Under Contract: Four-Bedroom Steal in Takoma; Architect's H Street 3-Bedroom Sells

• April 1st 2010

by Mark Wellborn

Not too many homes that we have featured have gone under contract over the last week, but two popular properties were sold, including the much-talked about three-bedroom architect home near the H Street Corridor that we featured a few weeks ago.

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Four-Bedroom Steal in Takoma

We selected this three-bedroom home in Takoma as last week’s Deal of the Week and it appears someone agrees with us as it went under contract in 11 days. The home actually has a large finished lower suite that could be used as a fourth bedroom, part of the reason we considered it a good deal. It also has a large living room with a fireplace, a kitchen renovated this year and a large patio and backyard. The house is just a few blocks from the Takoma Metro station on the Red Line.

401 Aspen Street NW (map)

• Price: $629,000
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• Year Built: 1924
• Days on Market: 11

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An Architect’s Three-Bedroom Near the H Street Corridor

The three-bedroom row house in the H Street Corridor that received a fair amount of fanfare on UT (and subsequently got seven offers) was sold this week for $40,000 above the asking price. The home was completely rebuilt by the architect owner Amanda Clarke, and now features a wide-open main floor that sweeps from the living room into the dining area and then to a new kitchen and a back deck, giving the first level the feel of a loft. The second level has two bedrooms, each with their own full bathroom and the third floor is essentially a large master suite with a walk-in closet and a deck off of the bedroom. There is also off-street parking in the back of the property.

1524 Gales Street NE (map)

• Listing Price: $449,900
• Sale Price: $489,900
• Bedrooms: Three
• Bathrooms: 3.5
• Square Footage: 1,797
• Year Renovated: 2009

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A New Hampshire Avenue One-Bedroom

In early March for a What X Buys You post, we featured a one-bedroom unit in a Victorian row house in Dupont Circle. That unit just sold this week for slightly more than it was listed ($399,000), which was just $4,500 more than what it was purchased for in 2007. The thing we liked most about the unit was that the living room has a nice nook with numerous windows that, as evidenced by the photo above, fits a sectional couch pretty well.

• Address: 1822 New Hampshire Avenue NW, #3 (map)
• Listing Price: $399,000
• Sale Price: $401,499
• Bedrooms: One
• Bathrooms: One
• Square Footage: 669

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/under_contract_four-bedroom_steal_in_takoma_architects_h_street_3-bedroom_s/1936.