WOMAN: Support for If You Lived Here comes from... MAN: The Yuen Foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences within the greater Washington, D.C. community.

WOMAN: And now, If You Lived Here, a WETA original series.

JOHN: Hi, I'm John.

CHRISTINE: I'm Christine.

We're producers at WETA and pretty much inseparable.

JOHN: So, true.

We love living in the DMV.

Finding a place to live here can be exciting and sometimes challenging.

CHRISTINE: We're going to tour three properties at three different price points.

JOHN: And try to guess the listing price without going over.

And find out what it would be like...

BOTH: If You Lived Here.

(doorbell).

JOHN: Hi, there.

CHRISTINE: Hi!

JULIE: Hi!

Welcome!

JOHN: Thanks for having us!

CHRISTINE: Yeah!

JOHN: Hello!

JULIE: It's so nice to see you both.

So, welcome to Chevy Chase.

We are standing right here at the edge between, Chevy Chase, D.C., and Chevy Chase, Maryland.

We're gonna be touring Chevy Chase, D.C. today.

CHRISTINE: I did not realize there was a Chevy Chase, D.C.

I've heard of Chevy Chase, Maryland.

So tell me a little bit about what the differences are.

JULIE: So you're absolutely right.

Most people when you tell 'em that you live in Chevy Chase, they automatically assume that you live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

But Chevy Chase, D.C. people are very proud of the fact that they live in Chevy Chase, D.C., and they're very proud to be D.C. residents.

JOHN: Well, ultimately though, which one's better?

D.C. or, or Maryland, Julie?

JULIE: Well, you know, I live in D.C.

So of course, I'm gonna say D.C. JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: That's not fair!

JOHN: That's a fair question.

JULIE: That's not a fair question.

JOHN: I think it's fair.

Well, they both have their own flavor and strong points.

And I think one of the great things is this stretch down Connecticut Avenue with all these great stores and restaurants.

JULIE: Yes, lots of people that move into Chevy Chase, D.C. are coming from downtown.

So they really want to have a little action.

There's an independent toy store that people love.

There's Bread & Chocolate.

There's a Safeway.

JOHN: Well, I can't think of a better person to show us around than you.

JULIE: Let's go!

CHRISTINE: All right.

(doorbell) Oh, it's so welcoming.

JOHN: Well, we have arrived.

JULIE: Yeah, so here we are in the Barnaby Woods section of Chevy Chase, D.C. People love this neighborhood because it's so quiet.

It's really an oasis in the city.

You do not even realize that you're in Washington, D.C. when you walk around in Barnaby Woods.

This neighborhood was developed mostly in the 1930s, and it is predominantly brick colonials.

Barnaby Woods is also known for having large yards.

JOHN: Hmm.

JULIE: Some with woods, some with actually with streams running through.

JOHN: Makes it really charming.

JULIE: It is very charming.

And it is set amongst the trees is really what makes it very special.

JOHN: Well, we're gonna go take a look.

JULIE: Okay, great.

JOHN: And then afterwards, what do you say we meet back in the backyard?

JULIE: In the back.

Yes, absolutely.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Okay.

JULIE: We'll see you back there.

JOHN: Here we go.

JULIE: Looks great.

CHRISTINE: Let's go.

All right.

It looks so much bigger when you're standing outside.

JOHN: And then you come in here and it's not so deep.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: I mean, that's a great staircase for this small space.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Dramatic.

CHRISTINE: It opens it up.

JOHN: And very period.

CHRISTINE: Oh, and speaking of period... Archway.

JOHN: We love a good archway.

All right, into the dining room and kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, nicely renovated and opened up.

JOHN: What a nice space!

CHRISTINE: Well, original corner cabinet.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Which I love that they kept.

JOHN: I love those.

Quite often, I'll look at auctions and look at corner cabinets, and I've thought... CHRISTINE: And you're going, "Hmm."

JOHN: Should I have one?

CHRISTINE: Should I have a corner cabinet?

JOHN: I've considered that.

CHRISTINE: It's a good question.

JOHN: But it's a nice, open space that opens up into the kitchen.

