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The Most Expensive Home to Ever Be Listed in the DC Area Has Sold

  • January 27th 2020

by UrbanTurf Staff

At $62.95 Million, AOL Cofounder's Northern Virginia Estate is Priciest Home Ever in the DC Area: Figure 1
Inside James V. Kimsey's estate. Click to enlarge.

The most expensive home to ever be listed in the DC region has a new owner. 

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the McLean home owned by late AOL co-founder James V. Kimsey, originally listed for the tidy price of $62.95 million in 2018, has sold for about $45 million. The seller was represented by Russell A. Firestone III and Mark Lowham of TTR Sotheby's International Realty. 

At $62.95 Million, AOL Cofounder's Northern Virginia Estate is Priciest Home Ever in the DC Area: Figure 2
The exterior. Click to enlarge.

Kimsey built the 25,000 square-foot, six-bedroom home in 1999. Interesting features include four kitchens (at least one used for entertaining), a guest garage that can fit thirty cars, a wine room that doubles as a humidor and a massage room off the master suite. Kimsey passed away in 2016. 

Interestingly, the home joins the Merrywood estate, once owned by AOL co-founder Steve Case, as one of the two priciest homes to ever sell in the DC region. 

Photos courtesy of Sean Shanahan Photography. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the-most-expensive-home-to-ever-be-listed-in-the-dc-area-has-sold/16383.

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