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

JOHN: Hi, I'm John Begeny.

CHRISTINE: I'm Christine Louise.

We're producers at WETA and best friends.

JOHN: We love living in the DC area, but finding a place to live here can be challenging and exciting.

CHRISTINE: So, join us as we tour our three homes at three price points.

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

CHRISTINE: And find out what it would be like...

BOTH: If You Lived Here.

(doorbell) KIRSTIN: Hello.

JOHN: Hello, hey, you must be Kirstin.

KIRSTIN: I am.

Welcome to Annapolis.

JOHN: Well, ahoy to you.

That's sea talk for hello, by the way.

KIRSTIN: Thank you for the translation.

So, we're at Chick and Ruth's Delly.

And if you lived here, you would definitely know Chick and Ruth's.

It's an Annapolis institution, for sure.

I'm so happy to have you guys here.

We have so much to see.

JOHN: Wonderful.

Let's do it.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

KIRSTIN: All right.

JOHN: Well, we are at a proverbial crossroads here.

KIRSTIN: We are right in the center downtown at the Market House, built in the 1800s.

And, we're a huge nautical town.

Right behind you is what we call Ego Alley.

CHRISTINE: Ego?

KIRSTIN: Ego.

JOHN: Ego, ego.

KIRSTIN: Right.

So, people ride their big boats down, so they can be seen.

JOHN: Oh, I see.

KIRSTIN: So, I was born and raised here, and showing homes is my favorite thing to do, so I can't wait.

JOHN: Hey, we love it too.

KIRSTIN: Let's go.

JOHN: Let's go.

(doorbell) KIRSTIN: Welcome to house number one.

This house was built in 1940 and we are in the neighborhood of Homewood.

We're in walking distance to downtown and the Arts District.

And water access is everything in Annapolis.

JOHN: And if you're a football fan, the stadium right behind you.

KIRSTIN: That's right.

JOHN: My family went to those games every year.

KIRSTIN: That's right.

The Naval Marine Corps stadium is a huge hub of local activity here for our community.

CHRISTINE: This is the type of housing I grew up with in Northwestern Pennsylvania with the porches.

KIRSTIN: You can't beat this porch.

All right, well go ahead and take a look inside, and I'll meet you out back.

CHRISTINE: All right.

This is taking me right back to my grandmother's house.

These are the original floors.

JOHN: They don't make them like this anymore.

Oh, into another sitting room, which is adorable.

Look at this beautiful back half of the house.

CHRISTINE: Into the kitchen.

JOHN: Kitchen/dining space combo.

CHRISTINE: Look at how they opened it up.

JOHN: The kitchen does have some great updates.

CHRISTINE: There's a lot of cabinet space.

JOHN: Okay, well, we've got to talk about this half of the room, this dining room.

I'm gaga for this light.

And then, they bumped out the window with a greenhouse window.

It makes the room really groovy.

CHRISTINE: I know.

JOHN: And this is the room we've both been wanting to see, the porch.

I also see this amazing backyard.

CHRISTINE: We are in Annapolis, and you always think about water views, but you have this lovely backyard.

JOHN: If you can't afford a water view, this is a nice view to have.

Okay, I don't know what this thing is to our left, but it is a very odd box.

It's like storage.

CHRISTINE: It's got to be storage, it's got to be storage.

JOHN: But it's a lot of storage.

Oh, no.

You know what it is?

CHRISTINE: No.

JOHN: Washer/dryer.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: So we've got to come up with a name with this like... CHRISTINE: Oh, yeah.

JOHN: Laundry in a box, box laundry.

CHRISTINE: Oh, I like laundry in a box.

JOHN: The boxy thing that holds the ... laundry cabinet/breakfast bar, how about that?

CHRISTINE: All right.

Okay, so ... JOHN: Look at this little door.

CHRISTINE: A basement?

Let me see.

JOHN: Oh my gosh, I'm not going down there.

