All about life and real estate in Loudoun County, Virginia
In February I wrote about the Hamlet at Wulf Crest in Leesburg, a new community just south of town by Steuart Kret Homes. Yesterday I had a chance to stop by and take a look at how things are shaping up. It was my first opportunity to see this builder in action, and I can assure you these folks pay great attention to detail. In the 13 … [Read more...]
We've know about it for awhile, but as I was driving home from softball practice last night it was impossible to miss the signs. One of Leesburg's biggest rush hour traffic jams starts getting relief this Saturday, as the light at Sycolin Road and Route 7 is being replaced by a flyover. The VA Department of Transportation Sycolin Road project … [Read more...]
Summer is almost here and our market tends to take a one week breather as the school year ends. It's a good time to take a look at what has been going on over the last month and see how that compares to last year. Based on what my client's have experienced this spring, the numbers show what I expected. Let's take a look... Excluding new … [Read more...]
It's the beginning of June (last week of school too, yahoo!) and inventory in LoCo is still low. If you are searching in the $600,000 price point, you have 58 of the 893 total homes currently on the market from which to choose. (As shown in the multiple listing service this morning, excluding all new construction.) Considering 257 homes … [Read more...]
This isn't Texas, so most of us don't have our own backyard pool. We do have a two great community pools in Lovettsville and Purcellville (Franklin Park), and this year for the first time you can purchase a family pass for the season. We snagged this from the Loudoun County Parks and Recreation facebook page: PRCS outdoor pools will be … [Read more...]
Stoneleigh Golf & Country Club, in Round Hill, has a little more history than most clubs in LoCo. The original manor house was built by the James family in 1852, renowned stone masons of Loudoun County. Many original structures still stand, including the barn and Founder's Cottage. During World War I, William E. Dodd, the US Ambassador to … [Read more...]
This may look like an ordinary photo, but to parents of Western Loudoun ball players it's a sight for sore eyes. With the installation of lights at the four ball fields of Franklin Park in Purcellville, Western Loudoun now has three softball fields and five baseball fields available for use during the fall seasons. Including recreation … [Read more...]
School is almost over, and after the first week home you might be looking for some activities to keep your children occupied. Here's a list of LoCo golf courses with junior camps open to the public. Click on the links for more information, hope this helps... 1757 has it's own ULTIMATE Junior Camp. Brambleton Golf Club is hosting … [Read more...]
In May 2008, when I was the Head Golf Professional at Westpark GC, I had the honor to host the first Loudoun First Responders Foundation golf classic. For those who don't know, the foundation's mission is to financially support any individual Loudoun County public safety officer (and their family) facing needs arising from injury, illness, … [Read more...]
Loudoun Valley High School junior, Riley Keesling, is one of nine national finalists in Lucerne's "Art of Dairy" contest. His design, pictured above, was selected out of more than 6400 entries. By making it this stage of the contest, Riley has a chance to win $20,000 for the Art Department at Valley, as well as a $5,000 prize for himself and … [Read more...]
