“Eleven bedroom houses are not a regular thing in DC, especially not rowhouses.”

Good Deal or Not Revisited (GDoN-R) is a weekly post that reviews the settled sales data of a recent individual real estate transaction in the District of Columbia. Each post is intended as a case study and a snapshot of the real estate market at a particular moment in time. GDoN-R generally posts on Friday in the late morning.

GDoN-R has been written exclusively for PoPville since 2009 by Suzanne Des Marais. Suzanne is a practicing Realtor with Compass. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is MRIS (Metropolitan Regional Information Systems), which is the local multiple listing system and/or Smartcharts by Showingtime. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Featured Property: 3912 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Legal Subdivision: Petworth
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: Petworth
Bedrooms: 11 Baths: 4 Parking: Driveway/Off Street Ownership: Fee Simple
Lot size: 1860 square feet
Original List Price: $699,000. List Price at Contract: $699,000.
List Date: 11/9/2017 Days on Market: 7
Settled Sales Price: $810,000.
Seller Subsidy: $0.
Settlement Date: 12/14/2017
Transaction type: Standard
Original GDoN post can be seen: here.
The original listing can be seen here: here.

Eleven bedroom houses are not a regular thing in DC, especially not rowhouses.

Apparently, the home had undergone a bit of a transformation from its five bedroom self since last on the market in 2002. With three full levels above grade and a basement, in total around 3000 square feet, there was a lot of room to play with.

Commenters to the original GDoN post noted that it could possibly be put into good use by a cult or perhaps a bordello.

In any case, this house is really big, and close to Metro, hence the final sale price, which suggests robust competition.

The listing agent for this transaction was Kendall Splawn with Compass (per disclosure above, the same brokerage as the writer). Maxwell Rabin, with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the Purchaser.