Do we need to be a Bernie Madoff type to purchase this home, oh MyGod. Who buys these types of homes in the District.

heck, I’d take one of the rental apartments! wonder what they rent for (I’d guess at least $1400 each if they’re 1brs–they’d be $1900 if they were seven blocks west).

It’s not my taste, but it is very well done. I’d feel vulnerable with no bars on the windows, though, especially in such a fancy house.

the ‘color boost’ enhancements to all the photos are hurting my eyes. and the bathtub staging cracks me up. A guitar??

I hate the living room area. Other than that it is fantastic. I am always skittish about investing millions of dollars in a place so close to the hood, though.

Wow, nice job. Not my style at all but they did a nice job. I like the artfully arranged soap bars in addition to the guitar. THat bath setup gave me a headache just looking at it. Minimalists they are not.

Hard to say if its good deal or not . . . in that price range you can basically have whatever you want. So the question is, if you can have whatever you want, why live on 9th Street? Let’s talk in 5 years; in the meantime I’ll be over on 20th.

The interior is beautifully done. I’m disappointed that it looks like a new townhouse in Potomac, and not a Victorian with all of the detailed trim one would have found when it was built – as is, the interior trim is rather mid-’90s fake-colonial mansion. I have always wanted a crystal chandelier in my kitchen, though!

They had me at ‘wine cellar’, I am seriously in love with this house. If only I had $1.8M.

Oh my God, if only the downstairs matched the upstairs. The recessed lighting, cheap looking columns, no walls and the kitchen sitting out for all to see and smell ruins it for me. As for CH Resident who doesn’t want to invest millions of dollars in a place so close to the hood, let me remind you that your precious Logan, U Street and yes, even parts of Dupont were all considered “the hood” just a few years ago.

They would have done better to renovate it in a different style that would appeal to the odd purchaser willing to plunk down massive dinero in that hood. They would have also done better to dig out the basement an extra two feet. Regardless of all, I was laughing at the price until I saw the two rental units. Still, though, high for that neighborhood. And I agree that if you are going to spend $1.35 mil (the $1.85 asking price minus the $500k in “mortgage cover” provided by the rentals), I’d assume you’d not want to have to deal with being a landlord. I wonder when and for what price it’ll settle. I’ll go with $1.5m, and sometime in the fall/winter.

MK,E in LeD, you are correct. Get money by any means……ary. Madoff

I used to live on that block and I met the owner. He’s super nice and gave a tour of one of the apartments. Everything he did was top quality. He bought it when Shaw was not an area you wnated to walk in and rebuilt it slowly to what it is now. The apartments were very nice and he was charging a good deal for them too. The house is super close to the metro and I heard from a welder that was working on his fence that he was originally going to sell it for 3 million. Of course, that was way before the market got flushed down the toilet. That house was well loved and built from nothing to a quality home.

I went to the open house on last Sunday, and the place was ready to be moved into right away. I mean everything was finished, even the storage area, and all finished first class. This couple even carpeted the storage area, and must have used a designer for the color combo. Financing sheets showed that you could owned the place for as low as $1,800 per month, after putting $660,000 down. Yea, don’t know if I would if I could but I should. Wish I lived there