Best New Listings: A Wedding Cake House in Cleveland Park

• April 10, 2015

by Lark Turner

In this week’s Best New Listings, UrbanTurf looks at an extravagant home in Cleveland Park, a spacious one-bedroom in Columbia Heights and a bungalow in 16th Street Heights.

A Turn-of-the-Century Victorian in Cleveland Park

This sprawling 6,400 square foot estate tucked away in Cleveland Park, affectionately called the Wedding Cake House, sits on a corner lot a few blocks from the Cleveland Park Metro. (Though you may not be riding Metro if you’re interested in this home.) The house is ideally set up for entertaining, with several formal living and dining rooms on the main floor plus an updated eat-in kitchen where the dining space is surrounded by windows and anchored by a fireplace. Upstairs the master suite is very large, with an attached sitting room. There are landscaped gardens and a yard out back.

• Full Listing: 3225 Highland Place NW (map)
• Price: $4,650,000
• Bedrooms: Seven
• Bathrooms: Four
• Year Built: 1898
• Listing Agent: Theresa Robinson, Long & Foster Real Estate

A One-Bedroom near Meridian Hill Park

At a much more affordable price point is this modern one-bedroom less than a block from Meridian Hill Park. The unit, built in 2006, has an open-concept layout, with a small balcony and double doors leading to the bedroom. The building, called The Barcelona, has 30 condos total. Unit #208 comes with a parking spot.

• Full Listing: 1435 Chapin Street NW #208 (map)
• Price: $435,000
• HOA Fee: $364/month
• Bedrooms: One
• Bathrooms: One
• Year Built: 2006
• Listing Agent: Catherine Czuba, Compass

Photo Courtesy of HomeVisit

A Four-Bedroom Bungalow in 16th Street Heights

This bungalow, which is just a couple of blocks from Rock Creek Park, is fully updated, with a renovated kitchen and baths. Downstairs the house is set up formally, with a separate dining room, living room and galley-style kitchen. Out back there’s a spacious patio with room for a large seating area plus a yard and two-car parking.

• Full Listing: 5004 13th Street NW (map)
• Price: $719,000
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• Year Built: 1919
• Listing Agent: Marilyn Charity, Washington Fine Properties

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