colonial village: More From The Tip Of The Town
- 12/18/11 10:56 AM
Following our look at the state of the market in Colonial Village, here comes the third quarter comparison for its twin neighborhood, Shepherd Park. And that turned out somewhat more interesting. When it comes to listing activity, the trends are almost the opposite of those in Colonial Village: while there were no new listings in Colonial Village for all of the third quarter, Shepherd Park saw a record number of 15 new listings, triple that of the two previous years. As the houses were scattered about the neighborhood and very different in style and shape from one another, there's no obvious … (1 comments)
colonial village: When Men Were Still Handy, Part II
- 12/12/11 01:04 PM
Well, turns out that--at least in Washington--the average middle class guy in the early 20th century might not have known that much more about house building after all. But we'll get to that later. Yesterday, I promised more on kit homes. Here we go. The next amazing discovery I made when I was browsing all kinds of libraries and websites to find out more about the other big pre-cut/catalog companies. (Sears, Roebuck and Co. has not only been the most written about, most well-known and largest in numbers of units sold; the term "Sears home" has also become more or less … (10 comments)
colonial village: When Men Were Still Handy
- 12/10/11 10:07 AM
Original Source: The House In The Post 1917 Sears mail order bungalow in Washington DC's Shepherd Park neighborhood. Photo: Piers Lamb/Evers & Co. Last week, my business partner, Marcie Sandalow, and I had a listing appointment at a great old house. The owner mentioned it had been a mail order home, not from the Sears catalog but rather from another, a little less well-known kit company. That was a neat little fact because there is a growing fan base for these homes. There are dozens of them hidden in Washington’s old “streetcar suburbs” –such as Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, the … (15 comments)
It's no fun, and one of those endlessly repeating things a homeowner has to put up with. But it’s so important that I will preach it here again: Clean out your gutters! If the gutters on your house look like the one on my garage here in the picture, you should actually clean them out NOW! At least in our area, the trees are pretty much done shedding--even the annual leaf collection and cutter trucks have finally passed through most of our streets. If there was only one thing I have learned from the … (4 comments)
colonial village: The Not-So-Similar Twin: How Shepherd Park Differs
- 10/18/10 09:13 AM
Earlier this month, we examined the 3rd Quarter market statistics for the upper DC neighborhood of Colonial Village. Today, we will take a look at Shepherd Park. The two neighborhoods, divided only by 16th St, are often seen as a unit, as they share many characteristics as well as a very active citizen's association. Since their real estate profile and 20th century history are somewhat different, however, it makes sense to separate them for the purpose of market analysis. To begin with, the homes and lots are--on average--a little smaller on the Shepherd Park side. Although the neighborhood has calm, … (0 comments)
colonial village: DC’s “Real” Colonial Homes – A Well-Kept Secret
- 07/19/10 09:50 AM
No, I’m not talking about 18th century houses which we don’t have a whole lot of here. (There have been too many termites, fires and riots in the Nation’s Capital.) Nor am I talking about the type of house we have more than enough of—probably 90 percent if you believe the realtors’ classification in the MLS--: the brick “Colonial.” (When in doubt, it’s always a Colonial.) I’m talking about an amazingly beautiful NW Washington DC neighborhood that many of the city’s inhabitants west of Rock Creek Park have barely heard of: the original part of the "Colonial Village" near the northern … (2 comments)
Following our look at the state of the market in Colonial Village, here comes the third quarter comparison for its twin neighborhood, Shepherd Park. And that turned out somewhat more interesting.
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