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NEW HOMES LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA, ABOUT HOME SITES IN WESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY WITH A VIEW and THE "WOW" FACTOR

New Construction in Loudoun County, VA. Round Hill, Lovettsville, Waterford, Leesburg sites all offer beautiful homes. The farther West we go, the better the views of the Blue Ridge Mountain Range.

How to get the "WOW" response from a new home buyer.

Loudoun County horse farms

Planning a home tour for a lovely couple today presented a challenge. The buyers had stated goals of a home with about 5 acres, about 4,000 square feet home and the tough one, a wooded lot. The challenge was finding a good lot in the price range, under $900,000, wooded and within minutes of a Potomac River crossing because the buyer works in Maryland. Fact is, most home sites in Western Loudoun County, were developed from farms that had long been cleared for pasture land, corn, hay or soy crops many years ago. Or, the land was cleared for horse farms, which abound and are one of the attractions of Western Loudoun County real estate. So, when a buyer says he wants a wooded lot, I have to preview everything in the area to find the best ones to show on our tour.

Which will it be? Which will the buyers prefer?

A HOME ON WOODED LOTS IN LEESBURG?
A HOME WITH A MOUNTAIN VIEW IN ROUND HILL?
A hOME ON WOODED LOT IN LOVETTSVILLE?
A HOME WITH A MOUNTAIN VIEW IN LOVETTSVILLE?
A HOME ON WOODED LOT IN WATERFORD?

MY BUYERS MUST DECIDE BETWEEN THE FANTASTIC VIEW AND THE WOODED LOT. WHICH WILL IT BE?

Round Hill Home Site with View

Home sites with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountain Range are popular in Western Loudoun County.

I love meeting new buyers. They don't know what to expect on a home tour, but they are all thrilled at the end of the day after viewing several home sites that meet their criteria. However, there is usually one lot or home site or one floor plan that excites buyers and we can begin to limit the selections to one or two locations. Then the selection of the floor plan becomes easier because they can "picture" their home selection on a specific home site. Many home sites in Western Loudoun County, VA offer views of the Blue Ridge Mountain Range to the West. Or, a lot may offer a view of the Catoctin Mountains to the North. Today, we found a lot that not only offered a spectacular view of Loudoun Valley, but also had a wooded area right behind where the house would sit.

New Construction in Round Hill VA

The side Sun Room on this lovely model would overlook the Loudoun Valley view of the Blue Ridge.

Let's look at the lots first. Home buyers are always anxious to walk model homes. I prefer to take them on a tour of lots first. In rural areas, the lot selection is just as, if not more important than the floor plan selection. If a particular lot will not accommodate a particular floor plan, we need to know that in the early stage of our tour. The buyers on tour today were specific in their wish for a large wooded lot. So, I had about 10 lovely wooded lots to show them throughout Western Loudoun County. But, sometimes, if I know of something very special, I show my buyers lots or locations they may not have considered. That's what happened today. When previewing available lots and models this week, I discovered a jewel.

I like to show the best first. I planned our driving tour to show the lot overlooking Loudoun Valley first. As I had hoped, my buyer's comment when we reached the home site was "WOW".

The second part of our tour of each community was to walk the model homes and inventories to see as many floor plans as possible. These homes are truly beautiful and my buyer loved what they saw.

We're down to one lot with a "WOW" factor and one of two floor plans in two communities. Now it's up to the buyer.

Home sites in Western Loudoun County with views of the Blue Ridge Mountain Range to the West are in Purcellville, Lovettsville and Round Hill. Home sites in Western Loudoun County with views of the Catoctin Mountains to the North are Hillsboro, Lucketts and Waterford.

Map Loudoun County VA

Courtesy: New Homes in Loudoun County, VA

Homefinders.com, Broker Lenn Harley, 800-711-7988, E-Mail Lenn.

