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Anonymous wrote:Saw this on a really pretty one-block street near 13th and H. What do you think of the list price ($829)? There's so little inventory in this area. I'm curious to see what this ultimately sells for.

https://www.trulia.com/p/dc/washington/1241-linden-pl-ne-washington-dc-20002--1011736889

That’s less than a block from my house and it seems very expensive to me. It’s cute and Linden is a great street but that is still a two bedroom in-bounds for Miner. (No dis intended; we are also in-bounds for Miner!) We are in a larger 3 bedroom-plus-basement and I think we’d probably get around that asking price for our house.

A year ago, houses like those sold in Linden Court for about 750-780k if my memory doesn't fail me...
So, 829k... Either fast appreciation in the H Street corridor area within a year, or they've ovepriced it a bit...

Three houses have sold on Linden in the past year. One for $785k (with a current Redfin estimate of $897k), one for $740k (current estimate $825k), and a significantly smaller one for $740k (current estimate $802k). $829k is ambitious, but you can't compare year over year. You can only compare with current comps, and houses in that price range are flying fast.

https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1213-Linden-Pl-NE-20002/home/9910007
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1238-Linden-Pl-NE-20002/home/9909860
https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1234-Linden-Pl-NE-20002/home/9909867

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this on a really pretty one-block street near 13th and H. What do you think of the list price ($829)? There's so little inventory in this area. I'm curious to see what this ultimately sells for.

https://www.trulia.com/p/dc/washington/1241-linden-pl-ne-washington-dc-20002--1011736889

That’s less than a block from my house and it seems very expensive to me. It’s cute and Linden is a great street but that is still a two bedroom in-bounds for Miner. (No dis intended; we are also in-bounds for Miner!) We are in a larger 3 bedroom-plus-basement and I think we’d probably get around that asking price for our house.

A year ago, houses like those sold in Linden Court for about 750-780k if my memory doesn't fail me...
So, 829k... Either fast appreciation in the H Street corridor area within a year, or they've ovepriced it a bit...

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this on a really pretty one-block street near 13th and H. What do you think of the list price ($829)? There's so little inventory in this area. I'm curious to see what this ultimately sells for.

https://www.trulia.com/p/dc/washington/1241-linden-pl-ne-washington-dc-20002--1011736889

That’s a GREAT block but oof that house is small. And you can tell how misleading the photos are by comparing one to the next— watch how the brick chimney in the living room becomes a brick wall in one photo trying to make the room look wider. Plus that staircase position is awful.

Whenever I see houses like this listed for over 800, I have to assume that condos start to look pretty good to people. For 829, you could get a really nice condo in this neighborhood. And it would have a better layout. People complain about condo fees but these townhouse conversions tend to have really low fees. The most compelling argument is that their value won’t appreciate as quickly as a SFH.

For me, I’d take a well laid-out condo any day if the week over something this small and awkward.

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this on a really pretty one-block street near 13th and H. What do you think of the list price ($829)? There's so little inventory in this area. I'm curious to see what this ultimately sells for.

https://www.trulia.com/p/dc/washington/1241-linden-pl-ne-washington-dc-20002--1011736889

That’s less than a block from my house and it seems very expensive to me. It’s cute and Linden is a great street but that is still a two bedroom in-bounds for Miner. (No dis intended; we are also in-bounds for Miner!) We are in a larger 3 bedroom-plus-basement and I think we’d probably get around that asking price for our house.

Anonymous wrote:Saw this on a really pretty one-block street near 13th and H. What do you think of the list price ($829)? There's so little inventory in this area. I'm curious to see what this ultimately sells for.

https://www.trulia.com/p/dc/washington/1241-linden-pl-ne-washington-dc-20002--1011736889

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what's going on with these houses at the corner of K ST NE and 2ND ST NE? There's an entire row of boarded up homes overgrown with weeds, in an area where development is popping. They look like they've been abandoned for years.

https://goo.gl/maps/oH3JrhbrbHU1Rr8TA

I just noticed these today on my am walk! I’m guessing they were bought by a builder who has dreams of another big condo overlooking the tracks.

My understanding (I'm not privy to the details) is that they are locked in a legal battle with some neighborhood NIMBYs. Apparently the organization that bought all of the homes (including a few on K and Parker) wants to build an eight-story building filled with a hundred micro-units (per the above UrbanTurf link and minutes from ANC meetings during the past couple of years). That's as large as nearby block-long developments on a footprint of a half-dozen rowhouses, with no alley access. It's a ridiculous plan, and while this is playing out between lawyers, the developer is just letting the properties fall into disrepair, attracting squatters and vermin and being a general eyesore. Sad.

why is it a ridiculous plan?

