2028 Lakewinds Dr, Reston, VA 20191

We didn't just live in a house here. We lived on the lake, and that's the part we want you to understand before the granite and the hardwood floors pull your attention, because those aren't why we never wanted to leave. Let your stress float away as you end the day with an evening boat ride, watching the sun go down over the water. Kayak, fish, or paddleboard right from your own backyard, no car, no launch, just walk out and go. Lake Thoreau has a rhythm to it: rafting up with friends for an impromptu happy hour or potluck, an evening concert drifting across the water, fireworks on the Fourth watched from the middle of the lake instead of a folding chair on shore. We've taken guests on moonlit cruises before heading to Red's for dinner or a drink, and every one of them has asked how soon they could move here too. Mornings are their own kind of quiet. Coffee on the patio while the lake wakes up, herons in the shallows, bald eagles overhead, sometimes right from the living room or...