of course, all of this pushes anyone who is truly middle class in this area completely out of the inner burbs. Let's be honest, Pimmit is one of the last places where anyone making around Fairfax median income can still buy a SFH. You may think they are ugly shitboxes, but they are SOME families only shot at the "American Dream." The options are ridiculously limited for so many families.

Do a lot of CIA staff (not contractors) live in Pimmitt Hills given the proximity it is to OHB/NHB in Langley?

Just curious.

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Anonymous wrote:No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Who knows? Maybe it's someone who got outbid on houses in nicer neighborhoods deciding they needed to act quickly. Or maybe this is the dream home for someone who wants big, new and close-in and doesn't care if it screams "tacky McMansion" to other people. The bottom line is that the tax assessment on that address is going to increase, so it's not bad for the county.

Tacky mcmansion? Sorry that term is only used for tract housing that look the same this is a single tear down.

Why don't you post a picture of your dream house or own house

I think the term covers a generic Colonial built by a flipper in a teardown neighborhood.

My dream house? Something like:

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/201-Suffolk-Rd_Chestnut-Hill_MA_02467_M32156-14360

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/19015-Shaker-Blvd_Shaker-Hts_OH_44122_M36047-28639

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/11-Sherman-Ave_Bronxville_NY_10708_M36721-20809

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4414-Lowell-St-Nw_Washington_DC_20016_M50075-09537

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Another spec home; the re-development of the area seems to be still in early days, and could back track. You can read many other threads about being a 'pioneer' and having a radically more expensive home than is normal for an area. Why aren't these homes being replaced by modest middle-class homes, rather than trying to push PH into a new McLean. That would be a gradual evolution that integrates into the neighborhood better and builds a community.

No argument that being an urban pioneer in DC or S. Arl would be just as fraught, except location of those areas are generally not nestled between the toll road and the beltway and i-66, ie. an island in a sea of highways. There are limits to what can be done with the neighborhood b/c of these significant boundaries.

I agree that PH's re-development still has ways to go, but it's incorrect to think that large, new houses in this area are unheard of. There's quite a few of them around, a couple to most blocks. They are a minority, but a sizable and growing one.

Why aren't these homes being replaced by modest middle-class homes? Because it's not cost-efficient to demolish a small, poor-quality tract home only to put a modest-size one in its place. Modest, middle-class homes in PH are original PH houses with modest additions and inside remodeling - typically go for 500-600K, and fast. That's a product of addition and remodeling, not demolition. Once you factor in the cost of demolition and site prep, building a smaller home there ends up too expensive for its size. The lowest cost new home would a small craftsman by NDI - still about 2500 sq ft and around 700-800K, all told.

Yes, there are limits to what can be done with PH considering its location. That's a good thing, because it's zoned for SFH, and the community has resisted all attempts to build townhouses within its limits. Otherwise, I don't see the relationship between hard boundaries and neighborhood future.

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Anonymous wrote:No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Who knows? Maybe it's someone who got outbid on houses in nicer neighborhoods deciding they needed to act quickly. Or maybe this is the dream home for someone who wants big, new and close-in and doesn't care if it screams "tacky McMansion" to other people. The bottom line is that the tax assessment on that address is going to increase, so it's not bad for the county.

Ohhhhhhh snap one mil in the ph under contract one day listed and the home isn't even ready for a month . Shit just got real son.

In English, please, Baxter.

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Anonymous wrote:No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Who knows? Maybe it's someone who got outbid on houses in nicer neighborhoods deciding they needed to act quickly. Or maybe this is the dream home for someone who wants big, new and close-in and doesn't care if it screams "tacky McMansion" to other people. The bottom line is that the tax assessment on that address is going to increase, so it's not bad for the county.

Ohhhhhhh snap one mil in the ph under contract one day listed and the home isn't even ready for a month . Shit just got real son.

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Anonymous wrote:No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Who knows? Maybe it's someone who got outbid on houses in nicer neighborhoods deciding they needed to act quickly. Or maybe this is the dream home for someone who wants big, new and close-in and doesn't care if it screams "tacky McMansion" to other people. The bottom line is that the tax assessment on that address is going to increase, so it's not bad for the county.

None of these scenarios qualify as "reluctant", don't you think? Whoever bought this house must have decided pretty quickly that this house was what they wanted.

You could put the most beautiful, well-featured home in Pimmit Hills and it still wouldn't convince me to live there. I like living in a neighborhood where the homes are of a similar style and within a similar price range.

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Anonymous wrote:No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Who knows? Maybe it's someone who got outbid on houses in nicer neighborhoods deciding they needed to act quickly. Or maybe this is the dream home for someone who wants big, new and close-in and doesn't care if it screams "tacky McMansion" to other people. The bottom line is that the tax assessment on that address is going to increase, so it's not bad for the county.

Tacky mcmansion? Sorry that term is only used for tract housing that look the same this is a single tear down.

Why don't you post a picture of your dream house or own house

Anonymous wrote:No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Who knows? Maybe it's someone who got outbid on houses in nicer neighborhoods deciding they needed to act quickly. Or maybe this is the dream home for someone who wants big, new and close-in and doesn't care if it screams "tacky McMansion" to other people. The bottom line is that the tax assessment on that address is going to increase, so it's not bad for the county.

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Anonymous wrote:UNDER CONTRACT not even listed 1 day and no open houses SUCK IT BITCHES AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Mar 28, 2013 Pending (Contract)

Wow, your insecurity is really rampant. Yes, I'm sure that people who get priced out of more desirable areas reluctantly buy in Pimmit Hills.

Meh.

Happy easter to you all!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UNDER CONTRACT not even listed 1 day and no open houses SUCK IT BITCHES AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Mar 28, 2013 Pending (Contract)

Wow, your insecurity is really rampant. Yes, I'm sure that people who get priced out of more desirable areas reluctantly buy in Pimmit Hills.

Meh.

No one reluctantly buys anything one day after it got listed. That's a pretty quick turnaround for a reluctant buyer. I'd call someone who buys after one day on the market a very eager buyer, not a reluctant one.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UNDER CONTRACT not even listed 1 day and no open houses SUCK IT BITCHES AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Mar 28, 2013 Pending (Contract)

Wow, your insecurity is really rampant. Yes, I'm sure that people who get priced out of more desirable areas reluctantly buy in Pimmit Hills.

Anonymous wrote:UNDER CONTRACT not even listed 1 day and no open houses SUCK IT BITCHES AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Mar 28, 2013 Pending (Contract)

Wow, your insecurity is really rampant. Yes, I'm sure that people who get priced out of more desirable areas reluctantly buy in Pimmit Hills.