chevy chase real estate: Renovation Rundown--The Real Thing - 02/13/15 05:45 AM
You've always wondered what it was really like to renovate your kitchen? Well, let me take you by your hand. I'm inviting you into my own house to follow the progress in real-time. See what goes well and what goes wrong, and feel free to opine!
For better or worse, I'm chronicling the ups and downs of my remodel on my DCHouseCat blog. The Kitchen Project started on January 26. A running slide show of the progress can be found here. It's supposed to be all done in March. Wish me luck!
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chevy chase real estate: The Sky Is The Limit - 04/15/11 09:47 AM
It was an accident, but I just love it!  I went around an upcoming new listing today, a very cool mid-century "California Modern," and snapped a few casual pictures with my little old Lumix.  They were by no means for publication but just to help my memory as I'm starting to put together some info and description for the brochures. 
This one was taken from the outside, through a wall-to-ceiling window.  Because of the reflection, I couldn't really see the picture until I downloaded it.  And guess what -- the floating ceiling had softly taken off!
One of the revolutionary and … (5 comments)

chevy chase real estate: My Special Treat--The Stunning House In the Park - 03/15/11 10:12 AM
 
The absolutely amazing Travis Price house I mentioned a few weeks ago, finally went on the market yesterday!  It's a big and very special house, and the sellers--hard-working DC professionals with little time to spare--did a great job to get it ready for the public.  My co-lister Bonnie Lewin and I tortured them for quite a while with our endless questions, ideas and demands!  But it was so worth it--see for yourself: [Ashboro Virtual Tour].
I said this here before, but I always have a tendency to fall in love with "my" houses.  This one you can't help being excited … (3 comments)

chevy chase real estate: Quite A Surprise: Rock Creek Forest Market Update - 11/05/10 09:12 AM
The 4th Quarter of each year is traditionally the "slowest" in any real estate market, at least in the DC area.  It's time to look back and evaluate some trends.  Today, we are taking a closer look at the Washington, DC suburb of Rock Creek Forest, the most eastern neighborhood of Chevy Chase, Maryland. 
To say it outright, the numbers I came up with really surprised me.  And not in a bad way!
As usual, all numbers for this year--statistics for the first 3 quarters--will be compared to those for the same period in 2009.
A total 24 homes sold in … (3 comments)