CHRISTINE: And you can see exactly where... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: The kitchen was, as far as, there would've been a wall here.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

This would've been a really good sized kitchen... JOHN: For that period?

Yeah.

CHRISTINE: For that time.

I bet they actually had a dining table in here.

A little mix of old, and talk about new...

I feel like this is gonna take off if we turn it on.

JOHN: It's a light.

It's got two fans.

I don't know what else it does, but that's impressive.

CHRISTINE: And I'm looking at that door, and I have a feeling that leads to the basement.

JOHN: Let's go do it.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Low clearance.

CHRISTINE: Oh, what a great lower level space.

JOHN: Okay, I see something incredible right behind you... Washer and dryer.

I think this house gets... (laughs) JOHN: An award for one of the most creative places for a washer and dryer I've ever seen.

CHRISTINE: So you just go right down into a wet bar.

JOHN: Ah.

CHRISTINE: So you know, nice butcher block countertop, you know, nice fixtures.

But you know the best part is that you just make a little cocktail, you come over here, and this is the most enjoyment you'll have doing laundry.

JOHN: Wow... You know, I said these people were smart with, you know, maximizing space, but this is the first bar/laundry... CHRISTINE: Laundry.

JOHN: Combo we've ever seen.

CHRISTINE: It's brilliant, brilliant.

JOHN: Very smart.

CHRISTINE: And speaking of space, I bet this is a half bath.

JOHN: Is it because the word toilet is on the door?

CHRISTINE: Oh my gosh, I didn't even notice that.

JOHN: You are... CHRISTINE: What an eye.

(gasps) Oh...

This isn't... JOHN: Hey!

CHRISTINE: A half bath, this is a full bath.

JOHN: It's a full bath.

CHRISTINE: You know how you love that corner cabinet?

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: I'm gonna love this corner shower.

It really works in this space.

JOHN: It sure does.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: They've been so smart with their choices.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Look it, the light's coming in again.

So pretty.

JOHN: I love this house.

CHRISTINE: Oh...

The second full bath... JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: And I am so happy that they kept the original tile on the floor and on the walls.

Okay.

JOHN: And what on Earth?

CHRISTINE: Oh...

I have never seen a tub like this.

JOHN: That is so cool!

CHRISTINE: From that, from that era!

A square tub.

JOHN: Yeah, that's incredible.

Two seats!

I'm glad they didn't, got that taken out and... CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: And put a shower stall... CHRISTINE: Oh!

Yeah.

JOHN: In there.

CHRISTINE: But I don't think you could take that out.

JOHN: I know.

CHRISTINE: I mean, a cast-iron tub like that...

I don't think so.

JOHN: Too cool.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: All right, bedroom number one.

CHRISTINE: I'm guessing that this will probably be the smaller one.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Again, beautiful sunlight coming through.

JOHN: Second bedroom.

CHRISTINE: All right, I would say... JOHN: Oh, this is big.

CHRISTINE: Primary bedroom?

JOHN: Yeah, this might be the primary bedroom.

CHRISTINE: Okay, smaller.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: But again, that same great tile.

I think this is a king.

JOHN: Yeah, that's a king.

And then you have these big windows that overlook this gorgeous neighborhood.

All right.

Final bedroom, bedroom number three.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Another king side bed.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: With plenty of room for a dresser.

So these rooms are actually bigger to me than I thought they would be.

JOHN: Sure enough.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Hi, Julie.

JULIE: Hi.

JOHN: Hey, Julie.

JULIE: Hey.

How was it?

JOHN: Well, let us tell you what we love about this house, starting with this area.

JULIE: It's a wonderful patio.

It's very, very pretty, very quiet back here.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JULIE: Beautiful space.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JULIE: But just smaller than what you might find at other houses.

JOHN: Okay, well, let us tell you what we loved about this house.

JULIE: Yes... CHRISTINE: All right.

JULIE: I wanna hear.

CHRISTINE: First, I don't think that I've ever been as crazy about a tub, especially a tub from the '30s.

JOHN: Never.

JULIE: Isn't that so cool?

JOHN: Never have I ever seen a tub like that.

