Anonymous
Post 06/12/2024 02:06     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:Family of 5. Mom, Dad, 10, 13, and 15 who all love spending time at a lake. We love tubing, kayaking, paddle boarding, jet skiing. swimming, boating, fishing, etc. So we started thinking of maybe getting a place. Someone brought up Lake Anna to us. The location is ideal for us living in NOVA with family in Petersburg. I don't know much about Lake Anna. Before I get deep in my research, I was hoping DCUM can help me out with the pros and cons of having a vacation home at Lake Anna. I am told that it has a public and private side. Not sure about what that's all about. Is one better? Why? We would hope to rent it when we are not using it. Is there much of a rental market there? Safety? Is the lake patrolled well? How is the water quality in general? Does the lake ever get super low? They are just some general questions but please share all your pros and cons. Thanks.


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Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 23:28     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty telling that really awful lakes like this are what passes as a desirable place to own a vacation home for DC area people. Speaks to how lacking in natural beauty this area is.


This area isn’t lacking in natural beauty. You’re just dumb and lake Anna sucks.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 23:28     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:“ 7News went down to Lake Anna on Monday, where neighbors told us that large groups of people dock their boats at a sand bar.

Those neighbors told us they weren't surprised to learn the lake might be contaminated, because they believe boaters relieve themselves in the lake.”


Not to mention cows go swimming in the lake.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 22:20     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
It’s pretty telling that really awful lakes like this are what passes as a desirable place to own a vacation home for DC area people. Speaks to how lacking in natural beauty this area is.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 21:50     Subject: Re:Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Lakes in Virginia = ewww
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 20:41     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:Family of 5. Mom, Dad, 10, 13, and 15 who all love spending time at a lake. We love tubing, kayaking, paddle boarding, jet skiing. swimming, boating, fishing, etc. So we started thinking of maybe getting a place. Someone brought up Lake Anna to us. The location is ideal for us living in NOVA with family in Petersburg. I don't know much about Lake Anna. Before I get deep in my research, I was hoping DCUM can help me out with the pros and cons of having a vacation home at Lake Anna. I am told that it has a public and private side. Not sure about what that's all about. Is one better? Why? We would hope to rent it when we are not using it. Is there much of a rental market there? Safety? Is the lake patrolled well? How is the water quality in general? Does the lake ever get super low? They are just some general questions but please share all your pros and cons. Thanks.


Yeah with E Coli sure great idea. Don't you read the news?
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 19:58     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:More reason not to buy at Lake Anna.

https://wtop.com/virginia/2024/06/virginia-agencies-investigating-e-coli-hospitalizations-connected-to-lake-anna-visits/
Damn. 15 y.o. With kidney failure.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 19:39     Subject: Re:Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:I just can't imagine living at a lake and not trusting to be able to swim in it. What's the point? You can live in the middle of nowhere and put in a pool. I get that you can't boat in the middle of nowhere but isn't the fun of boating being able to jump in and tube, etc.


Exactly. It's awful to be near water on a hot day and not be able to go in.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 19:37     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:Read up on the brain attaching amoeba. It's rare but fatal and found in lakes that do not get cold.


+1

Gross.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 19:31     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
“ 7News went down to Lake Anna on Monday, where neighbors told us that large groups of people dock their boats at a sand bar.

Those neighbors told us they weren't surprised to learn the lake might be contaminated, because they believe boaters relieve themselves in the lake.”
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 14:14     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Last time we were there, there were huge sandbar parties with middle-aged women in thongs twerking. It was bizarre and gross.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 14:12     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Anonymous wrote:More reason not to buy at Lake Anna.

https://wtop.com/virginia/2024/06/virginia-agencies-investigating-e-coli-hospitalizations-connected-to-lake-anna-visits/


Yikes -- this is awful.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 13:53     Subject: Re:Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
A friend of the family built a house there. They literally had to build on a slave graveyard. It's definitely haunted.

That whole area has such a bad vibe.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 07:06     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
Not Lake Anna specifically related, but I'm surprised with 3 older kids that you aren't just saddled down with activities. We bought during COVID when there was nothing to do and quickly realized 6 months out of the year activities made it hard to leave the area.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2024 06:54     Subject: Buying a Vacation Home at Lake Anna
More reason not to buy at Lake Anna.

https://wtop.com/virginia/2024/06/virginia-agencies-investigating-e-coli-hospitalizations-connected-to-lake-anna-visits/