Post-purchase guides for RVA homebuyers
You closed. Now what? These guides cover community-specific resources, RSS feeds, schools, services, and Virginia-specific tasks for the first 90 days in your new home.
Plan your move
Compare DIY truck rental, portable container, and full-service movers for your route — with Richmond-area vendor starting points when your move touches the metro.
Midlothian / Robious Corridor
Deep-dive relocation guide for the Robious Road corridor — Bettie Weaver, Robious Middle, James River HS attendance zone. RSS feeds, services, first-90-day checklist, Virginia-specific gotchas.
Short Pump / West End
Henrico's growth corridor — Wyndham, Twin Hickory, Wellesley, Foxhall. Deep Run / Godwin attendance zones, Innsbrook density curve, dense retail + office core.
Goochland Estates
Rural-luxury exception with $0.53/$100 tax rate. Kinloch, Hermitage, Sabot Hill estates; well/septic reality outside TCSD; minutes from West Creek (Capital One, PFG).
Guides are compiled from Chesterfield County CivicEngage RSS feeds, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond BizSense, NWS alerts, county ELM permit portal, and community sources. Verified live where possible; substitute paths (FetchRSS, RSS.app) are noted where native feeds don't exist.