And yet the current owner of my old townhouse right there did exactly this! (dig out). They took a two story, no basement townhouse and have dug out an english basement apartment and added a third floor. It's now three units. |
Don't forget 422 Independence - $1.6m for a 2br/3.5ba. I really have a hard time imagining that much for a 2br, but especially for a home with no private outdoor space |
Me: "Super mod re-do? That could actually be—" *looks at the photos* "—oh, no. No, no, no, no, no." Remember the reaction of the newly dead couple in Beetlejuice when the new owners re-did their house? That's me with this "mod re-do." There is nothing about what they've done to that house I like. Paint over the brick walls? Hate it. Dark gray paint outside? Hate. Gray and white "color" scheme inside? The wire stair railings that were already bordering on passé five years ago? The white-painted bare ceilings? Hate, hate, hate. The backyard is nice, though. I'll give them that. |
Has anyone walked through 233 9th St (https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/233-9th-St-SE-20003/home/9903408#overview)? I was surprised to see a price drop today, even while some other houses are moving quite quick. |
It is a nice place but they could not have picked a more incongruous style. Eugh. |
Usually people move the kitchen to the first floor. |
Speaking by of basement kitchens. This one sold over ask.
[url] https://redf.in/wyDcr7 |
WOW - I loved this house but even I didn't see $1.35m going for a 2br. Not just over ask, but 100k over ask |
Finally closed- $1.85m (100k under most recent asking price). On and off market since October |
PP, I went looking for this house's close and looks like something is up - nobody is taking more than 6 weeks to close right now. If this was your dream house I'd reach back out |
New 2br in bounds for Brent just dropped at a reasonable 1.1… https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/410-G-St-SE-20003/home/9896187?600390594=copy_variant&1778901559=variant&utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=share_sheet |
PP hit it on the nose - $1.16m. Pretty cool million dollar play for the prior owners (who purchased for $225k in 1995). |
Yup. Went under contract within few days and sold $60K over asking. |
Wow, $225k. I hope they are retiring to a beach somewhere. |
Since this seems to be the new Capitol Hill thread:
Two or three years ago, in the old Capitol Hill thread, occasionally an itty bitty rowhouse in Capitol Hill would come up for discussion and be labeled a "condo alternative." Do "condo alternatives" still exist in 2024, or has the increase in Capitol Hill prices more or less killed that category of housing? |