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Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who caught that it says "Manners" in the subdivision name?

All I can think is "Thank goodness I don't need to live in Arlington"

My house (about the same size and half the price) was being used as a 5 BR when we saw it - because they had turned the den/family room into a bedroom for one of their 4 adult children who had been living at home.

Yeah, I don't see how these prices are sustainable, really. But someone will pay it ...

What is the alternative for this area? An older brick colonial in that price range and similar or slightly more sq.ft would cost over a million easily. New construction starts at 1.5 mil. Ramblers are not bad, at least most living sleeping places are on one floor, less stairs and some people prefer it this way.

I wasn't saying there was an alternative. If you insist on Arlington, this is Arlington prices. Not a shocker, really. As I said, glad I don't need to live in Arlington - I'm 20 miles out in a neighborhood in Fairfax that cost half as much. Neither of us work downtown. Neither of us make big bucks. We're fine where we are - glad we didn't have to pay 2X the price to live closer in with similar schools.

Paying these prices is a choice, though - there are others. You just may not like them.

In this case, you can contribute nothing to the discussion, you are not in position to understand. People who must be close to DC and who can afford to pay this much have choices and can either choose short commute, or a bigger, newer subdivision house in distant burbs. for you, there is no need to choose, you don't need to be close to DC, you choose from different areas altogether. It's like me going to Manhattan and being shocked at prices there, if I don't need to be there, what's the point.

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Anonymous wrote:It looks great to me although bigger than I would like. I don't understand people who need to live in bigger houses. Don't you like the people with whom you live?

for 900k?

That seems to be the going rate. I agree it is crazy, but it is inline with other types of houses in the area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who caught that it says "Manners" in the subdivision name?

All I can think is "Thank goodness I don't need to live in Arlington"

My house (about the same size and half the price) was being used as a 5 BR when we saw it - because they had turned the den/family room into a bedroom for one of their 4 adult children who had been living at home.

Yeah, I don't see how these prices are sustainable, really. But someone will pay it ...

What is the alternative for this area? An older brick colonial in that price range and similar or slightly more sq.ft would cost over a million easily. New construction starts at 1.5 mil. Ramblers are not bad, at least most living sleeping places are on one floor, less stairs and some people prefer it this way.

Meant to say a colonial in similar size (not price range) would go for over a mil. And new construction probably starts at 1.7 mil more so than 1.5 mil. it's crazy prices for all types of home, no bargains there.

The alternative is to move to another area. Really, Arlington is not worth it, no matter how much you hate commuting.

I don't know, commuting sucks, I mean sucks the living light out of you. Besides, all these other areas are not a bargain necessarily, it's not like they are 1/3 of the price.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who caught that it says "Manners" in the subdivision name?

All I can think is "Thank goodness I don't need to live in Arlington"

My house (about the same size and half the price) was being used as a 5 BR when we saw it - because they had turned the den/family room into a bedroom for one of their 4 adult children who had been living at home.

Yeah, I don't see how these prices are sustainable, really. But someone will pay it ...

What is the alternative for this area? An older brick colonial in that price range and similar or slightly more sq.ft would cost over a million easily. New construction starts at 1.5 mil. Ramblers are not bad, at least most living sleeping places are on one floor, less stairs and some people prefer it this way.

I wasn't saying there was an alternative. If you insist on Arlington, this is Arlington prices. Not a shocker, really. As I said, glad I don't need to live in Arlington - I'm 20 miles out in a neighborhood in Fairfax that cost half as much. Neither of us work downtown. Neither of us make big bucks. We're fine where we are - glad we didn't have to pay 2X the price to live closer in with similar schools.

Paying these prices is a choice, though - there are others. You just may not like them.

Anonymous wrote:It looks great to me although bigger than I would like. I don't understand people who need to live in bigger houses. Don't you like the people with whom you live?

for 900k?

It looks great to me although bigger than I would like. I don't understand people who need to live in bigger houses. Don't you like the people with whom you live?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who caught that it says "Manners" in the subdivision name?

All I can think is "Thank goodness I don't need to live in Arlington"

My house (about the same size and half the price) was being used as a 5 BR when we saw it - because they had turned the den/family room into a bedroom for one of their 4 adult children who had been living at home.

Yeah, I don't see how these prices are sustainable, really. But someone will pay it ...

What is the alternative for this area? An older brick colonial in that price range and similar or slightly more sq.ft would cost over a million easily. New construction starts at 1.5 mil. Ramblers are not bad, at least most living sleeping places are on one floor, less stairs and some people prefer it this way.

Meant to say a colonial in similar size (not price range) would go for over a mil. And new construction probably starts at 1.7 mil more so than 1.5 mil. it's crazy prices for all types of home, no bargains there.

The alternative is to move to another area. Really, Arlington is not worth it, no matter how much you hate commuting.

I would expect nicer upgrades for this price, more upgraded bathrooms and kitchen countertops, appliances, etc. This is dated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who caught that it says "Manners" in the subdivision name?

All I can think is "Thank goodness I don't need to live in Arlington"

My house (about the same size and half the price) was being used as a 5 BR when we saw it - because they had turned the den/family room into a bedroom for one of their 4 adult children who had been living at home.

Yeah, I don't see how these prices are sustainable, really. But someone will pay it ...

What is the alternative for this area? An older brick colonial in that price range and similar or slightly more sq.ft would cost over a million easily. New construction starts at 1.5 mil. Ramblers are not bad, at least most living sleeping places are on one floor, less stairs and some people prefer it this way.

Meant to say a colonial in similar size (not price range) would go for over a mil. And new construction probably starts at 1.7 mil more so than 1.5 mil. it's crazy prices for all types of home, no bargains there.

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who caught that it says "Manners" in the subdivision name?

All I can think is "Thank goodness I don't need to live in Arlington"

My house (about the same size and half the price) was being used as a 5 BR when we saw it - because they had turned the den/family room into a bedroom for one of their 4 adult children who had been living at home.

Yeah, I don't see how these prices are sustainable, really. But someone will pay it ...

What is the alternative for this area? An older brick colonial in that price range and similar or slightly more sq.ft would cost over a million easily. New construction starts at 1.5 mil. Ramblers are not bad, at least most living sleeping places are on one floor, less stairs and some people prefer it this way.

That neighborhood a new craftsman goes for $1.8, so ...

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Anonymous wrote:Packing 5br into 2000 sq feet doesn't make it spacious. 5 walk in closets really.

Looks spacious. You just seem like a McMansion snob.

Trick photography. You can't get 5 spacious bedrooms into that square footage.

Then them must be lying about the sizes on the website or including closets into the size. At least 3 rooms are listed to have 19ft length, that's big for a bedroom.

It has a pretty big lot (for Arlington) - 10k sq ft. And parts of the house are pretty cute (not that kitchen though - blech!).

But I agree that it's overpriced based on comps. Guessing it goes for ~$830-850k.

Anonymous wrote:Packing 5br into 2000 sq feet doesn't make it spacious. 5 walk in closets really.

Come on now, according to published sizes, these bedrooms are pretty large.

Room Level Information:
Master Bedroom: Main
Bedroom #2: Main
Bedroom #3: Main
Bedroom #4: Main
Bedroom #5: Lower 1
Dining Room: Main
Family Room: Lower 1
Kitchen: Main
Living Room: Main
Breakfast Room: Main

So all of the bedrooms but 1 are on the 2000 sq ft main level, plus a dining room, kitchen, living room and "breakfast room". Good lord.

Someone will buy it, but objectively speaking it is a crappy sardine can of a house. All yours for the bargain basement price of almost $900k.