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Good Deal or Not? “deck off kitchen” edition
This house is located at 2812 26th Street, NE:
The listing says:
“Charming 2BR/2BA Bungalow featuring gleaming hardwood flooring; updated kitchen and baths; deck off kitchen; fully finished basement with family room and 2 additional rooms; OSP for up to 3 cars; Close to metro, downtown DC, and US Rt. 50. A MUST TO SEE! THIS IS A FANNIE MAE HOMEPATH PROPERTY. Purchase this property with as little as 3% down.”
You can see more photos here.
This 2 bed/2 bath is going for $319,900.
Category: Langdon, Real Estate, Woodridge
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I could do without the “virtually staged” photos; I’d rather see the place empty than with badly Photoshopped fake furniture in it. It’s a cute house though. The hardwood floors are nice and the kitchen is a good size, plus I love the front porch.
kac – I thought something was off in those photos. Guess photoshopping is cheaper than renting the furniture.
Yeah I wondered about them so I checked the MRIS slideshow and in the bottom right corner in faint letters, the furniture photos say “Virtually Staged – SeeItFurnished.com.” First time I’ve ever seen that in a house listing, and it’s really strange looking!
It’s awful. No one should do that. Ever.
Just my 2 cents…if you can’t even SEE the Metro station within the Google Maps frame, the listing agent is taking some creative license with the “close to Metro” bit. (And yes, I moved the map frame up/down/right/left a bit…closest looks like Brookland, which is not exactly my definition of “close.”)
It’s probably a 15 minute walk from the RI Ave Metro. Could be worse.
It’s a mile and a half. That is more like a 30 minute walk.
Depends on your frame of reference, I guess. A house like this in Northern Virginia would require a five-mile trek across a dangerous highway to walk to the metro (not to mention the house itself would cost twice as much). This seems like a good alternative for someone who’s considering something like that.
This is much like the craftsman bungalow I owned in Atlanta, except that had a somewhat different floor plan, which had been altered over time. The metro access is a joke, but the price seems about right, unless there’s a crack house next door. This area is likely to remain a little off the grid for the foreseeable future but would make sense for someone who wants an affordable house and already expects to be driving to work, etc.Nice sized rooms.
That isn’t close to the metro. That is unless you consider a 20 minute walk close.
It’s cute. Looks like it would be great for first-timers who drive to work. Street View shows a middle-class neighborhood where people take care of their homes.
Looks like a great house for dog lovers, not the greatest ie. schools but could work for somebody who’s already in at a NE charter.