CHRISTINE: Oh, I'm not going down there.

JOHN: Get out.

Shut the door.

Let's keep going.

Upstairs we go.

Oh, wait, hey, another mystery door.

CHRISTINE: No, slide it.

Slide it.

JOHN: It's a pocket door with a knob.

CHRISTINE: Here, we have a half bath.

JOHN: Half bath on the first floor.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Okay.

What do you say we head to the top?

Okay, so it looks like we are seeing our first full bathroom.

CHRISTINE: And, the year that it was built, I'm going to guess and say this is probably the only full bath in the house.

JOHN: Yeah, Yeah.

Homes like this didn't have seven bathrooms.

CHRISTINE: Exactly, but it's been renovated.

JOHN: Sure, plenty big.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, it really is.

JOHN: Yeah, first bedroom ... You know what?

I'd invite you in, but I don't think you can get through it.

CHRISTINE: Thank you.

JOHN: Okay, double closets and a view of the backyard.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Woo, this showcase in this room is this window area.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: I mean, one, two, three, four, five windows.

JOHN: Well, it certainly makes for a very pleasing space.

Love it!

And we have one more bedroom.

Five more great windows up here with great light.

CHRISTINE: This may have been the primary bedroom originally.

JOHN: Well, originally, front of the house, probably was.

This was a classic slice of Annapolis.

Come on.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

KIRSTIN: Hello.

JOHN: Hey, Kirstin.

KIRSTIN: So, how adorable is this house?

JOHN: Perfect starter house in Annapolis.

KIRSTIN: Yes, it is.

CHRISTINE: And growing up, 1940s homes, this is exactly what we grew up with.

JOHN: From the time we walked through the door, we were looking at all these original details, like the floors.

And I personally love the flow of the house.

It was one continual reveal, right?

CHRISTINE: I like the sunroom that they put in the back here.

I mean, it's a four season room, so you can't get better than that.

KIRSTIN: So just to recap, this is a three bedroom, one full bath, one half bath.

It's just under 1,500 square feet, and it was built in 1940.

So, I have to ask, do you guys do your research on listing prices?

Do you do a little cheating?

JOHN: Well, I can say, if you watch this show, no.

The answer is like, you know?

KIRSTIN: Well, we're about to find out if you cheated at all.

So, tell me your guesses for the list price.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

I'm just going to come in at $575,000.

KIRSTIN: Okay.

JOHN: Hmm, I will give a guess of $550,000.

CHRISTINE: Oh, so I wasn't so far off from you.

I feel better.

KIRSTIN: The list price is $599,900.

CHRISTINE: Yes!

KIRSTIN: Great job, especially for not being familiar with this area.

CHRISTINE: I feel good.

KIRSTIN: Are you ready for house number two?

JOHN: Absolutely.

CHRISTINE: Yes.

KIRSTIN: All right, let's go.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Yes.

MELISSA: Annapolis, Maryland is the sailing capital of the world.

One of my favorite things about the city is we are a drinking town with a sailing problem.

But the drinking, well, that's always been part of our culture.

Back in the colonial days, you couldn't go more than 10 yards without hitting some sort of drinking establishment.

Reynolds Tavern, Rams Head Tavern on West Street, and then Middleton's Tavern down at the waterfront.

We have it on good authority that Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Ben Franklin all drank there.

Our heyday was really uh, 1770 to 1790.

That's when we were called the "Athens of America".

We were at the crossroads of all things political and cultural.

But by about late 1790s, early 1800, all of our politicians, wealthy, and merchants moved to Baltimore, putting Annapolis in over a 100-year long recession.

And so, when you don't have money to build new buildings, you save everything you have.

And no war fought here.

It's incredible to imagine a city as old as this missed out on the revolution, the War of 1812 and the American Civil War.

Maryland is all about crabs, Baltimore especially, but Annapolis, oysters.

