Arlington Virginia Home Styles - Part 1

Arlington Virginia Home Styles - Part 1 - The Cape Cod

July 28th, 2008 Categories: Arlington Dirt, Neighborhoods, Northern Virginia Real Estate Dirt

I was having a conversation with a new client last week and we were talking about architecture. Just general terms really, he was telling me that he didn’t like boxy rooms, tight spaces, etc… but he really can’t afford a large home. I said, “oh, so you probably don’t want a cape.”

He looked at me and said, “I don’t know; I don’t know what a ‘cape’ is.”

So I went to the MLS listings and began describing house styles and what he could expect from the different floor plans – in general terms. It dawned on me that a lot of folks probably don’t know the difference between some of these styles. So I thought it might be best to write this series of posts to illustrate the different types and styles that can be found around Arlington. Now, of course you can also find these in Alexandria, Falls
Church and other surrounding towns and cities – but all of my photos were taken in Arlington.

Today, I want to focus on the ‘cape’ – or as it’s formally known as, “The Cape Cod.”

Here is a classic photo of a cape:

Arlington cape cod

This is a beautiful example of a cape cod style home - they are known for a fairly small footprint, a very steep roof and dormers upstairs revealing usually 2 (or maybe 3 in a big home) bedrooms and a bath. There are obviously bigger and smaller examples, but most of the time you can expect to find a living room, dining room, kitchen and most of the time, you’ll also find a bedroom and full bath on the main level. Some, like this one, has an addition on the side, which is probably a family room.

Here’s another photo I took:

Arlington Cape Cod

You can find these homes scattered all around the east coast – in fact, the first home we owned in California was a cape cod! It certainly looked out of place there, but here, they are beautiful sightings around Arlington County and the surrounding areas!

Over the week (or more) I hope to cover Ramblers and Bi-levels, Split Levels and Split Foyers, Contemporaries, Tudors and Colonials. There are a few others, but these make up the majority of what we find here. If I run across other great examples while I’m out and about, we’ll toss those in too!

Happy Monday – stay tuned as tomorrow we’ll another exciting house style!

Jennifer

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