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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 the best of friends.

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

CHRISTINE: So join us as we tour 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.

KAREN: Hi, Christine.

Hi, John.

JOHN: Hi there.

CHRISTINE: Hi.

KAREN: Welcome to Olney-Sandy Spring.

JOHN: Well, thanks for having us.

KAREN: It's the best place to live on the planet.

(laughter).

JOHN: My niece lives here and I think Olney is great.

KAREN: When I was a kid, I never heard of it, but I moved up here about 30 years ago when my children were smaller and it's just...

It's wonderful.

It's very family oriented and it's not too far from out of town.

JOHN: And you have a really great theater.

KAREN: We have a world renowned theater.

CHRISTINE: Mm.

KAREN: Gets rave reviews.

If you ever have a chance to come out here and see one of their shows... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: They're excellent.

CHRISTINE: Well, you've set the, uh, expectations pretty high then.

JOHN: That's right.

KAREN: So you ready to go check out some houses?

JOHN: Oh, boy, are we.

KAREN: Okay, let's go.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

(doorbell) KAREN: Welcome to our first house.

I picked out an Olney Mill Carleton model because it's sort of a starter home.

This one's special because it needs a little TLC.

CHRISTINE: Well, you had us at TLC.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Because we love homes that just need a little somethin', somethin' to make 'em extra special.

JOHN: And they're actually a starter home... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: That people can afford.

Like people like us.

(laughter) KAREN: This neighborhood's called Olney Mill and it's a neighborhood of 1100 homes.

They were built between the late '60s and 1980.

Rambler, split levels, Colonials, big lots.

CHRISTINE: It's a lovely neighborhood.

KAREN: It's very quiet.

There's parks behind these houses where you can ride your bikes.

It's a wonderful place to live.

JOHN: Can't wait to see this one.

KAREN: Let's get started.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Here we go.

CHRISTINE: All right.

JOHN: Okay.

Classic '70s home.

We've seen this home before or just like it.

CHRISTINE: We have seen it before.

Okay.

JOHN: All right.

Let's start to the left.

The living room.

CHRISTINE: Ah.

A nice blank canvas.

JOHN: I love the big picture window in the front.

CHRISTINE: This is beautiful.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: You overlook this front yard, the neighborhood.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: And I like it as a defined space.

I know you're thinking, "Oh, you'd take everything down," but... JOHN: Right.

You could take everything down.

CHRISTINE: I know.

I kinda like it.

JOHN: And you know, this is the traditional, original layout and just like looking into the next room, I'm going to say, I might take some walls down.

CHRISTINE: Oh, really?

JOHN: That's right.

CHRISTINE: Formal dining room.

JOHN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: This is a really nice size dining room.

Okay.

JOHN: And I say to you, Tina Louise, knock down that wall.

CHRISTINE: No, no, no, no.

See I'm really torn with this home, because I think this is a great space.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: You overlook the backyard.

JOHN: And these are nice wood floors.

CHRISTINE: Yes.

I would hope that I would see a lot more of these throughout the house, hidden.

You have to look.

JOHN: Okay.

Well let's go explore.

Let's go find some.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Into the kitchen.

JOHN: No wood floors in here, but wood on the cabinets.

CHRISTINE: This is maple.

It would kill me to paint, but if you wanted to, you could.

Just some simple painting and some updating and I gotta, oh, that's interesting.

JOHN: Look at that.

That's very fancy pants.

CHRISTINE: Let me see.

Oh.

Now that's staying.

It's one of those features that I wouldn't change.

Okay.

JOHN: I would change that.

One thing I wouldn't change is looking out this window.

I gotta say, that is a beautiful pine tree.

CHRISTINE: I'd cut down the tree though.

JOHN: Oh, Lord.

We can't agree on anything today.

CHRISTINE: Well, it'd open up the view a little bit.

JOHN: How about we agree to check out the lower level?

CHRISTINE: Sounds good.

JOHN: Okay, where to go?

Well, I see a utility, washer/dryer.

CHRISTINE: Right, and half bath right here.

