Your Next Place

By Franklin Schneider

Located in up-and-coming Bloomingdale, this spacious Victorian is a genuine steal at just under $780K. The house has been completely renovated, and is now a gleaming masterwork of polished hardwood, stainless steel, and exposed brick. 'Spacious' is probably an overused word in real estate descriptions - I've seen it applied to properties where you could've opened the front door while seated on the toilet - but this house genuinely qualified.

It had none of the narrowness one often finds in this sort of property, thanks to plenty of windows and a sound floor plan, and felt wide open. There's a theater-like living room, a wide gourmet kitchen with obligatory granite and stainless steel, and the master bedroom, with high ceilings and an accordioned wall of windows, has to be seen to be believed. There's also parking for two, and a sizable roof deck with Monument views; on a clear day it almost seems like you could chuck a water-filled balloon all the way to the Capitol. Ah, democracy in action! The house also includes a (totally legal) separately-metered 2-bedroom apartment. I was extremely tempted to buy the house on the spot, and immediately rent out the apartment for twice the amount of my mortgage. Fortunately, if there's one thing the “Great Recession” has taught us, it's that life is not actually a game of Monopoly, and treating it as such will only lead to ruin (or a
multi- billion-dollar bailout).

62 T St., NW
Washington, D.C.
5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths Parking

$779,900