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Anonymous wrote:Yes when we sold our cute little house in Bethesda last year someone started a thread on it (I suspect it was our realtor because the initial post was very complimentary). Then the usual posters jumped right in to rip our house to shreds, then the pendulum swung back and other PPs weighed in on how nice it was. We sold it too soon! We listed it right before the boom and sold it for $900k, it would probably get $1.2 today. Sigh.

On the bright side though, you probably also bought low. Whatever you purchased has likely also appreciated quite a bit, I would assume.

I bet it must have been hard to read some of the negative comments at the end of the day our home is our sanctuary...even if it's quirky or outdated or whatever to someone else.

DCUM has such awful taste that anything negative they said about my house I'd take as a compliment. You could post Fallingwater and they'd call it a dated teardown s*itshack with too much airplane noise and suggest you build a hideous McMansion right up to the property line so every family member can have 3,000 square feet and they never have to interact with their horrible spouse and spoiled children.

I agree with the calling Fallingwater a s*itshack part but not about building a McMansion part. DCUM hates McMansions! They would instead suggest one buys a tiny house someplace walkable instead of Bear’s Run.

I swear, I feel like I stumbled into a post from a different dimension...

Popville??
ArlNow??
Fallingwater??

Is it because I'm a transplant to the area, or just an idiot? I've truly never heard of any of these. 😁

Yep! Twice I've had total strangers discuss my houses online.

So, more positively: I actually found our current house because someone posted it here. (I probably would've found it anyway, as it hit all the things we were looking for, but it's funny that someone posted the listing here first.) The reviews were positive. There was one person who had (to us) a minor issue, which was fair but not something that was important to us.

I also had a house posted and discussed on Popville because it someone had taken a picture of it. That was back when Popville did "photo of the day" or something like that. It was NOT for sale; someone had just thought it was interesting and unique. It was a historic home. (I kind of wanted to ask the photographer to send me the picture; it was very well done!) Anyway, the comment thread turned into people speculating what the house looked like on the inside, comments on what they hated about it, etc etc. They were mostly rude and untrue, and it was really strange to see what I thought was a nice photo of our house turn into a lot of gossiping and insults. But ah well.

Yes, it was discussed last year in terms of its location (McLean, favorable for families), price (seller previously tried to list way over market shortly after buying it), and curb appeal (had been completely renovated in the past decade and people were polarized on the look). Nothing I didn't already know. We were priced out of Arlington for the space/house we wanted so settled on McLean due to needing a reasonable DC commute. We tried to find out via our agent what motivated the seller to list within months of buying and was told he had to relocate due to a job offer; neighbors confirmed this after we moved in. The over market price listing was just an attempt to recoup realtor and moving costs, I assume (they def lost money in the end so I assume the job offer was lucrative enough to be worth it). And the reno was very well done in my opinion (and the inspector's opinion) so DGAF what the haters thought, but respect their honest input to help me take a critical look at a major purchase before I committed.

Our house was discussed about 5 years ago when we purchased it. At the time, other bidders found the thread and talked about how insane we were to go so far above asking. But we just sold it for almost $300K more than we paid for it and did almost nothing to the property.

Yes and everyone said it was ugly 😢

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Anonymous wrote:Yes for my current, yes for the one we sold, and also yes for the one I grew up in back in the day when it was on the market. All mostly positive.

Did you start each thread? That’s very high number

No, I didn't start nor comment on any of them. Two were discussed as viable options in certain zip codes. One is very expensive (the one I grew up in).

Anonymous wrote:Yes for my current, yes for the one we sold, and also yes for the one I grew up in back in the day when it was on the market. All mostly positive.

Did you start each thread? That’s very high number

Yes for my current, yes for the one we sold, and also yes for the one I grew up in back in the day when it was on the market. All mostly positive.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it still hurts.

I get that. But keep in mind most people on here will trash just about every house because it's an anon forum, even if it's a perfectly acceptable house!

Yes, it still hurts.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. It was listed as a time capsule. You all had a lot of opinions about the mushroom wallpaper. We still have it up.

I love that house, and I’m so glad you kept that awesome wallpaper!

It's a great house ) ty

Have you updated it?

Not much. Got rid of the carpet. Had to replace all major appliances. Electric. I want to modify the kitchen, but keep the basics.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. It was listed as a time capsule. You all had a lot of opinions about the mushroom wallpaper. We still have it up.

I love that house, and I’m so glad you kept that awesome wallpaper!

It's a great house ) ty

Have you updated it?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. It was listed as a time capsule. You all had a lot of opinions about the mushroom wallpaper. We still have it up.

I love that house, and I’m so glad you kept that awesome wallpaper!

It's a great house ) ty

Anonymous wrote:Yes. It was listed as a time capsule. You all had a lot of opinions about the mushroom wallpaper. We still have it up.

I love that house, and I’m so glad you kept that awesome wallpaper!

Yes. It was listed as a time capsule. You all had a lot of opinions about the mushroom wallpaper. We still have it up.