510 24th Street #102 is a two-bedroom, two-bath condo in Virginia Beach's Beach Borough — a walkable, beachside address where the Atlantic Ocean is close enough that you can smell it on a good day, and the neighborhood's low-maintenance lifestyle does most of the heavy lifting for you.
Beach Borough sits in the heart of the Virginia Beach Oceanfront corridor, roughly between the resort strip and the quieter residential blocks that locals actually live in year-round. This is not a subdivision in the traditional sense — no cul-de-sacs, no matching mailboxes, no HOA telling you what color to paint your shutters. It's a compact, walkable urban neighborhood where condos, small apartment buildings, and the occasional cottage share blocks with coffee shops, yoga studios, and neighborhood parks. The 23451 zip code has a character that's genuinely hard to replicate elsewhere in Hampton Roads: it's dense enough to feel like a real neighborhood, but small enough that you recognize the regulars at the corner café within a few weeks.
BEACH BOROUGH homes attract a wide range of buyers — young professionals who want to walk to dinner, military families on PCS orders who want a low-maintenance base of operations near NAS Oceana, and investors who understand that beachside Virginia Beach real estate has a floor that most inland submarkets simply don't. There's no HOA here, which matters more than people realize: no monthly fee, no board approval process, no restrictions on renting the unit while you're deployed. For a certain type of buyer, that single fact changes the entire calculus.
Living in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach is the largest city by population in the state of Virginia, which surprises people who picture a resort town. It's a full-service city with a diverse economy, a significant military footprint, and a housing market that runs from modest inland starter homes to oceanfront estates that would look comfortable in a different zip code entirely. The spread between those two ends is wide — wide enough that "the Virginia Beach market" is really five or six different markets sharing a city government.
The Oceanfront submarket, where this property sits, behaves differently from the rest of the city. It's driven by proximity, walkability, and lifestyle rather than lot size and school zone. Property in this corridor tends to hold value well through softer market cycles because the supply is physically constrained — there's only so much land between the ocean and the bay. For buyers weighing homes for sale in Virginia Beach against options in Chesapeake or Norfolk, the Oceanfront submarket is its own conversation, and 510 24th Street drops you right into the middle of it. Virginia Beach property taxes sit in the middle of the regional range, and VA-loan-eligible inventory throughout the city is strong given the concentration of active-duty personnel.
What's Nearby
The walkability at this address is genuinely unusual by Hampton Roads standards. A Harris Teeter is roughly three-tenths of a mile away — close enough that grabbing a forgotten ingredient for dinner is a ten-minute round trip on foot. There's a BP convenience stop at about the same distance for those moments when you need something faster. For coffee, Daybreak Coffee and Neptune's Cafe and Smoke Shop are both within a short walk, which means you have options for both the quiet morning cup and the kind of place where you end up staying longer than planned.
Mo'Betta's is within two blocks and is exactly the kind of neighborhood restaurant that makes a walkable address worth having — the sort of spot you'd recommend to a visiting friend without overthinking it. El Paraiso is similarly close for a different night's mood. If you want something a bit more of a destination, Cook's Boathouse Restaurant is about a twelve-minute drive and worth the trip.
For fitness, Acro Yoga 757, Wareing's Gym, and Flo Pilates Studio are all within about a half-mile, which is a genuinely solid concentration of options for a neighborhood this size. The 24th Street Park and Naval Aviation Monument Park are both under a half-mile walk — the latter being a quiet, dignified green space that tends to be less crowded than the Boardwalk-adjacent spots. Season for Nonviolence Parklet is a small but pleasant pocket park just a few blocks out. The Atlantic Ocean itself, of course, is the amenity that anchors all of this — and it's close enough to walk to in under ten minutes from the front door.
Military Housing Virginia Beach — NAS Oceana Proximity
NAS Oceana is approximately 3.5 miles from 510 24th Street, a drive that typically runs about seven minutes depending on the route and time of day. That's an unusually short commute even by Hampton Roads standards, where military personnel are accustomed to building their daily routine around base access. Naval Air Station Oceana is the Navy's Master Jet Base on the East Coast, home to multiple strike fighter squadrons and a significant support community. The base employs a large number of active-duty, reserve, and civilian personnel, many of whom are actively looking for homes near NAS Oceana that minimize drive time without sacrificing livability.
This address checks both boxes. Military housing in Virginia Beach spans a wide range of formats — on-base family housing, large suburban single-family homes in Kempsville and Great Neck, and smaller, lower-maintenance units like this one near the Oceanfront. The condo format here is particularly practical for personnel who deploy regularly or who anticipate another PCS within a few years. There's no yard to maintain, no HOA to navigate, and the unit's location in a walkable, amenity-rich neighborhood means a non-military spouse or partner has plenty of options within walking distance during long stretches when the service member is away.
