Lansdowne Home Daycare Battle
I have been following the Lansdowne Home Daycare Battle with utmost interest. I keep wondering why it took the HOA so long to act if this is against their rules and regulations. In my community which is very close to Lansdowne, it is an absolute No-No, and it is spelt out clearly in the rules & regulations book that is provided to you before you move into the community.
It got more interesting when The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, came out with a press release requesting that Lansdowne HOA reconsider its decision to disallow home-based businesses, specifically day care centers in their community.
Maybe during the planning phase of planned communities like Lansdowne, the developers should designate a section of the community where home daycare businesses will be permissible. So only people comfortable with the hustle and bustle of the daycare centers will move into that section of the community. I know there are people out there that would not have a problem with this, and will enjoy walking their children to the neighborhood daycare center during the summer months.
A lot of people I have spoken to think a main area of concern is the fact that home day care centers appear to depress property values. What's your take?
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I have been unable to find any information on that one way or another. Hope to get some input from some real estate friends over the next couple of weeks.
I believe that on the surface it is equally likely that a LACK of home-based daycares could result in LESS attraction to an area. Certainly there is an advantage to those with kids in having a daycare in your neighborhood as opposed to having to trek over to another community to drop off your kids.
But it's the inconsistency as you said that is unsettling. These families were given houses on the condition they could run a daycare, and if they all these businesses along with other home-based businesses but their house on the market...
Then you'll see a drop in home-values. But you're right, if it had been laid out clearly ahead of time, that would be another thing.
Thanks for the link.
What is it about home daycares that would depress property values? The presence of children? In that case, all of Lansdowne is in trouble because there are lots of families with kids here. This past weekend, there were probably 20 kids playing in the yards and common area behind my house. For those of us with children, it's great -- there's always someone around for your children to play with. If you don't want to live around large numbers of children, don't buy into a neighborhood of large homes. Not many single people or empty nesters buy 4,000 to 6,000 sq ft homes. Daycare kids represent a mere fraction of the kids running around, making noise in Lansdowne. Is the HOA going to send out the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Or is it traffic? Maid services, lawn care companies and other contractors generate way more traffic than daycares and those vehicles are parked on the streets for several hours, not the few minutes it takes to drop off a child. Are children more of a threat to property values than the presence of a small army of illegal immigrant workers in the neighborhood every day?
Personally, I think having a lunatic HOA will depress property values the most.
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