If You Lived Here
Dupont Circle
Season 4 Episode 10 | 28m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Jen and Ricardo visit Dupont Circle in D.C. with realtor Bo Billups.
With realtor Bo Billups, hosts Jen and Ricardo take in the history of Dupont Circle, visiting 3 homes in this renowned Washington, D.C. neighborhood. They start the tour with a condo at The Cairo, “the original residential skyscraper.” Next is a Victorian-style row home built in 1870 and finally, a newly renovated, 4-level townhome. Also, viewers get a look at the nearby Woodrow Wilson House.
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If You Lived Here
Dupont Circle
Season 4 Episode 10 | 28m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
With realtor Bo Billups, hosts Jen and Ricardo take in the history of Dupont Circle, visiting 3 homes in this renowned Washington, D.C. neighborhood. They start the tour with a condo at The Cairo, “the original residential skyscraper.” Next is a Victorian-style row home built in 1870 and finally, a newly renovated, 4-level townhome. Also, viewers get a look at the nearby Woodrow Wilson House.
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RICARDO: Hey, DMV, I'm Ricardo.
I'm a native Washingtonian.
JEN: And I'm Jen.
I've lived in all four quadrants of the district.
RICARDO: We're best friends who wanna show you around the DMV.
JEN: Today, we'll tour three open houses.
RICARDO: And after each one, we'll try to guess each list price without going over.
JEN: And together, we'll find out what it would be like...
BOTH: If you lived here!
(doorbell) RICARDO: Here's Bo.
BO: Hi, Ricardo and Jen.
It's so great to meet you.
Welcome to Dupont Circle.
RICARDO: I've always said the Dupont Circle had beautiful tree lines, streets so picturesque.
BO: I've been here in Dupont Circle for 20 years and I'm thrilled to call it my home for so many different reasons.
There's so much beautiful greenery in the neighborhood.
The restaurant scene has never been better.
There's cuisine from every corner of the globe.
And then great culture.
We've got, uh, Phillips Collection, as well as just a few blocks away, the Woodrow Wilson house.
JEN: It's really kind of giving you a little bit of everything.
BO: It is.
Dupont really is a gathering spot, and the centerpiece for that is probably Dupont Circle.
RICARDO: You've got so many major roads going through Dupont Circle.
BO: Most of them have major bus routes.
And the bike lanes have popped up on so many streets.
It's a commuter's dream, but it can be a little tricky for the uninitiated driving around Dupont Circle.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: Isn't that the truth?
RICARDO: I've gotten caught up in this circle before.
BO: Yeah.
It's much easier on foot, but also the metro, there's two stops on the north and south side of the circle.
JEN: I spent a lot of time on that Dupont escalator.
RICARDO: Yeah, I've definitely gone up and down those escalator steps a lot, myself.
I used to work at Kramers which is also a Dupont Circle institution.
BO: So you've got some Dupont experience.
RICARDO: Yeah.
BO: We'll go a little bit deeper today.
We're starting with a one-bedroom, one-bath, at a landmark condo building right around the corner.
JEN: I love to start at a landmark.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: All right.
RICARDO: Starting off strong, Bo.
BO: Yeah, great.
RICARDO: Super excited.
BO: Should we head over?
JEN: Let's go.
(doorbell) RICARDO: I know this building.
BO: Jen and Ricardo, welcome to house number 1.
We're here at the Cairo.
12-story tall building, built in 1894, called the original residential skyscraper.
RICARDO: It is enormous.
BO: It is.
And that's the reaction Washington had when it was built: that it was enormous and too tall for the city.
So it actually inspired an act of Congress to limit the height of residential buildings.
JEN: Wait, so that doesn't have anything to do with the Capitol Building?
'Cause that's the urban legend.
BO: Right.
JEN: You know what I'm talking about?
RICARDO: This is what I thought all my life.
BO: No.
It's the Cairo.
JEN: Debunked.
