House Porn - which would you rather have?

[Anonymous]

Can’t stand either. First is too big and it would take forever to rid of the gaudy marble. Second house is fussy, rooms too separated, not comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Neither

[Anonymous]

I would much prefer the Chain Bridge Rd house, but I hate the idea of a huge house like the first one. I have zero interest in anything that big.

[Anonymous]

I feel like the party gravel area in house 2 might be modeled after the one at Meridian House with the linden trees and while I do love it, I feel like whenever I go to a party there people are always almost falling down and also I have no idea how much work it is to keep it clean but it must be a lot.

[Anonymous]

The Potomac house is outrageous.
The DC house is elegant.

The price difference between the 2 demonstrates just how crazy people are about their real estate choices.

[Anonymous]

1. Too much decor for a house. I have a castle in France. I know.

2. More period-looking, but a bit dark, and too expensive for what it is. DC isn't worth these prices.

[Anonymous]

They both need updating. The second one was last renovated in 1998.

[Anonymous]

I can't get past the fact that the garage doors on #1 open onto grass... (you can even see tire tracks through the grass in one picture)

[Anonymous]

#2 from the outside looks like it could be in the English countryside. I have a thing against being confronted by a staircase upon walking in the front door, and even though this one is slightly off to the side, I still I hate that.

Putting that issue aside, with a bit of redecorating I could make this work for my family.

#1 stretches too far to the sides - I'd prefer it went up, rather than out. Why yes, I AM fat-shaming that house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
1. Too much decor for a house. I have a castle in France. I know.

2. More period-looking, but a bit dark, and too expensive for what it is. DC isn't worth these prices.

What does your castle in France have to do with these DC houses? How tiresome.

[Anonymous]

The outsides of both houses are vastly superior to the insides. I like the carriage house garage thing on #1. That leaves about 20K sq.ft. to hate. #2 is very ordinary. Who in their right mind would pay that kind of money for it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:#2 from the outside looks like it could be in the English countryside. I have a thing against being confronted by a staircase upon walking in the front door, and even though this one is slightly off to the side, I still I hate that.

Putting that issue aside, with a bit of redecorating I could make this work for my family.

#1 stretches too far to the sides - I'd prefer it went up, rather than out. Why yes, I AM fat-shaming that house.

Agree 💯on the staircase.

[Anonymous]

No question- #2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:23,000 sf?? No thank you. What a waste of resources. Even if l was loaded, the effort put in by other people maintaining my house would bother me.

2nd one is also too big but not disturbingly so.

Interesting. When I looked at number one all I thought about was all the people who would constantly be in and around the house for upkeep and maintenance. Never a day without people around, horrible.

The second home isn't far behind. Last renovation was done in 1998 so we're talking 26 years old at best.

[Anonymous]

Where are you seeing that the last renovation of house #2 was 1998? That has come up a few times and is incorrect, the current owners did extensive renovations.