Shepherd Park

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a coming soon sign on 14th and Kalmia

Thanks PP!!!

Call the realtor now. Don’t wait for it to hit the market.

-Signed a Shepherd Park neighbor who bought an off-market house

[Anonymous]

You and 5 others have the same idea, stop giving tips here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a coming soon sign on 14th and Kalmia

Thanks PP!!!

Call the realtor now. Don’t wait for it to hit the market.

-Signed a Shepherd Park neighbor who bought an off-market house

I just saw it today—looks to be a pretty modest sized rambler, so hopefully it’ll be listed below $850K. On 14th btwn Kalmia and Locust. Not far from the school, but also just a 10-15 min walk to Metro.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live off a block off GA in SP - I don't think the crime is any worse that in the middle of SP, in fact I think it's better because there are often more people around. We don't have any traffic noise, and sometime get people noise from the bars on GA when they close - although the neighborhood association and neighbors have been active in trying to control that as well. Overall, it's not that bad and not at all out of bounds for living in a City.

The neighborhood association is extremely active. Should anyone have problems the ANC is all over it. They have increased police presence because of car break ins. They didn’t like Harris Teeter’s proposed traffic pattern so they blocked it. I live off Alaska and would have no problems buying closer to GA because if there are issues, I would just get the older residents in on my battle.

I agree with much of this, but living near Georgia would still give me pause. I know at least two different families who live close to Georgia who've had troubling incidents in the past two years (daytime break-ins, etc.).

And many families in the neighborhood were in actually in favor of the Harris Teeter project, but I think those who live along Kalmia were much more vocal against the project. Oh well.

Yeah I’m super conflicted about it. I am desperate to get in the neighborhood for the School. But I just would feel unssafe in the 11th and Kalmia house for sale. The commercial parking behind the house is really problematic. And it’s around the corner from a liqour store. It’s too bad because we toured the house and it’s beautiful!! Only other drawback was bedroom in basement had a door that leads outside.

It’s now listed as a Hot home. Wonder if that’s partly from views here, or whether the Redfin algorithm predicts it will sell quickly for other reasons..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a coming soon sign on 14th and Kalmia

Thanks PP!!!

Call the realtor now. Don’t wait for it to hit the market.

-Signed a Shepherd Park neighbor who bought an off-market house

Great advice!! I’m learning this market has a different set of rules then I thought

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You and 5 others have the same idea, stop giving tips here

OP here: thank you everyone for being so helpful.

PP: Isn’t giving tips the purpose of the forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live off a block off GA in SP - I don't think the crime is any worse that in the middle of SP, in fact I think it's better because there are often more people around. We don't have any traffic noise, and sometime get people noise from the bars on GA when they close - although the neighborhood association and neighbors have been active in trying to control that as well. Overall, it's not that bad and not at all out of bounds for living in a City.

The neighborhood association is extremely active. Should anyone have problems the ANC is all over it. They have increased police presence because of car break ins. They didn’t like Harris Teeter’s proposed traffic pattern so they blocked it. I live off Alaska and would have no problems buying closer to GA because if there are issues, I would just get the older residents in on my battle.

I agree with much of this, but living near Georgia would still give me pause. I know at least two different families who live close to Georgia who've had troubling incidents in the past two years (daytime break-ins, etc.).

And many families in the neighborhood were in actually in favor of the Harris Teeter project, but I think those who live along Kalmia were much more vocal against the project. Oh well.

Yeah I’m super conflicted about it. I am desperate to get in the neighborhood for the School. But I just would feel unssafe in the 11th and Kalmia house for sale. The commercial parking behind the house is really problematic. And it’s around the corner from a liqour store. It’s too bad because we toured the house and it’s beautiful!! Only other drawback was bedroom in basement had a door that leads outside.

It’s now listed as a Hot home. Wonder if that’s partly from views here, or whether the Redfin algorithm predicts it will sell quickly for other reasons..

We drove by the home at night. It generally seemed pretty safe. Although there were homeless people sleeping on steps of a church around the corner. But I guess it depends on what you are used to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live off a block off GA in SP - I don't think the crime is any worse that in the middle of SP, in fact I think it's better because there are often more people around. We don't have any traffic noise, and sometime get people noise from the bars on GA when they close - although the neighborhood association and neighbors have been active in trying to control that as well. Overall, it's not that bad and not at all out of bounds for living in a City.

The neighborhood association is extremely active. Should anyone have problems the ANC is all over it. They have increased police presence because of car break ins. They didn’t like Harris Teeter’s proposed traffic pattern so they blocked it. I live off Alaska and would have no problems buying closer to GA because if there are issues, I would just get the older residents in on my battle.

I agree with much of this, but living near Georgia would still give me pause. I know at least two different families who live close to Georgia who've had troubling incidents in the past two years (daytime break-ins, etc.).

