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Anonymous wrote:I was just looking at houses in Vienna and I truly cannot believe the price points. Seems like you have to be prepared to spend at least 2.5m for a family home (huge, yes, but still! Guess regular families can't live in Vienna anymore).

The people who can afford $2.5 million are the regular families. Move to Fairfax if you can't afford it.

Regular families with a lot of home equity from the sale of the previous home, you mean? What HHI do you think would be required to afford a mortgage on such home after paying half a mil in downpayment? People living in 2.5 mil homes are upper middle class. Yes, regular people (as opposed to uber wealthy or celebrities or those well politically connected), but still high earning people

I live in Vienna, on a great street with great neighbors. We all bought new builds when our families were on the young side (say between 2015-2021); houses weren't cheap but doable for young families. $2.5 million+ for 5-6 bedroom houses seems to me out of reach for young families (unless they had kids very late in life or have trust funds). Families with teenage kids will quickly age out of the need for a house that large.

Anonymous wrote:Why would a sane person paint brick?

Red brick is ugly unless you have certain style of home (usually classic colonial) that fits. This is some pseudo-Tudor mcModern style I see a lot now that looks terrible in red brick. I say this because I have seen these homes being built before they are painted. They tend to end up white with black or diff shades of greige.

Why would a sane person paint brick?

Anonymous wrote:It’s more expensive than McLean—kind of a traditional, all-brick style. Is the style starting to change?

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Vienna/Ayr-Hill-Ave-NE-22180/home/197265290

It's about 1 mil cheaper than Mclean. This home will cost north of 4 mil there. Looks like it's an area near commercial and close to businesses, walkable to whatever extent suburban areas can be walkable. I had been around there a few times, don't remember it well, nothing spectacular, but still convenient. Compare this to the prices of homes walkable to DT Mclean that are new construction and look the same. It's 4.5 mil.

This house will definitely sell.

Anonymous wrote:I was just looking at houses in Vienna and I truly cannot believe the price points. Seems like you have to be prepared to spend at least 2.5m for a family home (huge, yes, but still! Guess regular families can't live in Vienna anymore).

For larger houses, it's been like that in Vienna for a few years. You can still find good homes in 22181 for under 1.5M, though.

Anonymous wrote:As a long time Vienna resident and Vienna lover, this is insane! Who would pay that?!

Compare with home prices in McLean.

This is the cost of a house like this in Vienna now.

Anonymous wrote:"On one of Vienna’s most storybook streets, where tree-lined charm meets the vibrant energy of Church Street"

LOL at this description.

It is a beautiful street though.

Anonymous wrote:Where’s the outdoor living? Patio, pergola?

It has a lot of yard and an outdoor structure. Not sure why there are no photos of it yet.

Good luck keeping the giant glass bulb chandelier clean

So much drywall. Bad cabinets and lighting. Really should be a better interior for that $

"On one of Vienna’s most storybook streets, where tree-lined charm meets the vibrant energy of Church Street"

LOL at this description.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just looking at houses in Vienna and I truly cannot believe the price points. Seems like you have to be prepared to spend at least 2.5m for a family home (huge, yes, but still! Guess regular families can't live in Vienna anymore).

The people who can afford $2.5 million are the regular families. Move to Fairfax if you can't afford it.

Regular families with a lot of home equity from the sale of the previous home, you mean? What HHI do you think would be required to afford a mortgage on such home after paying half a mil in downpayment? People living in 2.5 mil homes are upper middle class. Yes, regular people (as opposed to uber wealthy or celebrities or those well politically connected), but still high earning people

looks like the beetlejuice house

Anonymous wrote:I was just looking at houses in Vienna and I truly cannot believe the price points. Seems like you have to be prepared to spend at least 2.5m for a family home (huge, yes, but still! Guess regular families can't live in Vienna anymore).

The people who can afford $2.5 million are the regular families. Move to Fairfax if you can't afford it.

Anonymous wrote:I hate it.

Yeah, the designers didn’t consult me either. What interesting choices.