Choosing Potomac Shores

Why leave D.C.? Well, my husband Adam and I have been here awhile, almost ten years to be exact. 

We originally moved here as part of a nine-month fellowship right out of college and somehow just ended up staying here all these years later. I guess you can say the city really grew on us.

After a few years of dating, we finally got married this past November during a lovely week-long celebration out in Cancun.  With the wedding planning out of the way (no one else tells you how time consuming that will end up being), we finally had some time to start thinking about the future and potentially buying a home.

Over the course of our time here, we've lived all over the city, including Colombia Heights, Petworth, Navy Yard and Southwest Waterfront, which is where we currently live right now next to the Washington Nationals ballpark. I always thought I'd be a D.C. lifer, but the cost of living/buying there made us realize that it was probably time for a change.

We looked briefly at homes in areas like Fairfax, Annandale, Burke and Silver Spring, but quickly realized that our money wouldn't go as far as we'd like in those cities so we expanded our search perimeter a bit.  

Adam was actually the first one to come across the Potomac Shores community through a Facebook advertisement.  He really loved the Americana vibe and the beautiful tidewater architecture. I'm sure golf course, high-end gym and sprawling sports fields didn't hurt either.

A view of the homes in one of the original Potomac Shores neighborhoods.

When we originally decided to visit the community for the first time on Sunday, March 5, 2017, I really only did it to humor Adam. I thought there was no way that Potomac Shores would offer enough for me to want to leave the city for the suburbs, but I figured at least this way we could cross it off our list. Boy was I wrong.

The minute we started looking at floor plans and the amenities offered, I knew we were looking at something special. The idea of a having a new construction home built to our specifications with the added benefit of new schools, club amenities, nature trails and a planned VRE station and town center was too interesting to discount immediately. 

Potomac Shores really felt like a community you could grow into and where we could build the kind of life we always envisioned .  We were intrigued at the possibility to say the least, but not quite ready to sign on the dotted line when we left that day.