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Dear PoPville - Longest Craigslist posting ever!

Good Deal or Not? “endless living space” edition (reader request)

This house is located at 1207 Emerson St, NW:

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The listing says:

“Renovation is beautifully updated w/ endless living space on 4 finished levels!Front living room leads to formal dining room w/ crown molding & coffered ceilings! Large windows, hardwood floors, & custom paint. Chef s kitch with granite countertops, ss app, glass tile backsplash & sunny breakfast room!Finished basement w/ original fireplace, laundry room & storage. Fenced in backyard w/ garden space, shed & patio!”

You can see more photos here.

This 5 bed/4.5 bath is going for $795,000.

Category: 16th St. heights, Petworth, Real Estate

By: Prince Of Petworth | 04 January 2013 1:00 PM | 14 Comments

eabod

looking at the pictures, it appears that the living space in the house is in fact not endless. too many walls.

January 4, 2013 at 1:08 pm
textdoc

Overall this looks nice… but when will the fad of crazy backsplashes stop??

January 4, 2013 at 1:15 pm
Anonymous

Seeing an $800K house that would cost ~$250K max in other cities is annoying. The renovations are nice, but $800K in many other cities is a McMansion price.

January 4, 2013 at 1:20 pm
- nathaniel
  
  Why is it annoying? When people are buying houses they are not just paying for the value of the physical house in isolation, they are also paying for its location. Lots of people want to live in DC, thus the price of the house includes the value of this feature.
  
  January 4, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Anon

Whoever buys this place needs to budget another $15k for window treatments…

January 4, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Anony

Frankly, if I were looking to spend 800K on a metro-inaccessible house, it would be west of the park.

I bet you could get a similarly situation home in North Cleveland Park or near American University for around the same price. And, you can actually send your kids to school there too!

January 4, 2013 at 1:34 pm
- Anonymous
  
  You would think, but you can’t. Check redfin.
  
  January 4, 2013 at 1:50 pm
- e
  
  nope, not even close.
  
  January 4, 2013 at 1:57 pm
- kuntababy
  
  This house is an easy million west of the park.
  
  January 4, 2013 at 2:10 pm
AngryParakeet

Yeah, just saw a historic mansion for sale in Detroit, on a canal in a very acceptable neighborhood, house in great shape – $600K. And a beauty in one of the emptier areas for $82K. BUT Detroit = no jobs

January 4, 2013 at 1:52 pm
bfinpetworth

Love the window in the shower without privacy glass! That window is going to cause water-damage headaches for some lucky owner for years to come. Windows and showers are a really bad fit. At least glass block it!

January 4, 2013 at 2:29 pm
- Anonymous
  
  Both showers in my house have windows–no problems at all.
  
  January 5, 2013 at 11:01 am
andy2

If you need 5 bedrooms – very fair price.
If you want to spend $750K on a house – other options that are a better house for the money.
FWIW – currently West of Park for 5 bed/4 bath $1.15M+

January 4, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Anonymous

GTF outa here

January 5, 2013 at 1:34 am