BO: Debunked.
JEN: Today.
BO: But looking at the outside, you can see how the Egyptian theme and the name, "The Cairo," is reflected in the Moorish and Romanesque details.
RICARDO: So Bo, we are steps away from 17th Street, the main drag in Dupont Circle.
I did not realize that this was so close.
BO: It is.
17th Street is probably the most famous street in Dupont Circle.
It's filled with terrific restaurants, pubs, cafes, shopping.
The Safeway's right there.
JEN: What are some things that we shouldn't miss while we're inside?
BO: Well, the actual unit's got lots of personality.
And don't forget to go to the rooftop.
RICARDO: Ooh.
JEN: Oh.
BO: You're, yeah, 12 stories gives this a panoramic view of all of DC.
JEN: Oh, I guess so.
RICARDO: Gotta take a look at that.
We better get busy.
JEN: Yeah, let's get moving and we'll see you afterwards for the game.
BO: Sounds good.
RICARDO: Walking back in history.
JEN: Look how pretty this is.
RICARDO: I know.
It's so cute.
(gasps) JEN: This is so thoughtfully laid out.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: A work area, seating area, eating area.
RICARDO: What's jumping out at me is this wallpaper.
It really livens the space up.
JEN: Absolutely.
And then the exposed brick is amazing.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: This is definitely the type of room where I would not consider painting the brick.
RICARDO: Mm-mm, you wanna take a look at this kitchen?
JEN: Yeah.
RICARDO: Okay.
JEN: Wow.
RICARDO: Aw.
This is so cute.
You know I love how they really made good use of the vertical space in here with these really tall cabinets.
JEN: It's a little high up for me personally, but I love a two-tone and I always feel inspired to do it in my own house.
I also love how this color picks up this tile... RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: Which is a stick-on, so you can try a couple things, see what you like, see what sticks.
Um, but you don't have to spend a ton of money to liven up your space.
RICARDO: So let's see what's around here.
JEN: Okay.
RICARDO: This is bright.
Yeah, what do you think of the shower door?
I love the black detail on it.
JEN: Yeah, I would certainly pick up a tick-tack-toe game in here.
That would be fun.
And then the subway tile all the way to the ceiling.
And then just looking down, this tile is so sweet.
I love the little blue accents in here.
Let's check out the bedroom.
RICARDO: All right.
JEN: Oh, wow.
RICARDO: Oh.
JEN: This is great, with the exposed brick in here.
RICARDO: Yeah, and you've got these huge windows on either side, too, letting in all this natural light.
JEN: And then having all of this storage back here and the storage on top?
RICARDO: And even though this building was built in 1894, they were considerate enough to put in really high ceilings.
I love the tall ceilings in here.
JEN: Speaking of tall, why don't we pop up to the roof deck?
RICARDO: Oh, yeah, let's do it.
JEN: All right, let's go.
RICARDO: Okay.
Whoa.
Look at that.
Can you imagine watching the fireworks from up here?
JEN: Oh, man.
It's like a dream.
Look over here.
RICARDO: I know, there's a cathedral.
JEN: You know, this really is a huge bonus to this place.
RICARDO: Yeah.
I hate to say it, but we gotta get back downstairs and we gotta find Bo and play this game.
JEN: All right, let's go for it.
RICARDO: All right.
BO: How was the tour of the roof deck?
RICARDO: Oh, it was magnificent.
JEN: Thank you for recommending that we go up there.
I cannot imagine what the Fourth of July is like up there.
RICARDO: Yeah.
BO: You can't miss that.
And how was the tour here of the condo?
JEN: This unit is laid out really thoughtfully.
BO: I think they've made the most of the square footage and the storage options.
RICARDO: And one of my favorite features was the wallpaper in here.
So gorgeous.
BO: Terrific colors that are echoed in the cabinet paint and elsewhere.
RICARDO: So before we play the game, can I ask what the condo fee is on this unit?
