Has Your House been Discussed on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Just curious as this is a very active forum so I would have to think that more than one DCUM'er has had their home discussed on here before, when it was listed for sale/sold.

[Anonymous]

Yep. My husband asked if I started the thread.

FWIW I did not start the thread.

Thankfully(?) most commenters had the same thoughts/concerns we had and might have been why we were the only offer and got our house under list price last fall.

[Anonymous]

Yes. You hated it and I paid too much

[Anonymous]

No, but when selling, I was worried someone would post it on here and it would be torn to shreds and it would never sell, etc.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Old house. People said it was listed too high.

Turns out it wasn't.

[Anonymous]

No, but I was once discussing the merits and demerits of living on a particular street and another poster freaked out on me and called me names because I'd been critical of the street (it's a very busy street with a ton of bus/truck traffic and a lot of loitering, and I would not want to live there). I feel confident it was the poster's street because the reaction was incredibly personal even though my comments were not at all.

I always think of them when discussing real estate on the forum now and will sometimes be more balanced in an assessment so as not to offend someone.

[Anonymous]

Someone once posted a pic of it here but the comments were favorable.

[Anonymous]

Yes. People said there were foundation issues. There were not!

[Anonymous]

Yes. Turns out lots of people wanted my house. But I'm the one who got it!

[Anonymous]

No, but when we were selling our condo it got featured on PoPville. I assume our realtor made that happen?

[Anonymous]

Yes. My previous home was discussed in the H St/Capitol Hill thread when I put it on the market. The person who commented suggested it was overpriced. It ended up selling for ~$75k above listing price.

[Anonymous]

No, but I know if it was people would tear it apart.

There is one I walk past all the time that gets posted as an example of an ugly mcmansion. I've seen it in person and it's fine; not choices I would make, necessarily, but not even close to the ugliest house on that street. I wonder sometimes if the owners are aware it's on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

No and I’m shocked it was spared since it was ugly and in a hot neighborhood. I still miss that place.

[Anonymous]

I posted a house I liked. When it went back on the market six months later we put in an offer which was accepted but pulled it over serious issue in inspection.

[Anonymous]

No, but I solicited opinions on my neighbor's house, which is very similar to mine.