What a million now gets you near American University

[Anonymous]

Doesn't look fratty to me. My heart swelled a little looking at the vintage wallpaper. It's in disrepair but clearly well-loved. Seems like someone is living there honorably and modestly at the moment.

[Anonymous]

I agree with OP. This house has been neglected and I would expect jaw dropping reveals from a home inspection.

[Anonymous]

I bought a fixer upper in 2000 as my starter home. I actual recognize some Pergament faucets!! For those young folk pre Home Depot and Lowes was the a big chain called Pergaments, low grade Home Depot, Big huge stores that everyone who was a landlord or on a budget would buy faucets, sheetrock, low grade stuff. My 1955 fixer upper was walking distance from one in the 1970s to 1980s and I see all this cheap crap in house. Sign a contractor was not used as only DIY and handiman went there. The newest thing in entire house iis oven. That is a GE oven from around 2000. That is a 21 year old model and is looks brand new in that kitchen given every thing else is like 50 years older!

I love the house dont get me wrong, but it is a combination of never being maintained and getting very run down and even what was done was cheap material with Handiman specials. No one has loved that house in at least 40 years.

[Anonymous]

Beautiful home. Hopefully the new owners do it justice before just ripping all the original details apart

[Anonymous]

Some of these responses are pretty cruel. Let people live their lives. You have no idea what this person went through, their circumstances, nothing. This seems like a charming house that was really loved and has a lot of character. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, this place doesn't need a gut reno. I wouldn't touch the bathrooms, for example. Refinish the floors, new roof, new air conditioning, new kitchen, rebuild back porch. That's about 150k and you don't have to do it all at once.

Okay, I'm the person who objected to the OP's description but this is ludicrous. To get this house back in shape, without dramatically changing anything, will cost at least $250k. Possibly a lot more if the whole part off the back needs to be rebuilt. And that's also assuming you leave the basement alone, because I can guarantee having lived in the area my whole life that there is mold behind that paneling and to fix it properly, you'd have to completely gut the basement, dig drain tiles, and install a sump pump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of these responses are pretty cruel. Let people live their lives. You have no idea what this person went through, their circumstances, nothing. This seems like a charming house that was really loved and has a lot of character. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

Agree! For every mean poster, please submit photos of your grandparents' or parents' bathrooms and kitchens. thank you.

[Anonymous]

Also, I bet the kitchen had worn linoleum and they pulled it up to show the wood floor is underneath. I bet it was a very cheerful kitchen for a very long time. Worn paint is just worn paint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:House has beautiful bones, historic features, original tile baths, and feeds into the best school pyramid. With 150k, this house will be a jewel. So much bile on this board. Yuck!

Oh my. Yes, owners lived there a long time it seems.

You can live somewhere a long time and maintain it nicely. The deferred maintenance on this house is frightening.

Agree. Sad you can tell how it was originally much loved but long long neglected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, I bet the kitchen had worn linoleum and they pulled it up to show the wood floor is underneath. I bet it was a very cheerful kitchen for a very long time. Worn paint is just worn paint.

They also pulled up the asbestos tile in the basement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, I bet the kitchen had worn linoleum and they pulled it up to show the wood floor is underneath. I bet it was a very cheerful kitchen for a very long time. Worn paint is just worn paint.

They also pulled up the asbestos tile in the basement.

Probably because there was water damage.

[Anonymous]

Is that porch original to the house? It looks added on, like someone had a White House fetish at one point. Those two-story columned porches don't appear on colonials that I've seen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that porch original to the house? It looks added on, like someone had a White House fetish at one point. Those two-story columned porches don't appear on colonials that I've seen.

It's not so terrible, but I can also see getting rid of it.

[Anonymous]

DCUM: Millennials can't afford homes because they're spoiled and want updated kitchens.

Also DCUM: Yuck, why wasn't this home updated! It's elder abuse to not buy boomers a new kitchen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:House has beautiful bones, historic features, original tile baths, and feeds into the best school pyramid. With 150k, this house will be a jewel. So much bile on this board. Yuck!

Yeah, no, this house needs way more than $150K. You're ignoring all the deferred maintenance issues that will crop up in the walls, basement, etc. This house is a good $250K at least.