Everything got over-fished in the late 1800s, and poaching was such an issue that we established the Oyster Navy to help curb the literal water battles happening down on the bay.

In fact, at one point, 50% of the world's oysters came from Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.

MARY-ANGELA: This is the new Museum of Historic Annapolis.

And this room focuses on 1800 to 1900.

Some of the most wealthy people in Annapolis, by the time of the start of the Civil War, were free Blacks.

They were running successful businesses.

JANICE: Maryland had more free Blacks before the Civil War than any other state in the union.

Between the enslaved who got free, those that were born free, the minority population started in 1800, at 33% until the 1990s.

MARY-ANGELA: By the end of the 1800s, and the early 1900s, Annapolis is a segregated community, this is the Jim Crow era.

And so, there is segregation in entertainment, places like Carr's Beach are music centers for the Black community.

People like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington come and perform in the old fourth ward, known as Annapolis Harlem.

JANICE: My family has been here since the early 1800s.

Where we are standing is all the brick and concrete that replaced the old fourth ward in the 1970s.

The state enforced what they call the clearing of slum dwellings.

Tailors, barbers, lawyers, doctors were forced out of the city proper.

As they are tearing down these homes, by 1990, Annapolis has more public housing per capita than anywhere in the nation.

This decimation of this community caused so much trauma.

As we look at historic Annapolis, we always see the signers, Chase, Carroll, Paca, Stone, but our history is in there.

We built their houses.

We took care of their children.

Without us, there is no history.

(doorbell) KIRSTIN: Welcome to house number two.

We are in the community of Oyster Harbor.

So, we're surrounded on three sides by Oyster Creek, Fishing Creek, and the Chesapeake Bay.

CHRISTINE: Well, we were joking when we were driving over.

Because if we went any further, we would've been in the water.

KIRSTIN: Water, water everywhere here, yes.

JOHN: But that's what you want when you live in Annapolis, right?

KIRSTIN: That's right.

JOHN: You want to be near the water if you can.

KIRSTIN: That's a huge amenity in this neighborhood.

CHRISTINE: And, you know, looking at this neighborhood, there's a real variety of homes on this street.

KIRSTIN: Yes, yes.

So the history of this neighborhood is, at the turn of the century, it's where a lot of watermen lived.

It was largely African American.

This house was built in 2011.

JOHN: This house has great curb appeals, so I can't wait to see the inside.

KIRSTIN: I'll see you around back.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Oh, a nice traditional house here.

CHRISTINE: So, which direction is calling you?

JOHN: Hey, John, to the right.

Over here, this way.

CHRISTINE: Oh, right there, okay.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: This was a good place for your voice to lead us.

JOHN: It is a big, beautiful room.

CHRISTINE: And a gas fireplace.

JOHN: Gas fireplace.

Flick of a switch, you've got fire.

But look at this, Tina.

CHRISTINE: Oh, what an outdoor space.

JOHN: I also love the ceiling.

My mother always said, "There's always a breeze on a porch."

CHRISTINE: I'm thinking, with a screened in porch, there's no bugs.

JOHN: No bugs to boot.

CHRISTINE: No mosquitoes.

JOHN: Into the kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Okay, first impressions.

CHRISTINE: It's big.

JOHN: It's big.

I like the proportion of this room.

CHRISTINE: There's ample cabinet space and counter space.

JOHN: Yeah, and we talk about open concept.

It's not really open concept.

But look, it flows so nicely into the family room.

CHRISTINE: Well, I think that's it, flow.

JOHN: Yeah.

Okay, into the dining room.

That's a great color.

I love that wine color.

CHRISTINE: I know.

JOHN: But I love the traditional style.

It matches the rest of this house, and it's just very inviting.

This house has it all.

CHRISTINE: Let's get upstairs.

All right, let's start here first.

JOHN: Sounds good.

CHRISTINE: Awe, so it's being used as a kid's room.

JOHN: And look at these windows.

Now, this is something that you don't see often?

