Why isn’t this house in H street corridor selling?

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Anonymous wrote:So I'm taking from this that very few people who love H St actually have multiple school-age children who need to ride their bikes, walk to their friend's house 2 blocks away, walk home from school, go to the big field nearby to practice pitching or shots-on-goal.

There are tons of kids around here. What’s your point?

DP, and I disagree. I don't think there are "tons" of elementary-aged kids ages 5-11 in the vicinity of this house. That was the original question. Anyone have that DCPS projected enrollment map handy?

I guarantee you that there are more school-age children per sq mile on the Hill than in any suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:So I'm taking from this that very few people who love H St actually have multiple school-age children who need to ride their bikes, walk to their friend's house 2 blocks away, walk home from school, go to the big field nearby to practice pitching or shots-on-goal.

*clutches pearls* Won't somebody think of the pitchers?

You're dealing with a tiny sample on this forum of people who live in a small neighborhood. We personally don't have school-age kids yet, but I can assure you that we regularly see kids riding bikes, kids walking to and from school, and kids hanging out with their friends.

But no, little league does not seem to be a big thing here.

Incorrect. Capitol Hill Little League is well run and very popular. It may not be the baseball of the burbs, but it's a real thing.

right??? we are not a huge sports family but there are sports everywhere on the hill. And you can just walk or bike there!

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Anonymous wrote:For example, here's a house near Lincoln Park that's listed at $1.275 million:

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1325-Massachusetts-Ave-SE-20003/home/9914529

I'd take that one in a heartbeat over the one on 8th near H.

I love my Capitol Hill home, but you just gave me some real house envy. I bet that goes for way more than asking.

This one closed yesterday at $1,331,325—about $56k over asking price. That's almost reasonable in this market. And yes, the last four digits of the closing price are the house number. Coincidence, or brilliant strategy by the buyers?

We had a similar strategy with our escalation clause (we didn’t buy on the hill but used a hill agent and used the house number as our ending digit — helps to have an odd number for your escalation instead of a round figure) and won the bid by just over $1k.

I am curious to see what the house goes for. I think the price was a bit high for a 3 bed 3 bath in that location even in this market.