600 Florida Ave, NW
Bistro Bohem opened up in March at the corner of 6th and Florida Ave, NW. Their cafe featuring coffee and pastries, Cafe Bohem, is getting ready to open next door to the Bistro in the former Zee restaurant space. They plan on opening right around Labor Day. Photos courtesy of Cafe Bohem:
Hipchickindc is a licensed real estate broker. She is the founder of 10 Square Team and is affiliated with Keller Williams Capital Properties. 10 Square Team is a princeofpetworth.com advertiser. 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 Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 1956 2nd St NW
Legal Subdivision: LeDroit Park
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: LeDroit Park
Original List Price: $899,500. (2010 listing) & $875,000. (2012 listing)
List Price at Contract: $799,999.
List Date: 06/08/2010 & again 01/19/12
Days on Market: 86 (In 2010, before being withdrawn) & 84 (until under contract in 2012)
Settled Sales Price: $772,000.
Seller Subsidy: $1,850.
List to Net Sales Price Ratio: 88.02% (MRIS calculates based on the original list price of the final listing)
Settlement Date: 05/21/2012
Bank Owned?: No Short Sale? No
Type Of Financing: Conventional
Original GDoN post is: here for the 2010 version and here for the 2012 version.
The listings from both 2010 and 2012 can be seen: here . The photos can be seen by clicking on the listing links, then scrolling through the pictures starting with the main photo.
Despite the Good Deal or Not-Revisited Palooza, where I attempted to catch up on all the May GDoN closings, there were so many Spring closings, it doesn’t surprise me that I probably missed a few. Many thanks to the reader who e-mailed and requested the profile of this May closing, as I think it shows a very nice contrast between the 2010 DC real estate market, and the 2012 conditions, not to mention the recent significant increase in property values in the LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale neighborhoods. (Note that I am happy to take requests for GDoN-R. Keep in mind that there are as many as five GDoN properties per week and I only Revisit one per week, so if there is a property you would like to see followed up, please ask).
So, yah, at $899,500., it was way out there, but I’m going to guess that based on even the 2012 comments, that the final net price of $770,150. will surely surprise some folks.
To give a little history, the house looked like this when it was a shell. (These are the February 2000 listing and the June 2000 listing). Although from the photos it looks like it was sold in February for $102,000. as a shell, and then re-sold as a shell in June for $275,000., it was actually sold fully renovated. That’s just the way rehabs were listed old school circa 2000. The renovation was done by members of the Koutromanos family, a multi-generational business responsible for numerous updates throughout the city and particularly in this area at that time.
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6th and Florida Ave, NW
Bistro Bohem opened up at the corner of 6th and Florida Ave, NW back in March 2012. You can see their menu here. What the early word? Any must order items?
Stay tuned for their new coffee shop opening soon next door in the former Zee restaurant space.
A reader requested we take a look at some great ones from Ledroit Park, especially around Anna Cooper Circle. This is one of my favorites from the circle. Wild sculptures:
Dear PoPville,
I was the victim of a violent mugging last Friday night, and am trying to get the word out about the increasing violence in and around the Ledroit Park neighborhood. It was the night the storm hit. The storm had just passed, actually, when I was on my way home from the Shaw/Howard University Metro station. I walked across the new Howard Theater at around 11:30pm that night. It was still raining a little bit. After I crossed U Street and started to head into the neighborhood, I realized I was being followed by 4 or 5 young men. In a panic, I didn’t know what to do. They closed in on me on U Street NW (between 4th and 5th). They tackled me to the ground, punched me in the face several times and stole my wallet. Once they had my wallet, they ran away. I ran home, bloody, leaving my flip-flops on the street and flagged down a police officer who was near my apartment building at 2nd and W NW. I filed a police report and, all told, was extremely lucky not to have been more seriously injured or hospitalized.
A few lessons I learned the hard way:
1.) NEVER wear flip-flops after dark. I would never have thought of this, but you simply cannot run or escape in flip-flops, especially if it’s raining.
2.) I will not walk home alone after dark again, and would encourage anyone (male or female) not to do so either.
3.) NEVER walk further into a neighborhood if you feel like you’re being followed. I’m not sure how I could have done anything differently as it’s very difficult to turn around and walk toward a group of men who are following you. I will likely carry pepper spray from now on.