CHRISTINE: No, no.

JOHN: They sit a little higher, great for kids.

Okay, hall bath.

CHRISTINE: Our first full bath.

I really like the vanity.

That's a really nice size for storage.

JOHN: It's a nice, good bathroom.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, yep.

JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: All right, so primary bedroom.

JOHN: Yeah, I would think this is the primary.

CHRISTINE: Immediately when you walk in, this wall grabs my attention.

JOHN: Love that.

CHRISTINE: It's such an easy thing to do.

JOHN: You know what I think that paint color is?

Seagull Gray.

CHRISTINE: Now, are you just saying that because we're in Annapolis?

JOHN: No, no, no.

See, when you live in Annapolis, all the paint colors are like, Seagull Gray, Oyster Pearl White, stuff like that.

Okay, into the multidimensional bathroom.

CHRISTINE: So, it just kind of winds around.

JOHN: Double sinks and walk-in shower.

CHRISTINE: And look at that tub.

JOHN: With jets.

CHRISTINE: Nice.

JOHN: 2011.

I love it though.

We love that.

Okay.

CHRISTINE: So, another kid's room, it's perfect.

JOHN: Yeah, nice big windows.

And this has another floor.

CHRISTINE: There's a third floor.

JOHN: It doesn't look like that from the outside.

CHRISTINE: Let's check it.

Oh, I like this room.

JOHN: Nice office.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, I really like it as an office.

JOHN: What do we have?

Now we're talking.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: So, this is where Sunday football happens.

CHRISTINE: Oh, definitely.

You know what I'm thinking?

JOHN: Recliners.

CHRISTINE: I've got to try these.

JOHN: This is so great.

And it comes with a full bath.

CHRISTINE: Oh, that's great.

JOHN: But you know that during football season, there's a game on in every room.

Oh, but speaking of games, we have a game of our own to play.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Maybe we can come back up here though.

JOHN: I think we should.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

Hey.

KIRSTIN: Hello.

JOHN: Well, it's fitting we find you in my favorite part of the house, this porch.

KIRSTIN: That's right.

This is where I would live.

JOHN: Me too.

KIRSTIN: Isn't this fabulous?

JOHN: It's big enough for both of us, yeah.

CHRISTINE: So, we do have to comment on the entertainment room at the very, very top.

JOHN: Yeah, how great is that for families?

KIRSTIN: So, there are no basements here.

So, they moved their family room to the top floor.

CHRISTINE: Overall, you know, the house really had a nice flow.

The rooms are big.

KIRSTIN: In this house, we have five bedrooms, three and a half baths, and 2,800 square feet.

And this house was built in 2011.

And when looking in Annapolis, if you can't afford to be on the water, you usually want to be close to the water.

So, how much is this house worth?

JOHN: Okay, I'm going to give a guess of $775,000.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

Okay.

I'm going to go at $900,000.

KIRSTIN: The list price of this home, is $724,900.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: $724,000?

KIRSTIN: $724,900.

JOHN: Wow.

Now, I want a house in Annapolis.

I, you know, that's incredible.

Two houses down, one to go.

KIRSTIN: That's right.

Onto house number three.

JOHN: Okay, let's do it.

CHRISTINE: That's a good deal.

KRIS: Rams Head had started in 1989, right here in this very down bar as a little sandwich shop and bar, kind of like a Cheers vibe that our owner Bill Muehlhauser purchased.

To the best of my knowledge, this building that we're in currently, it was built in the early 1700s.

It is an old, old, old building.

LAURA: Many years ago, probably we're talking 200 to 300 years ago, this was said to be a brothel.

There's rumors of a ghost named Amy that tiptoes around here at night.

Many employees have Amy sightings late at night.

There's things that fall off without any reason behind it.

So, there's all kinds of strange things going on.

(drumming) Annapolis has really developed into a music city, live music every night of the week.

Everywhere you look, you walk down the street and you hear live music.

