Are these H St. NE / Capitol Hill houses priced appropriately?

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Anonymous wrote:307 17th Street hardly has a second bedroom!

Wait so this sold like $600K + over asking?!?

Redfin page seems to be a typo.

https://www.compass.com/listing/307-17th-street-southeast-washington-dc-20003/744222290182807993/ says it sold for $755 k (30k over asking).

The market is insane, but fortunately not THAT insane.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/434-6th-St-NE-20002/home/9896983

Is it just me, or does this seem significantly overpriced? $1.35 m, but only one bath upstairs, and quite dated kitchen and baths, and almost no yard.

Ha, I heard people talking about this place while walking by the other day (as in prospective buyers who had just viewed it). Their take was that they liked how many original details it still had but that it was hard to take spending that much on a home that they felt needed a number of updates. So at least one buyer agrees with you!

I meant to look it up when I had the chance but forgot until your post. It’s hard to call anything “overpriced” in this market because all the prices seem astronomical to me. I agree with you and those folks on the street. But that location is really great (lots of people who want proximity to H but still the neighborhoodiness of the Hill), good elementary school, lots of space, income unit, plus character. It’s way too much for me, but I bet the find a buyer at asking. There’s just do little on the market and it’s not like it’s a mess. Just a little outdated.

This was exactly my reaction. Wow - that needs some work....good bones as they say, but you're putting some $ into that.

The sellers of this one are delusional. I've seen much nicer places in Capitol Hill go for less. I'm just the sort of person all that wood should appeal to, but there's something off. Like that staircase: there's no way those railings and posts are original. And then there's the carpet on the stairs, and the...whatever that is (wallpaper?) on the bedroom walls. Yeah, the fireplace looks kind of cool, but it also looks out of place. It's in a good location, but that's not a $1.35M-for-2,040sf-that-needs-work location.

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What do we think about a condo alternative that's been converted to a single bedroom? It's tiny at only 700 sq ft. Good luck getting anything up those stairs. But it has curb appeal and a nice upper patio.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/688-4th-St-NE-20002/home/9892801

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Anonymous wrote:What do we think about a condo alternative that's been converted to a single bedroom? It's tiny at only 700 sq ft. Good luck getting anything up those stairs. But it has curb appeal and a nice upper patio.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/688-4th-St-NE-20002/home/9892801

That's small, but at that location I can see it going fairly fast at that price as a condo alternative.

That kitchen, though—can that be as narrow as it looks in the pictures? Is that even up to fire code?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/434-6th-St-NE-20002/home/9896983

Is it just me, or does this seem significantly overpriced? $1.35 m, but only one bath upstairs, and quite dated kitchen and baths, and almost no yard.

Definitely overpriced. On the Hill, you only see that happen with non-Hill realtors. They should have listed for a million.

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Anonymous wrote:What do we think about a condo alternative that's been converted to a single bedroom? It's tiny at only 700 sq ft. Good luck getting anything up those stairs. But it has curb appeal and a nice upper patio.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/688-4th-St-NE-20002/home/9892801

That's small, but at that location I can see it going fairly fast at that price as a condo alternative.

That kitchen, though—can that be as narrow as it looks in the pictures? Is that even up to fire code?

My thoughts exactly on the kitchen! Otherwise it's cute as a button though -- if I were single, I'd snap that up. The location is amazing and it's the rare 1 bedroom that might actually appreciate with time -- usually that's a savings vehicle only because they can be so hard to unload.

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Anonymous wrote:What do we think about a condo alternative that's been converted to a single bedroom? It's tiny at only 700 sq ft. Good luck getting anything up those stairs. But it has curb appeal and a nice upper patio.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/688-4th-St-NE-20002/home/9892801

That's small, but at that location I can see it going fairly fast at that price as a condo alternative.

That kitchen, though—can that be as narrow as it looks in the pictures? Is that even up to fire code?

My thoughts exactly on the kitchen! Otherwise it's cute as a button though -- if I were single, I'd snap that up. The location is amazing and it's the rare 1 bedroom that might actually appreciate with time -- usually that's a savings vehicle only because they can be so hard to unload.