JEN: Mm-hmm.
BO: So the condo fee is 493, and that covers the reserve funds, professional management, and water.
JEN: I love it when a utility is covered.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
BO: This home is one bedroom, one full bath, with 485 square feet.
The building was built in 1894 and the renovation was in 2023.
JEN: I'm gonna say 329,000.
BO: Okay.
RICARDO: I'm going higher than that.
Uh, I'm gonna say 400,000.
BO: The list price is... 399,000.
RICARDO: What?
BO: Just a little over.
RICARDO: Aw.
JEN: Aw.
BO: So "Price is Right" rules means Jen wins this one.
Congratulations, Jen.
RICARDO: I'm fine.
I'll be fine.
I'm okay.
BO: We're on to house number two, a terrific townhouse just a few blocks away.
JEN: Let's head out.
BO: Let's go.
JEN: After you.
RICARDO: Oh, this is terrible.
JOHN: The Dupont Circle neighborhood is a pretty recent, uh, invention.
So when Pierre L'Enfant laid out Washington City, his famous plan with the diagonal avenues named after states, all led to these central spots.
They weren't circles; they were just large open spaces.
The one that would become Dupont Circle was really the most northwestern in the whole city, and there was still nothing here through at least the first half of the 19th century.
So Alexander Shepherd started to do a lot of infrastructure improvements.
He built roads out in this area and trees and lighting and it became an area that could be developed as a neighborhood to live in.
In the 1890s or so, became the real height of Dupont Circle's cache.
That's when the really big mansions were built.
It was just, uh, a very bucolic place to live.
We call it Dupont Circle now, but it came to be called Pacific Circle in the early days, and then the Du Pont family paid for a bronze statue of Admiral Du Pont to be placed at the center of this circle.
There were members of the Du Pont family that just didn't like this particular statue.
So the Du Pont family paid for this beautiful marble fountain that was installed in 1921.
Dupont Circle really became a crossroads.
It was used for a lot of different social events.
Concerts were held there.
Social protest, political protest.
In the wintertime, you know, famously they'd have snowball fights whenever the first snow came along, and the LGBTQ community started to come here as early as the 1930s.
Dupont Circle today still is a really important place for the LGBTQ community.
GEORGIA: Annie's is like a gay Cheers, so you walk in, and half the restaurant's like, "Oh, hey."
And it's just a really, really fun, special place to be.
My grandfather, George Katinas, was a Greek emigrant.
His father owned a fruit stand, and then he turned the fruit stand into a restaurant, and then he employed all five of his sisters.
He added Annie's name to Paramount Steakhouse because of the response that she was getting from the LGBTQ community.
She was the original ally: someone who had open ears and open heart and a shoulder to cry on.
One night, there were two men who were here on a date and they were holding hands under the table.
Annie saw them from the bar and went up to them and said, "You don't have to hide that here."
And encouraged them to put their hands on top of the table and show their affection.
And that, at that time, was really unheard of.
Annie's has been in business for 76 years now, and we are absolutely still a haven for the gay community.
The High Heel Race is a drag race that historically was from Annie's to JR's and back, and it just has grown and grown and grown in popularity, and so now the whole street's shut down and it is wild.
It is one of the most fun nights of the year.
We're still really actively participating in the LGBTQ space and we also really work hard to be a pillar in the 17th Street community.
(doorbell) JEN: Oh, wow.
RICARDO: I know.
BO: Welcome to house number 2.
We're just a couple blocks north from The Cairo here at this beautiful 1870 Victorian-era row home close to U Street at the northern end of Dupont.
RICARDO: I'm a huge fan of outdoor space where you get a little patio, you get to sit out and enjoy nature while you're having your coffee.
JEN: I'm really blown away by this original ironwork with the flowers and the grapes and the vines, just really impressive.
BO: There's lots more original details inside, along with some modern renovations.
