I'
m saying goodbye to the lovely old late Victorian bayfront brown brick townhouse I've lived in the past 30 years. I've moved to something smaller as we just can't do stairs and keep up a garden anymore due to the infirmities creeping in as we age. So it's basically
on the market now with a very friendly realtor,
Jake Anderson.
We have had so much family life and good times in this house with my son and his friends and all our friends and family that visited us in the nation's capital city that I feel an era has passed. This was the house my son grew up in as he was 2 years old when we moved in and is now in his thirties. Over the years we made many improvements, kept it clean and fixed up and all the time just loved the neighborhood,
Bloomingdale, and our neighbors. I'm already missing walks to
Crispus Attucks Park and the quick access to
Washington Hospital Medical Center clinics!
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| Had many parties in the dining room |
It's a big house with a lot of functional living space like a covered front porch, eat-in kitchen and formal dining room, a back deck and a good deep lot where one can grow veggies in the back yard (or keep a goat, or so they say!).
I especially cherished my eat-in kitchen as I finally got it to be totally modern with stainless steel appliances, a quartz counter top and a perfect shade of grey paint on the cabinets!
I hope the new owners will find out how grand it is to live with interesting features that you can't find in new houses such as original oak and pine hardwood floors, chestnut wood door frames and a stamped tin ceiling.
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| Living room woodwork is awesome! |
I will surely miss the mirrored corner cabinetry, a cast iron and brass fireplace and high ceilings. The new owners will surely enjoy a few surprises in the spring when the bulbs (irises, lilies and daffodils) pop up and when the Queen Liz rosebush starts showing off in June, not to mention the glorious blue hydrangea blooms in late summer or the bright pink crepe myrtle that flowers through October.
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| A very airy modern eat-in kitchen |
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| A super spacious master bedroom |
I'm saying goodbye to the lovely old late Victorian bayfront brown brick townhouse I've lived in the past 30 years. I've moved to something smaller as we just can't do stairs and keep up a garden anymore due to the infirmities creeping in as we age. So it's basically on the market now with a very friendly realtor, Jake Anderson. 
