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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hot off the press! 4br/2.5ba Wardman for $875k. Original woodwork, gorgeous sunroom. I like that the kitchen is dated enough that I wouldn't feel wasteful redoing it to my taste (which isn't the standard flipper white/gray), but it's in good enough condition that I could live with it as is for years to come. At least one of the bedrooms is ridiculously tiny (a twin bed barely fits in the picture), but having a full attic makes up for it. I don't think I've ever seen an attic like this in a Wardman. I can't tell if the radiators are still functional or a decorative holdover, but I would keep them forever. The one main downside to this house is that it's right on K St, and there's a lot of traffic in this area.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/327-K-St-NE-20002/home/9892477[/quote]
That actually looks really good.

So, okay, everyone.  Tell me what's wrong about this.  (Just know that if you tell me that all the wood is dark and gloomy, I will ignore you.  Well, not ignore you, but I'll know that your tastes and mine are very different.)[/quote]

There aren't any photos of the backyard which make me wonder why not?  Parking looks like a nightmare.  The attic and its tiny staircase are adorable![/quote]

It has a deep backyard, but it abuts the Ava apartment building, so I don't think there is alley access or parking.

I live in the neighborhood and do not find street parking difficult at all. It may be different as you get closer to the newer apartment buildings, but I don't think this is as big a negative as many people would make it out to be.[/quote]

Street parking in this neighborhood really is block by block. If you don't mind having to circle and walk 4-5 blocks, sure, you should always be able to find parking eventually. This house in particular is in a not ideal location. It's on a part of K Street that had parking removed to create a bike lane, and it's next to two wildly popular restaurants, which means constant visitors taking up available spots (when they bother to park at all instead of putting on their hazard blinkers in the middle of the road). Although there doesn't appear to be a parking pad, the alley on that block is quite large, so you could probably get away with temporarily parking in it long enough to run in groceries or whatever.

FWIW, the front of the house looks really really nice (walked by but didn't tour, so no intel on the back yard status). If I didn't already live in the neighborhood, I'd seriously consider putting in an offer. I think it will go over list.[/quote]

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