ANNOUNCER: Support for If You Lived Here comes from... MAN: The Yuen Foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences within the Greater Washington, DC community.

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

JOHN: Hi, I'm John Begeny.

CHRISTINE: And I'm Christine Louise.

We're producers at WETA and the best of friends.

JOHN: And we love living in the DMV, but finding a place to live here can be challenging and exciting.

CHRISTINE: Join us as we tour three homes at three price points.

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

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

BOTH: If You Lived Here.

(doorbell) JOHN: What a beautiful day to explore.

CHRISTINE: Oh, this is nice.

JOHN: Good morning, Gigi.

CHRISTINE: Hey, Gigi.

GIGI: Good morning John and Christine.

Welcome to Foggy Bottom.

JOHN: Oh, it's good to be back.

Way back in the day, I worked here in my mid-20s at Kinkead's Restaurant.

Do you remember it?

GIGI: I sure do.

Just a few blocks away.

JOHN: Yeah, it was a great restaurant and those were good times.

GIGI: Great place to work.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: So, Gigi tell us a little about your connection with this neighborhood.

GIGI: So, I live in Foggy Bottom and my father was the manager of the Watergate complex for 20 years during the Nixon era.

JOHN: Wow.

How cool is that.

GIGI: Yeah, and If You Lived Here, you would be able to walk to the Kennedy Center, the Potomac River and the bike paths, the Mall and all the museums.

JOHN: Yeah, Georgetown, Dupont, the world is yours.

GIGI: Exactly.

It's a great place to live.

CHRISTINE: So, tell us a little bit about the housing stock.

GIGI: Mostly you have beautiful historic townhomes and high-rise condos like the Watergate, and the one we're going to see next.

JOHN: All right, which way do we go?

GIGI: Right down the street here.

JOHN: Come on.

CHRISTINE: Okay, so let's go.

GIGI: Let's go.

(doorbell) You're in the middle of the city but you don't feel like it.

CHRISTINE: Not at all.

JOHN: No, not at all.

GIGI: So, our starter home is right here at Potomac Overlook.

We're only a block from the metro near Georgetown, Trader Joe's, right in the heart of Foggy Bottom.

CHRISTINE: You feel like you're in your own little pocket of nature.

JOHN: And look, we can see the Watergate back here.

GIGI: Exactly.

You're so close to everything.

JOHN: Yeah.

Okay, well, shall we go take a look?

CHRISTINE: I think so.

JOHN: Okay, we'll see you after for the game.

GIGI: Sounds good.

CHRISTINE: All right.

JOHN: All right.

Starter house number one in Foggy Bottom, nice.

CHRISTINE: I know.

Nice hallway.

It's already starting off great.

JOHN: Love it.

CHRISTINE: Oh, wow.

How nice is this space.

JOHN: Nice den?

CHRISTINE: Oh, it's a perfect office space and the French doors really add just an open and airiness to it.

JOHN: Yeah.

I'm already digging the design of this place.

Let's check out the other room.

CHRISTINE: I was gonna say let's follow the hallway.

JOHN: Ah ha.

CHRISTINE: This view from floor to ceiling windows, and just opens up this space.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Oh, it's a patio door.

JOHN: Very nice.

Let that fresh air in.

I like it.

And, there's more to like.

CHRISTINE: Ah.

JOHN: Another great space.

CHRISTINE: Really.

I mean, look at the size of this kitchen.

JOHN: Yeah.

This kitchen is mwah.

CHRISTINE: Well, it's a surprise.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Look at the counter space.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: And then plenty of cabinets.

JOHN: And I love these glass doors with the lights inside so you can showcase all your finest things in there.

Really nice.

And Tina, look at this.

An induction stove, boiling water in a minute.

Pretty cool.

And when you need to boil water, look at that.

CHRISTINE: Oh, a pot filler.

I know for you that's a luxury.

JOHN: It is.

So this has it all.

Even a washer and dryer in the back.

CHRISTINE: Nice.

JOHN: So, love it so far.

Let's check out the... CHRISTINE: Bedroom?

JOHN: Bedroom.

After you.

CHRISTINE: Thank you.

And what a great space.

JOHN: Now, isn't this cozy?

