Description
Most DC rowhouses make you choose: either you get the parking and give up the walkable corridor, or you land near Metro and fight for street spots every night. This 1924 single-family on South Dakota Ave NE skips that trade entirely--four-car rear parking accessed via private driveway, hardwood floors throughout the main level, and Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro just over a mile south on the Red Line. The front porch opens into a living room with hardwood underfoot and a brick fireplace anchoring the space. Flow is room-to-room across the main level: the living room spills into a great room currently holding a nine-seat dining table, then continues back to a sunroom with flex potential--office, studio, playroom--and finally into the kitchen with granite counters, wood cabinets, and stainless appliances including Samsung range and LG refrigerator. The kitchen opens directly to the great room, so weeknight dinners and weekend gatherings share the same sightlines. A half bath off the main hallway keeps guests out of the private zones upstairs. The real convenience? A rear entry from the parking pad straight into the kitchen--groceries, gear, kids unloading from the car, all skip the front-door formality. Upstairs, three bedrooms with new wood flooring installed post-renovation span the full floor. The primary suite faces front with two closets and an attached full bath; across the hall sits a second bedroom and another full bath with tub; the back bedroom claims a large walk-in closet. Two full baths on the upper level mean no morning bottleneck, and the separation between primary suite and secondary bedrooms gives everyone breathing room. The basement adds 720 finished square feet below grade--recreation space, home gym, workshop, or remote-office zone--with a third full bath and dedicated laundry room. That's three full stories, a full bath on every level, and the kind of flexible square footage that adapts as your household shifts. The solar panels are fully owned. The current owner hasn't paid an electric bill in years--instead, he's been receiving rebate checks back from the utility. That's not a financing gimmick or a lease you inherit; it's a zero-cost energy system that comes with the deed and keeps paying you every billing cycle. Out back, the private driveway opens to a four-car concrete parking pad and a massive patio directly behind the house--the kind of outdoor space that handles everything from solo coffee mornings to summer cookouts with a dozen friends. In a neighborhood where most homes fight for one street spot, this setup changes the daily calculus entirely. Langdon Park and its dog park sit three-tenths of a mile north; Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro is 1.3 miles southwest with Red Line service straight to Union Station and downtown. Brookland-CUA Metro is 1.7 miles northwest if you're heading toward Catholic University or points along the upper Red Line corridor. Giant Food in Brentwood and Costco Wholesale out in Fort Lincoln cover groceries and bulk runs; the Capitol and federal office core are a straight Rhode Island Ave shot, four to five miles depending on which building you're counting. The 2004 renovation reset the systems and finishes; the 2,231 total square feet span three real levels with hardwood on main, new wood on upper, and finished tile in the basement. Schedule your tour, bring your questions about the solar setup, and see what it feels like to park four cars behind a single-family in DC without giving up walkable access to two Metro stations.
