Comments on: Dear PoP – Jackass Award Nominee

By: Wayan

Wayan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:34:39 +0000

Huh. It was recently sold too, so it seems that Mr. Cornish took a bath on his arrogance:

“4143 New Hampshire Ave Nw previously sold for $315,000 on Jan 15, 2009 and $425,000 on Dec 5, 2006.”

http://www.trulia.com/homes/District_Of_Columbia/Washington/sold/99505-4143-New-Hampshire-Ave-Nw-Washington-DC-20011

By: Wayan

Wayan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:33:30 +0000

And this is the beauty that it used to be: http://thumbs.trulia.com/pictures/thumbs_big/3750/1027353750_1802501251-4143-New-Hampshire-Ave-Nw-Washington-DC-20011.jpg

By: Wayan

Wayan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:26:39 +0000

Here we go. The WashPost story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092401555_2.html and the Jackass’s quote:

As for aesthetics, Anthony Cornish said the building, when it is complete, will be far superior to the dilapidated, vacant property he bought last year for $425,000. “To each his own,” he said of those who object to such additions. “If they don’t like it, they should have gone and bought it themselves.”

By: Wayan

Wayan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:17:49 +0000

And I think you’ll like this the best – look what that fence is protecting: a trash pile for vermin http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/3696158923/in/set-72157600857653101/

By: Wayan

Wayan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:52:56 +0000

Here is the Petworth Eyesore photo montage I’ve been making as the renovation goes on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/sets/72157600857653101/

I saw that fence the other day and it really pissed me off. Glad to know its a code violation, I’ll be all over it in the morning.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:05:55 +0000

Someone is out there right now pulling the siding off the back of the house. I guy in a suit and tie and two woman came out of the house..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:57:24 +0000

you actually need to call Bowser’s office to complain, as this is in Ward 4 and is worse than your average Petworth crack den. I would rather see a vacant overgrown lot than this pit! Shame on these owners!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:43:16 +0000

@not telling 12:01am: I’m sure the fence height isn’t the first code violation at this property.

I think this pit, which I routinely walk and drive past, is a living monument to everything that has been wrong with the DC housing market over the past few years.

A home, which probably was fairly nice (but modest) is bought for too much money, cut into pieces and quickly/cheaply/lazily rehabbed for quick sale, then gets caught up in the economic mess and sits there–with all the neighborhood folk who pass it praying that these bozos never did any work on their homes.

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:43:03 +0000

my on-going theory is that first-time flippers bought the place at the height of the real-estate market…probably to turn it into condos.

Then they mis-measured the pop-up width by six inches, the market tanked, they ran out of money and are stuck with the place. There seems to be sporadic work done on it once every few weeks, but whatever is going on is far from progress.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:26:15 +0000

this makes me want to scratch out my eyes