And you'll have to tell me if you can find the kitchen.
JEN: Oh.
Well, that's usually my favorite room in the house, so I will definitely be on the lookout for it.
BO: Enjoy your tour.
JEN: All right.
RICARDO: All right.
JEN: Thank you.
Oh.
I like this formal sitting room.
RICARDO: Yeah, but it feels open, it feels airy.
JEN: And the granite on the fireplace is really unique with the dark stone and the lighter details.
It's really making this whole room feel very expensive.
RICARDO: Yeah, and oh my God, I love these floors.
And I think these are original, too.
JEN: Yeah, so the picture frame molding over here, which I love this detail... RICARDO: Mm-hmm, right.
JEN: Feels newer, but the molding around the windows and around the base of the floor... RICARDO: The baseboards.
JEN: Definitely original.
RICARDO: Well, I would love to see more of this house.
JEN: All right.
Go.
Oh, this is surprising.
I was not expecting bedroom.
RICARDO: I thought this would be the kitchen.
JEN: Or a dining room.
RICARDO: It's a good size.
JEN: And then these great windows in here, and I think I'm able to peek the back patio out there.
Let's see what else we got to see.
RICARDO: Maybe there's a kitchen somewhere.
JEN: Yeah.
Oh, watch your head right here.
RICARDO: It's a squeeze.
JEN: Oh, boy.
Oh, nice.
So we have our little dining area, and then, oh my gosh, the bench in front of this bay window, adding some seating down here.
RICARDO: Yeah.
Oh, look at this exposed brick.
JEN: Yeah, I don't even really mind that they've painted it.
It is making the room feel very open.
RICARDO: Right.
And I love the wainscoting on the wall.
That really elevates the space in a way that makes it more elegant.
JEN: I agree.
And it looks like as we move on, we actually have some new flooring, leading into what I can only imagine is the kitchen.
Oh.
RICARDO: It is the kitchen.
I really like the light cabinets and how they go with the floors.
JEN: Yeah, I do really love the countertops.
These are the countertops that I have at my house.
But it's not quite enough counter space for me.
RICARDO: Oh, I agree.
JEN: But I really think that this is a very cute and functional kitchen.
RICARDO: Well, I think we should go check out the up-upstairs now.
JEN: Ooh, yes.
Let's.
RICARDO: Okay.
This is nice and open.
JEN: Let's take a look at this bathroom.
Oh, this is nice.
RICARDO: Yeah.
Very bright.
JEN: This looks newly remodeled.
The countertops and the cabinets, they're actually the same as the kitchen.
RICARDO: Yeah.
And it really works with the dual vanity, the dual mirrors, and the fixtures, as well.
It's nicely balanced.
JEN: Oh, check this out.
RICARDO: Oh, I love a transom window.
JEN: Yeah.
That shows the history.
RICARDO: Right.
JEN: So here we have the twin of the bedroom downstairs, which is a great size.
RICARDO: Right.
And I love that you still have these dark hardwood floors.
And look at these beautiful big windows, also.
JEN: They're letting in a lot of light.
RICARDO: And also letting me see that Bo's outside in the patio.
I think it's time to go meet him and play the game.
JEN: All right.
Race you.
RICARDO: Oh, wait.
(Jen gasps) JEN: Oh, Bo.
RICARDO: This is great.
Look at this oasis.
BO: Welcome to the back patio.
It's a beautiful respite with this nice area for seating.
And then there's still parking behind the back fence.
RICARDO: Oh.
JEN: Yes, that's clutch.
RICARDO: Yeah, that's even better.
BO: So what else did you like on the tour?
JEN: That living room and entryway area felt very expensive, given the granite on the fireplace and the dark floors.
RICARDO: Yeah, very elegant.
We did discover the kitchen... JEN: Oh.
RICARDO: Eventually, downstairs.
BO: Yeah.
JEN: We did.
RICARDO: Overall, the updates looked gorgeous.