CHRISTINE: You are just drawn to the sliders.

You open that up... JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Let the breeze come through as you're sleeping.

JOHN: That park-like view?

CHRISTINE: Right.

And I like the bling of the chandelier.

JOHN: A little bling bling.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: I love this place.

CHRISTINE: Let's continue.

Okay.

And here we have the bathrooms.

JOHN: Okay.

1978.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: And I think we had those in my house.

The tile floors.

Yeah.

I like them still.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: And that pink marble, I like it.

I do.

CHRISTINE: And this is just a really great bath.

JOHN: Okay, well first house down.

CHRISTINE: I know.

JOHN: Let's go guess.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Come on.

Let's find Gigi.

Hey, Gigi.

GIGI: How did you like the home?

JOHN: I loved this home.

CHRISTINE: We really did.

I mean, the minute you walk in, your eyes are drawn to the patio doors and that view.

JOHN: And it has great spaces from this living room to the kitchen.

CHRISTINE: That kitchen was a complete surprise.

When you think of this size of a condo, you're thinking of a small kitchen.

Okay?

This was not.

Plenty of cabinet space, plenty of counter space.

JOHN: And the pot filler?

Nice.

CHRISTINE: In the bedroom, it's just as nice because you've got the view and some bling with the chandelier... GIGI: And it has that great den to work in.

JOHN: Yeah.

They fit so much into this place.

I love it.

CHRISTINE: So, before we guess we do have some questions.

GIGI: Sure.

CHRISTINE: What is the condo fee?

GIGI: It's 814 a month and includes parking.

CHRISTINE: Does it include anything else?

GIGI: Well, the building itself has the great roof deck where you can see the Potomac.

CHRISTINE: A rooftop deck?

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Now that... JOHN: Big plus.

Love it.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: All right.

Christina's gonna guess first, but why don't you run through the stats of this place for us one more time?

GIGI: Sure, so it's one bedroom, one bath, 754 square feet built in 1978.

Can you guess the list price?

CHRISTINE: I'm going to bring my listing price in at... $525,000.

GIGI: Okay.

JOHN: Okay.

GIGI: John, what do you think?

JOHN: Gigi, I'm gonna play the game a little bit.

I'm gonna give you a guess of 425.

GIGI: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, that's a big difference.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: So Christine's at 525 list price and you're at 425 list price.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: The actual list price is 499.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

GIGI: John is the winner.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

All right.

JOHN: All right.

Well I took the first one, but we have two homes to go.

GIGI: That's right.

And our next home is a beautiful townhome on 25th Street.

JOHN: A townhouse.

We don't see a lot of those.

GIGI: Let's go take a look.

JOHN: Come on.

FRANK: Foggy Bottom has been inhabited from about 5,000 years ago.

Native Americans lived along the river until about the 1600s.

Then in 1765, Jacob Funk established a town he called Hamburgh, which is also referred to as Funkstown.

He laid out a town that basically goes from H Street to what's now Constitution Avenue and that in 1791 it was incorporated into the new city of Washington.

About 1850 through 1940 is the industrial period for Foggy Bottom.

And that's why it's called Foggy Bottom.

Part of it was the fog coming from the river, but part of it was the soot and the smoke that was put out from these industries that were around here.

The most interesting one is probably the Heurich Brewery, Christian Heurich built in 1896.

When we get to the 1950s period, everything changes.

The federal government decides to put the National Cultural Center, which became the Kennedy Center at the site of the old Heurich Brewery and the neighborhood becomes desirable.

SOPHIA: The planning for what is now the Kennedy Center goes back until the 1940s under Eisenhower, who also signed the National Cultural Center Act in 1958.

And President Kennedy helped really amp up efforts.

At the time, the United States didn't have a major cultural center so the idea was to really elevate the role of the arts and to also ensure that the nation's capital had a, a broad world-class facility for all of the performing arts.

(applause) KENNEDY: For art is the great Democrat calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.

SOPHIA: The Kennedy Center was designed by Edward Durell Stone.

The original design was kind of reminiscent of what the Watergate buildings are today.

You might call it a spaceship, almost.

Unfortunately, logistically and financially, it turned out to be not feasible.

