Serving Northern Virginia
I stopped by last week to say hello to clients who bought new construction in the community of River Falls in Prince William County earlier this year. This upscale community is located just off of the Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge. The community is built around the Old Hickory Golf Course with a club house…
Hidden among all of the three level colonials in Fairfax County you will find a few pockets of Mid Century Modern homes (MCM). One of those neighborhoods is Hollin Hills in Alexandria. Designed over 50 years ago by architect Charles Goodwin the neighborhood was considered avant-garde at the time as it broke the traditional bounds…
There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t hear a news report about another mortgage company in crisis or read a story about another family facing foreclosure. Folks we have heard this all before in one form or another. “The prices of houses seem to have reached a plateau, and there is reasonable…
When you think of Northern Virginia you most often think of traffic and suburban shopping malls not older neighborhoods that retain a small town charm. I happen to be a fan of our local “small” towns and explore them whenever I can. Located down a winding two lane road past horse farms and a few…
Morning coffee -quick tidbits for you to think about as you start your day Granite is so 2006. Concrete, glass and stone are gaining ground as popular materials for countertops. Concrete’s biggest advantage is that it can take any shape, and it’s not as pricey as some other natural stone materials. Because it is cast…
With the tragedy in Minnesota still fresh on everyone’s mind Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) along with most states began an inspection of bridges with similar construction to the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. Five bridges in Loudoun County were found to be “functionally obsolete” by VDOT which means that they can not accommodate current traffic…
Are you looking for the chance to live a resort lifestyle and still work in the city? Then you should consider the community that Washingtonian Magazine has twice named as one of the “Best Places to Live” in the DC area. Belmont Bay is a beautiful planned community at the junction of the Occoquan and…
Where once 7000 inmates were housed in brick buildings the remarkable Lorton Workhouse Arts Center begins to form. The prison complex had a long a long history in the Northern Virginia area dating back to the early 1900’s. Originally designed as a working prison farm inmates raised cattle and chickens and built many of the…
No this isn’t a commentary on waist lines but instead on the amount of stuff we seem to accumulate. Over the last few years I have become acutely aware of the clean up and throw out process. It started with empting my parent’s home of 45 years with a double walk-up attic, then I downsized…
I listened this morning to yet another news program going round and round about the real estate market and the “predatory lending” practices that led to the stalling of the market and the demise of yet another sub-prime lender. It made me realize that there are a lot of folks throwing around the term “predatory…
