Brookland Washington DC2014 Brookland House and Garden Tour Video.

Wow!  What an awesome tour this year.  We had a great time at the 2014 Brookland House and Garden Tour run by the Greater Brookland Garden Club, and the after-party, with live Jazz band, lots of delicious local food from the restaurants on 12th street, at Jake's house, was so much fun.
Thank you to all the homewoners who opened their houses and to all the volunteers who helped out.  Mary Pat, the president of the garden club, said "The purpose of the tour is not to raise money, but what money we do make at this event... is all put back into the community,  We fund some educational activities for local children: we create community gardens and then pass them on to new adoptive parents: and we train and equip…

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We just wanted to send out a big THANK YOU!  to all our clients for their continued trust and referrals

Thank you!

We appreciate all of your referrals.

Here are some of the houses we listed/sold in May.

1314 Kearney Street NE DC. $849,000
1314 Kearney St NE DC. Brookland

1368 Spring Road, NW Washington DC $699,000

15 Maple Street. $769,000

1669 Columbia RD NW #411  $383,000

1109 Abbey Place NE Washington DC.  $559,000

1000 New Jersey Ave SE #224   $349,000

330 Rhode Island Ave NE #100 DC. $339,000

1500 Highlands , Silver Spring MD. $749,000

12416 Buckley Drive, Silver Spring MD. $469,000

 

Thank you for a great May! 

  Thank you!

 

 

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View from the top of the Washington Monument facing Lincoln Monument and Arlington
View from top of Washington Monument facing the Lincoln memorial
View from top of Washington monument facing the Capitol (RFK stadium in background)

View from top of Washington Monument facing southwest toward Capitol and Potomac river

View from top of Washington Memorial facing Jefferson Memorial, the Pentagon and National Airport

View facing North from the top of the Washington Monument including the White House.

Model of 'point' of Washington monument.

Copy of aluminum cap on top of Washington monument

Entrance to elevator at base of Washington Monument










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 The Grand House of Brookland

Open House Sunday 1-4
1314 Kearny Street NE
Washington, DC
in Beautiful Brookland
Floor plan and virtual tour here

Rear covered screened porch with translucent roof 1314 Kearny Street ne DC. Brookland


                                                                                                                                                                                                  
This house was built around 1910 by Ludwig Luebkert, a house builder from southern Germany who lived across the street. He built the house for his sister, and though it is an example of the simpler Edwardian style, he recycled a few architectural elements from the earlier Victorian era: the front porch balustrade, the wainscoting and stairway in the foyer, and the fireplace mantle in the dining room, were all reused…

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Happy Mother's day!

Stop by one of our open houses this Sunday and give your mom the gift she really wants for Mother's day: You moving into your own home.

1368 Spring RD NW DC
$699,000
Open Sunday 1-4
Virtual tour HERE.
Live in the middle of it all; close to Metro, restaurants, shopping and the vibrancy that is Columbia Heights. Large, bright and renovated Victroian bay front rownhouse with private yard and a real garage.  Check your list, this house is the one.  3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, wood floors, exposed brick walls, open floor plan, finished basement.


330 Rhode Island Ave NE #100
Open Sunday 1-4
$339,000
Virtual Tour here
Call it Eckington Heights, Brookland West or Bloomingdale East... Just make sure to call it home.
2 Bedroom, 2 bath condo ready for…

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1018 Kearny St NE, Washington DC. 4 Bedrooms * 2 full bathrooms * Large yard *
Walk-up attic  * Full basement with side door *

Virtual Tour with floor plan                                 YouTube video   1018 Kearny ST NE DC. Brookland Porch   Lest anyone doubts that Brookland has been "discovered", simply pay notice to this recent sale.  We listed the house on Thursday with a Broker open and had the Public Open house with over 100 groups of buyers coming through.  Demand for the house was so great that the sellers set a deadline of Tuesday 5:00 pm to look at all the offers.  We got 16 (sixteen!) good offers from very excited buyers and a few great offers.  The house sale closed today for $710,000.  This was an outrageously awesome house, and buyers clearly loved it.   Want to…

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