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Williamsburg Gardens is a lovely community of single family homes southwest of Potomac Village just off Falls Road. Built in the early 1960’s – this neighborhood has been a fantastic place to live for generations. Many kids that grew up here are bringing their families back to have the same wonderful experience. You can see the ongoing renovation projects all through the neighborhood as owners bring their homes up to date.
This is a larger Rambler built on a concrete slab. There is no basement – so the rooms tend to “ramble” over the lot. This has plenty of space. Tax records show just over 4000 square feet. It has been added onto over the years, and is still pretty much up to date with modern kitchen and baths.
The home was sold to the current owners in December of 2006 for $1,059,000. Although this was not the height of the market – prices were still somewhat inflated. The owners put quite a bit of work into the exterior of the property. Extensive professional landscaping and fencing made a bit difference in how it looks. A large circular driveway makes it easy to get to the front entry – and has room for quite a few cars.
The foyer is central and is floored in colored slate that was typical in the early 1960’s. The dining room is to the immediate right side which you must pass through to get to the updated kitchen. The white cabinets and tile countertop are showing their age – but still look good. The original garage was adjacent to the kitchen and was probably one car. This space has been opened up to the kitchen giving it more of an open, modern feel. It was used in the past for an office and family room. A counter overhangs into this room from the kitchen – and would be the typical place for guests to chat while entertaining.
There is a large 2 car garage just off this room with an entry door. This is a nice way to bring in the groceries after shopping in the village. A laundry area is on the back side of the kitchen. This room is open and has shelving, storage and a place to fold laundry.
The living area on the right side of the home has a large living room off the foyer. A bedroom and updated bath could be used as a master bedroom. There is a fireplace at the bedroom entry and a sitting area as well. The baths were updated at some point in the recent past – but are a little dated. A bit of updated hardware and fresh paint could bring them right back up to speed. No need for renovation. Another smaller bedroom is adjacent to this large bedroom.
The back side of the house has a full hall bath – with interesting stand up bath – probably at one time used for an elderly resident. It was probably expensive to install – but won’t be to everyone’s taste. A second large bedroom and bath could be a second master suite or nice guest suite. There is much more room in this house than meets the eye.
A family room or open library is tucked in between the front and back bedroom areas. Sliders give you access to patio area in the back yard.
The interesting and unusual feature to this house is an addition on the back that houses an indoor pool. It is not a wading pool, but a lap pool. When turned on the pool generates a current that you swim into. You literally “swim in place” to get in your daily exercise. This is a great feature for someone that loves to swim – and an expensive add on to a home.
Overall – this is a nice home. The corner lot has been beautifully landscaped and it would not take much to update the kitchen and baths to the current decade. When they put this home on the market at $1,300,000 early last year – I assumed that it was gutted and brought up to date. This is not the case.
Although I would like nothing more than to see this home sell at full price – I don’t believe it will. At this point – I must disclose that I live in the neighborhood. Other homes have sold here – with the same or more square footage, for less money. This is more likely to sell closer to the county assessed value than list price. Until they bring the list price closer to this number I believe this home will languish on the market. My guess is it will settle at $1,065,000
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