We bring close to 400 shows a year just at our venue.

KRIS: And just incredible artists in this small space, where you feel like you're in your living room watching these big names.

A lot of people might think Annapolis is just about the Naval Academy and a lot of sailing as well.

But Annapolis is so full of artistic people.

PAUL: 33 West Street was where my shop was.

So, you know, we drew the logo for PRS Guitars on the bar at the Happy Buzzard.

They called it The Dove and the Happy Buzzard, then the Rams Head.

And I started my little shop up there, started working as a repairman, and as a guitar maker.

I grew up in Bowie.

My brother Jim lived here.

And I loved Annapolis.

The music was here.

I liked the feel of the town.

I always wanted to be part of the heritage of the town.

I thought that I would have a store and be making guitars, and people would you know, walk by, and be part of the craftsmen of the town.

So, you're in the vault.

We built this room and another room.

And people would come and pick out their own top for their guitar.

This is beautiful wood.

Look at this.

I just grabbed one of them, right?

How do we control the quality?

It's done in thousands of baby steps.

You know, everybody's checking everybody.

It's hard work.

You know, people come here a lot to say, "Can we work here?," you know.

People want to be around turning nothing into something.

I started in my little bedroom in Bowie and tried to turn nothing into something.

And a lot of people have joined forces to be a part of that.

We also, over the long period of time, try to take good care of our employees.

I find the people in Maryland caring, highly intelligent, good people.

You know, not that you're not going to find that everywhere.

You are.

But these are my peeps, not everybody else's peeps.

(doorbell) KIRSTIN: We are at a very special property overlooking the Severn River.

CHRISTINE: This is absolutely breathtaking.

JOHN: Over the moon.

KIRSTIN: This is the dream in Annapolis living.

JOHN: Yes.

KIRSTIN: So, we are perched on three and a half acres.

This gorgeous house built in 1910, wraparound front porch, built in the traditional New England style.

This property was once used by Capuchin monks as a retreat.

They owned a lot of the surrounding land on the Severn River.

It was sold off over time to the Welchs, who called it Welch's Pali.

Which, Pali in Hawaiian means cliff, so Welch's Cliff.

JOHN: That's appropriate.

KIRSTIN: Why don't you go ahead and have a look around?

Enjoy every minute of it, and I will meet you right back out on this porch, because this is where I'm staying for the day.

JOHN: Good choice.

CHRISTINE: We'll take our time just for you, okay?

Okay, you can see this home has been restored lovingly.

JOHN: Yeah, it feels like you're going back in time, doesn't it?

Why don't we start with ... CHRISTINE: Let's go over here.

JOHN: The living room.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Oh-ho-ho-ho.

JOHN: This is why you buy this house.

CHRISTINE: Exactly, exactly.

JOHN: That view.

CHRISTINE: I even love the tree.

JOHN: Gorgeous.

CHRISTINE: You turn around and you see this beautiful room as well.

JOHN: Yeah, that fireplace really is the room.

It's the whole wall.

And I think it's just lovely down to the paint colors.

There are French doors to the outside, and there are more French doors back there, which I think I'll check out.

CHRISTINE: Okay, I'm going to stay right here and enjoy the view.

JOHN: Hey, I want to stay here!

No, I'll go.

CHRISTINE: No, you go, go.

I'm just going to stay right here.

JOHN: I'll report back.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Ah, there's a wet bar back here.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: So, a little renovation, and a very nice half bathroom.

CHRISTINE: Wow, all that's back there?

JOHN: All back there.

All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Dining room.

CHRISTINE: Well, not only do you continue with the beautiful water view, but you also have a view of the woods.

JOHN: I think this house feels very comfortable, right?

CHRISTINE: Yeah, yes, yes.

JOHN: From the second that you step in, it's one of those, "Ah," homes.

CHRISTINE: Well, that's why it was a retreat.

JOHN: Exactly, for monks.