Posted by Lenn Harley, Real Estate Broker, Maryland & Virginia on 10/19/2007 07:42 PM

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7 Comments on NEW HOMES LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA, ABOUT HOME SITES IN WESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY WITH A VIEW and THE "WOW" FACTOR

OCT

2007

Are you going to keep us posted what they finally decided on? This was a cool story.

Lenn: The architecture and forests and mountain views are enough to lure almost anyone into your lair.

Sally. Sure, as soon as we have something on paper.

Roberta. It is truly beautiful out here. This is why I moved to Western Loudoun County. I love it.

Lenn, I'm not quite sure how you'd handle this in NY. Builders often DO NOT ALLOW salespeople, Realtors, or buyers out to see EMPTY LOTS. Can you imagine? They are also discouraged from ever seeing the home under contract/construction without an appointment. Something about liability (23 years elsewhere, throwing buyers the keys and a few hardhats). Having been beaten up by on site construction personnel (and regrettably-really-having to ignore the beatings from them, then upper management) I commend you for seeing the lot as a non-negotiable aspect of the sale. Please come to NY and fix it.

OCT

2007

Laurie. You bring up some very interesting points.

The lot is so very important to the final new delivered, I consider it the very foundation upon which a home is built. Trite but true.

Here's my thinking. I don't sell homes. I sell home sites with improvements. Everything begins with the lot. If you can't walk the lot, which I definitely recommend, you can examine the site plan, the grading plan and the landscaping plan. We have so much to work with when you can't actually get to a lot. I've sold home sites long before the roads were in. Clearly, if it's close enough to walk to, we will, but often the lots are not even marked so there's just nothing to see except obscure stakes in the ground. So, you have to rely on the site plans and grading plans. Keep in mind that the grading decisions are not made by the builders. Grading is dictated by the county when the builder or developer applies for development permits. Most of the grading plan decisions are based on soil retention and storm water management. Development, construction and grading are rough on the environment. Also, the grading is often going to determine whether or not a home owner has a wet or dry basement, so swales and run-off is very important. The nice thing about all of this is that you don't really have to see the ground or lot to know if it's interesting. I will admit that it takes some experience. Love experience.

Safety is an abiding concern for most builders. One of our builders was fined a huge amount of money by OSHA because they permitted buyers to walk homes during the "hard hat" phase. So, I can appreciate the builders wanting to keep traffic in the structure to a minimum.

Further, if you or I, as an agent, take a buyer into a house during the construction process and the buyer is injured, the agent has been found to be liable. I read about a case like that back in 1995 and immediately purchased a business insurance policy with a $1,000,000 liability policy. I've increased the liability coverage over the years. This is very risky. I would never advise a buyer to enter the house under construction. I've driven by homes with buyers and their children crawling all over construction debris and climbing steps without railings and I just cringe. They are not my buyers. My buyers know that they are not permitted to risk their life and limb to satisfy their curiosity. Best to schedule a few home inspections along the way. Let the buyer invest some money and get a written report evaluating the construction.

I would love to be able to monitor the construction process more closely than we do because BUILDERS MAKE MISTAKES. But, unless you have a very good relationship with the builder and the construction supervisor, there isn't going to be much you can do about it. I work hard to cultivate the builder's reps. I attend all of the pre-construction and construction meetings. When I have a house under contract, I cultivate the const. super. I want them to consider me a friend. That way I can intercede for my buyers on a friendly basis rather than an adversarial one.

New home sales can be tough. There's a lot more to it than the above, but, one thing is for sure. When I get paid for selling a new home, my buyer has gotten their money's worth.

Lenn - such a beautiful area of the country. Reminds me of living in suburban PA (I grew up in horse country) and also MA. Views seems to be important to your buyers there just as they are here near the ocean.

Jeff

Jeff. You are absolutely right. It's having a view, mountains or water, doesn't matter that much. It's having a "vista".

In Loudoun County, it's the mountains. In Anne Arundel or Calvert County, MD it's the water view.

Views sell real estate.

Of course, for me, I get the same relaxed, humbled feeling looking at any wonderful.

I believe it's catching. My buyers love the views too.

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