This home is located at 2600 Tilden St, NW:
The flier says:
“Stunning contemporary on a completely private 2/3 acre lot surrounded by embassies & . Hillwood Museum in elegant Forest Hills. Renovated, expanded to showcase beautiful architecture, gourmet kitchen, bright, open spaces perfect for entertaining. Walls of windows afford unbelievable views & open to two decks & a private patio overlooking Koi pond. Five beds, 4.5 baths, plus two additional rooms.”
You can find more info here and a virtual tour here.
This 5 bed/4.5 bath is yours for $2,480,000.
Nicely done, I’d totally buy it if they knocked 2million off the asking price, or gave me a 2.4 million dollar loan at -98% interest.
Great house, great location, good deal! My only nit is the lack of outside amenities. No swimming pool, tennis court or basketball court? I’d still buy it in a heartbeat if I had the cheddar.
There’s so much beauty going on here in this house, especially if you like modern and open. At first, I was going to say that it was a good deal (for a house in this price range) and it has a lot going for it! It would be a gorgeous place to entertain and that is where the house really shows off and is impressive. If the quality of the renovation is top-notch, then there’s really a lot of good stuff here. That, I would have to see in person. Some of the photos don’t tell me enough about the workmanship and that would be an important factor if I were buying a 2.5 mil house.
Here’s what is less wow for almost 2.5 million: I’d like to have a real garage, as opposed to a carport. I’d like to have my cars protected from the elements and a carport doesn’t do that fully. While I appreciate that we may not get slammed with weather extremes as some areas of the country, I’d still prefer a garage (and for almost 2.5 million, I don’t think that’s too much to ask for). Additionally, the 2nd bath looks pretty ordinary. The tiling in the 4th bathroom is not to my liking, even if the tiles are a neutral color. Not horrible points but at 2.5 mil, I’d like to have every room up to par. There shouldn’t be anything ordinary whatsoever in this house. I also find the lower level to be lacking. It has space but the ceilings look low and the space itself seems a bit humdrum.
Thinking about how some properties in DC are over the milion dollar mark, I still think this is too high, given some of my points above. I know you get beautiful location, remoteness, etc. that properties in the city don’t give but then you don’t get the convenience of city living, either.
I hope the sellers get their asking price but these are some of the things I would think about, if I were in contention for buying this house.
Forgot to mention in my less-than-wow points: Laminate has no business being in a home being sold for 2.5mil.
+1. yes! and the bathrooms and washer/dryer room look like my bathrooms and laundry room: i.e. cheap home depot crap.
I work in this neighborhood, boring as a Sunday full of bible study.
But who would want to live in that hyper-upscale, hyper-monocultural neighborhood? I don’t care what the price tag is, life east of Rock Creek Park, with all its inner-city complications, is far better, far more interesting, far more stimulating, than boring old Ward Three. That’s the choice my wife and I made 40 years ago, and we’ve never once regretted that decision. Ward One is the place to be!
I agree with the sentiment, but I regretted my choice last night when a bunch of feral hood rats thought it would be funny to take a baseball bat to our Christmas lights. Bunch of savages over here.
Arguments for mono-culture vs. hyper diversity aside – and regardless of the (lack of) interesting architectural features here, do you really expect anyone to believe you had the choice to buy a 2.4 million property in the park and chose a little Petworth rowhouse instead?
The only flaw I saw is that the laundry sink looks like its legs are rusting.
A very minor point, but for $2.48M I think they could’ve painted it or replaced it.
This house is pretty nice. I am not sure it is worth $2.5 mil though.
For my tastes this is nearly perfect. I like contemporary leaning to modern design. I also very much like open floor plans. Having said that this place fits the bill. I really like the kitchen cabinets, but I think I would love them if they were darker. Just the openness and brightness of the place appeals to me.
HOWEVER, having said how much I like it, there are a few real drawbacks. First, location. I don’t think I would want to live in that much seclusion; I’d rather spend the same money and buy 2 condos in Union Row and put them together. Second, no garage? Seriously? $2.5 mil and I can’t park my $100K car in a garage? Third is a smattering of small things like I don’t like: some of the tiles in the baths, why did they use a big overhead hood when they could have put a down draft in the kitchen and made it feel even more open, what is that tile in the lower level gallery, sure is ugly.
Though the first few pictures looked so promising I think I have decided “or Not” on this one.