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"That's as large as nearby block-long developments on a footprint of a half-dozen rowhouses, with no alley access."

It's an apartment building - so of course it's going to be a relatively small footprint. That's then entire point of increasing housing - more housing on less land. As for alley access, why is that important? I assume the building will be designed in a way that allows entrance and egress as required under the codes. If it's blocking existing alley access for homeowners, then that's a different matter, but I still don't think the alley access of a handful of residents ought to stand in the way of a building that could house hundreds (including low income set asides).

This is probably the first time I've seen someone on DCUM advocate for tearing down historic single-family homes to build a low-income apartment building.

maybe you should stop hanging around with so many NIMBYs?

I live a few blocks away and I agree that it makes sense to use the space for something like what the PP described. Those houses are perfectly nice but they aren't anything so special that they need to be preserved. I've heard it described that the city is aiming for a smoother transition between the density of NoMa/downtown and the less dense neighborhoods around H Street, which seems reasonable.

That said, it's not obvious to me that the goal for the building is low-income housing. This is a couple of blocks from Union Station, so I think they may be aiming for the business on the Hill pied a terre set who are only there part time and need very little space.

I think they are looking for a variance, which means the inclusionary zoning regs that require a percentage to be low income would kick in. But I’m not sure. It’s not all low income, agreed.

Anonymous wrote:Saw this on a really pretty one-block street near 13th and H. What do you think of the list price ($829)? There's so little inventory in this area. I'm curious to see what this ultimately sells for.

https://www.trulia.com/p/dc/washington/1241-linden-pl-ne-washington-dc-20002--1011736889

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what's going on with these houses at the corner of K ST NE and 2ND ST NE? There's an entire row of boarded up homes overgrown with weeds, in an area where development is popping. They look like they've been abandoned for years.

https://goo.gl/maps/oH3JrhbrbHU1Rr8TA

I just noticed these today on my am walk! I’m guessing they were bought by a builder who has dreams of another big condo overlooking the tracks.

My understanding (I'm not privy to the details) is that they are locked in a legal battle with some neighborhood NIMBYs. Apparently the organization that bought all of the homes (including a few on K and Parker) wants to build an eight-story building filled with a hundred micro-units (per the above UrbanTurf link and minutes from ANC meetings during the past couple of years). That's as large as nearby block-long developments on a footprint of a half-dozen rowhouses, with no alley access. It's a ridiculous plan, and while this is playing out between lawyers, the developer is just letting the properties fall into disrepair, attracting squatters and vermin and being a general eyesore. Sad.

why is it a ridiculous plan?

Wild guess:

"That's as large as nearby block-long developments on a footprint of a half-dozen rowhouses, with no alley access."

It's an apartment building - so of course it's going to be a relatively small footprint. That's then entire point of increasing housing - more housing on less land. As for alley access, why is that important? I assume the building will be designed in a way that allows entrance and egress as required under the codes. If it's blocking existing alley access for homeowners, then that's a different matter, but I still don't think the alley access of a handful of residents ought to stand in the way of a building that could house hundreds (including low income set asides).

This is probably the first time I've seen someone on DCUM advocate for tearing down historic single-family homes to build a low-income apartment building.

maybe you should stop hanging around with so many NIMBYs?

I live a few blocks away and I agree that it makes sense to use the space for something like what the PP described. Those houses are perfectly nice but they aren't anything so special that they need to be preserved. I've heard it described that the city is aiming for a smoother transition between the density of NoMa/downtown and the less dense neighborhoods around H Street, which seems reasonable.

That said, it's not obvious to me that the goal for the building is low-income housing. This is a couple of blocks from Union Station, so I think they may be aiming for the business on the Hill pied a terre set who are only there part time and need very little space.

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Anonymous wrote:It's an apartment building - so of course it's going to be a relatively small footprint. That's then entire point of increasing housing - more housing on less land. As for alley access, why is that important? I assume the building will be designed in a way that allows entrance and egress as required under the codes. If it's blocking existing alley access for homeowners, then that's a different matter, but I still don't think the alley access of a handful of residents ought to stand in the way of a building that could house hundreds (including low income set asides).

This is probably the first time I've seen someone on DCUM advocate for tearing down historic single-family homes to build a low-income apartment building.

maybe you should stop hanging around with so many NIMBYs?

I live a few blocks away and I agree that it makes sense to use the space for something like what the PP described. Those houses are perfectly nice but they aren't anything so special that they need to be preserved. I've heard it described that the city is aiming for a smoother transition between the density of NoMa/downtown and the less dense neighborhoods around H Street, which seems reasonable.

That said, it's not obvious to me that the goal for the building is low-income housing. This is a couple of blocks from Union Station, so I think they may be aiming for the business on the Hill pied a terre set who are only there part time and need very little space.