Does the following sound familar?

“luxury condo with granite countertop, and open floor plan”.

I think a standalone house in this neighborhood with that much offstreet parking and sq footage is prolly worth that price tag.

The lighting is clearly intended for illuminating artwork and I didn’t need the names of the owners to figure that out. The great thing about monorail and duorail lighting is that the heads can be changed with almost no effort and little expense, so a buyer can change the aesthetic very easily. There are a huge variety of styles of heads from modern to traditional.

The paint color I see as merely a step above priming it and prepping it for a buyer. I think in this price range, any buyer is going to be repainting every room to suit their decor anyway, so the color for listing photos and viewings is just meant to show the house as a blank canvas.

But I still think of GDoN as a discussion of listing values, not an voyeuristic opportunity to judge other people’s lifestyles.

It’s a dilettante house. Good for small gatherings, distinctive and can be impressive. Someone in a mid-level lobbying or fundraising job, or some middle level diplomat, will hand out $2 mil for it. But they would think of it as a business expense not a real home. Which is another reason I don’t aspire to some DC neighborhoods where the folks there are always one foot out the door to their next career in the next city/country.

That’s what this house says to me, anyhow. Cute but I would not spend my $2 mil there.

lots of natural light throughout

If I found 2 million in a duffel bag and the owner told me when I turned it in “Nah, keep it, go buy a house”, I’d be perfectly happy with this one. Ha.