CHRISTINE: I've never seen a tub that's square... JULIE: Square.

CHRISTINE: Like that, where you have seating on both sides.

JOHN: It's good for kids, if you have two kids.

JULIE: Yeah, it's perfect.

JOHN: It's perfect.

JULIE: So there's a, there's three bedrooms, three bathrooms, 1,580 square feet.

The house is built in 1937.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

I'm going to make a guess on this house of $950,000.

JULIE: Okay.

CHRISTINE: And then was that based on your scientific formula that he's always calculating?

JULIE: Calculating.

JOHN: It's based on absolutely nothing.

(laughter) JULIE: Very good, I like that.

(laughter) JOHN: No, I do a little math.

CHRISTINE: He does.

JOHN: I do.

CHRISTINE: He does.

You can see the wheels turning.

I'm gonna do $900,000.

JULIE: Okay.

So the price was $995.

JOHN: Hey!

CHRISTINE: Oh!

JULIE: So John is the winner.

JOHN: Thank you... CHRISTINE: So close.

JOHN: Chevy Chase.

I love you.

CHRISTINE: So close.

JULIE: There you go, there you go.

If you're done, if you don't have any other questions here, we can move onto the second house?

JOHN: Sounds great.

CHRISTINE: All right.

CHRISTINE: Sounds good.

JULIE: Great.

JOHN: Back in the day, they would've taken the trolley.

JULIE: That's right.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, it's true.

JULIE: The trolley did used to run up here.

JOHN: Yeah.

KEENE: Part of what makes Chevy Chase relatively unique, it's truly one of the first commuter suburbs in the country.

In the late 1880s, the development of the electric trolley made it feasible for people not only to commute downtown to work, but it also allowed for goods and services.

You could order food or merchandise, and it would come up on the trolley.

It almost is like a early precursor to, you know, the way people do stuff online with Amazon and everything, today.

TIM: So we're right here in, uh, the heart of Lafayette-Pointer Park, newly renamed after Captain George Pointer.

He was a freed enslaved worker from the 18th Century.

TANYA: Captain George Pointer was an amazing man, and he was able to do things that even to this day, people don't assume that African Americans can do.

JAMES: First word that comes to mind is genius.

He was a man out of his time.

He could read.

He could write.

He became a, a learned engineer.

At the age of 20, he'd commanded a, a fleet of river boats.

His whole life is full of amazing things.

TANYA: George Pointer's great-granddaughter bought this land.

When some of her children got older, she started making plots so that each child could have a space to build on.

So this...

This was home.

This was their community.

This was their village.

TIM: And there were, you know, multiple generations of families living here.

Um, and that continued and thrived until the turn of the century and into the 1910s and 1920s, as the White neighborhood encroached on this land.

Uh, the Chevy Chase Land Company came under pressure to build a school for the White children, and that's what happened in 1928.

It was taken by imminent domain.

TANYA: It, it was just kind of disappointing that they would take it from a group that's had it almost 80 years, and they weren't given enough to move so that they could still be together.

So they were scattered.

They lost a lot of that family connection, that family support that they had all the time.

JAMES: Well, when I first walked this, on this park, you know, I just envisioned the children running on this land, free.

And giving hope to those slaves that would look up on this hill and see freedom.

TANYA: I, I guess, the best thing in the world that could've happened was when we finally realized the entire story and decided we're gonna bring this family back together.

Uh, Historic Chevy Chase came to realize this is something we really need to step up and help this family with.

TIM: It is a wonderful resource.

I mean, look around, the playground, the ballpark, but you must acknowledge the untold story of how this land came to be taken from, from the Black families.

But that's why we use the title Segregated by Design.

The, uh, the local advisory neighborhood commission got behind the effort right away.

It's not just the park, it's the recreation center that's also named for Captain Pointer.

The school has been involved.

JAMES: A very emotional journey for me.

This park would speak for all of the displaced Black people that... were removed.

TANYA: Combination of having the signage put up and recognized, and then to have the changing of the, um, name of the park to, um, Lafayette-Pointer.

It's, it's a starting place.