So he still came up with a second grand vision, which is the rectangular building that we are in today.

A lot of the special features here at the Kennedy Center actually came from other countries.

One iconic element that you can't miss comes from Italy.

It's the Carrara marble that is the distinctive exteriors and interiors of the main building.

The building officially opened to the public on September 8th, 1971, with the world premiere of Bernstein's Mass.

The Kennedy Center as a living memorial is a hub.

It's an incubator.

It's a place that brings together artists and audiences from all walks of life.

VICTORIA: The Reach is really a space that is meant to imbue and imbibe the community.

And so you see that represented in a number of different ways, uh, through our culture caucus, our millennium stage programming, our office hours program, which is a National Residency Program, our local theater residency, which is specifically for local theaters here in the DMV area.

Those programming vehicles allow us space to be able to offer opportunities for our artists and our communities to really take curatorial control.

I think the Kennedy Center is definitely, uh, a neighborhood staple.

We see a lot of our neighbors from the Foggy Bottom area come and participate in that program again and again as audience members.

What we're really working towards is trying to create a space where folks are really represented and included and feel a sense of belonging.

(blowing trombone) (laughing) (doorbell) CHRISTINE: How pretty.

JOHN: Nice street.

CHRISTINE: Very much so.

GIGI: So here we are at our second home, which is a federal townhouse here on 25th Street.

CHRISTINE: What was so nice is that walking down to it, we saw other federal houses that gave this real historic feel.

GIGI: It is.

And it was built in 1900 yet it's been updated.

JOHN: And I love that mix.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Right.

GIGI: We're so close to the river, close to the metro... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: And I think you're really going to like the beautiful fireplace.

There's a whole exposed brick wall, a skylight, and a terrific patio with a beautiful tree.

CHRISTINE: Well, you've checked a lot of things off our list.

JOHN: Yeah.

That's all sounds good.

CHRISTINE: And that patio sounds like a great place to play the game.

GIGI: I think it would be perfect, I'll see you there.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Okay.

Perfect.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Wow.

This is lovely.

CHRISTINE: So this is a complete renovation.

JOHN: Yeah, sure enough.

So it looks like we're in the dining room.

CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: Two closet doors, so storage.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Very nice.

CHRISTINE: So from the street, did you think it was gonna be more narrow when we walked in?

JOHN: I did.

CHRISTINE: It's actually much wider than I thought it was gonna be.

JOHN: Yeah.

Yeah.

CHRISTINE: And it just continues right on.

JOHN: Flows right into your open concept.

We have nice granite countertops.

CHRISTINE: Yep.

JOHN: And farm sink.

But here's something we don't see very often.

CHRISTINE: I know where you're going.

JOHN: A wood backsplash.

It looks dynamite.

CHRISTINE: This would be my backsplash dream.

(laughs).

JOHN: Your dream has come true.

CHRISTINE: And it flows right into these floors.

I'm gonna say walnut, but I also think I see some hickory.

I don't know, but I love 'em.

JOHN: I like that the kitchen is in the middle of this house.

CHRISTINE: It's a very cohesive design.

JOHN: Very cohesive.

CHRISTINE: Room for the fridge.

JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: Extra storage.

JOHN: Lovely storage.

And your eye goes right up to that beautiful exposed brick.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

So if somebody tells you, "There's exposed brick behind that wall," make sure you don't take a chisel and hammer and start going at it.

JOHN: Oh, yeah.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

I've done that.

JOHN: Oh... CHRISTINE: I did that.

JOHN: I would say, "Who would be so dumb to do that?"

CHRISTINE: It was me.

It was me.

JOHN: Uncomfortable.

Okay.

You live and learn.

And then we fit in a little living room with a fireplace.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Another very well-thought-out design was the floor to ceiling windows.

JOHN: And it looks out into that back patio.

Oh, goodness gracious.

These people have good taste.

CHRISTINE: They do.

JOHN: They really do.

CHRISTINE: And we haven't even gotten upstairs yet.

JOHN: Wait.

CHRISTINE: Okay, you're ready?

JOHN: I'm ready.

Let's go.

CHRISTINE: Let's go.

And you know why there's so much great light on the stairway?

There's your skylight.

