So this is how the wealthy in D.C live

[Anonymous]

Seems kid friendly to me. I can't afford it, but I'm not bitter. Nicely decorated. I expected gold leaf everywhere!

[Anonymous]

Nice house, though I agree you'd have to redo the kitchen. No surprise there was only one photo of it. Of course if you're paying $9M, you can afford $200K to redo the kitchen. Heck, you could probably get them to knock of $200K.

[Anonymous]

I should have married money...

[Anonymous]

lovely

But I do believe I saw some Marlo furniture in one of the pictures. guess you have to cut corners somewhere

[Anonymous]

Check out the size of the master bathroom. Its so tiny! I like the pool, but for $9 million I'd want a pool house, au pair suite with a separate entrance, and at least a better yard.

[Anonymous]

Love everything about the house other than the kitchen. To dark and dreary. Kitchen also looks too narrow, seems add to have a galley style kitchen in a house this big - guess the family will not be cooking. If this were being designed for me I would love the library to the other side of the house and make a much bigger kitchen and dining room. I would also combine some of the bedrooms on the second level - only have two kids.

[Anonymous]

This is not a home, it's a Residence. The kitchen and the other ground floor rooms are for entertaining, not for living.

I can't believe how naive you people are. "I think I saw some Marlo furniture." It's called staging, honey. The items you see in these photos (and in most photos of multi-million dollar houses) are no one's prized personal possessions. Can you say "rob me"??

As for the PP who suggests that the kitchen be re-done with cherry cabinets and granite countertops? Am I the first one to audibly snort at that? There is no more tired, overdone, home depot bargain basement look than cherry cabinets and granite countertops. It's that's what you're looking for, I can recommend some nice new construction across the river. Just be careful not to lean on any of the walls... you'll fall right through them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not a home, it's a Residence. The kitchen and the other ground floor rooms are for entertaining, not for living.

I can't believe how naive you people are. "I think I saw some Marlo furniture." It's called staging, honey. The items you see in these photos (and in most photos of multi-million dollar houses) are no one's prized personal possessions. Can you say "rob me"??

As for the PP who suggests that the kitchen be re-done with cherry cabinets and granite countertops? Am I the first one to audibly snort at that? There is no more tired, overdone, home depot bargain basement look than cherry cabinets and granite countertops. It's that's what you're looking for, I can recommend some nice new construction across the river. Just be careful not to lean on any of the walls... you'll fall right through them.

You sound like a DC snob. I'm glad I'm "across the river" and can avoid ladies like you.

[Anonymous]

It looks like someplace Restoration Hardware would do a photo shoot in. I actually like it, including the kitchen. But I am a minimalist. Hate clutter, hate fussy. I do agree it needs splashes of color here and there.

[Anonymous]

Gorgeous house, but if I had $9 million to spend it wouldn't quite be that. I agree that it's more tasteful than some of the gaudy gilded faux palaces rich people seem to like, but it also doesn't exactly scream "home." Plus we really like to cook and would probably do so once in a while when our personal chef was on vacation, and the kitchen is nowhere near the living areas of the house.

Does anyone else agree that there's a point where a house is TOO big for a family? If my kids are asleep or playing somewhere in the house, I like to be able to check in on them and know what they're up to. Even if I had a nanny to keep them safe, I would still want to interact with them. I think a house like this is for a diplomat or someone else who has to regularly entertain on a lavish scale.

[Anonymous]

Must confess to having a weakness for a house that looks like a Harvard "final club" or a Princeton "eating club." But where's the tap room?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You sound like a DC snob. I'm glad I'm "across the river" and can avoid ladies like you.

Don't fret. Everyone knows the most garish monstrosities in the DC area can be found up River Road in Potomac. No river crossing required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kitchen is built for catering, not for family life.

I know a caterer who says that, after several close calls, when setting up in a high-end kitchen he carefully checks inside the ovens before warming them up. Seems that too many times he's turned on a very expensive -- and apparently never used -- oven, only to discover them still lined with paper and the racks and pans still wrapped in plastic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not a home, it's a Residence. The kitchen and the other ground floor rooms are for entertaining, not for living.

I can't believe how naive you people are. "I think I saw some Marlo furniture." It's called staging, honey. The items you see in these photos (and in most photos of multi-million dollar houses) are no one's prized personal possessions. Can you say "rob me"??

As for the PP who suggests that the kitchen be re-done with cherry cabinets and granite countertops? Am I the first one to audibly snort at that? There is no more tired, overdone, home depot bargain basement look than cherry cabinets and granite countertops. It's that's what you're looking for, I can recommend some nice new construction across the river. Just be careful not to lean on any of the walls... you'll fall right through them.

THIS!

[Anonymous]

I actually love the kitchen, including the floors! Just a little bit sterile for me as is - think it needs window treatments maybe roman shades in a great pattern to brighten it up. I bet there were window treatments but they removed them for the listing pics to be more generic.