(doorbell) JULIE: So, welcome to the second house in Chevy Chase, D.C. CHRISTINE: Well, that wasn't far.

JOHN: No, very close.

JULIE: We are half a block from Lafayette Elementary School... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

JULIE: And Lafayette-Pointer Park, which is really, to many people, the heart of the neighborhood.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JULIE: You're also only about five blocks from Connecticut Avenue, which as all the shops.

It is a place where people that live here typically don't wanna leave, these few blocks... JOHN: Now, you speak... JULIE: That are close to the school.

JOHN: From personal experience.

JULIE: I do speak from...

I'm very biased.

I'll be honest.

Because I do, I, I do live in one of those blocks.

And, and this is a fabulous house.

It was built in 1930, but the house was basically taken down and built up on top of the original foundation.

JOHN: Ah!

CHRISTINE: Oh, okay.

JULIE: So you'll see that the basement is about the size that the house was originally.

But when you go through the house, you'll see how it was expanded... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JULIE: And built, built up.

JOHN: All right.

And we'll meet ya out back when we're done?

JULIE: Perfect.

JOHN: All right.

JULIE: I will see ya then.

CHRISTINE: Oh, all right.

JULIE: Enjoy!

CHRISTINE: All right.

JOHN: Oh, hey...

I think it's setting in.

When she said this house was built from the ground up on a 19... CHRISTINE: A '30s foundation, in an '80s... JOHN: In 1980... CHRISTINE: An '80s, '80s home.

JOHN: Or something, yeah.

So, big dining room.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Nice picture window overlooking the neighborhood.

CHRISTINE: On both sides!

JOHN: Yeah, both sides.

CHRISTINE: Very nice.

JOHN: So, in the formal living room.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: But I see even more space.

CHRISTINE: I know, when you said open...

I see a lot of open space.

JOHN: Yep, let's go check it out.

Oh!

CHRISTINE: Ooh, a half bath, and super cute wallpaper.

JOHN: Very much on trend.

CHRISTINE: Bright and cheery.

JOHN: Great looking.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Okay, speaking of great looking, into the great room.

CHRISTINE: Right.

And did you feel that?

JOHN: I felt the transition.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Did it like... CHRISTINE: This is definitely the new addition.

JOHN: It is.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Okay, so nice family room, lots of windows.

CHRISTINE: But that's the benefit of having good sized lots.

Because you can build a great addition like this and still have a lot of space outside.

JOHN: Okay, wow.

CHRISTINE: Oh, no.

Oh...

It's a screened in porch.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: I love that.

'Cause I would come down, make my coffee, and then head right out to the screened porch.

JOHN: Okay, so this house was redone in the '80s.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: So it looks like they've done a little refreshing here.

CHRISTINE: I have to give a shout out to the green aqua.

JOHN: Isn't that the same color you just painted your cabinets?

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

And I'm so glad I did... JOHN: Good taste.

CHRISTINE: 'Cause it looks good.

JOHN: I like this kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

All right, here we go.

So this would be obviously the original part of the home.

And it really does not have that basement-y feel.

JOHN: No.

CHRISTINE: Because you've got two great windows.

JOHN: They've put down these new floors... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Which are laminate probably.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

No, really nice, really nice space.

JOHN: Yeah, smells great too for a lower level.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, it does not have that basement smell... JOHN: Does not.

CHRISTINE: At all.

JOHN: Does not at all.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Into the bathroom.

CHRISTINE: Oh, it's a full bath.

JOHN: And first full bath.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, and another corner shower.

See?

Great use of space.

JOHN: Yes.

Okay, Tina.

Bedroom number one, aw.

CHRISTINE: Aw, how cute.

JOHN: Baby's room.

CHRISTINE: But... JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: Obviously, they grow.

And they happily grow into this room.

JOHN: Yes, this room... CHRISTINE: And... JOHN: Could be for anyone.

CHRISTINE: It's giving me a whole design thing in my head like, I think I need to use more wallpaper.

JOHN: Okay, so bedroom number one.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Onto two.

CHRISTINE: All right, so this is the primary suite.

When you look at all these windows... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: So all that natural light coming in.

JOHN: Yeah.

