How find out any plans for prospective neighborhood?

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3 total messages Started by Charles Packer Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:36

#6232

Author: Charles Packer
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:36

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A friend is considering buying a house for sale in one particular
neighborhood. She's wondering how to find out if there are any
plans by various parties to, say, put a highway through the
neighborhood, or build public housing down the street, or zone
the next block for heavy industry...that sort of thing. I told her
I could get her at least a generic answer by querying this 
newsgroup...How about it?

Or...for readers of dc.general, do you have a more specific answer
for Washington, D.C., or even more specific, for the Deanwood area?

Re: How find out any plans for prospective neighborhood?

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Author: Melinda Meahan - remove TRASH to...
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:20

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Charles Packer wrote:

> A friend is considering buying a house for sale in one particular
> neighborhood. She's wondering how to find out if there are any
> plans by various parties to, say, put a highway through the
> neighborhood, or build public housing down the street, or zone
> the next block for heavy industry...that sort of thing. I told her

Well, I don't know that it's the *best* way, but after we bought this 
house only after having cruised the neighborhood a number of times, I 
swore that the next time I am thinking of buying a house, I am going to 
knock on some potential neighbors' doors and ask them what life in the 
neighborhood is like (without a realtor around, thankyouverymuch) to get 
a clearer picture before I commit to buy, because that will take a lot 
less energy than cruising the neighborhood a half-dozen times at 
different times of the day and night.

-- 
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.  - Mother Teresa

Re: How find out any plans for prospective neighborhood?

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Author: Tracey
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:24

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City Hall.

The building department will know about any outstanding permits in the area.
You can also go to the town clerks office and look up who owns properties in
the area. The cities planning office may know about long term plans that
haven't yet gotten permits.

Aside from that, read the legal notices section of the newspaper for notice
of the agenda of various planning/zoning boards to see what projects are
seeking approval.



"Charles Packer" <mailbox@cpacker.org> wro
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> A friend is considering buying a house for sale in one particular
> neighborhood. She's wondering how to find out if there are any
> plans by various parties to, say, put a highway through the
> neighborhood, or build public housing down the street, or zone
> the next block for heavy industry...that sort of thing. I told her
> I could get her at least a generic answer by querying this
> newsgroup...How about it?
>
> Or...for readers of dc.general, do you have a more specific answer
> for Washington, D.C., or even more specific, for the Deanwood area?

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