Comments on: Good Deal or Not? “roof top deck with amazing views” edition

By: PlebofPetworth

PlebofPetworth — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:17:42 +0000

To its credit, I think this unit is actually on the second floor but on the side of the building that faces the alley and has a fire escape. Hence the bars. To its discredit, there is no AC and it’s kind of funny that you can’t open the dishwasher and oven at the same time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:16:32 +0000

I was blown away when I read it shortly after closing on my Hill house. The sellers were on the bleeding edge in the 80s, and they told us how they put bolts on their upstairs windows because theives were audacious enough to use ladders to gain entry to hit some of their neighbors.

Sadly the profiled thieves are probably back on the streets now somewhere.

By: otberbur

otberbur — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:15:47 +0000

I lived in this building for ten years (1992-2002). It’s archtiecturally distinguished, but it’s a quirky building for quirky people. When I lived there residents had assigned laundry times. Mine was 10 pm Saturday. Fortunately, this did not preclude me from meeting my future spouse.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:56:26 +0000

Thanks for the link. I remember reading this way back when – good stuff.

By: 15thstnw

15thstnw — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:05:57 +0000

The fee is 10 bucks more than my rent (and I’m a few blocks away from this place).

$750K for a ground floor condo? Yeah, no thanks.

By: manimal

manimal — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:02:35 +0000

i have them. they never bothered me in the least. i’m not bothered by my brick walls either.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:54:16 +0000

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2005/cover1216.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:53:46 +0000

The false sense of security is amusing to me. I have bars in my Hill historic district home, as do many of my neighbors. There were serial burglars working this neighborhood in the 90s and literally hundreds of homes in the historic distict were hit A lot of neighbors gone during daytime hours leads to periodic breakins. We didn’t take them out in our current house (previous apartment didn’t need). It provides an additional security layer while traveling or during daytime hours

I think you peg yourself as a DC newcomer if you’re totally dismissive of bars on windows, especially ground level or easily accessible 1st floor windows

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:51:16 +0000

Just read the comments … AND this place is on the ground floor?!? Wow, that is insane.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:49:32 +0000

That fee is almost as high as my rent. And I live 2 blocks away.