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Tues. Afternoon Rental Option – Whole House in Hillcrest Edition

This home is located at Branch Ave SE & Denver St SE in the Hillcrest neighborhood:

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This is a suggestion from Nichole who says that “Hillcrest in SE, just across the river is absolutely gorgeous with all its big, old houses”.

The Craigslist ad says:

“FABULOUS 6 Bedroom/3 Bathroom single family house with luxury touches including Granite, Stainless Steel Appliances, Hardwood, CAC, in-unit W/D and lovely back yard with off-street parking. Large open-plan kitchen/dining room on main level with separate living room. Family room/Den in basement with additional room that could be used as 7th bedroom or office. Walk to Naylor Road METRO, Metro Bus stop across the street.”

Does $2800 sound reasonable for this huge house? Anyone else familiar with the Hillcrest neighborhood?

Category: Rental of the Day

By: Prince Of Petworth | 09 March 2010 3:00 PM | 12 Comments

Rat King of Adams Morgan

Well yeah it sounds like a great deal until your Christmas party gets interrupted by gun-toting youths that steal your liquor.

March 9, 2010 at 3:51 pm
- Erica
  
  actually, the robbers didn’t take any liquor, they looked at our selection and laughed.
  snobs.
  
  March 9, 2010 at 10:54 pm
grumpy

Well RKAM, according to crime stats the neighborhood immediately surrounding this house is 700% safer than where I live in Mt Pleasant. I’ve heard Hillcrest is great, and my boss and his wife used to live in a condo there before having kids and moving to Arlington.

March 9, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Joseph

I think what RKAM means to say is “black people live there.” I’m pretty sure there are more gun-toting youth in Adams Morgan than Hillcrest.

March 9, 2010 at 4:39 pm
- Rat King of Adams Morgan
  
  What is it about this board where everyone feels the need to come scream RACISM!!!!? I was making a simple joke about what happened to the And Now, Anacostia author. And I’m well aware of the crime in Adams Morgan. Lighten up.
  
  March 9, 2010 at 5:05 pm
  - P'worth
    
    I knew what ya’ meant RKAM.
    Others: http://anacostianow.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-christmas-party-hold-up.html
    
    March 9, 2010 at 5:57 pm
    - Nichole
      
      Sure, except that Hillcrest isn’t historic Anacostia (isn’t Barry Farm… isn’t Congress Heights… etc.)
      
      There’s more than one neighborhood east of the river, people. A crime that happened in Historic Anacostia (a crime which was rare in that neighborhood) is about as relevant to Hillcrest as a crime that happened in Petworth is to Adams Morgan ie not at all.
      
      March 9, 2010 at 6:07 pm
richard

Hillcrest is very nice. It’s a beautiful neighborhood. If you put NW by its street signs you could easily double the list prices.

March 9, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Eric

Yeah, Hillcrest is pretty safe. It nice, the homes are huge, but there is nothing there. Its the suburbs without any sububan amenities like malls and stores.

March 9, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Tariq

Hillcrest is awesome!! I want to move out there away from all these white people that gentrified my neighborhood in the past few years.

March 9, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Ocho

I like how everything is a short walk to the metro…walking to the metro from this house is about 20 minutes…is dc being overtaken by power walkers?

March 9, 2010 at 4:56 pm
- Anonymous
  
  It’s only a 10 minute walk according to Google Maps, 0.5 miles. That’s closer to the metro where I live, on 18th and Columbia.
  
  March 10, 2010 at 11:07 am