If You Lived Here
Is This Your Dream Home on Capitol Hill?
Clip: Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
A beautifully renovated row house on Capitol Hill.
Join us as we tour a beautifully renovated 1924 row house with a mix of historic character and modern elegance! Located in the heart of Capitol Hill, this spacious four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home offers luxury features like floating stairs, oak paneling, gold accents, and a wine closet. Plus, enjoy unbeatable access to local gems like The Roost food hall and Potomac Avenue Metro!
If You Lived Here is a local public television program presented by WETA
If You Lived Here
Is This Your Dream Home on Capitol Hill?
Clip: Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Join us as we tour a beautifully renovated 1924 row house with a mix of historic character and modern elegance! Located in the heart of Capitol Hill, this spacious four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home offers luxury features like floating stairs, oak paneling, gold accents, and a wine closet. Plus, enjoy unbeatable access to local gems like The Roost food hall and Potomac Avenue Metro!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOEL: Welcome to house number three.
While we're very close to house number two, here we're even more walkable.
Just a few moments stroll to Safeway, to Potomac Avenue Metro, but then we've got the bustling bonus of The Roost food hall.
RICARDO: Joel, I noticed the roof line has this funky little extra window at the top.
What's that about?
JOEL: That's right.
This was effectively for show.
It was to make the house look taller but I think you'll see it functions quite differently now.
JEN: Oh, so maybe some usable space?
JOEL: That's right.
So while the exterior of this house is historic, inside it's all-new, including the design choices.
So enjoy what some folks call a little jewelry.
RICARDO: I'm excited to hear about some bling.
JEN: And we'll meet you right after for the game?
JOEL: Absolutely.
Enjoy and I look forward to it.
JEN: All right.
RICARDO: Awesome.
Can't wait to see this bling.
JEN: I'm excited about this one.
Oh, wow.
We are definitely in present day.
RICARDO: This is a great renovation.
One of the first things I notice is the floating stairs.
They really do keep the space open.
They keep the light flowing through.
JEN: And they look really great next to this modern take on wainscoting here on this accent wall.
RICARDO: And I think this wall over here with the oak paneling is also a nice touch.
Would you like to check out this centrally located kitchen?
JEN: Yes, let's go see this centerpiece.
RICARDO: It's classy.
I love this island.
It's huge.
JEN: Yeah, so the waterfall feature.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: Really nice.
I love a buffet moment, a mimosa station.
(laughs) RICARDO: Yeah, and you got so much seating on the other side.
JEN: Yeah, I could certainly see sitting around here with friends and these gold accents are really tying it all together for me.
RICARDO: Yeah, this is some bling that I could get used to.
And I love how the light fixtures pick up the gold bling as well.
JEN: Yeah.
And speaking of kind of picking it up, it looks like they're taking the counter all the way up the way up the wall.
Rather than a backsplash, just matching it to the counter.
It seems very seamless and really ties in with the waterfall countertop.
RICARDO: Yeah, it's all thought out as a unified space.
JEN: And then into this dining room.
RICARDO: And this bay window.
What a great view.
JEN: And when I see that light fixture, I feel like we are in the future.
That would not typically be my style, but for some reason I'm absolutely in love with it in here.
But I have to admit, I'm a little distracted by this door over here.
Oh.
RICARDO: Oh, wow.
JEN: Okay, so temperature-controlled wine closet.
RICARDO: Nice.
JEN: That's a first for me.
(laughs) RICARDO: Never seen that.
I love red wine, so I would have a place to keep it all.
JEN: Yeah, I might prefer it to be half the size and maybe have storage here for all of my wine glasses.
And I also really like this little seating area here with the hooks.
I mean, now that I'm peeking out this door, I'm seeing that this probably is gonna be your main entrance, um, because it looks like there's two parking spots back here.
RICARDO: You're kidding.
JEN: No.
RICARDO: Oh, wow.
Look at that.
Now, that's coveted.
