Househacking in Alexandria VA

[David Cherkowsky]

Does anyone have experience house hacking in Alexandria VA? I plan to buy a house to househack this spring (either rent by the room or a house with an english basement). I'm mainly focusing on Old Town, but would be open to Del Ray or Potomac Yards.

Looking on FB marketplace, there doesn't seem to be many rent by the rooms (at least at the moment) in Old Town. From what was available, rooms seem to be renting for around $1000. I imagine it will be easy to find interested tenants, but I'd be happy to hearing about your experience.

[Daniel Amsalem]

Hey @David Cherkowsky my wife and I house-hacked just outside Alexandria (in the Fairfax County side) and now are in City of Alexandria in the West End.

We went the walkout basement route but have friends who did rent by the room (they're past clients of @Russell Brazil). 

I certainly believe you'd find many applicants in Old Town, but prices were a bit prohibitive for us. I agree with @Chris Seveney that Del Ray would be an excellent place to do this. Ideally, closer to the main strip such as some restaurants on Commonwealth or especially on Mount Vernon.

We are doing the mid-term rental route on Airbnb. It worked well on our first place, we just took our listing live today for the second. Here's hoping it crushes!