Best New Listings: A Brookland Garden Retreat and a Reimagined Kent Home

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by UrbanTurf Staff

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This week’s Best New Listings includes a rebuilt seven-bedroom home in Kent and a Brookland home where the garden is the star.

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A Kent Home With a Preserved Façade and a Brand-New Interior

A seven-bedroom home conceived by Scribe Development and designed by J. Cavanagh has come to market in Kent, where the original façade was preserved to blend into the neighborhood. Inside, everything is new, including a large rear addition and a third floor with soaring ceilings and views extending to Tysons Corner. The kitchen has Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and two dishwashers, and it connects to a butler’s pantry with a wet bar and beverage refrigerator. The primary suite has two walk-in closets and a marble bath with a freestanding soaking tub, oversized shower and double vanity. Mature landscaping surrounds the nearly quarter-acre lot, and the house also has a two-car garage, a large mudroom and a private driveway.

• Full Listing: 5169 Watson Street NW (map) 
• Price: $4.5 million
• Bedrooms: Seven
• Bathrooms: 5.5
• Year Built: 1941 
• Listing Agent: Lauren Pillsbury, Washington Fine Properties

Photo by Monument Studios.

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A Brookland Home Where the Garden Is the Star

At this charming two-bedroom listing in Brookland, the garden may be the main event. The professionally landscaped plantings include more than 20 species and custom-placed boulders all of which can be taken in from the covered front porch. Inside there are high ceilings, dark wood floors, a sunken living room and a recently renovated kitchen with a gas range, and a pantry with pull-out shelves, while the two upstairs bedrooms share a renovated bath with dual sinks. The fenced backyard has a lawn, garden plots, a deck and a slate patio with a view of Fort Bunker Hill Park.

• Full Listing: 1350 Newton Street NE (map) 
• Price: $679,000
• Bedrooms: Two
• Bathrooms: One
• Square Feet: 1,260
• Listing Agents: Shemaya Klar, Jake Abbott, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty

Photo by Derek & Vee. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/best_new_listings_a_brookland_garden_retreat/25172.