Yeah, you can tell from the patio picture that the kitchen is in the dog leg. The house is already the most narrow of its style, only 12' feet wide. Attach an even narrower rear portion, and with counters and appliances, there's only a door's width of actual floor space in the kitchen. Galley-style kitchens can be really easy to work in, or really annoying, just depends on how it's configured. At least it's open on both ends (to the house, to the outside). I had an apartment galley kitchen that was just a dead-end interior space, no windows. Talk about questionable code compliance.

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Fancy condos in Carver/Langston being sold as "The Edge on H" They ARE technically on HSt NE, just not the same H St NE that most people think about 😜

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1915-H-St-NE-20002/unit-1/home/175166119?

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1915-H-St-NE-20002/unit-2/home/175166057?

Any word on Hechinger mall site that supposedly went under contract with a developer a couple years ago? I haven't seen anything about it since. Not sure if the deal fell through or what. That's gotta an expensive piece of land to own/rent right now without much income for the owner, would imagine it will be developed eventually?

https://dc.urbanturf.com/pipeline/861/Hechinger_Mall_Redevelopment

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Holy Moly $885 per sq ft.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/17-16th-St-NE-20002/home/9919914

$111,000 over asking.

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Anonymous wrote:New one- very nice. Asking $1.3M for 4 BR at 15th and D NE.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1521-D-St-NE-20002/home/10115675

Blah. That seems a bit far east to be asking that price—and the interior is pure 21st Century Flipper.

Pending!

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Anyone go to any good open houses this weekend?

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Anonymous wrote:New one- very nice. Asking $1.3M for 4 BR at 15th and D NE.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1521-D-St-NE-20002/home/10115675

Blah. That seems a bit far east to be asking that price—and the interior is pure 21st Century Flipper.

Pending!

Well, guess someone really liked it. I did like the interior, thought it was nicely updated.

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Anonymous wrote:What does everyone think about this one?

$799,000: 2BR, 2BA, 1,368sf
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/642-Pickford-Pl-NE-20002/home/9902502

I find the little sideways duplexes on Pickford Place sort of fascinating. This one, though, seems kind of odd, with that spiral staircase and the two-story dining room.

We owned a place on Pickford about a decade ago, though the layout of ours was vastly different than this one. We had more usable outdoor space (a deck off the side), a better downstairs layout and no spiral staircase (have fun getting mattresses up that). The bedrooms upstairs in this one seem to be bigger than ours were. It was fine when we were newly married and we had a kid while living there, but things got tight *real* quick after that.

I don't understand putting what amounts to an atrium in such a tiny house.

Anyway, DC is crazy so this'll go above asking in like a week. These Pickford houses seem to rarely come on the market, and they're good condo alternatives, even if they're oddly laid out.

One more thing now that I remember it. There's a very narrow alley that runs behind these houses on this side of Pickford, too narrow for cars. But such a low-visibility alley means it's perfect for junkies to get their fix. Mainly they would wander down there from the bus stop at H and 8th, which always was a s---show. No idea if it's still an issue.

This just closed for $897,899.

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Anonymous wrote:What does everyone think about this one?

$799,000: 2BR, 2BA, 1,368sf
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/642-Pickford-Pl-NE-20002/home/9902502

I find the little sideways duplexes on Pickford Place sort of fascinating. This one, though, seems kind of odd, with that spiral staircase and the two-story dining room.

We owned a place on Pickford about a decade ago, though the layout of ours was vastly different than this one. We had more usable outdoor space (a deck off the side), a better downstairs layout and no spiral staircase (have fun getting mattresses up that). The bedrooms upstairs in this one seem to be bigger than ours were. It was fine when we were newly married and we had a kid while living there, but things got tight *real* quick after that.

I don't understand putting what amounts to an atrium in such a tiny house.

Anyway, DC is crazy so this'll go above asking in like a week. These Pickford houses seem to rarely come on the market, and they're good condo alternatives, even if they're oddly laid out.

One more thing now that I remember it. There's a very narrow alley that runs behind these houses on this side of Pickford, too narrow for cars. But such a low-visibility alley means it's perfect for junkies to get their fix. Mainly they would wander down there from the bus stop at H and 8th, which always was a s---show. No idea if it's still an issue.

This just closed for $897,899.

I realize I shouldn't be surprised at what anything goes for these days, but as a former Pickford Place resident who lived in one of those houses for years, paying $900k for what amounts to a tiny shoebox with zero usable outdoor space, questionable use of the interior space and a wholly impractical spiral staircase just makes the mind reel.

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This just closed for $897,899.

Holy hell.