Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:10     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Anonymous wrote:Very few people get everything they want with a starter home. Figure out what can give and what can’t. Quit living in the dreamworld of what you “imagined” and hoped for for your family. Get some perspective and buy a house.


825k house with kids is not a starter home. They need something they can live in long term
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:09     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Anonymous wrote:d. move to PG county. Cheverly, Mount Rainier, and Hyattsville is the last vestige of affordable housing in the DMV. The far out exurbs are soul sucking.


She would have to budget for private school though.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:09     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Surely there is a middle ground between close in and exurbs? If you give budget and wish list, people could give suggestions.


Good point: 825k or so, 4 bedroom +den/office, within 1 hour or so commute of DC, preferrably somewhere in Nova. It's OK if it needs cosmetic work, but we need the space and decent (middle pack) schools.


Burke, Springfield, South County HS area, the nicer neighborhoods of Centreville, South Riding, Chantilly--there are a lot of areas within an hour of DC that should have something in your price range.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:06     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Is Ashburn too far?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:05     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Anonymous wrote:Burke, west springfield, Annandale west of 495, Kings Park West. You won’t get something updated completely but you can find something in those areas for that budget.


This. And plenty of homes that are listed as 4 bedrooms have a fifth bedroom in the basement. 825 is definitely doable.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:04     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Fairfax Station? https://www.redfin.com/VA/Fairfax/10901-Spurlock-Ct-22032/home/9691553
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 10:01     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Burke, west springfield, Annandale west of 495, Kings Park West. You won’t get something updated completely but you can find something in those areas for that budget.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 08:28     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Rockville or Silver Spring in Forest Glen/Wheaton. Schools in Silver Spring: Forest Glen, Oakland Terrace, Rock View, etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 06:21     Subject: Re:Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
I have owned our home near West Springfield High School for 10 years, and I watch the market closely. Four day supply of homes for sale.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 05:16     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
d. move to PG county. Cheverly, Mount Rainier, and Hyattsville is the last vestige of affordable housing in the DMV. The far out exurbs are soul sucking.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 05:03     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
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Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 04:33     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
With 825k you can’t dream OP. You are setting yourself for failure with unrealistic expectations. Agree with others you should try Rockville
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 03:04     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
I’d rather have a nice house than live in the area I like. ESP if I work from home.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 02:55     Subject: Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Very few people get everything they want with a starter home. Figure out what can give and what can’t. Quit living in the dreamworld of what you “imagined” and hoped for for your family. Get some perspective and buy a house.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2022 01:41     Subject: Re:Getting desperate: What would you suggest to a first time home buyer?
Anonymous wrote:Burke does not have that many houses with 5+ bedroom in that price range. Clifton?

PG County isn't close in and definitely not worth it if the commutes are DC and VA or even MD. No jobs in PG county.


How in the world is PGC not close in when parts of the county abut DC?





Just say it's not worth living in a majority black county to you and go.