JOHN: Skylight.

We like our skylights.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Bedroom number one.

Great for an office... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Guest room and it overlooks that beautiful street.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: And it's got a closet.

Storage.

CHRISTINE: Nice.

JOHN: Okay.

First full bath.

CHRISTINE: Nicely renovated.

Modern fixtures, modern tile, but you know what I think you're looking at... JOHN: I... You're looking at the same thing.

That brick wall, just a little sliver exposed and then little shelves.

CHRISTINE: You have modern day... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: And then you have a piece of history.

JOHN: And the brick looks nice against this tumbled marble.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: It looks great.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Every single finish.

Winner.

So we have a wall of storage and closets down this hallway... CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Into the primary bedroom.

CHRISTINE: All right.

Again, a really nice renovation.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: Nice closet space.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: And even like this little area... JOHN: Yeah.

Little nook.

CHRISTINE: And big, lovely windows... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: Letting all that light in.

It's a very comfortable bedroom.

JOHN: All right.

And we have the primary bathroom.

CHRISTINE: Nicely renovated.

Carries the same theme as the last one.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: And oh, look it, they even have the exposed brick.

JOHN: Now, I want more of that.

CHRISTINE: I know.

JOHN: I want one of those in every room.

CHRISTINE: So are you saying you wanna start like bringing a hammer and chisel to start chiseling it up?

JOHN: I'm gonna do it before these homeowners get home.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: And surprise them.

CHRISTINE: I do have to point out this sink.

This home overall has a really nice mix of modern fixtures... JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: But they really kept kind of the traditional federal feel throughout too.

JOHN: It's eclectic, but classic, huh?

CHRISTINE: Oh, very nice.

JOHN: All right.

This was a goodie.

CHRISTINE: Right.

Ready to find Gigi?

JOHN: Let's go find her.

Guess this price.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Hey Gigi.

CHRISTINE: Hey Gigi.

GIGI: How did you like the house?

CHRISTINE: The minute you walk in the home and you see all the great renovations that have been done, the whole look of the kitchen, the floor to ceiling windows, it was just a wow factor everywhere you looked.

JOHN: Right and I saw wood.

Wood everywhere that looked good.

So the floors, the wood backsplash, the staircase.

GIGI: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Oh.

And then that exposed brick wall?

CHRISTINE: Oh.

Love a little piece of history when it's preserved.

And the upstairs carried out the same design.

GIGI: Great.

It's a great home and a great patio.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Yeah.

GIGI: Great place to have a barbecue.

JOHN: Beautiful patio with this gorgeous slate and this nice crepe myrtle.

GIGI: Exactly.

You want some statistics on the house?

JOHN: I sure do.

GIGI: It's two bedroom, two bath, 1,042 square feet and built in 1900.

Can you guess the list price?

JOHN: Uh, I'm just gonna give you a guess of... 1 million flat.

CHRISTINE: Mm.

GIGI: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Kind of fun.

CHRISTINE: I'm gonna quote a good friend of mine who says, "I'm always gonna play the game smart."

JOHN: Do it.

CHRISTINE: That's John.

JOHN: Do it.

CHRISTINE: So, I'm actually gonna come in lower.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: I'm gonna come in at 800,000.

GIGI: 800?

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: Okay.

So John, you are at a million?

JOHN: Yeah.

GIGI: Christine, you're at 800,000.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: It's actually somewhere in between at 910,000.

JOHN: All right.

You're it, you're the winner.

I went over.

CHRISTINE: But you know what, I have to admit your, your game plan worked.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

That means I have to credit you.

JOHN: It's called strategy.

Yeah?

CHRISTINE: Oh, wow.

GIGI: Exactly.

JOHN: Okay.

So we both won one...

But we have one more property to go.

GIGI: Okay.

We'll see who wins that one.

The next property is the three bedroom and den with a river view at the Watergate.

CHRISTINE: Oh, okay.

JOHN: Oh my gosh.

Talk about dream homes.

Let's go.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

That's gonna be a tough one.

JOHN: Oh my gosh, I'm so excited about this one.

I can't even tell you.

(bike bell) RYAN: The Watergate was not only unique for DC but unique for, uh, North America.

