Orange Hunt sits between Old Keene Mill Road and the Fairfax County Parkway, a short hop up from South Run. These are some of the most character-filled houses in West Springfield, and they reward a painter who slows down.
Camelot Builders put this neighborhood up between roughly 1965 and 1980 — something like nine hundred single-family homes plus a few hundred townhouses, on quarter- to third-acre wooded lots. Split-levels, split-foyers and colonials, brick and siding, and a great many of them carrying an addition that a previous owner built on in keeping with the original.
Sixty years of ownership leaves a house honest. Half-walls, changes in ceiling height at the split, an addition whose drywall meets the original at a seam you can find with your fingertips. None of that is a problem — it is information. I read where the house wants the line to sit and put it there, so a room built in two eras finally looks like one room.
Orange Hunt Estates is served by a civic association rather than a mandatory HOA — OHECA keeps the neighborhood news, directory and community events going. Worth joining if you are new to the street.
Visit the Orange Hunt Estates civic association site →
I am not affiliated with the association — this link is here because it is genuinely useful if you own a home in Orange Hunt Estates.
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About ten minutes from South Run, up Old Keene Mill. Free, no-pressure quotes — I look forward to meeting you.