Ed. Note: Another violent incident nearby was recently shared on the Ledroit Park listserv here.
725 T St, NW
A couple of weeks ago we learned that All Souls neighborhood bar had finally been granted its liquor license in Shaw. I took a quick look of the space at 725 T St, NW (it’s actually 2 storefronts that will be combined) so I could grab some “before” photos. Speaking with owner, David Batista, if all goes well they plan on opening on Halloween. More info as construction progresses.
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9th and T St, NW
Back in July 2011 we heard the Maya Angelou Public Charter School was for sale at 1851 9th St NW. Check out some history on the building here.
A readers sends word that the building has sold:
“Not sure what the plans are for the space, but it looks like it sold for $7.5 mil after an asking price of $9.5 mil. Closed on June 28.”
Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available.
From MPD:
“At approximately 8:40 Tuesday evening, a juvenile male was walking in the 600 block of T Street, NW, when he and adult male suspect began to argue. During the argument, the adult male suspect produced a knife and stabbed the juvenile multiple times to his body while two other adult suspects (male and female) held the juvenile. All three suspects were stopped in the 1800 of block of 7th Street, NW. The suspects were positively identified by the victim and witnesses. Subsequently, the suspects were placed under arrest and charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW).
The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he was admitted.”
391 Rhode Island Ave, NW
Back in Sept. 2011 the former Frazier’s Funeral Home sold for $850,000. There’s been lots of speculation about who may be moving into the space but we finally have an answer. A reader sends word from the D.C. Historic Preservation Office/Office of Planning:
“it is being converted into a 4-5 unit multi-unit residential building. The building was apparently originally three rowhouses merged together. The party walls are not longer intact on the interior, though. The formstone is being removed and the brick is being renovated.”
Hipchickindc is a licensed real estate broker. She is the founder of 10 Square Team and is affiliated with Keller Williams Capital Properties. 10 Square Team is a princeofpetworth.com advertiser. 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 Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Featured Property: 2010 1st St NW
Legal Subdivision: LeDroit Park
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: Bloomingdale
Original List Price: $759,900.
List Price at Contract: $759,900.
List Date: 04/12/2012
Days on Market: 5
Settled Sales Price: $800,000.
Settlement Date: 05/30/2012
Seller Subsidy: $1,500.
Bank Owned?: No Short Sale? No
Type Of Financing: Conventional
Original GDoN post is: here.
The listing can be seen: here. The virtual tour is here.
In full disclosure, this was my listing and it happens to be on the same street just a few blocks south of the other listing that I represented and profiled back in late December 2011.
I had sold this property to the recent sellers back when there actually were foreclosures to sell in DC in 2009. At that time they lived across the country but had come to DC several times for intensive house hunting trips. They had a very specific type of home that they were searching for (ideally Victorian style, with some historic details remaining, and in need of restoration/renovation).
They were on the west coast when this home came on the market in 2009, so I took lots of photos and they ended up making an offer without actually getting into the house. Given that it was a foreclosure, there were several other offers in and there were a bunch of hoops to be jumped through. I recall driving out to Sandy Spring, Maryland to the listing agent’s office to hand deliver the contract. Then we waited. From listing to acceptance of the contract took several weeks, which allowed the then-buyers plenty of time to fly in and check out the house in person. Here’s the listing link to the “Before” picture.
What I love about this listing is that it was restored and renovated by owner occupants rather than investors. They addressed details that are often obliterated by developers due to cost. For example, they had the historic tiles in the fireplace mantels and the vestibule custom matched by an artisan. The skylight was restored as they are rarely seen anymore, with colored glass bordering the clear central piece. Anybody with a turning staircase will appreciate this one…the interior stair railing to the second floor was designed to be simply dismantled to make it much easier to move furniture upstairs. Other unusual details not likely seen in an investor renovation include the European stove, attic storage, tankless hot water heater, the elevated deck with parking for two cars underneath, and (one of my favorite things about this house) extensively restored heart of pine floors throughout both the main and the second floor.
We ended up with two contracts in hand by midnight of the Thursday the property was listed. Per the owners’ request, there was no open house. By the time we reviewed contracts on Monday, there were four offers, hence the strong escalation above the listed price.