Best New Listings: For Bookworms and Top Chefs

• July 22nd 2016

by Nena Perry-Brown

This week’s Best New Listings includes prototypical homes for chefs and book lovers.

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A Kalorama One-Bedroom on the Top Floor

Located on the cusp of Kalorama in the Altamont, a Beaux Arts mid-rise building designed by renowned DC architect Arthur Heaton, this penthouse one-bedroom has a personality of its own. Delicate details abound, from the lionshead door-knocker at the entrance to the living room with skylight and coffered ceilings. French doors divide several areas of the unit, and the eat-in kitchen features an ornamental pressed tin backsplash as well as a thoroughly-modern wine refrigerator. The bedroom is also skylit and offers views of the National Cathedral.

• Full Listing: 1901 Wyoming Avenue NW, #74 (map)
• Price: $600,000
• Bedrooms: One
• Bathrooms: One
• Year Built: 1917
• HOA Fees: $551/month
• Square Feet: 950
• Listing Agent: Sammy Dweck, Compass

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A Picture-Perfect Kitchen at Pinehurst Park

Fronting Pinehurst Parkway Park in the Hawthorne neighborhood, this three-story Cape Cod-style house is a recent renovation, complete with a set of solar panels. The interior has lots of storage courtesy of walls of built-in cabinetry, and even the master suite has a set of walk-in closets. The modern chef’s kitchen was featured in Cook’s Illustrated, with its leathered granite countertops and six-burner stovetop. Picture windows flood the living and dining rooms with natural light, and there is also a stone paved patio in the bi-level landscaped backyard.

• Full Listing: 3201 Beech Street NW (map)
• Price: $987,500
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: Four
• Square Feet: 2,536
• Listing Agent: Kimberly Cestari, W.C. & A.N. Miller, Realtors

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A Book-Lover’s Bliss on the Hill

The complementary Little Free Library on the sidewalk outside this four-story Victorian rowhouse may well be foreshadowing what awaits in inside. With nearly 3,500 square feet of living space over four floors, a rear screened-in porch, and large bay windows facing Lincoln Park, there is plenty to love in the house. However, a second bedroom with wall-to-wall shelving and an attached sunroom may certainly catch the eye of anyone with an extensive book collection. The basement level also has a valid certificate of occupancy which allows it to function as a separate one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment.

• Full Listing: 1229 Massachusetts Avenue SE (map)
• Price: $1,299,000
• Bedrooms: Five
• Bathrooms: 4.5
• Square Feet: 3,472
• Year Built: 1910
• Listing Agent: Joel Nelson, Keller Williams Capital Properties

Photos courtesy of HomeVisit.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/best_new_listings_books_and_cooks/11499.