And, you know how we've seen this before.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Having a sink in the bedroom.

That was very period '70s and '80s.

CHRISTINE: Right.

This would be definitely '80s.

So here we have a full bath.

JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: And, uh, I like that blue.

JOHN: Yeah, me too.

Onto our next bathroom, number... CHRISTINE: Three?

JOHN: Three.

CHRISTINE: It's really a spacious bathroom.

JOHN: It sure is.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Oh, look how cute... CHRISTINE: Aw, a little.

JOHN: This is.

CHRISTINE: Well, obviously they're using it as a child's room.

JOHN: Really?

CHRISTINE: And it's super cute.

JOHN: What made you think that?

CHRISTINE: Oh, I don't know.

But you know, there's three really nice windows.

And again, that view onto the street.

JOHN: Is this the déjà vu house?

(laughs) JOHN: I keep on saying, another great room, L-shaped.

CHRISTINE: All right.

Well, you know what's perfect about this is that they can't fight over...

It's the same size.

JOHN: That is true.

CHRISTINE: Same layout.

JOHN: Whoa!

Tina, take a look at this.

CHRISTINE: Oh, nice space.

JOHN: So, using as a work area... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Obviously, sitting area.

CHRISTINE: Oh, oh, oh, oh, my gosh!

Turn around!

JOHN: Whoa!

CHRISTINE: I mean, this is perfect.

JOHN: That looks like a whole library.

CHRISTINE: It does.

Okay, so we've seen the entire home.

Oh, I'll just have to channel John Begeney and get those wheels turning.

JOHN: Get those wheels turning.

CHRISTINE: Okay, I'm starting the calculation.

So I'm gonna take square footage... JOHN: Turning, yep.

CHRISTINE: I'll take that... JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: And the number of bathrooms... JOHN: Then you divide it by seven.

CHRISTINE: And then the number of bedrooms... Oh, yeah and then carry the one.

Hi, Julie.

JULIE: Hi!

JOHN: Okay, Julie.

JULIE: How did it go?

CHRISTINE: Oh, it just got better.

(laughter) JULIE: Isn't it nice out here?

CHRISTINE: This is a great outdoor space.

JULIE: It's nice to have the little deck, and the patio, and a two-car garage.

JOHN: Might be a great mother-in-law suite out here.

JULIE: Well, and it was recently changed so that people can make these into units, like, um, in-law suite.

JOHN: Yeah.

Cool.

CHRISTINE: I'd turn it into a John suite.

JOHN: A John suite.

CHRISTINE: A John... JOHN: I'll take that.

JULIE: So, it is six bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, 3,415 square feet, and foundation built in 1930, rebuild late 1980s.

CHRISTINE: Well, I know I'm gonna go at least $1.4?

JULIE: Okay.

JOHN: I'm just gonna go for $1.5.

CHRISTINE: Ooh... JULIE: Okay.

Now, do you wanna tell me how you come up with those numbers?

JOHN: I think about the square footage... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: From the first house of what it was, and the square footage of this house.

But I also think about what this house has and what this house needs.

JULIE: Okay.

JOHN: So I think you know, you know...

It could use some, uh, renovations in the bedrooms.

Maybe kitchen... so I think, you know, stuff like that...

So that's how I came up with my number.

JULIE: Okay, well, that makes sense.

CHRISTINE: I just guessed.

JULIE: You just guessed.

(laughter) JULIE: So the price, um, was $1.565.

(laughter) JULIE: So, you're the winner, John.

You're the closest.

JOHN: Yes!

CHRISTINE: Second one in a row!

JOHN: I actually would've gone higher, but I thought I would just... CHRISTINE: Oh, why didn't you go higher?

JOHN: play the game smart, and just go... (laughter) JOHN: Okay.

JULIE: And so, are we ready for the third house?

JOHN: We're ready.

CHRISTINE: Yep.

JULIE: Great, let's go.

JOHN: Shall we go through the back gate?

JULIE: Sure.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: You and your calculations and all that going on.

JOHN: Well, and your, and your razzle-dazzle, and.

JEFF: Well, one of the things that I appreciate in this area is the Avalon Theatre.

