Awful.

Too modern, cold, and uninviting.

Anonymous wrote:This has got to be a Banks Development home. It screams it. A very distinctive look. I personally like it but its not for everyone.

I thought the same, this place looks like Banks's $20M place on Chain Bridge Road was forced to breed with a Restoration Hardware catalog.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm having a difficult time imagining how to even decorate this home. The current staging is atrocious, but I don't think the design elements chosen by the contractor easily lend themselves to other forms of styling.

Everything is just so boxy and big. Yuck.

Also, at this price I'm expecting a damn pool. The landscaping and exterior is really a let down for $4m+. I expect outdoor living areas, an outdoor, kitchen, built-in grill and exquisite masonry, pool, etc.

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The roof does not appear to be slate. COME ON. So many homes in Kenwood have the classic slate roof and this builder appears to have skipped that detail. At $4m you better have a f#cking slate roof in Kenwood.

The home is lacking thoughtfully considered details. I'm not seeing the little touches that make buyers of a $4m home fall in love with it. For example, the 2nd floor landing at the top of the stairs. It's just empty space...no consideration by the developer to make this a usable space. Where are the built-in bookshelves or storage?

Zero window coverings in this home. The developer should be providing window covering design services for whomever buys this house. It will need at least $30K in window coverings.

This is a $2.7m house parading as a $4.3m home. I'm not seeing any recent comps (in last 2 years) that support this price.

This. The house is an aggressive marketing job, not a top quality house. Let's see if anyone falls for the bait.

That is some seriously pretentious staging

Anonymous wrote:This has got to be a Banks Development home. It screams it. A very distinctive look. I personally like it but its not for everyone.

Hunh. Interestingly it isn't a Banks home. I just looked it up. Built by Capitol Living Group out of Silver Spring. Im very surprised.

I don't like the exterior at all. I agree that the interior is very antiseptic and cold.

This has got to be a Banks Development home. It screams it. A very distinctive look. I personally like it but its not for everyone.

Anonymous wrote:I'm having a difficult time imagining how to even decorate this home. The current staging is atrocious, but I don't think the design elements chosen by the contractor easily lend themselves to other forms of styling.

Everything is just so boxy and big. Yuck.

Also, at this price I'm expecting a damn pool. The landscaping and exterior is really a let down for $4m+. I expect outdoor living areas, an outdoor, kitchen, built-in grill and exquisite masonry, pool, etc.

More comments:
The roof does not appear to be slate. COME ON. So many homes in Kenwood have the classic slate roof and this builder appears to have skipped that detail. At $4m you better have a f#cking slate roof in Kenwood.

The home is lacking thoughtfully considered details. I'm not seeing the little touches that make buyers of a $4m home fall in love with it. For example, the 2nd floor landing at the top of the stairs. It's just empty space...no consideration by the developer to make this a usable space. Where are the built-in bookshelves or storage?

Zero window coverings in this home. The developer should be providing window covering design services for whomever buys this house. It will need at least $30K in window coverings.

This is a $2.7m house parading as a $4.3m home. I'm not seeing any recent comps (in last 2 years) that support this price.

I'm having a difficult time imagining how to even decorate this home. The current staging is atrocious, but I don't think the design elements chosen by the contractor easily lend themselves to other forms of styling.

Everything is just so boxy and big. Yuck.

Also, at this price I'm expecting a damn pool. The landscaping and exterior is really a let down for $4m+. I expect outdoor living areas, an outdoor, kitchen, built-in grill and exquisite masonry, pool, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a nice house, though I wouldn't pay $4.2m for it. It's nice to see something that isn't all wooden panels and crown moldings and the heavy traditional stuff. I don't think it's "cold" - it has been staged to look very bland, but if you lived there you'd put your own things in there and it could look great. I would add colorful rugs, a few colored accent chairs, etc and I would change the light fixtures as I really don't like them. The staging is particularly strange though because there were so many rooms which just had a random chaise or something - it didn't give you a good idea of what you could use the room for or why it is there.

That is the point of a McMansion! there is no purpose.

I really like the windows, hate the outdoor hand railing they have for the stairs. The problem with this house is it has absolutely no architectural design features. Would make a great home if you have an exquisite art collection you'd like to display, since there are no features of interest.

For that price one could do better.

I think it's a nice house, though I wouldn't pay $4.2m for it. It's nice to see something that isn't all wooden panels and crown moldings and the heavy traditional stuff. I don't think it's "cold" - it has been staged to look very bland, but if you lived there you'd put your own things in there and it could look great. I would add colorful rugs, a few colored accent chairs, etc and I would change the light fixtures as I really don't like them. The staging is particularly strange though because there were so many rooms which just had a random chaise or something - it didn't give you a good idea of what you could use the room for or why it is there.

Truly terrible house, also the staging is atrocious. All the finishes look cheap and the light fixtures are grotesque.

Anonymous wrote:It looks very Restoration Hardware. I like the staging, it is very well done. I could not imagine myself living like that. I am not fancy enough.

Yup. Looks like every room is from Restoration Hardware.

I love a lot about the house, but the floors do look like laminates.

The busts are bizarre. The Degas replica is creepy.