BO: So originally, the kitchens were in the basement in the Victorian Era, and that's where you cook the food and built the fires to heat the house.
Across Dupont, most of them, of course, have been moved up to the main level.
JEN: Given that they've kept a lot of the original features in this house, it does make sense that they would leave it.
BO: So this house has two bedrooms, one full bath, one-half bath, 1,410 square feet, built in 1870 and renovated in 2017.
RICARDO: I'm gonna dive in.
JEN: Yeah, I'm glad you're going first.
RICARDO: I'm gonna say 859,000.
JEN: Okay, I'm gonna guess 888,000.
BO: Okay, the actual list price is... 990,000.
JEN: Ooh.
RICARDO: Boo, I mean, yay!
BO: Congratulations.
JEN: Thank you very much.
BO: I'm very excited to show you the dream house.
RICARDO: Oh.
JEN: Ooh.
BO: The final stop on our tour.
We're just a couple blocks away.
Should we head on over?
JEN: Let's go.
RICARDO: Let's do it.
BO: Great, let's go.
RICARDO: All right.
MARK: Dupont Circle in the early 1920s was being developed into larger, expensive homes for the wealthy, and for Wilson, the outgoing president of the United States here in the house on S Street.
Right uphill from Dupont Circle.
Inauguration day was March 4th.
While Wilson was going with his successor, Warren Harding, to the Capitol Building, movers just moved the Wilson's personal possessions from the White House to here.
Everything was moved in in that very tiny window between him getting up and dressed in the morning and arriving here after dropping Harding off at the US Capitol to be sworn in.
Wilson's time was basically spent on three main floors.
He could have morning meals in the solarium.
Beautiful room, lots of great views.
He could ride down the elevator in the morning and go to the dugout, which was turned into an office.
He was allowed one guest a day by his doctors and would talk with them in the library, which was really his room for meeting visitors.
The house was made for entertaining.
They had two permanent staff: Mary Scott was the head cook, and Isaac was Wilson's valet.
There's a back stairwell that goes to the servants' quarters at the top.
There's a dumbwaiter that goes up from the ground floor kitchen to the next floor up with the dining room and butler's pantry where it could be served.
Wilson lived here until early February of 1924 and his second wife, Edith, maintained the home, intending for it to one day be a museum for her husband, so the house is very much overwhelmingly what you would've seen when he lived here in the early 1920s.
BYSTANDER: Chinese Checkers.
BYSTANDER 2: Mm-hmm.
FELICE: To this day, we still like to use this house in a very intimate gathering way.
We also have programs like Vintage Game Night where we invite the public in and they can actually play vintage board games in the home of the 28th president.
These games were really popular in the early 1920s.
We've got Camelot, we've got Snakes and Ladders, and then Mahjong.
It is a Chinese gambling game, and Edith loved to play it.
We actually have her very own Mahjong set.
So Pit is a strategy card game where you basically have to corner the market on certain goods.
It's usually the game that people get the most into.
(bell dings) PLAYER: Right here.
Read 'EM and weep, baby.
FELICE: So I think this event is very different.
You're playing just as how people in the past did.
BAILEY: It kinda feels like we're just like at a friend's house, but it's Woodrow Wilson's house.
This is a very cool, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
(bell dings) No, you mixed them up.
(doorbell) BO: Jen and Ricardo, welcome to house number 3.
This is our dream house.
JEN: It certainly is.
And who's this little cutie out there welcoming us?
BO: Isn't that fun?
There's a little face in the middle of the keystone detail.
RICARDO: Yeah.
And it looks like there's one all the way at the top.
JEN: Giving us a touch of side-eye.
RICARDO: Whoa, what's that about?
BO: Those are called "grotesques."
There was often kind of a caricature, a status symbol of either the owner, architect, or builder.
JEN: What can you tell us about the neighborhoods?
BO: We're right off 18th Street, which is home to so many great restaurants.