I love sitting in, in a theater and watching a big screen and escaping.

BILL: We go back to 1923, that's when this theater opened.

It was a single-screen theater that had 1,200 seats.

Until 2001, it operated continuously as a commercial theater.

There used to be neighborhood theaters all over the city, and, uh, gradually, a lot of these chain theaters declared bankruptcy.

They jettisoned their local theaters.

And theaters like the Avalon were basically left to die.

There was a lot of, uh, emotional connections with theater.

A lot of people who had first dates here, went as a kid, and paid $0.15 to see a movie, and people really wanted it reopened.

And we started Saturday mornings with a card table out in front of that theater with hat in hand, and people would walk by, and we'd tell 'em we were trying to raise money for the Avalon, and get like $2,000 a day.

We reopened in April of 2003 as a non-profit.

You know, we like to say it has a little bit of a Cheers aspect to it.

You know, it's...

Uh, I feel like people who come here feel like they have an ownership stake.

Um, and many of them kind of do because they've supported us financially for many years.

Community is kind of an over, maybe an overused cliché, but I think it really does describe this area very well.

It describes, you know, what happened with the Avalon.

I mean, it's here because the community wants it here.

JESSICA: If you lived here, you'd be close to Rock Creek Park.

You'd be close to a great school with another small park and a wonderful playground.

And you'd have Broad Branch Market, which is wonderful.

TRACY: The market was built by a man named Mr. Sauer, um, in 1919.

Broad Branch Road was one of the farm roads into the city then.

Farmers would drive stuff into the city on roads like this.

So after the Sauers and Bondareffs moved in, lived upstairs, and ran the market downstairs.

They were called DGSs, district grocery stores.

And they were Jewish-owned.

It was a cooperative, and there were a lot of them in the city.

And they all bought together and priced things together.

This store, it pre-dated Safeway, or any of the other big grocery stores.

You know, this is how people shopped.

A local developer, Louie Bloom, bought the building, and then he asked me in 2008 to come onboard as an operating partner.

We made a plan.

We're like, just buy everything you like to eat.

It turned out that people liked what we liked.

And people would say to us, "You know, if you carried this, I wouldn't have to go to Whole Foods anymore."

So, then we would bring that in.

That's how we, that's how we built it.

The kids that work in the deli, they know how people like their sandwich.

And everybody that has their sandwich, they have their maker also that they like.

It's just super friendly.

Every day, people thank us.

It's kind of crazy actually, how thankful people are to us.

You know, you're often surprised that you run into friends.

And sometimes people plan it, "Okay, let's meet at Broad Branch."

(doorbell) JOHN: So pretty.

All right, Julie.

JULIE: So, welcome to the third house and to the third section of Chevy Chase, D.C.

So right now where we are is between Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin.

We're closer to Friendship Heights, so there's Mazza Gallerie and the Chevy Chase Pavilion for shopping.

There's the Friendship Heights Metro is nearby.

And this house was built in 1989.

CHRISTINE: So, from the outside, this does not look like a 1980s home.

JULIE: No, not at all.

It looks very much like the other houses in the area.

JOHN: Sure does.

JULIE: Well, this house I think has something for both of you.

You've got beautiful skylights.

You've got beautiful floors.

CHRISTINE: Oh, she knows us.

JULIE: Uh... Yeah.

JOHN: This one.

JULIE: I got you guys.

JOHN: We'll see ya on the deck.

JULIE: Okay, great.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Let's head on up.

JOHN: Here we go.

CHRISTINE: All right.

JOHN: Wow, this is lovely.

How about these floors, herringboned.

You don't see this that often.

CHRISTINE: No, and it's funny because this was built in the '80s.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: And you know how popular that herringbone pattern is today.

JOHN: Yeah.

You know, we say it's in the details.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: And just doing this, you know, beautiful touch of the herringbone all the way down the hallway, with that inlay... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: looks like a million bucks.

To our right, living room.

Okay.

CHRISTINE: What a lovely, warm, inviting conversation room.

How, how do you like all those adjectives?

JOHN: Lovely, warm, con... CHRISTINE: Warm, inviting conversation.

