Best New Listings: A Beautiful Garden in Shaw; A New House in an Old Town

• September 15th 2017

by UrbanTurf Staff

This week’s Best New Listings range from a Shaw rowhouse with a beautiful backyard and garden to a completely restored Old Town home built in 1870.

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A Beautiful Garden and Airbnb Possibilities in Shaw

This three-bedroom rowhouse in Shaw is filled with a variety of cool interior features, but the coolest aspects may be on the outside. In addition to outdoor speakers, the backyard is filled with magazine-worthy plantings, hardscape lighting and an irrigation system. The home also has an in-law suite that the current owners have been renting out on Airbnb.

• Full Listing: 1615 1/2 6th Street NW (map)
• Price: $799,000
• Bedrooms: Three
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• Square Feet: 1,248
• Listing Agent: Jeffrey Sachse, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Photo courtesy of HomeVisit.

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A New Restoration in Old Town

Originally a dilapidated row house built in 1870, this Old Town home was transformed by Cook Architecture and developer Steven Wheeler into a home that doesn’t look like the type of renovated house in the DC area. The main level is an open living-dining-kitchen space with new Brazilian walnut floors and a new wood-burning stove (60,000 BTU), as well as a kitchen with Poggenpohl cabinets, a Bosch gas range and a Liebherr refrigerator. Upstairs are two en-suite bedrooms with restored wood beams, and the home also offers cool features like a custom walnut cabinet on the main level that can be used as coat closet or TV storage.

• Full Listing: 131 North Payne Street, Alexandria, VA (map)
• Price: $829,000
• Bedrooms: Two
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• Square Feet: 1,437
• Listing Agent: Michael Shapiro, Long & Foster Real Estate

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A Five-Bedroom Restored Farmhouse in Chevy Chase

This farmhouse built in 1918 has been renovated and expanded over the years into a spacious five-bedroom home. Located off of Utah Avenue, the home includes a large front porch, a huge master suite with a walk-in closet, a spacious finished attic, and a good-sized fenced-in yard.

• Full Listing: 6152 31st Street NW (map)
• Price: $1.45 million
• Bedrooms: Five
• Bathrooms: 4.5
• Year Built: 1918
• Listing Agent: Kimberly Cestari, W.C. & A.N. Miller, Realtors

Photo courtesy of HomeVisit.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/best_new_listings_a_beautiful_garden_in_shaw_a_new_house_in_an_old_town/13008.