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What About $1.2 Million Buys in DC

  • March 29th 2017

by Nena Perry-Brown

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In this edition of What X Buys, UrbanTurf highlights homes around DC for buyers looking to spend around $1.2 million.


What About $1.2 Million Buys in DC: Figure 1

Reclaimed Floors and Unfinished Square Footage in LeDroit Park

This semi-detached LeDroit Park home is filled with reclaimed hardwoods and tall windows. Exposed brick brings a pop to walls in the master bedroom and the open kitchen/dining room as well as around decorative fireplaces in both the dining and living rooms. The second bedroom has access to the unfinished attic with its ample storage room and vaulted ceiling; the basement is also unfinished. A blue flagstone-paved rear patio leads to a landscaped yard and detached two-car garage.

  • Full Listing: 409 U Street NW (map)
  • Price: $1,199,000
  • Bedrooms: Three
  • Bathrooms: 2.5
  • Square Footage: 1,480
  • Year Built: 1876
  • Listing Agents: Matt McHugh and Heather Davenport, Washington Fine Properties

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What About $1.2 Million Buys in DC: Figure 2

Arts and Crafts in Wood and Stone

This lodge-like Arts and Crafts house in Chevy Chase has a prominent wood-and-stone motif throughout both the interior and exterior. French doors separate the dining room from a library with a bay window office nook, where a narrow set of built-in shelves is nestled between the bay and an exposed stone wall. Decorative details also come in the form of leaded windows in the living room and a tray ceiling in the eat-in chef’s kitchen. The roof of the attached two-car garage doubles as an elevated patio.

  • Full Listing: 4000 Harrison Street NW (map)
  • Price: $1,225,000
  • Bedrooms: Three
  • Bathrooms: Three
  • Square Footage: 2,424
  • Year Built: 1922
  • Listing Agent: Pam Ryan-Brye, Long & Foster


What About $1.2 Million Buys in DC: Figure 3

Heart Pine and Plenty of Personality

On the market for the first time in twenty years, this Edwardian-style rowhouse just off Lincoln Park is also full of interesting interior details. Heart pine flooring and trim create a distinctive aesthetic throughout with pocket doors and built-in mirrors, and framing surrounding the green-tiled accent along the foyer walls. The dining room features a decorative pressed-tin ceiling and stained glass fireplace cover doors. The new buyer will also inherit a renter in the one bedroom, 1.5-bathroom basement.

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