JOHN: It's, it's that, and it's even more.

And it's so bright.

These windows!

CHRISTINE: The bay window.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: And I'm guessing you consider that one, big bay window.

JOHN: I do.

And the beautiful woodwork on this mantle, so custom.

CHRISTINE: That mantle is really lovely.

If I walked into a store and they showed me that marble... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: I don't know if I'd be jumping at it, but seeing it here... JOHN: Very '80s.

CHRISTINE: But it fits so well.

JOHN: It does.

CHRISTINE: You know?

JOHN: Okay, well... Lovely room.

And then you walk back here into this great family room.

It feels great because of these sets of three French doors in the back, a wall of windows.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Handsome home.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Okay, what do you say we pop into... Breakfast room.

CHRISTINE: Ooh!

JOHN: Ah, a nice space.

CHRISTINE: I would be happy to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with this beautiful view.

JOHN: And the kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Okay, it's been updated.

JOHN: Yeah, it's light and bright, and they put in these gorgeous quartz countertops.

CHRISTINE: I do like these quartz countertops.

JOHN: I love these countertops.

CHRISTINE: And that back splash?

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: I think that might be the original back splash.

JOHN: It's got all my favorite vegetables on it.

I mean, look, it's got like asparagus...

I see corn.

CHRISTINE: Right, I'd rather have a big old steak up there.

But I mean, that's just me.

JOHN: You'd, you'd have meats on your tiles.

I can see that.

CHRISTINE: Oh, boy.

That would be great.

JOHN: That'd be something all right.

CHRISTINE: And you know, that corner stove... JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: That kinda put the theme... Today, we saw a corner cabinet.

JOHN: We did.

CHRISTINE: We saw corner showers.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: That corner tub.

JOHN: Wa!

CHRISTINE: And now, a corner stove.

JOHN: Can you say they didn't cut corners here in Chevy Chase?

CHRISTINE: Chevy Chase, D.C. JOHN: Oh... CHRISTINE: Hmm.

JOHN: I can see it now.

Coming soon, Christine Louise's Meat Tiles.

Well, well, this is where you can eat your bacon here in the dining room, with the same bay window that was in the living room.

It's so cohesive and knocks my socks off.

CHRISTINE: All right.

So I'm curious to see what the upstairs looks like then.

JOHN: All right.

Let's go to it.

Let's level up.

CHRISTINE: I like the moldings.

JOHN: Me too.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Okay, how about we start right back here?

JOHN: Okay, sounds good.

All righty.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Into our first bedroom.

CHRISTINE: And I'm gonna guess, with this size, it's gotta be the primary.

JOHN: Well, and it has a fireplace.

CHRISTINE: It does have a fireplace.

But this room is lovely.

JOHN: Mm-hmm, yeah.

CHRISTINE: It's very inviting.

JOHN: How about the... CHRISTINE: Ooh!

JOHN: Primary bath.

CHRISTINE: Take a look at the shower.

JOHN: Wow, that is huge.

CHRISTINE: That's a tall shower.

JOHN: It's so tall.

And I think white marble is timeless, always.

CHRISTINE: I know.

I think it's really pretty in here.

JOHN: Yeah, me too.

But, look up.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

JOHN: Not one skylight, two.

CHRISTINE: Two!

So double vanities, double windows, and double skylights.

JOHN: You know, so nice, they did everything twice.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Come on.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Bedroom number two.

CHRISTINE: Hmm.

You know what I notice?

The lighting is so different in here.

JOHN: It's very shaded.

CHRISTINE: This would be your room then.

(laughter) JOHN: Yeah, it's perfect, it's cozy.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

Get it?

JOHN: You... CHRISTINE: The shady side?

JOHN: Gotcha.

CHRISTINE: Yeah?

You got it?

JOHN: Gotcha.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Oh, hey, it's a... CHRISTINE: Ooh!

JOHN: Jack and Jill bathroom, Tina.

CHRISTINE: Little bath, double vanity.

You know these floors, they resemble the floors in the first house.

JOHN: They're the '80s version of those classic floors from the '30s...

