Why isn’t this house in H street corridor selling?
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Anonymous
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Is it the price? Location? Something else?
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/825-8th-St-NE-20002/home/9902379?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link |
Anonymous
| $1.3M is top of the market for H street. You can still get SFHs for $900K if you go 2 blocks or more from the WF. |
Anonymous
| You couldn’t pay me to live near H street. |
Anonymous
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Price. Always price.
And that first floor layout is awful. |
Anonymous
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It’s the price combined with the location. People who can plonk $1.3 mil on a house don’t want to deal with the stuff on that block. It’s right on H street, and 8th is also a central bus route. Lots of folks hanging out on those corners, lots of smoking, lots of litter. It’s normal city stuff, and if this were a big condo building I don’t think people would blink. But the sorts of folks who are in the market for a row house like this, and can afford it, don’t like the idea of having their front door across the street from where a bunch of kids chill with their bikes every afternoon.
It’s racist, but it’s true. They just overshot with the renovation and price. If they had kept it in the 800-900 range, there are lots of UMC buyers in DC who would jump at it and not care as much about the location. Rich people can afford to live in places where they don’t have to look at or think about anything they find unpleasant |
Anonymous
| It's a pretty rough block to be priced so high. 8th St is a major bus route and gets a lot more through-traffic than neighboring streets. That intersection is also a popular loitering spot for drugged out men who have nothing else to do all day. The renovation itself was a quick flip six years ago, which means the shiny veneer is probably starting to show its age. They cheaped out on the shower tiling (drives me crazy when it doesn't go all the way to the ceiling), which makes me wonder what other cut corners are hidden. |
Anonymous
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I think it's a nice house (nicer and more spacious than the stuff that sells for under $1m around here), but I agree that $1.35m is just too high for what it is. If it were $1.2m it would probably sell fairly quickly, or maybe $1.25, but I feel like it has to be something special to go above that price point, and although it's nice enough, it's not that special.
Also agreed that 8th St. isn't ideal, mostly because it's busy without much of a setback. But even if it were around the corner on a quieter street, I just think it's overpriced. |
Anonymous
Why? I like that the put the kitchen in the middle, because then the dining room opens onto the balcony, which is nice. Plus I like how accessible the kitchen feels from everywhere in the house. But I concur that the price is too high for the location. Also, while the house itself looks very nicely done (and it is hard to find something with so much space inside and this many functional bedrooms plus an office plus a bonus room), I think the outdoor space is seriously lacking for this price point. That roof deck is just annoying to get to, and they didn’t do a sink and a fridge up there to make it more functional. The tiny balcony isn’t big enough to be an entertaining space or even a spot for family dinners. I can se why they couldn’t carve out more because they need the parking, but at this price point I would expect a little yard or at least a patio, or a kitchenette off the roof deck. |
Anonymous
I suspect that it's the lack of easily accessible outdoor space during COVID. A roof deck is nice, but seems stiflingly hot in July and Augusr. |
Anonymous
| Did anyone else notice that the fridge opens into the back of the couch? That must be super annoying. The owners really should fix that. |
Anonymous
Yes, that really bothered me. |
Anonymous
🙋🏽♀️ Yes, me too! I saw it right away! |
Anonymous
You do realize those are just staging photos, right? If you don't want your sofa next to the fridge...don't place it next to the fridge. |
Anonymous
The problem isn’t the placement of the sofa. It’s the placement of the fridge. And no, I’m not moving water lines in a 1.3M rowhome. |
Anonymous
Move the sofa six inches toward the window. If you can't figure that out, you probably should not be looking at 1.3M homes. |