JEN: Especially in the district.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: Really hard to find.
And how nice to have this elevated area in the back and a porch in the front.
RICARDO: That's rare.
JEN: All right, let's keep going.
RICARDO: Okey-doke.
JEN: Oh, wait.
RICARDO: Wait, is this a storage?
JEN: Let's see.
Oh, half bath.
Oh, wow.
RICARDO: I love that wallpaper.
JEN: Oh, with the gold accents on the vanity and the wood paneling.
It's just kind of tying it all together.
RICARDO: Yeah, with the quartz countertop as well.
JEN: Really thoughtful.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: I really like how the accent wall goes all the way up.
Oh, all right, I'll take this one.
RICARDO: Okay, I'll take this one.
JEN: Okay.
This is the single, but still plenty of room for guests.
RICARDO: Very bright.
Like, nice vertical space.
A double bed in here.
JEN: All right.
Really beautiful marble tile in the shower.
It's paired with another texture tile on the floor.
I like them both.
I'm just not sure I like them together.
RICARDO: I might pick up a brown tile to go in the floor to match with the wall tile 'cause I really do like that wall tile.
JEN: And that would really tie in the floating vanity and the color on the built-ins.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: Beautiful full bath.
RICARDO: Absolutely.
JEN: Let's see what we got going here.
RICARDO: No doubt.
Okay.
JEN: Oh, it's bright over here.
RICARDO: Oh, check out the skylight.
JEN: That is a really thoughtful feature because this could be really dark.
RICARDO: Great surprise.
JEN: What's in here?
Oh.
RICARDO: Oh, this tile work is really, really tasteful.
I like this.
JEN: Yeah, I think this is my favorite tile marriage.
RICARDO: It does give some masculine vibes to me, but I actually really, really like it.
JEN: It's working for me because of the gold accent.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: Even though it has a masculine energy, I'll go ahead and take it.
(laughs) RICARDO: Ah.
JEN: Whoa.
RICARDO: This is a great primary.
JEN: Look at these high ceilings.
RICARDO: And these dormer windows.
Love the natural light.
JEN: And again, the oak paneling from all the other levels.
It really ties it all together.
RICARDO: Yeah, the word of the day is cohesion with this property.
JEN: I feel like we've really traveled through time today in each of these three properties.
RICARDO: I agree and I think it is time to get me a third win.
JEN: Whoa, dude.
Wow, I like your confidence.
Let's go find Joel and see what happens.
RICARDO: Let's do it.
JOEL: Ricardo, Jen, what did you think of house number three?
JEN: We really went through time I think between house number two and house number three and this house feels super modern.
RICARDO: The level of bling in here is definitely at the top.
JEN: 14-karat bling throughout.
RICARDO: The word that kept coming up for me was cohesion.
JEN: Mm-hmm.
RICARDO: It just feels like from every floor there are elements that really tie it together.
JOEL: And how about that dormer window that we talked about?
RICARDO: That was beautiful and you had the whole wall of windows with so much light.
It was so great.
JEN: It was nice to finally see those windows serve a function and not just be for look.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JOEL: Here we have four bedrooms, three and a half baths, 2,235 finished square feet.
Constructed in 1924 and renovated 2024.
JEN: My redemption guess for property number three is 1,275,000.
JOEL: Okay.
And you, Ricardo?
RICARDO: I am going to guess 1,325,000.
JOEL: And the correct list price is 1,334,900, making Ricardo a three-time winner.
RICARDO: What?
JEN: No.
JOEL: Sorry, Jen.
JEN: Shut out.
RICARDO: I cannot believe it.
JOEL: He's good at this.
RICARDO: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Joel.
JOEL: Thanks for sharing my neighborhood for a day and now I would love for us to meet some neighbors at Trusty's Tavern.
Let's take a stroll.
JEN: All right.
RICARDO: All right.
I could use a hero's drink.
JOEL: Ooh, sounds like Ricardo's buying.
(laughter)
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