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Sunday, February 09, 2014

Beasley Real Estate realtor comments on distinguishing good vs. bad renovations

Beasley Real Estate is currently listing two of Bloomingdale pop-ups at 158 Bryant Street NW and 2119 Flagler Place NW, which were both converted into two condominium units.

158 Bryant St NW pop-up                                        2119 Flagler Pl NW pop-up


See these tweets from earlier today from Beasley Real Estate realtor Marian M. Rosaaen. (Note that she is not the listing agent for the two above Bloomingdale pop-up properties.)
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The iconic, spired rowhomes of
3:03 PM - 9 Feb 2014 ·

Click on the Instagram link in the tweet below.  Ms. Rosaaen comments on distinguishing good from the bad regarding renovations while househunting.

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Lots of renovation in A quick tip to separate the good from the bad.
7:12 PM - 9 Feb 2014

I then tweeted a response, asking her to comment on pop-ups:

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of : Would you like to comment on * pop-ups * in while you are discussing renovation?
7:20 PM - 9 Feb 2014 

Her response:

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Big topic. Any particular aspect?
8:08 PM - 9 Feb 2014

Bloomingdame jumps into the discussion:

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. And then there is the the not so iconic- perhaps, ironic?
8:06 PM - 9 Feb 2014

(Note that Beasley Real Estate is not presently listing this pop-up property on the 100 block of Adams Street NW, northside.)
                             


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Exhibit A: Properties that drive one to cringe and drink all at once...
8:46 PM - 9 Feb 2014

....which Bloomingdame retweeted using the #BloomingdaleDC Twitter hashtag:

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“: Exhibit A: Properties that drive one to cringe and drink all at once...”
8:56 PM - 9 Feb 2014 

Some Bloomingdale residents are neutral regarding pop-ups;  some residents support and encourage them; others oppose them; and still others don't mind pop-ups if there have some decent architecture to them (admittedly a subjective issue.)

 What do you think?
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2 comments:

  1. ToddMonday, February 10, 2014 4:41:00 AM

    I think that this particular one looks like a cheap mobile home perched on a 19th century row house. I also think that if this sort of thing (cheap popups) becomes ubiquitous then it impacts the look of the neighbhorhood and the price of all of our homes. Beasley is a prime example of a developer just making money without any regard to trying to make these look like a part of the architecture. I also happen to think that pop ups can be done well....but they are extremely expensive. The best solution is to pop up the back and keep it hidden from the road. This is what I'm planning to do. When my house is finished it won't look any different from the street.

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  2. CitizenalphaTuesday, February 11, 2014 1:45:00 PM

    I had hopes for the Adams street pop-up and that they would learn their lessons by now, but alas.

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