And many families in the neighborhood were in actually in favor of the Harris Teeter project, but I think those who live along Kalmia were much more vocal against the project. Oh well.

Yeah I’m super conflicted about it. I am desperate to get in the neighborhood for the School. But I just would feel unssafe in the 11th and Kalmia house for sale. The commercial parking behind the house is really problematic. And it’s around the corner from a liqour store. It’s too bad because we toured the house and it’s beautiful!! Only other drawback was bedroom in basement had a door that leads outside.

It’s now listed as a Hot home. Wonder if that’s partly from views here, or whether the Redfin algorithm predicts it will sell quickly for other reasons..

We drove by the home at night. It generally seemed pretty safe. Although there were homeless people sleeping on steps of a church around the corner. But I guess it depends on what you are used to.

Totally agree depends on your tolerance for various aspects of city living. We moved to SP from the 'burbs and live right off 16th St.--I was a little sketched out by Georgia Ave., lol. OTOH, I have friends who live on the Hill, H St., Petworth, etc. who probably wouldn't blink about proximity to Georgia Ave. if it was a nice house with good schools. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

The only thing "sketch" about Georgia Ave there is people are the wrong "sort" of brown to some. I was shocked that no one uses the groceries or retail that are there, but they don't. Yeah, there are some homeless guys in front of the liquor store. Say hi and go on your way. Sometimes give them a dollar. It's a city. That happens.

The Salvadorian and Colombian groceries are great, actually, as is the ethiopean coffee shop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only thing "sketch" about Georgia Ave there is people are the wrong "sort" of brown to some. I was shocked that no one uses the groceries or retail that are there, but they don't. Yeah, there are some homeless guys in front of the liquor store. Say hi and go on your way. Sometimes give them a dollar. It's a city. That happens.

The Salvadorian and Colombian groceries are great, actually, as is the ethiopean coffee shop.

Hmm, I’m the immediate PP, and I’m black. I just don’t like the retail options and feel of Georgia, and all the grown men loitering—not for strolling with a young child, anyway. I get some from Ted’s Roti or Ethiopian once in a while, but I’ll be happy to see what new retail may come in the next few years. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only thing "sketch" about Georgia Ave there is people are the wrong "sort" of brown to some. I was shocked that no one uses the groceries or retail that are there, but they don't. Yeah, there are some homeless guys in front of the liquor store. Say hi and go on your way. Sometimes give them a dollar. It's a city. That happens.

The Salvadorian and Colombian groceries are great, actually, as is the ethiopean coffee shop.

Hmm, I’m the immediate PP, and I’m black. I just don’t like the retail options and feel of Georgia, and all the grown men loitering—not for strolling with a young child, anyway. I get some from Ted’s Roti or Ethiopian once in a while, but I’ll be happy to see what new retail may come in the next few years. YMMV.

+1

I agree and I’m Black with young kids as well. We passed on the Kalmia house for the reasons noted above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a coming soon sign on 14th and Kalmia

Thanks PP!!!

Call the realtor now. Don’t wait for it to hit the market.

-Signed a Shepherd Park neighbor who bought an off-market house

I just saw it today—looks to be a pretty modest sized rambler, so hopefully it’ll be listed below $850K. On 14th btwn Kalmia and Locust. Not far from the school, but also just a 10-15 min walk to Metro.

It’s a closer walk than that. I live at Hemlock/Alaska and it is a 10-15 min walk for me. At 14th & Kalmia, you would have to walk really slow for it to take that long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a coming soon sign on 14th and Kalmia

Thanks PP!!!

Call the realtor now. Don’t wait for it to hit the market.

-Signed a Shepherd Park neighbor who bought an off-market house

I just saw it today—looks to be a pretty modest sized rambler, so hopefully it’ll be listed below $850K. On 14th btwn Kalmia and Locust. Not far from the school, but also just a 10-15 min walk to Metro.

It’s a closer walk than that. I live at Hemlock/Alaska and it is a 10-15 min walk for me. At 14th & Kalmia, you would have to walk really slow for it to take that long.

Ahem. I don't walk slow, although I am short. I was basing my estimate on the time it takes me to drop off my kid at Shepherd and walk to the SS station--it's about 0.8 miles, and takes me about 15 minutes. So I thought 10-15 min from the house in question.

Hemlock/Alaska is about 1 mile from SS station, so you must either have super long legs or be a champion speed walker to make it in 10-15 min.

[Anonymous]

As I said, the wrong shade of brown.

The people on Georgia are fine.

The people in SP are really snotty about them.

Ymmv too.

[Anonymous]

The hotel next to the subway is a brothel, progress place dumps hundreds of homeless people into the neighborhood weekly. If you are fine with Georgia ave then you have low standards