Luigi Moretti, who was an Italian modernist architect, he wanted to bring a touch of Rome to DC architecture.

One of the things Moretti and a lot of the modernist architects were interested in was flow, this idea that there's this flow to buildings.

You can see the curving lines in the architecture.

The Watergate complex consists of six buildings.

The first to be completed was the Watergate East, arguably the most famous.

But you could get a basic apartment for about 17,500, or you could get a penthouse view of the river for upwards of 200,000.

So the kind of people who are moving in are Maurice Stans.

Pat Buchanan moved in here in 1971.

The DNC moves its headquarters here in 1967 to the Watergate Hotel.

However, the proliferation of Republicans during the Nixon administration resulted in its being labeled the Republican Bastille.

So you have this sense of, uh, on the one hand, seriousness, because of the political part, but also frivolity and definitely a sense of exclusivity as well.

G Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt were basically the masterminds behind the Watergate break-in.

They organized these men from Miami basically, to come up and break into the Watergate.

There were two sites during the break-in, one was in the hotel and they had a room in Howard Johnson's where Alfred Baldwin, former FBI official, was stationed to watch the events from there.

At the same time, Jim McCord and the burglars are trying to break in, Frank Wills comes across him, who's the security guard, calls the police.

They send an undercover unit and the rest is history.

The Watergate complex today still remains a vital part of the city.

You still have thousands of people living here.

You've got retail here.

It still is this vibrant area in the city, and perhaps maybe even more so than it was in '65.

DALE: Even though the Watergate is such an iconic building, a lot of people, when they actually come here, they don't realize what it is.

It actually has some retail space here.

And there's my art gallery here, which people are surprised to find.

In the gallery, we feature a variety of different kinds of art.

I've had paintings, photography, sculpture, pretty much everything.

I do like to show art that brings people together and gets a conversation going.

JILL: This is the eighth year for Arts in Foggy Bottom Outdoors Sculpture Biennial.

Each year we select a different curator.

The pieces are then placed in the front yards of homes in the historic district.

All of a sudden, people were talking, talking to each other and they were talking about the art.

And they weren't talking about religion or politics or other opinions, it was art.

PETER: You come out for the day and you just slowly walk the neighborhood, discover the neighborhood, all the cool architecture that you see around, and you have all these amazing sculptures.

It's great because of the variety of sculptures.

Our favorite piece was the first piece that we hosted at our house.

It looked like a autocentable that went up four stories, and it was attached to our top balcony of our house.

It was pretty amazing.

When visitors tour the show, they get to see historic Foggy Bottom.

It's such a charming, cute place with really cool architecture.

And then we add art on top of that.

With each sculpture, there is a QR code that you launch on your phone and the artist actually talks to you.

So you have a one-to-one tour with the artist.

AJMAL (over phone): The piece also functions as a bird feeder, because of the symbology around sowing seeds and how communities germinate and become these full-fledged plants.

PETER: Before you know it, you've walked the entire neighborhood and you've seen some amazing art.

(doorbell) GIGI: Here we are at our third property, the Watergate complex.

CHRISTINE: Well, you didn't even have to tell us where we were at because this building is so iconic.

JOHN: There's so much history.

GIGI: Everybody recognizes the Watergate.

What they might not know is, it's built on 10 acres with 55% outdoor space.

JOHN: Wow.

I did not know it.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

10 acres?

JOHN: And more than half is outdoor space.

Right?

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

GIGI: It's a great place to live.

CHRISTINE: It is a great place to live and you know it.

GIGI: Yes.

I had relatives in every building.

We saw celebrities at the hotel.

My sister and I crashed pool parties.

We had a great time.

JOHN: Well, this is gonna be super special.

CHRISTINE: It really is.

So tell us about the unit we're gonna be looking at.

GIGI: It is a three-bedroom and den, completely renovated, overlooking the river.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Wow.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

GIGI: Shall I walk you over?

CHRISTINE: Yes.

JOHN: Lead the way.

CHRISTINE: Whoa.

(laughs).

Look at this place.

JOHN: What a great condo.

This is something.

CHRISTINE: It's floor-to-ceiling windows and they're taking advantage of every bit of it.