RICARDO: I love Lauriol Plaza, some of the best Mexican food in the entire city.
JEN: Ooh.
BO: Yes.
And we're gonna have a great tour.
It's four levels of a complete renovation.
RICARDO: Well, it sounds like there's a lot to take in, so we better get started.
We'll see you afterwards for the final game.
BO: Great.
Enjoy your tour.
JEN: All right.
Oh my goodness, this is gonna be a good one.
What a grand vestibule.
RICARDO: I love this.
Look at this tile work in the floor.
JEN: And then this lighting feature just makes this feel so fancy.
Whoa.
RICARDO: Now, this really impresses me.
JEN: This room is incredible, and I'm really excited by all the molding.
RICARDO: Oh, wow.
JEN: It really hearkens back to when the house was built.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
JEN: And when have we ever seen these half columns?
RICARDO: And then the cutout there is also reflected in that back wall and that beautiful staircase.
JEN: Yeah, and look at this lighting fixture.
Like a beautiful cloud in the middle of the living room.
RICARDO: Oh, yeah, let's see what's in the next room.
JEN: Okay.
RICARDO: Wow.
JEN: Wow.
RICARDO: This is nice.
JEN: Oh, this is gorgeous.
RICARDO: So bright.
This kitchen is really, really nicely laid out.
Great design choices.
JEN: And these cabinets are very different.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: You know, as we walked in, I thought, "Gosh, that's a big old cabinet."
But it's a refrigerator.
So I love that this matches the cabinets.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: And it's also echoed here on the dishwasher.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm.
My favorite thing about this room is this elegant dining area with these massive windows.
I would wanna have all my meals here.
JEN: Yeah.
And then looking out onto this little bit of kind of outdoor oasis which, let's be honest, in the District is coveted.
RICARDO: Yeah.
Okay, we've got a lot of house to get through, so gonna have to encourage you to keep it moving.
JEN: Okay.
RICARDO: Okay.
JEN: Thank you for the encouragement.
RICARDO: My pleasure.
JEN: Just keeps going.
Ooh.
Textured fabric wallpaper?
RICARDO: I really like this gold-tone that it gives the entire room, but it picks up the details in the lighting fixture really, really well.
JEN: Yeah, and then we have this wall of windows out onto your balcony.
Just beautiful.
RICARDO: Wow.
JEN: Oh, wow.
RICARDO: Nice.
This is an interesting trend: the bathtub in the shower.
JEN: Yeah.
RICARDO: I really like that.
You keep all the water inside.
JEN: Yeah, and then this floor-to-ceiling tile work, so well done.
RICARDO: Very elegant.
Okay, let's keep moving.
JEN: All right.
Nice long hallway.
RICARDO: Hah.
JEN: Ooh, another little seating area.
RICARDO: I love this black-and-white motif they have going on in here.
JEN: Yeah, me too.
RICARDO: It picks up the black stone fireplace.
JEN: I could totally see this being a game room.
Pool table.
RICARDO: Ah, right.
And you have to take advantage of this bay window area up here, as well.
JEN: It's actually not a bad spot for a workspace.
RICARDO: You have all this great light coming in.
Let's keep going up.
JEN: After you.
RICARDO: Another bedroom.
JEN: Ooh, yeah, it's kind of reminding me of moon phases, which I think is fun.
RICARDO: Mm-hmm, yeah.
I love the gold flare in it, as well.
JEN: Which is picked up in the features here above these glorious windows.
RICARDO: Ah.
I like it.
Okay.
JEN: Let's see.
What's over here?
Another primary?
RICARDO: How many primaries does this place have?
JEN: Apparently two.
RICARDO: Look at this wallpaper, here.
It's kinda like a faux paneling.
I really dig that.
JEN: Yeah, I really appreciate all the accent walls throughout this house.
RICARDO: It matches from room to room.
JEN: Yeah.
