Under Contract: From Five Days to 22 Days

• July 1st 2019

by Nena Perry-Brown

For Under Contract this week, UrbanTurf revisits two DC-area listings which went off the market in 5 days to three weeks.

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Three Weeks for History in Hyattsville

Spanning over 2,600 square feet, this four-bedroom house has an interior befitting its status as a designated historic site just outside the Hyattsville Historic District. The living room has a deep tray ceiling and a window seat flanked by floor-to-ceiling built-ins, and the kitchen has a pressed tin ceiling with a recessed display shelf just beneath. The owner's bedroom occupies the top level under a skylit cove ceiling, enjoying a spacious sitting area with floor-to-ceiling built-ins, and a dressing room-style custom closet sits on the floor below. The extensive rear deck sits between a detached two-car garage and a 750 square-foot accessory studio with powder room, built-ins, and exposed wood trusses beneath the tall pitched ceiling. The yard wraps around the buildings and also includes a pond with a petite bridge. The house went under contract 22 days after being listed.

• Full Listing: 6122 42nd Avenue (map)
• Price: $700,000
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: 3.5
• Square Feet: 2,629
• Year Built: 1912
• Days on Market: 22
• Listing Agent: Ann Barrett, Long & Foster Real Estate

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Five Days in Foxhall Village

This three-bedroom end-unit rowhouse in Foxhall Village is steps from the Foundry Branch Valley Park and blocks from the C&O Canal. A pillar-framed doorway off the entry hall creates built-in shelving beneath the columns facing the red brick fireplace in the living room. Next, the formal dining room has a bay window and the galley kitchen has a stainless steel hood and access to the back porch. Upstairs, the three bedrooms share a bath with a honeycomb-tiled shower stall. The lower level has tiled floors, an exposed brick wall, a ledge built in beneath a window, a full bath, and a laundry room. Both the front and back have porches overlooking the garden-like yards below. The listing spent five days on the market before finding a buyer.

• Full Listing: 1414 Foxhall Road NW (map)
• Price: $1 million
• Bedrooms: Three
• Bathrooms: Two
• Square Feet: 1,768
• Year Built: 1919
• Days on Market: Five
• Listing Agent: Deborah Charlton, Compass

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/under-contract-from-five-days-to-22-days/15606.