CHRISTINE: Let's take a look at the floors.

JOHN: They use this detail again on the corner.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, isn't that nice how that just makes a little pop, and just says, "Hey, somebody took a little extra attention with me."

JOHN: "I'm special."

How about these special floors in this room?

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Wow.

CHRISTINE: I would say those probably are not the original floors.

It may be reclaimed barn wood.

JOHN: Well, they look dynamite.

CHRISTINE: They really do.

JOHN: We are in a room that has definitely been renovated.

I love the details in this kitchen.

CHRISTINE: It's a renovation that really blends in with the air of the house.

JOHN: And you have a little breakfast area, too.

Nice, wooded views.

And I spy an outbuilding in the back.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Let's go check that out.

CHRISTINE: We'll go check that out.

And on the way out, a full bath.

JOHN: A full bath with a shower, nice.

Look at that vanity.

CHRISTINE: I really like that they took an old dresser and put a newer sink on it.

JOHN: Yeah.

Moving to the back.

CHRISTINE: Let's see what piqued your interest out here.

JOHN: A little arbor.

What do we have here?

CHRISTINE: Oh, it's a guest room.

JOHN: Look at these crazy, good-looking rafters.

CHRISTINE: Oh, but look at the light fixture, too.

JOHN: I want to be a guest here.

CHRISTINE: So, would I. JOHN: I love it.

All right, hey, check it out, Welch's Pali, Welch's Cliff.

CHRISTINE: Welch's Cliff.

JOHN: You are there.

Okay, this is a cute little in-between room.

CHRISTINE: Into the hallway.

JOHN: I would hang out in this room.

Come on, let's go down.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Oh, I wasn't expecting this nice of a basement.

JOHN: I was expecting an old cellar.

CHRISTINE: You have a half bath down here.

JOHN: Yeah, renovated bathroom, really great.

And you really see the foundation of this old home.

CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: It feels classic.

CHRISTINE: Okay, so this probably goes outside.

JOHN: It looks like it's an outside door.

CHRISTINE: No!

JOHN: Hey.

CHRISTINE: It's a greenhouse.

JOHN: Wow, now that is special.

CHRISTINE: That is cool.

JOHN: All right, up we go.

Watch your head.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Thank you.

JOHN: Okay.

Hey, laundry room.

Look at that, a nice little wood counter.

CHRISTINE: It does the wash, okay?

JOHN: That's adorable.

CHRISTINE: All right, so I'm guessing this is the primary.

JOHN: I would say so.

CHRISTINE: What a great space, because you've got views of the woods... JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: You've got views of the water.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: But then, you have this expansive room.

You can have a sitting area.

You've got closet space.

JOHN: A house this old has two closets.

CHRISTINE: Two closets.

JOHN: What on Earth?

CHRISTINE: Okay, and let's see if there's a full bath.

Here we go.

JOHN: It looks like something.

It is indeed.

CHRISTINE: Yup, it's an en suite.

JOHN: A bidet.

And my eyes immediately go down to this fantastic tile.

CHRISTINE: This is a great pattern.

Double vanity.

This bathroom has been completely renovated.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: All right, what could be a second bedroom.

They're using it as a sitting area.

JOHN: I like the sitting area.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Ooh.

CHRISTINE: A fireplace.

JOHN: A fireplace, and a little side area, office.

CHRISTINE: This could have been ...

I wonder if this was an addition.

It could have been a sleeping porch.

JOHN: Yeah, this looks like the exterior of the house.

CHRISTINE: That's what I always like about these houses.

Because you're always like, "I wonder."

JOHN: We're like house detectives when we are like, "Yeah, super sleuths."

CHRISTINE: And we're probably so off half the time.

JOHN: And another full bath.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, renovated very nicely.

The tile work.

I like the different pattern.

There's so many ideas I'm stealing from these bathrooms.

JOHN: Steal away.

Okay, another bedroom.

