Out of my reach, but so so beautiful, Palisades, DC

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[Post New]05/12/2023 12:17
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Anonymous
The staging is all wrong. They put cheap Wayfair "contemporary" furniture into an American Foursquare style home...which happens to have Greek-style pillars on the exterior which is also all wrong.

Location is great though!
[Post New]05/12/2023 12:28
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Anonymous
Eww, the neighbors windows look at the bathroom in picture 19
[Post New]05/12/2023 12:38
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Eww, the neighbors windows look at the bathroom in picture 19


what are you talking about. the white house? that's far enough away to not be a problem, what are you seeing that I'm not? Also I'm sure they have window coverings and either removed them for the pics or they're just out of view of the pic
[Post New]05/12/2023 13:13
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Anonymous
Ugly house... like something I could find in a run-down area in Scranton or Cleveland. And those absurd columns on the porch.

I bet if this were painted it would look a lot better despite my overall never for painting masonry.

Interior is completely mediocre...
[Post New]05/12/2023 13:56
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Arlingtonian703
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Anonymous wrote:The staging is all wrong. They put cheap Wayfair "contemporary" furniture into an American Foursquare style home...which happens to have Greek-style pillars on the exterior which is also all wrong.

Location is great though!


A full front porch with either greek or craftsman inspired boxed columns is another typical feature. Though often without the intricate detailing of the Queen Anne style, these porches were a prominent part of almost every Foursquare.
https://thecraftsmanblog.com/american-foursquare-style/

Thus the iconic versions often feature massive stone porch columns, banding and other emphasis on horizontal lines, and low-pitched roofs with wide overhangs and exposed rafters.

The Foursquare has served as the canvas for many revival styles of the 20th century: Late Victorian, Colonial, Spanish, Greek, to name a few. That's why you will often see Foursquares described by their styling. Many realtors and homeowners conflate the style and the form, assuming that they are mutually exclusive. But it is quite possible for a house to be a Foursquare and look like a Colonial Revival at the same time.
https://www.oldhouses.com/styleguide/american-foursquares

I'd wager those pillars are original to the house.
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:05
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The staging is all wrong. They put cheap Wayfair "contemporary" furniture into an American Foursquare style home...which happens to have Greek-style pillars on the exterior which is also all wrong.

Location is great though!


Was thinking exactly the same thing. I have a four-square (painted wood siding) from the same era and the style incorporates simple ionic wood pillars, not fancy corinthian stone or fake-stone pillars.
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:06
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Anonymous
Arlingtonian703 wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The staging is all wrong. They put cheap Wayfair "contemporary" furniture into an American Foursquare style home...which happens to have Greek-style pillars on the exterior which is also all wrong.

Location is great though!


A full front porch with either greek or craftsman inspired boxed columns is another typical feature. Though often without the intricate detailing of the Queen Anne style, these porches were a prominent part of almost every Foursquare.
https://thecraftsmanblog.com/american-foursquare-style/

Thus the iconic versions often feature massive stone porch columns, banding and other emphasis on horizontal lines, and low-pitched roofs with wide overhangs and exposed rafters.

The Foursquare has served as the canvas for many revival styles of the 20th century: Late Victorian, Colonial, Spanish, Greek, to name a few. That's why you will often see Foursquares described by their styling. Many realtors and homeowners conflate the style and the form, assuming that they are mutually exclusive. But it is quite possible for a house to be a Foursquare and look like a Colonial Revival at the same time.
https://www.oldhouses.com/styleguide/american-foursquares

I'd wager those pillars are original to the house.


Yes to the pillars. But four-squares have ionic pillars in keeping with the simple style of the house. Not corinthian pillars.
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:07
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Can't get over how that same old house could be purchased for $600-700K in other areas and there's nothing about DC to really justify the much higher price.


let me guess, you live in loudoun/prince william or frederick/charles county?
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:08
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can't get over how that same old house could be purchased for $600-700K in other areas and there's nothing about DC to really justify the much higher price.


let me guess, you live in loudoun/prince william or frederick/charles county?


They go for over $1m in Takoma Park.
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:19
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Arlingtonian703
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Anonymous wrote:
Arlingtonian703 wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The staging is all wrong. They put cheap Wayfair "contemporary" furniture into an American Foursquare style home...which happens to have Greek-style pillars on the exterior which is also all wrong.

Location is great though!