Into bedroom number three.

I love that these rooms feel so comfortable, welcoming, cool.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: In colors and tone.

CHRISTINE: All right, so this is bedroom four.

JOHN: Four.

And wait one darn second.

CHRISTINE: Yeah?

JOHN: This is also... A shady side of the house.

CHRISTINE: I thought I had this whole theory over there, but no.

No.

JOHN: All right.

Nice bedroom.

This looks like a loft.

CHRISTINE: It does.

And what a perfect spot for a skylight.

JOHN: Nice skylight.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: And then in the back, we have... CHRISTINE: Oh, this makes a perfect office space.

JOHN: And there's a full bath.

CHRISTINE: Wow!

JOHN: So that really could be a bedroom.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, you really could have your own little suite up here.

JOHN: You sure could.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

Because you have this whole space back here.

JOHN: All right.

Let's head down.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Why don't we start here?

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Hey!

CHRISTINE: Fireplace number four!

JOHN: Fireplace number four!

Big space, just like the one upstairs.

CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: With the built-ins.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

All right, can you add another, another great room in this house?

JOHN: Next room.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Is this another bedroom?

CHRISTINE: There's a closet.

JOHN: And then what do we have in here?

Ah!

CHRISTINE: Oh, it's a full bath.

JOHN: A full bath.

So you know what this means?

CHRISTINE: You could have a, a whole mother-in-law suite.

JOHN: Absolutely.

CHRISTINE: Guest suite.

JOHN: Yep.

Let's go find Julie.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Julie!

CHRISTINE: Hey, Julie!

JULIE: Hey, guys!

What did you think?

JOHN: All right, what a great house.

It's just a beautiful, traditional home.

JULIE: I know.

CHRISTINE: And I really have to say, that formal living room.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: You just wanna sit down, and have company over, and, and enjoy that space.

JULIE: Right, and the fireplace.

CHRISTINE: Oh, which one?

(laughter) JULIE: Well, yes.

JOHN: Which one of the four?

JULIE: I was talking about the living room.

But yeah, there are, there is more than one.

JOHN: And we just noticed the garage.

JULIE: Yes, a one-car garage.

CHRISTINE: Which, we think it looks like a cottage.

JOHN: Charming.

JULIE: It does, it does.

CHRISTINE: And that makes it nice.

JULIE: It matches the house.

JOHN: It seems to have everything, checks all the boxes.

JULIE: It does check all the boxes.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JULIE: So, five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, 4,874 square feet, and built in 1989.

JOHN: I'm going to give you a listing price of $2.150 million.

JULIE: Okay.

CHRISTINE: $2.150 million...

Okay, you know what?

I'm just gonna go with $2.2.

JULIE: 2.2.

So, 2.150 and 2.2...

So the list price is $2.595.

(laughter) JULIE: So, Christine... CHRISTINE: You know, I'm... 'Cause I was playing... And so I thought, I'm gonna base it on your number.

JULIE: And it was smart to go up as opposed to go under.

JOHN: I should've gone higher.

I kinda knew that, but I was like... (imitates chicken) JULIE: Now you see as agents what we go through.

It's hard to price houses.

JOHN: Julie, thanks for a great day.

JULIE: Oh, this has been wonderful.

Are you hungry?

Should we get something to eat?

There's restaurants... We can go back to Connecticut Avenue to, maybe to the Parthenon.

JOHN: Parthenon!

That's the one JULIE: It's, it's a staple in the neighborhood.

JOHN: Come on, let's go.

MICHAEL: If you lived here, you would fall in love with Chevy Chase, D.C. Everybody's out on weekends, and they're walking around.

They're using the parks.

RUTH: If you lived here, you would fall in love with shopping at Magruder's.

KEENE: Chevy Chase, and it's not named for the comedian, the name comes from Chevoise Chase, which is a nod to the Scottish hilly area called Chevoise.

And Chase is a Scottish word for hunting ground.

DOROTHY: If you lived here, um, you have great, uh, transportation, because I love using the Metro.

JEFF: If you live here, you get to walk your kid to school, which is great.

Um, and you get to meet these amazing people from all over the world.

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