Reston is a densely-populated, urban suburb located about 20 miles outside of Washington, DC. It was founded in 1964 as the first modern planned community. As such, the town incorporates higher density housing while conserving open space, and it mixes use areas for industry, business, recreation, education, and getting your home ready to sell is really easy.

Reston is carefully planned with larges areas of forest and many streams. There are no meadows because the town was built in the midst of a forest filled with oak, sycamore, maple, and Virginia pine trees. The first part of the city was built around a lake.

Reston Virginia real estate is a maverick of sorts as far as real estate in Northern Virginia is concerned. That is to say it was and is a planned community. In fact it was the first modern planned community in the United States and its founder was Robert E. Simon. Planned communities have noble goals of setting up ideal and self-contained towns that focus on quality of life by avoiding unplanned development and the hazards thereof.

Being able to preserve open space is one of the main goals that the Reston savoy condo real estate has. Reston Virginia real estate is very unique in terms of how "green" it is, which I can personally say from having shown 1000's of home in Fairfax County. A lot of townhouses and homes give the feeling as if you are living alone in the middle of the woods. The Reston neighborhoods are often very private and quiet compared to the rest of the Northern Virginia real estate.

You'll find about 20 neighborhood public pools in Reston, Virginia, along with many miles of walking trails, a scattering of lakes... you get the picture. The area is quite verdant and well-dimensioned, thus every inhabitant of Reston can share in what it provides, irrespective of wealth -- quite democratic. This is the reason most, if not all, who live there spend a small amount for association dues to Reston, Virginia condominiums.

One of the annoying aspects of reston virginia real estate is that it has always labeled its neighborhoods as "Reston". From a realtor's point of view that is a hassle. Every home in the area is in the neighborhood of Reston. That often makes narrowing comps down for a home challenging.