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Broad Run Oaks neighborhood is a great place to live, work and play.
New millennium neighborhood with three distinct subdivisions
The Broad Run Oaks area was developed in 2000, and offers a variety of lifestyle options among three distinct, private HOA communities, Virginia Oaks, Broad Run Oaks and Saranac. Saranac is a gated community, for resort-style, lakeside living, while Virginia Oaks and Broad Run Oaks are more traditionally suburban and closer to the Virginia Gateway shopping center for groceries and big-box retail options. The area has become a popular landing spot for D.C. area workers seeking solid amenities and lower home prices than the nation's capital. "When the pandemic hit, people who used to commute started flooding to this area because, with the ability to work from home, they realized how much they could have here," says Matt Megel, a Realtor and founding partner of The CAZA Group at Keller Williams. "[There are] excellent schools, rapidly growing shopping and entertainment and homes with a significantly lower price per square foot than where they had been."
Rows of two-story homes line the streets of the Broad Run Oaks neighborhood.
Large colonial and craftsman homes with multi-car garages
Homes in the area sell after an average of 22 days on the market, half the national average of 44 days. Home values range from $525,000 to $1.3 million, varying by square footage and lot size. Houses here are relatively new, with the first ones being built in 2000.
Virginia Oaks is filled with Craftsman-style single-family homes and townhouses that go from the mid-$500,000s to $800,000.This subdivision features a community pool, consistent sidewalks and paved walking trails that snake behind many backyards, allowing easy access to neighbors for cookouts and gatherings. There are also 10 ponds in Virginia Oaks, and numerous waterfront homes sit on the banks of Lake Manassas.
The Broad Run Oaks HOA community is more traditionally suburban and sits south of Virginia Oaks, with many brick colonial homes on spacious lots and multi-car attached garages. Roads here are also grid-patterned, and sidewalks are wide and thorough. The Broad Run Oaks HOA fee is currently $355 per quarter.
Saranac residents can appreciate the great outdoors, as this HOA community is decorated with stone fire pits, trails, a cabin-style clubhouse beside the community pool, a pavilion, a playground and several lakeside fishing sites. Saranac was built on the former site of a church summer camp and offers waterfront resort-style amenities with a more rustic, woodsy aesthetic. New Traditional and Craftsman-style homes here average five bedrooms and up to 7,000 square feet, generally for $1 million or more.
Residents will enjoy the scenic walking trails at Virginia Oaks Trails in Broad Run Oaks.
Virginia Oaks has a neighborhood forest
Each HOA community in the area features a pool and pool house maintained by separate community associations. Virginia Oaks residents live beside a 167-acre green space that was once the Virginia Oaks Golf Course. In 2018, the course's decline in popularity led the Virginia Oaks HOA and Prince William County to replace it with a manmade forest, intercut by walking trails and picnic pavilions where locals can ride pikes or walk their dogs. The forest canopy features dogwood, white oak and maple trees, while wildflower beds line the edges of trails. Lake Manassas borders the area to the west and has been closed for boating and swimming since 2004, as it is one of the county's largest water suppliers. Though many locals have tried to reopen the lake for recreation, only minor fishing is currently allowed. Conway Robinson State Forest is also nearby for hiking or mountain biking on miles of trails. Jiffy Lube Live is an outdoor amphitheater east of Broad Run Oaks and one of Gainesville's biggest attractions. It hosts mainly musical artists and standup comedians and can seat over 10,000 people in its large pavilion, with another 15,000 able to fill the grass lawn beyond it.
Broad Run Oaks has many unique businesses for those in need of some retail therapy.
Locals can shop at Virginia Gateway
Residents need only cross Linton Hall Road to the north to access Virginia Gateway, one of Gainesville's largest retail centers. Locals can browse Giant or BJ's Wholesale for groceries or check out retailers like Target and Lowe's. There's fast-casual dining just north of the mall, with Panera and Potbelly for sandwiches, or in the Promenade at Virginia Gateway to the south, with dine-in options like BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, Bar Louie and Trummer's Coffee & Wine Bar for espresso, wine and pastries. A few steps past the Promenade is Regal Virginia Gateway, a movie theater with 14 screens.
Teens living in Broad Run Oaks can attend the Gainesville High School in Prince William County.
Gainesville High is one of the county's newest schools
Prince William County Public Schools serve Broad Run Oaks' students. Based on zoning, students living in Saranac will likely commute to Glenkirk Elementary, with an A-minus overall Niche score, while students in Virginia Oaks or Broad Run Oaks will attend Piney Branch Elementary, rated a B-plus. After that is Gainesville Middle School, also rated an A-minus. Megel says, “[Gainesville] High School was the most recent Prince William County High School, just opened in 2021." It has, he says, "all new everything.” Gainesville High's new campus includes a criminal justice lab, an outdoor covered amphitheater and dedicated spaces for orchestra, band and a black box theater.
Broad Run Oaks is home to a number of churches.
Houses of worship in Broad Run Oaks
The neighborhood features several houses of worship, including the Apostolic Faith United Pentecostal Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Glenkirk Road. Both churches offer youth programs and services several days a week; everyone is welcome to attend. The Northern Virginia Baptist Center is an event space that folks can rent out for gatherings, from family reunions and weddings to worship services.
Lee Highway and I-66 lead to D.C.
Commuters can quickly access U.S. Route 29, also called Lee Highway, and Interstate 66, which both border Broad Run Oaks to the north. These major roads lead from the neighborhood to D.C. in 35 miles, which takes about 45 minutes to an hour, depending on traffic.
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Broad Run Oaks Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Broad Run Oaks, Gainesville sell after 18 days on the market compared to the national average of 53 days. The median sale price for homes in Broad Run Oaks, Gainesville over the last 12 months is $862,500, up 6% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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