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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another Emerald Street house just came up for sale:

3BR, 1.5BA, 1491 sqft, $875,000:
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1313-Emerald-St-NE-20002/home/9912852

I rather like it (except for the stupid round-window Home Depot door).  It's a little larger than the other two Emerald houses that we've talked about, by about 140 sqft.

BTW, 1335 Emerald closed at $940k yesterday.  1312 Emerald is scheduled to close today (list price was $869k). [/quote]

So the extra square footage came from having essentially no yard? Just a front and back patio?[/quote]

I'm trying to decide if I think the bump out is worth the loss of outdoor space. I agree with others it wasn't much to begin with, but one problem with the bump out is that it makes that main floor longer and thus darker in the middle -- the layout doesn't maximize the light coming in from either end, so the kitchen/dining wind up having almost no natural light except a little coming in from the back door. Without the bump out, you could have a sunny kitchen which to me is an intangible that helps a lot with livability. I think my inclination if this was my house would be keep the little yard/patio so I could do some small outdoor dining and a grill and have more light in the main floor. But I get that sellers are often trying to maximize square footage. My feeling is this is a tiny house suitable for 1-2 people or maybe a family of 3 if they are used to very compact living, and a little office of the kitchen doesn't change that -- I don't think a family of 4 is going to work in this house even with the bump out.[/quote]

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