JOHN: You have that beautiful view of the river and the beautiful curves of the building, that's part of what you love about the Watergate.

Okay, so we have living room, dining room, entertainment zone.

Can you imagine parties here?

CHRISTINE: Oh, my gosh, we would be so popular.

JOHN: We would be popular.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

Finally.

Finally.

JOHN: Okay, well I see lots of good stuff over here in the kitchen... CHRISTINE: I do too.

JOHN: Which looks ooh lala, but little wing down here... CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Let's check it out.

Lots of storage there.

CHRISTINE: That's nice.

JOHN: Into our, our first bathroom.

CHRISTINE: This blue vanity, it's really pretty with the brushed gold.

JOHN: I'm a big fan of that.

And oh my gosh, the shower in this room.

CHRISTINE: Oh, look at that.

JOHN: Is stunning.

CHRISTINE: I don't think I've ever seen tile like that.

JOHN: I think that's prize-winning there.

CHRISTINE: I would say.

JOHN: Okay.

I love this first bathroom... And our first bedroom.

CHRISTINE: The view continues.

JOHN: I can really see the Kennedy Center now and the pool down there.

CHRISTINE: I know the pool looks so inviting right now.

JOHN: We'll call this the poolroom.

CHRISTINE: I love it.

And then ample room for king-size bed and dresser.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

I like how they drop down these recess lights on the sides too.

And highlight your underneath... CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: All those beautiful lights.

CHRISTINE: And there's more to see.

JOHN: The kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

JOHN: Oh my gosh.

CHRISTINE: Hey.

JOHN: How did we miss this?

The wet bar of all wet bars.

CHRISTINE: I know.

JOHN: You've got a sink, you've got a wine fridge.

This completes that living room, dining room entertainer's dream.

Okay, well when you're done with cocktails, it's time for dinner.

CHRISTINE: Oh, you just move right on over to this lovely kitchen.

JOHN: Humongous island in the kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

When you're standing right here, you just realize how wide this is.

JOHN: All this beautiful, beautiful quartz with the grey veining... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Which I love.

CHRISTINE: And the basic white cabinets with the gold handles really gives it an elegant look.

But I also like the way the appliances are hidden too.

JOHN: Yeah.

That fridge over there is gorgeous.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: And this all feeds into this entertainment zone, right?

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Right.

JOHN: Okay.

We have a wing back here, but a room over here.

CHRISTINE: Let's go this way.

JOHN: Let's do this first.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Now, let's see what we have.

All right.

Bedroom number two.

JOHN: Ah, cool space.

CHRISTINE: I know.

I think it might be just a tad smaller than the last one... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: But you know, again... JOHN: The views.

CHRISTINE: Does it really matter what size the bedroom is when you have this view?

JOHN: It doesn't.

CHRISTINE: And I'm gonna check out back here.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Oh, and John, it's a full bath, and this vanity is a really pretty sage.

And the highlight is the honeycomb tile floor.

Really nice.

JOHN: Another nice bedroom.

CHRISTINE: Exactly.

JOHN: Come on, let's journey through the kitchen.

Boy, this kitchen is so good.

CHRISTINE: Uh, you really see it now.

JOHN: It's like a dance floor.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

Let's see some of your moves.

Maybe later.

JOHN: Later.

Okay.

A little den.

Nice room for maybe a yoga room.

Cute.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

So we have a room just for the washer and dryer with cabinet space.

Ooh.

And a pretty backsplash.

JOHN: I love that blue color.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

That's 'cause it's soothing when you do wash. JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, half bath.

JOHN: Oh my gosh.

That is the most beautiful floor...

I've ever seen.

It looks like polished stone.

CHRISTINE: It looks like glass or ice.

It's almost like you're afraid to step on it.

And they use a floating vanity.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: for this floor, you wanna show it off as much as you can.

JOHN: You sure do.

Very modern and chic.

CHRISTINE: I know.

I'm still afraid to step on.

JOHN: Oh don't.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Okay, here we go.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

So... JOHN: Into... Looks like... CHRISTINE: Okay.

Is this an interesting space?

JOHN: Okay.

So I think we're in the primary.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Around the... Oh, walk-in closet right around the corner?

JOHN: Okay.

