Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 14:56     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:Perworth was fine for a deal... If I'm spending that kind of money - I'm looking elsewhere.


+1. Sorry. Petworth is just not worth that kind of money.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 14:47     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:The house looks "nice" in the sense of "expensive," but there are bad design decisions in almost every picture. Those "pinstriped" floors, ugh. The weird blue sink in the powder room that would let basically all the water splash out every time you used it. The huge in your face lighting thing over the breakfast bar. Ugh


The blue sink screams "the contractor had an extra one of these." Otherwise it makes no sense.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 14:46     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perworth was fine for a deal... If I'm spending that kind of money - I'm looking elsewhere.


Where? In what nicer neighborhood in DC can you find a comparable house for this price? People who throw this sort of thing out make it seem like this house in Cleveland Park wouldn't be hundreds of thousands more. Hell, Capitol Hill is more expensive and I don't think it's considerably safer than those neighborhood.



I'm the above PP- I'd look outside of DC. I'm not delusional enough to think I'd find that space and those upgrades in a nicer neighborhood. I lived in a crime ridden neighborhood in my 20's... I'll go suburban before I do that again.


+1000, not when you pay close to 1M. DC buyers must stop drinking that koolaid. I know that area very well, and would never ever pay - in fact I would never live permanently over there.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 14:24     Subject: Re:Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Someone is going to get ripped off..
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 14:18     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Is that a full kitchen in the basement?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 13:58     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
The house looks "nice" in the sense of "expensive," but there are bad design decisions in almost every picture. Those "pinstriped" floors, ugh. The weird blue sink in the powder room that would let basically all the water splash out every time you used it. The huge in your face lighting thing over the breakfast bar. Ugh
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 13:39     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:This one was under contract at 950K in nine days.

http://m.estately.com/listings/info/3817-kansas-avenue-nw--1?noapp=1

Two others in the area under contract for at least 800K


PP here. I don't know contract price. List price was 950K. I am assuming sale price will be close to this given the short amount of time it was on the market.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 13:38     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
This one was under contract at 950K in nine days.

http://m.estately.com/listings/info/3817-kansas-avenue-nw--1?noapp=1

Two others in the area under contract for at least 800K
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 13:23     Subject: Re:Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
The finishes don't seem all that special in this house. And why don't they have pictures of the bedrooms?
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 12:40     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perworth was fine for a deal... If I'm spending that kind of money - I'm looking elsewhere.


Where? In what nicer neighborhood in DC can you find a comparable house for this price? People who throw this sort of thing out make it seem like this house in Cleveland Park wouldn't be hundreds of thousands more. Hell, Capitol Hill is more expensive and I don't think it's considerably safer than those neighborhood.


Maybe not an exactly comparable house, but a nice enough house in a place like AU Park, for instance. I'd rather have less house, but not deal with so much crime, not to mention the school lottery anguish.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 12:37     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perworth was fine for a deal... If I'm spending that kind of money - I'm looking elsewhere.


Where? In what nicer neighborhood in DC can you find a comparable house for this price? People who throw this sort of thing out make it seem like this house in Cleveland Park wouldn't be hundreds of thousands more. Hell, Capitol Hill is more expensive and I don't think it's considerably safer than those neighborhood.



I'm the above PP- I'd look outside of DC. I'm not delusional enough to think I'd find that space and those upgrades in a nicer neighborhood. I lived in a crime ridden neighborhood in my 20's... I'll go suburban before I do that again.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 12:28     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Anonymous wrote:Perworth was fine for a deal... If I'm spending that kind of money - I'm looking elsewhere.


Where? In what nicer neighborhood in DC can you find a comparable house for this price? People who throw this sort of thing out make it seem like this house in Cleveland Park wouldn't be hundreds of thousands more. Hell, Capitol Hill is more expensive and I don't think it's considerably safer than those neighborhood.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 11:44     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Price seems a little high, but I definitely think it will sell for over $800K. Seems nice. But the sheer volume of crime in that area is real concern.

Heard folks were walking down Upshur shooting up cars about a month a go.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2015 11:41     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
Perworth was fine for a deal... If I'm spending that kind of money - I'm looking elsewhere.
PetworthDad
Post 04/20/2015 11:39     Subject: Petworth Townhouses Hit $860K-
So apparently there is no upper price on townhouses in Petworth.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/703-Upshur-St-NW-20011/home/10051152

Not the realtor here. Just wondering how high these places will go in value.

Interesting this location has seen a significant up tick in crime including several recent shootings.

How high can these places go?