Military relocation to Virginia Beach often comes with a BAH calculation that makes the Oceanfront corridor viable, particularly for E-6 and above or any O-grade personnel. The absence of an HOA fee also keeps the monthly carrying cost cleaner than comparable units in managed communities. For buyers using a VA loan, the no-down-payment structure pairs naturally with a unit in this price range, making the entry point more accessible than the Oceanfront address might suggest.
A Walk Through the Property
510 24th Street #102 is a ground-floor condo unit built in 1987, offering 1,107 square feet across two bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The 1987 vintage puts this unit in a generation of Oceanfront construction that was built to a more substantial standard than the resort-era conversions of earlier decades — concrete block and frame construction typical of the era, with a footprint that was designed as residential from the start rather than adapted from something else.
Ground-floor positioning is worth noting: it eliminates stairs entirely, which matters for accessibility, for moving furniture, and for the simple daily convenience of not hauling groceries up a flight. The two-bedroom, two-bath layout is a practical split that works equally well for a couple using one room as a home office, two roommates sharing costs, or a single owner who wants a genuine guest room. At 1,107 square feet, the unit is compact without feeling cramped — a distinction that comes down to floor plan efficiency, and this era of construction generally handled that reasonably well.
There is no pool and no private garage, which is consistent with the neighborhood's urban character. Street parking and nearby options are the norm in this part of the Oceanfront corridor. The architectural style is straightforward mid-1980s coastal residential — functional, durable, and without the decorative excess that dates some properties from the same period. No HOA means the unit is self-managed, which simplifies ownership and keeps options open.
A Day in the Life
A morning at this address starts with a short walk to Daybreak Coffee, maybe a loop through 24th Street Park before the day gets moving. Groceries come from the Harris Teeter a few blocks north. Lunch might be Mo'Betta's or something from El Paraiso, depending on the mood. An afternoon workout at Wareing's Gym or a Flo Pilates class, then a walk to the beach — which, again, is genuinely walkable from here — before dinner at home or out. The Naval Aviation Monument Park is a good spot to decompress on a weekday evening when the Boardwalk gets crowded. The whole rhythm of the day happens within a radius that most Hampton Roads residents can't access without a car.
For Military Families Considering This Address
The seven-minute drive to NAS Oceana is the headline, but the no-HOA structure is the detail that makes this unit particularly practical for active-duty households. Deployment cycles, TDY travel, and PCS uncertainty all become easier to manage when there's no board approval process, no rental restriction, and no monthly fee eating into BAH. Va loan homes in Virginia Beach are plentiful, and this unit's price point makes the math work for a range of pay grades. The walkable neighborhood also means a family member staying behind has genuine daily independence without needing two cars.
For Hampton Roads Families Upgrading from a Starter Home
If you've been in a starter home in a more inland Virginia Beach neighborhood and you're ready for a lifestyle shift rather than just a square-footage upgrade, this address represents a different kind of trade. You're not getting a bigger yard — you're getting a walkable, low-maintenance urban footprint in one of the most recognizable zip codes in the region. The Oceanfront corridor has a different energy than Kempsville or Landstown, and for the right family, that trade is an easy one.
For Buyers New to Hampton Roads
If you're relocating to the Hampton Roads region and Virginia Beach is on your list, the 23451 zip code is worth understanding before you dismiss it as a resort area. This is a real neighborhood with year-round residents, genuine walkability, and a housing stock that includes practical owner-occupied units alongside vacation rentals. Military relocation to Virginia Beach frequently lands buyers in this corridor precisely because the combination of base proximity, lifestyle, and manageable price point is hard to match elsewhere in the region.
For Buyers Comparing Condo Options in Virginia Beach
The Oceanfront condo market in Virginia Beach has a wide range of vintage and format — from 1960s-era motel conversions to newer mid-rise construction. The 1987 vintage at 510 24th Street sits in a middle generation that tends to offer more structural integrity than the older stock without the premium pricing of newer construction. No HOA is a genuine differentiator in a market where most comparable units carry monthly fees that add meaningfully to the cost of ownership.
If you'd like to talk through this address, the Beach Borough neighborhood, or any other property in the Virginia Beach Oceanfront corridor, Tom and Dariya Milan at LPT Realty are the right call. Reach them at vahome.com or by phone — one conversation is usually enough to figure out whether this is the right fit or whether something else in the market deserves a closer look.
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