Real Estate Blog - Brookland

A Brookland Soiree to Support Open Arms Housing

Join your neighbors for music and a fun dinner for a great cause. Join us in supporting Open Arms Housing,
a housing project for women who are homelss.  Help them open the doors of their new project- Owen Place. All proceeds go to Open Arms Housing.  This is a great cause and will be a wonderful event.  hope to see you there.
April 24th 7-10 pm
Tickets are available at openarmshousing.org  $75/ person, $125/couple
Questions? Call Celeste Valente at 202-832-8055

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Greater Brookland Garden Club House & Garden Tour 2015

Greater Brookland Garden Club House & Garden Tour 2015

The wildly popular and fun Brookland House & Garden tour
date and time were just announced:

June 7th 2015
12-5 House & Garden Tour
5-7 Reception with
live music, good food and great neighbors.

Tickets will go on sale on May 1st 2015 and available at:
Petals, Ribbons and Beyond 3806 12th ST NE
Or online at www.GBGC.org

This really is a not-to-miss event

Here is the video from last year:

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4721 12th ST NE Washington DC

4721 12th St NE Washington DC.
Bright and Renovated.
Open House Sunday 1-4

Welcome home to this bright, wide end-unit row house with everything on your wish list. Step inside from the covered porch and enjoy the bright and large living room with gleaming wood floors and large windows. The freshly renovated kitchen with new cabinets, granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances is a dream for your inner chef. Out back the large deck just off the kitchen overlooks the spacious, fenced backyard with easy potential for off street parking. Upstairs are three large bedrooms with a multitude of windows and a renovated bath. The tall, open, and finished lower level provides lots of extra space for playroom and/or a home office. All this is just a short…

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Growing Gardeners in Brookland

Growing Gardeners in Brookland March 28th, 2015, 1-4 pm.
A Greater Brookland Garden Club Event.

Join the Greater Brookland Garden Club on March 28th for a great gardening event at St Anthony Catholic School, Margot Hall, from 1-4 pm.    There will be a presentation for the adults on the best practices for planting your garden, and the main event is for the KIDS!  Bring the kids to paint their very own terra cotta pots, mix soil and plant seeds.  This is a great event for all ages.

Any questions: call Mary Pat Rowen, President of the Gardent club, 202-526-8821

See you there!

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Brookland Market Update

Beautiful Brookland is no longer a secret, the Brookland real estate market started 2015 strong and is expected to break records this year.   Washingtonian magazine named Brookland and one of the best neighborhoods to buy a home in 2015.  Demand for Brookland homes is very strong and the supply is very low.  This makes 2015 a great time to sell your house.  Let's take a look as the recent home sale date in Brookland. Above are all the houses that have sold so far this year in Brookland.  Some of the most interesting houses that have sold in Brookland year to date:

1523 Monroe Street NE. $989,000

This was a new construction house built on a vacant lot by Connell & Schmidt Custom Builders
They usually do work on Capitol Hill but are now expanding to…

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Beautiful Brookland

New Restaurants in Brookland
By: Tony Boehm

If you blinked, you might have missed the day when Brookland, DC became a nightlife destination. But don’t worry, you weren’t alone, and you’re not too late to be in the first wave of those discovering all the neighborhood’s new options. Brookland, always a great neighborhood to live in or visit your friend for a BBQ, is now also a spot for entertainment, arts, and dining. Spurred partially by the residential development and Arts Walk near the Brookland/CUA Metro Station, four new restaurants opened up in summer 2014 and your Brookland dining options keep on growing.

Let’s take a look at the new restaurants.

Brookland’s Finest – The first of the bunch to open in June 2014, Brookland’s Finest is nestled…

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Love story

3628 13th ST NE, Washington DC
$689,000

This love story could be yours:
savor your morning coffee on the open concept front porch while delighting in the stunning sunrise. Cozy up to the fireplace and lose yourself in a great book and deep conversation. Nurture your inner gardener with a delightful and private back yard, with multiple flower beds and edible gardens. Discover the varied and carefully placed stone remnants throughout the property that hint to a stone craftsman as one of the past owners of this delightful home. It's been meticulously maintained and thoughtfully updated throughout over the years. Yet since the beginning, the huge windows have flooded the glowing hardwood floors with natural light and beckoned its owners inside.Situated in…

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Keep the car!

912 Irving Streeet NE Washington DC.  Beautiful Brookland.

Why compromise?

Living in DC one must learn to be allergic to compromise.  Right?  Just check out our ever so functional congress... But let’s talk about houses!  And garages.  Yes, yes YES!  You can keep the car, or buy that second car, just look at that garage!  Not a car guy (or gal)? Fine, think about how many bicycles you can fit in that garage… 
As for the house, it’s perfect!  It’s the ideal end-unit-Federal-rowhouse-with-lots-of-windows-hardwood-floors-fireplace-breakfest-room-3-bedrooms-2-full-bathrooms-with-walkout-basement-and-awesome-large-yard-overlooking-the Basilca-and-the-train-track.  Love trains! House is ready for you to move right in and build some of that sweat equity. So,…

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Brookland Victorian Cottage – Essence of Tranquility

1351 Otis Street, NE Washington DC.



It’s not often that you discover a gem in the middle of a city. In the lively and beautiful Brookland neighborhood of DC you can have an extraordinary getaway with all the conveniences of city life. A stunning Victorian Cottage has just been listed for sale.

1351 Otis Street is a four-bedroom, three-bath home that has been renovated significantly, but has maintained much of its original charm.

The transformation began with a solid foundation, the removal of some of the interior walls and a first floor bath addition. Another bathroom was added to the second floor in 2011. The kitchen has had two renovations and the most recent offers ample space for culinary creativity. Other renovations include replaced siding, a…

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Brookland Bungalow Two Blocks to Metro

1002 Douglas Street NE, Washington DC.

1002 Douglas Street NE, Washington, DC 20018    
Offered at $539,000
4 bedrooms, 2 baths
Finished basement, Cental AC.

Watch the full house Video on YouTube

Don't miss out on this spacious four bedroom bungalow only two blocks from the Rhode Island Metro. This gorgeous home is loaded with amazing features. Newly refinished wood floors gleaming throughout, fresh paint, and central air to keep you comfortable year round. A roomy finished basement  is perfect for a family, game, or media room and has its own outside entrance. The large, greenscaped yard is perfect for entertaining and relaxing. Hop on the Metro and come on by, don't blink, or you'll miss out on this Brookland Beauty. 

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