Looks like the modular “Victorian-style” clap-trap people put up in the outer ‘burbs. Do people really need 7 bedrooms these days?! I would rather have 2 fewer bedrooms and 2 more bathrooms on the two upper levels.
Expensive!

Seven bedrooms but there isn’t even an in-suite master bath? I guess that’s why they had to put advertise that option to allow further customizations be part of the contract.

They’ve been renovating this house off and on for the last 15 years. I don’t know if the same couple that started the reno finished it. I suspect they didn’t since the house previously had a quirky charm but needed work. As usual they took out anything that made it special. It’s priced too high. Even though it’s a corner lot it’s a busy corner with human traffic from Georgia Avenue, MacFarland Middle school and Roosevelt High not that far away.

yeah, I agree. Boo on this cookie cutter reno. Totally boring. Having said that, I think it’s a good price, just can’t see how it’s compelling, so I don’t think it will go for asking.

I actually don’t mind the style at all. Sure there’s nothing spectacular about it, but I think it’s a tasteful renovation.

But I don’t really know who the buyer of this house would be… I was under the impression that most rich families with 3+ kids are looking in Chevy Chase, Tenleytown, etc (or Arlington or Bethesda), not Petworth. So even though it’s huge (and I like the wrap-around porch), I think it’ll sell for closer to $700k.

Not as bad as others make it sound like. With a full masters and in-laws, this could be a nice home for some one. It may go for $700k.

It’s huge! I agree that the interior is pretty boring, but the porch is great. It would make a pretty sweet group house (except for that poor person stuck with the 11×9 bedroom on the third floor).

I looked at this house before buying my house about a year and a half ago. It was in horrible condition. Major structural issues. The center of the house had sunk at least 8″ in comparison to the perimeter. Also, the windows and doors were all badly racked on the perimeter. We dubbed it the “fun house” like at a carnival or something. I’d never buy this house at any price unless they could prove to me that it has been repaired correctly and that the repair has been engineered to make sure it doesn’t fail again.

I heard from people who looked at this before it was sold to the current developer that it was a $300k forclosure, and that it needed a lot of structural work — the 2nd floor was chopped up into a ton of bedrooms and had a huge slope to it.
It sounds like they’re willing to continue renovations at the same price, so maybe they’d finish a master suite and do a basement to spec.
I have a feeling that all the original, charming elements of the house were gone by the time the current developers got there.
But yeah, these days, who buys a $900k house in Petworth? I mean, the only people I can imagine needing a 7 bedroom house would have a ton of children, and if they have that much money, they’re usually not living up here…
I hope it sells to a nice family though!

This house reminds me of a B&B I stayed in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Claddagh Inn, unfortunately 4301 Kansas does not have adequate parking available doe to neighboring houses, all historic in their own right, as this home has good potential as a home or even a B&B.