Just what you need at... CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: The Watergate.

Nice built-ins, nice drawers.

CHRISTINE: It's a great use of space.

JOHN: Yeah and a very nice dressing room.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: And then... CHRISTINE: Into the bedroom.

JOHN: Aha.

Okay.

Primary bedroom.

It has lovely views.

CHRISTINE: So how do you get out of bed in the morning when you can just look at that view all day?

JOHN: Well, you just say, "Hey, it's John.

I can't come in again today."

CHRISTINE: Oh, brilliant.

Brilliant.

JOHN: Stay in bed and enjoy the view.

And again, I like how the lights accent the art.

CHRISTINE: And nice-sized bed... JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: End tables, room for a dresser.

JOHN: Yep.

You can see yourself in this room.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I could.

JOHN: Every good primary suite has to have a primary bath.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

You just see that cohesive design... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: Throughout the entire space.

JOHN: Like the white marble here, but in this room, they put black marble behind the vanity and that looks really great.

CHRISTINE: Well, it carries through into the shower.

JOHN: Sure does.

With your gold hardware.

CHRISTINE: Pretty.

Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Nice primary suite.

Okay.

CHRISTINE: We've seen the entire condo.

What a treat.

JOHN: That was so much fun.

Great to see the Watergate.

CHRISTINE: Exactly, but now you have to figure out a listing price.

JOHN: Your guess first.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, let's go find Gigi.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Hey Gigi.

GIGI: So how did you like this home?

JOHN: That view with this entertaining space, you know, great living room, dining room, that giant wet bar... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: And this kitchen made for great parties.

GIGI: Your guests will never forget you.

JOHN: It's perfect.

CHRISTINE: And you know, I have to say, what really stood out are all the bathrooms.

You had a beautiful blue vanity, one with beautiful marble tile in the shower, and just the design throughout.

You have all these great elements that just flow from room to room.

GIGI: It's beautiful.

Even in the laundry room.

JOHN: Yeah.

Even in the laundry room.

CHRISTINE: I do have a couple of questions.

So what are the monthly fees?

GIGI: The fees are 4417 per month.

Because it's a co-op, it includes your property taxes, all the utilities... CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Oh.

Yes.

GIGI: Two parking spaces, maintenance of the heat and air condition, and basic cable.

JOHN: That's a lot.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

GIGI: Everything's included.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: All right.

Wow.

JOHN: And that property taxes are in there.

That's the big key here.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: That's the big thing.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Yes.

GIGI: It is a three-bedroom, three and a half bath.

It's 2243 square feet.

It was built in 1971, recently renovated just last year.

CHRISTINE: So, this property is probably one of our most difficult, because it's so unique in so many ways.

JOHN: Oh for sure.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

I'm gonna come in at a listing price of 2.4.

GIGI: 2.4?

Okay.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

That's a good guess.

Could go up.

I could go down.

I'm gonna go for 2.3, Gigi.

GIGI: Okay.

So Christine, you're at 2.4... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: And John, you're at 2.3.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

GIGI: The actual list price of the property is... 2.495.

JOHN: Ah, man.

GIGI: Christine's the winner.

CHRISTINE: This... Like I said, this was a really hard one, 'cause you're factoring in, it's the Watergate.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: But I'm pretty happy that we both came... CHRISTINE: I, it's...

I am just... JOHN: Semi-close, because this is a toughie.

CHRISTINE: Kind of so surprised that we actually came that close.

Thank you, Gigi, for a great day.

That's for sure.

GIGI: It's been really fun.

JOHN: Really fun.

CHRISTINE: So I think we should go out and celebrate my win.

Okay?

GIGI: I think so.

We could go to Top of the Gate at the Watergate Hotel, or maybe just down to the pool.

JOHN: Or why not both.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

I know.

GIGI: Good idea.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Sounds good.

JOHN: Let's do it.

SADIE: If you lived here, then you would know that Foggy Bottom is a great location to a lot of great spaces like Rock Creek Park.

PETER: If you lived here, you would know about the River Inn.

DENISE: You would get to meet Kitty Snows, our resident black alley cat.

GREGORIO: If you live here, you'd know that Foggy Bottom is the place to be.

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