR7834878
This one is very close (too close?) to Westover: http://franklymls.com/AR7835056
This one is nice: http://franklymls.com/AR7833741
This one is cool: http://franklymls.com/AR7834377
This one has nice finishes, but on a busier stretch of patrick henry, and the 3rd bedroom in this colonial plan tends to be REALLY small and mostly unusable as an actual bedroom: http://franklymls.com/AR7832575
I wouldn't buy any of the 3 houses for sale on Glebe around 66 (the gray one is nice, but the location- ugh) but I would probably consider the nice red brick one a 1/2-1 mile or so up glebe from there. I would think carefully before buying in Highview park - some of the streets are still really sketchy, which is why even nice houses are a lot cheaper than they would be in other neighborhoods.
This one's nice, though a bit close to 50: http://franklymls.com/AR7839965
This one's nice: http://franklymls.com/AR7838979
This one could use some kitchen work, but the neighborhood is nice and this part of patrick henry isn't too busy: http://franklymls.com/AR7834878
This one is very close (too close?) to Westover: http://franklymls.com/AR7835056
This one is nice: http://franklymls.com/AR7833741
This one is cool: http://franklymls.com/AR7834377
This one has nice finishes, but on a busier stretch of patrick henry, and the 3rd bedroom in this colonial plan tends to be REALLY small and mostly unusable as an actual bedroom: http://franklymls.com/AR7832575
Anonymous
05/14/2012 09:55
Subject: Re:For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just searched and came up with this, listed 5/10/2012, which seems like a good deal. $499k, 3BR/2BA 900 sq ft brick rambler on a 7,800 square foot lot. In 22207 near Lee-Harrison shops.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2336-N-Dickerson-St-Arlington-VA-22207/12066953_zpid/
teardown city.
Yup, they'll be a 5 bedroom, 5 bath house on that lot within a year.
which is why the part of arlington that is "desirable" is out of the reach to anyone who is truly middle class.
Anonymous
05/14/2012 09:32
Subject: Re:For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just searched and came up with this, listed 5/10/2012, which seems like a good deal. $499k, 3BR/2BA 900 sq ft brick rambler on a 7,800 square foot lot. In 22207 near Lee-Harrison shops.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2336-N-Dickerson-St-Arlington-VA-22207/12066953_zpid/
teardown city.
Yup, they'll be a 5 bedroom, 5 bath house on that lot within a year.
"there will be"
Anonymous
05/14/2012 09:32
Subject: Re:For those looking in N. Arlington and frustrated about inventory:
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just searched and came up with this, listed 5/10/2012, which seems like a good deal. $499k, 3BR/2BA 900 sq ft brick rambler on a 7,800 square foot lot. In 22207 near Lee-Harrison shops.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2336-N-Dickerson-St-Arlington-VA-22207/12066953_zpid/
teardown city.
Yup, they'll be a 5 bedroom, 5 bath house on that lot within a year.