Approved and built during the peak of the housing boom, the master planned community is still growing--adding on to the self reported 7500 souls residing within the large subdivision.
Garden, manor and stacked condo units mix with mostly garaged, 24' wide townhouses. Village type detached carriage houses (garage at alley) blend with large McMansions sited on smaller lots in adjoining neighborhoods.
Since Stone Ridge is just west of South Riding, another planned community--though with a 5+ year head start on Stone Ridge--newbies often begin by comparing the two.
The two "SRs" make up the bulk of the collection of subdivisions built and under construction in a planned but never materialized industrial zone southwest and adjacent to Dulles airport.
SR Vs. SR
South Riding, developed by Toll Brothers:
- Golf course
- Higher volume of smaller houses.
- More vinyl front siding from late '90s dot com boom, brick upscale from '00s boom.
- Freedom High School
- Site of Dulles South Rec Center (partially built)
- Small skatepark
- Dulles South Police/Fire Safety Center
- 2 (Bloom, Giant) grocery anchored shopping centers including a Home Depot.
- Suburban Chantilly VA (eastward in Fairfax County) postal address.
- Upscale design look, faux stone, yellow and red brick with vinyl siding.
- Heavy, lush landscaping
- Ballfield park
- Small lake, covered bridge.
- One upscale Harris Teeter grocery anchored shopping center.
- Medical offices. Nearby Stone Spring Hospital approved for late 2010s.
- Loudoun's DC Commuter coach bus station/parking (south end of shopping center).
- John Champe High School under construction for 2012 opening.
- Gum Spring Library and Dulles South Teen Center under construction.
- Aldie VA postal address--historic mill town in Loudoun's wealthy Hunt Country.
In both South Riding and Stone Ridge, new residents find a pleasant, quiet residential area and will continue to see smaller infill subdivisions crop up in the active construction zone along Route 50.
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