CHRISTINE: Oh, but look what this bedroom has.

JOHN: Oh, a fireplace.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Nice and cozy.

CHRISTINE: It really is.

Ooh, a third level.

JOHN: Another level.

All right.

CHRISTINE: All right.

JOHN: I made it to the top.

Okay, magical little room.

CHRISTINE: Talk about using every inch of space in this home.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: And you can, because the ceilings are manageable.

It's a room with character.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Okay, let's continue on.

Maybe another bath?

Oh, it is?

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Oh, all right.

Is it strange to say my favorite spot in this entire house is this area right here?

JOHN: No, it is the best window in the house, I think.

CHRISTINE: It is.

JOHN: What a neat bathroom.

Okay, Tina, the magic continues.

CHRISTINE: It does.

And you know, they've taken a space which could have some awkward angles, but they have made it very functional.

JOHN: It has so much dimension and visual interest, really good looking.

CHRISTINE: All right, so we've seen the entire house.

JOHN: This is going to be a tough one to... CHRISTINE: I would say, yes.

JOHN: Well, you found a great spot.

KIRSTIN: Oh, hello.

I've been here since you left.

So, I'm going to ask you the impossible question of like some of your favorite things.

JOHN: This porch and that view, hands down, priceless.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm, right.

There's so many little surprises everywhere from the original details to the house to some of the renovation.

And the renovation was done very nicely to blend in.

JOHN: There is a view of this water from so many windows and each one, you have to stop and say, "Oh, look at that."

CHRISTINE: "Ah."

So in the house, I noticed the flooring in the kitchen.

KIRSTIN: So, that flooring was brought in from a barn in Pennsylvania.

So that's reclaimed wood.

CHRISTINE: See, that's why I liked it.

JOHN: Ah, that's why.

She's from PA. KIRSTIN: So I'm sure you can understand this is the quintessential dream home in Annapolis.

This is what we all aspire to.

It has everything you need for having guests, entertaining.

This house is seven bedrooms, including the guest house, as well as four full bathrooms and two half baths.

This house is about 2,900 square feet, not including the basement, built in 1910, sitting on three and a half acres.

Now, we get down to the nitty gritty.

CHRISTINE: So, I'm going to say... $2.2 million.

KIRSTIN: $2.2, okay.

John?

JOHN: I am going to say this little slice of heaven would be $2.5 million.

KIRSTIN: $2.5.

The list price of this home, is $2.75 million.

JOHN: Oh, I was going to say $2.75!

I was going to say that!

Wow!

CHRISTINE: Not surprised at all.

JOHN: No.

CHRISTINE: Because I mean, this property is just so wonderful.

KIRSTIN: You get a wonderful bang for your buck with this view and historic home.

Come on.

CHRISTINE: Well, thank you for such a wonderful day here in Annapolis.

KIRSTIN: I'm so glad you guys came.

And if you don't want your day to end, I would love to take you for glass of wine and a bite to eat at one of my favorite restaurants, The Severn Inn.

JOHN: Let's do it.

CHRISTINE: That sounds good.

KIRSTIN: Great, let's go.

CHRISTINE: Do we drive or take a boat?

KIRSTIN: Oh, always a boat.

JOHN: Oh, a boat!

That's so Annapolis.

MELISSA: If you lived here, you'd know what an oyster shooter is.

ALYSSA: If you lived here, you would know SUP, and that means stand up paddleboard.

LAURA: If you'd lived here, you'd know that Jimmy Buffett frequents our town to sail with the Navy.

And also his favorite crab cakes are at the Boatyard Bar and Grill across at Eastport.

KRIS: And in Eastport, it is traditional every year in the springtime, very early springtime, to burn your socks and start wearing your boat shoes barefoot.

MIKE: So, if you lived here, you'd probably know it's locally called Nap Town.

LAURA: If you lived here, I've got to say, you would know how to eat a hard shell crab.

And if you don't, then get out.

No.

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