A full front porch with either greek or craftsman inspired boxed columns is another typical feature. Though often without the intricate detailing of the Queen Anne style, these porches were a prominent part of almost every Foursquare.
https://thecraftsmanblog.com/american-foursquare-style/

Thus the iconic versions often feature massive stone porch columns, banding and other emphasis on horizontal lines, and low-pitched roofs with wide overhangs and exposed rafters.

The Foursquare has served as the canvas for many revival styles of the 20th century: Late Victorian, Colonial, Spanish, Greek, to name a few. That's why you will often see Foursquares described by their styling. Many realtors and homeowners conflate the style and the form, assuming that they are mutually exclusive. But it is quite possible for a house to be a Foursquare and look like a Colonial Revival at the same time.
https://www.oldhouses.com/styleguide/american-foursquares

I'd wager those pillars are original to the house.


Yes to the pillars. But four-squares have ionic pillars in keeping with the simple style of the house. Not corinthian pillars.


Maybe the architect was feeling a bit extra back in the 1920s. Cool house overlooking the potomac like that? give 'em the 'ol razzle dazzle
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:35
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Can't get over how that same old house could be purchased for $600-700K in other areas and there's nothing about DC to really justify the much higher price.


I thought the same thing!!! I live in NE DC and my house has a similar historic vibe but is much nicer and a third the price….
[Post New]05/12/2023 14:56
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Anonymous
Arlingtonian703 wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Arlingtonian703 wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The staging is all wrong. They put cheap Wayfair "contemporary" furniture into an American Foursquare style home...which happens to have Greek-style pillars on the exterior which is also all wrong.

Location is great though!


A full front porch with either greek or craftsman inspired boxed columns is another typical feature. Though often without the intricate detailing of the Queen Anne style, these porches were a prominent part of almost every Foursquare.
https://thecraftsmanblog.com/american-foursquare-style/

Thus the iconic versions often feature massive stone porch columns, banding and other emphasis on horizontal lines, and low-pitched roofs with wide overhangs and exposed rafters.

The Foursquare has served as the canvas for many revival styles of the 20th century: Late Victorian, Colonial, Spanish, Greek, to name a few. That's why you will often see Foursquares described by their styling. Many realtors and homeowners conflate the style and the form, assuming that they are mutually exclusive. But it is quite possible for a house to be a Foursquare and look like a Colonial Revival at the same time.
https://www.oldhouses.com/styleguide/american-foursquares

I'd wager those pillars are original to the house.


Yes to the pillars. But four-squares have ionic pillars in keeping with the simple style of the house. Not corinthian pillars.


Maybe the architect was feeling a bit extra back in the 1920s. Cool house overlooking the potomac like that? give 'em the 'ol razzle dazzle


These foursquares were Sears houses and you get what shows up in the kit. It’s true that some developers build them without buying the kits. (Your local historic society can come out to your house, inspect it for things like marked boards, and tell you.) But if you’re feeling extra, you’d go for the Sears Victorian plans. My guess is the original wood columns rotted and the homeowner wanted something more permanent.
[Post New]05/12/2023 19:00
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Ugly house... like something I could find in a run-down area in Scranton or Cleveland. And those absurd columns on the porch.

I bet if this were painted it would look a lot better despite my overall never for painting masonry.

Interior is completely mediocre...


That's so funny you said that.

I used to live in the Palisades in a crappy basement apartment. I used to walk my dog on Potomac Ave every day and always walked by this house.

Every single time I walked past it that house reminded me of a Bed and Breakfast I stayed at in a small town in the middle of nowhere Kansas. It was a house that was clearly the nicest house in town when it was built but the town never amounted to anything and decayed around the house.

Even back then when I wanted more than anything to have a real house in the Palisades I always thought "well I definitely wouldn't say no if someone gave it to me but I'd also be a bit bummed they gave me the house that looks like a second-rate midwest funeral parlor.
[Post New]05/12/2023 21:02
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Anonymous
Needs a kitchen renovation- surprised kitchen is so outdated for that price point.
Overall nice house but seems way too pricey for what you get.
[Post New]05/12/2023 21:23
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Needs a kitchen renovation- surprised kitchen is so outdated for that price point.
Overall nice house but seems way too pricey for what you get.


Only on DCUM would someone be so out of touch to actually believe a 10 year old kitchen is "so outdated."

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