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Anonymous wrote:Pimmit hills, has some homes in 700k but they are small. It's the cheapest/worst area

Are you trying to say cheapest and best area.

It’s the worst part near Tyson’s so it’s the cheapest.

Buy a townhouse and upgrade in 5 years is very, very normal. My entire community turned over every five years because of this - it was all families with toddlers who moved before they started K.

We live in a townhouse and we love it. But we didn’t buy with an eye on moving somewhere else. We have a very low HOA and a small community. Thankfully, we have green space right outside our door, so we don’t miss a private yard at all.

But: to the people saying buy a TH and then upgrade in 5 years, are you insane? Daycare is $2k a month (at least). Let me tell you what we did not do during my kid’s first 5 years: SAVE. We had 2 kids in 2 years and were financially TIGHT for awhile. If we’d stretched to a huge mortgage, it would have been hairy. Now, I’m glad we can spend money to upgrade things in our house and travel, instead of upgrading our house.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/VA/Reston/12067-Trumbull-Way-20190/home/9234656

That's not even a townhouse, it's a condo.

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Anonymous wrote:I couldn't find a house under 700k near Tysons when I was looking 9 years ago. I think you're looking for a unicorn. I think most sfhs are now over 1m.

I think you should buy a townhouse and save for another 5 years, then move again.

This is solid advice, but I will say that I've met a few families that had this exact plan in the Tyson's area and prices rose so much that even with saving they couldn't afford a SFH or it was expensive enough that they didn't want to stretch. If you're buying at the top of your budget in Tyson's/Vienna I would not count on being able to move again 5 years.

This was us!! We stayed in our townhouse 10 years and just moved much further west after not finding anything in our target area!!

Us too! Babies don't need that much space...it's all the crap the industry has convinced us we absolutely need that does. Went from an apartment at birth to a 4 bedroom SFH with a nice yard along the Dulles Road, 10-15 mins from Tysons before preschool. Totally skipped the townhouse phase because having already moved a lot, we decided when we bought, that was it, not moving again.

I wish we had done that. Now I have elementary-aged kids who have to switch schools and leave their friends.

Anonymous wrote:Pimmit hills, has some homes in 700k but they are small. It's the cheapest/worst area

Are you trying to say cheapest and best area.

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Anonymous wrote:I couldn't find a house under 700k near Tysons when I was looking 9 years ago. I think you're looking for a unicorn. I think most sfhs are now over 1m.

I think you should buy a townhouse and save for another 5 years, then move again.

This is solid advice, but I will say that I've met a few families that had this exact plan in the Tyson's area and prices rose so much that even with saving they couldn't afford a SFH or it was expensive enough that they didn't want to stretch. If you're buying at the top of your budget in Tyson's/Vienna I would not count on being able to move again 5 years.

This was us!! We stayed in our townhouse 10 years and just moved much further west after not finding anything in our target area!!

Us too! Babies don't need that much space...it's all the crap the industry has convinced us we absolutely need that does. Went from an apartment at birth to a 4 bedroom SFH with a nice yard along the Dulles Road, 10-15 mins from Tysons before preschool. Totally skipped the townhouse phase because having already moved a lot, we decided when we bought, that was it, not moving again.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3401-Hartwell-Ct-Falls-Church-VA-22042/51843994_zpid/

I like this one!

Beautiful renovation - that will be a lovely home for DINKs.

Anonymous wrote:Pimmit hills, has some homes in 700k but they are small. It's the cheapest/worst area

Pimmit Hills has some teardowns listed for $750k+ with new builds pushing $2M...

Anonymous wrote:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3401-Hartwell-Ct-Falls-Church-VA-22042/51843994_zpid/

I like this one!

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Anonymous wrote:I couldn't find a house under 700k near Tysons when I was looking 9 years ago. I think you're looking for a unicorn. I think most sfhs are now over 1m.

I think you should buy a townhouse and save for another 5 years, then move again.

This is solid advice, but I will say that I've met a few families that had this exact plan in the Tyson's area and prices rose so much that even with saving they couldn't afford a SFH or it was expensive enough that they didn't want to stretch. If you're buying at the top of your budget in Tyson's/Vienna I would not count on being able to move again 5 years.

This was us!! We stayed in our townhouse 10 years and just moved much further west after not finding anything in our target area!!

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I both work in Tysons. Currently in an Arlington condo but the baby is due in two months. We've been looking for months! There are no houses within a 10-15 minute drive to Tysons. that aren't tear downs, and we REALLY don't want to live in a condo with a baby. Maaaaaaaaaybe open to townhouses, but are they kid friendly? Any recs on where to look or are we being totally unrealistic?

Kinda snobbish when you cannot even afford a townhouse. Let’s see, these are priced to sell and are within 15 mins. Let this be a wake up call to you and adjust your expectations and learn to compromise

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2117-21st-Rd-N-Arlington-VA-22201/12079378_zpid/?mmlb=g,0

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1539-22nd-St-N-Arlington-VA-22209/12079414_zpid/

It doesn't have to be Arlington, PP. There are plenty of townhouse communities within like five minutes of Tysons within OP's price range. Ours is coming on the market next week.

Anonymous wrote:There are townhouses near Tyson’s now that are almost 2M. It’s crazy.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1408-Harvest-Crossing-Dr-McLean-VA-22101/65722145_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

No one builds modest SFHs anymore. Paying $1m+ to share walls with someone else in the suburbs nonetheless makes me want to puke. Builders just want to squeeze as much money out of each lot as they can.

Pimmit hills, has some homes in 700k but they are small. It's the cheapest/worst area

Anonymous wrote:If you have a 2 bedroom and an elevator you can take your time with finding your next situation. We lived in an apartment with a baby for a couple of years before we bought a house and honestly, it was great in terms of conveniences. We were ready to go after about a year and it took us another a year after that to find something that worked for us. Even that year where we wished we were elsewhere was fine.

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