RICARDO: It sort of has this gold feeling, which is really nice, and it also picks up the color in the floor.
JEN: Oh, this is nice.
RICARDO: Oh, yeah.
They really took advantage of the vertical space.
JEN: The subway tiles are floor-to-ceiling.
Really a nice choice.
I saw one more set of stairs.
RICARDO: Oh, more upstairs?
JEN: We can do it.
I have to encourage you to keep going.
RICARDO: Note taken.
JEN: What is this?
RICARDO: Where are we going?
JEN: To the Sun, apparently.
So this is where they keep it.
What?
Absolutely gorgeous.
This is really special.
RICARDO: Yeah.
You've got the entire roof to yourself.
It would be so nice to have a party up here.
You could fit ten, 15 people easy.
JEN: Yeah, we've had a great day of decks and rooftops, which has been amazing.
The bad news is we have to go all the way down to see the final section.
RICARDO: But there is good news.
We have an elevator that we can take to get to the lower level.
JEN: So exciting.
RICARDO: Oh, it's here.
JEN: Okay.
Ooh.
I'll get that.
RICARDO: Here you go.
JEN: All right.
Cool.
It's a whole apartment down here.
RICARDO: Wow.
Fantastic rental opportunity.
It's got a full kitchen on this side and it looks like there's, an entrance on either side, too.
JEN: I think it's time for us to go find Bo for the final game of the day, and I wish you luck, my friend.
RICARDO: Oh, whoa.
JEN: Oh, oh.
RICARDO: Here's Bo in this beautiful living room.
JEN: Oh, hey, Bo.
BO: Hi, Jen and Ricardo.
Welcome back to the living room.
How was your tour?
(Jen sighs) RICARDO: Phenomenal.
Absolutely gorgeous.
JEN: There was some very strong design choices made in this house and I think they were the right ones; from the molding to the accent walls, there was always something new and fresh to look at.
RICARDO: One of the things I really loved too was that rooftop deck.
Great spot for entertaining.
JEN: I'm happy we got to hit up two amazing roof decks today.
RICARDO: Yeah.
BO: Yes, for sure.
RICARDO: Yeah, and speaking of two, we also got two primaries in this property, which was pretty spectacular.
JEN: Yeah.
Two living rooms.
RICARDO: Two living rooms.
Ah.
BO: Really a magnificent property.
This house has five bedrooms, four full baths, one-half bath, 4,500 square feet, built in 1919 and renovated in 2024.
Can you guess the list price?
JEN: I'm gonna go crazy, I think, and guess 3,794,000.
BO: Okay.
RICARDO: That's close to what I was thinking.
JEN: Oh, good.
Good.
RICARDO: Um, I'm gonna say 3,780,000.
BO: Okay, and the list price is $3,850,000.
Congratulations, Jen, that makes you a three-time winner, today.
JEN: Oh my gosh.
RICARDO: Oh, you're a triple threat.
JEN: I'm a shutout.
RICARDO: Okay.
All right, congrats on that.
JEN: Thank you so much, Bo, for showing us really three amazing properties today.
RICARDO: Spectacular.
Absolutely spectacular.
BO: Let's keep the fun going, how about lunch at Lauriol Plaza around the corner?
RICARDO: Ah, yes.
That will make me feel so much better.
BO: Good.
JEN: Your favorite.
RICARDO: Yeah.
JEN: Yes, let's go.
BO: Terrific.
Fajita time.
RICARDO: All right.
JEN: Yes.
RICARDO: Yeah, you're speaking my language.
GEORGIE: If you lived here, you would know that there's a beautiful fountain in Dupont Circle.
JOHN: Go to the Phillips Collection.
It's this great modern art gallery.
LUCAS: I like looking for books at Kramers.
JASON: I love all the amazing restaurants that are here in Dupont Circle.
MATAIS: I like the fountain.
It's like, I've seen a lot of fountains and that has to be my favorite one.
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