JOHN: Half bathroom.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: I even love these two little shelves.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

Always handy.

JOHN: Okay.

Speaking of two, it looks like we have two rooms in one.

CHRISTINE: What I appreciate most, especially being on a lower level, look how bright it is with the natural light.

JOHN: Yeah, lots of good natural light.

CHRISTINE: The two windows, yeah.

JOHN: I love the storage options in this.

All these good shelves.

You always need good storage, right?

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

That's what...

This would make a great office.

JOHN: Yeah.

A lot of options.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Oh, this is a fun room.

JOHN: Hey, a fireplace.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

Okay.

It feels a little loungey to me.

JOHN: Yeah, very '70s.

CHRISTINE: It does.

Okay.

But again, the potential.

JOHN: I do like the slates on the patio back there.

It really could be something cool.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

I, I have the vision.

JOHN: Let's keep exploring.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Closet?

JOHN: Closet.

We're a closet.

No.

CHRISTINE: No.

JOHN: Whole other level.

After you.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

Look at the size of this space.

JOHN: Yeah.

Mammoth space.

You could have like three bedrooms down here and a big bathroom.

Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

Surprise.

JOHN: Wow.

That was a surprise, surprise.

CHRISTINE: So on up to the next level.

JOHN: Up we go.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

All right.

All the bedrooms it looks like.

JOHN: Bedroom level.

CHRISTINE: All right, I'm gonna check out the bathroom.

It's a little on the small side and needs just a little updating, but overall a nice bathroom.

JOHN: Sure.

All right.

So bedroom number one.

Lots of good light.

Closets.

And bedroom number two, which is much bigger.

Corner.

We always love a good corner bedroom, Tina.

CHRISTINE: We do.

Okay.

So here's what I'm noticing, this bedroom has oak flooring, that bedroom has a carpet.

So I'm wondering if oak flooring runs throughout the home.

JOHN: Well I can see it in the next bedroom.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

So this must be the primary.

JOHN: Definitely.

Biggest bedroom, closets, two windows.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: To our corner.

CHRISTINE: Oh, I wonder... JOHN: Looks en suite.

CHRISTINE: It is, but look at the size of this.

JOHN: Wow.

CHRISTINE: Nice vanity, and, you know, you probably could fit two.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: A double vanity and nice size shower.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Oh, and you have another sink.

Maybe you don't need a double vanity.

(laughter).

JOHN: You could reimagine this space into so many different ways.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Wow.

Okay.

Wow, whoever gets this house will certainly have fun doing just that.

CHRISTINE: Hey.

JOHN: Hey.

KAREN: Hey, did you love it?

JOHN: This house has potential top to bottom.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: It has so much potential.

JOHN: I was surprised how much space was in this house.

It just seemed like there was another room and another room and... CHRISTINE: And another room.

JOHN: Another great room with a fireplace and then another floor with a giant space.

KAREN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: But the size of the rooms too.

I mean you had that great living room that you walked into.

KAREN: Yes.

CHRISTINE: You know, a defined dining room and that kitchen, that eat-in kitchen... KAREN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: The space in there.

KAREN: It's a great house.

So it's a four bedroom, two and a half bath split level... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: And it's 2,200 square feet plus the basement.

And it was built in 1973.

CHRISTINE: This home to me, good bones, good structure, a little TLC and it's going to look beautiful.

JOHN: Agreed.

CHRISTINE: So I am going to come in at a listing price of $560,000.

JOHN: Okay.

I'm going to give a guess of 525.

CHRISTINE: Oh, lower.

JOHN: A little bit lower.

CHRISTINE: Now you're making me question.

KAREN: The list price is 589.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: 589.

That's a good price.

KAREN: That's a great guess.

CHRISTINE: We always say the first home is the hardest because that kinda sets the gauge for the rest of the day.

KAREN: It's very hard.

I'm impressed.

That was, that was amazing.

That was amazing.

JOHN: Okay, Karen, this was a great starter.

Can't wait to see the next place.

KAREN: It's around the corner, so let's go.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Let's do it.

CHRISTINE: And you know what, John, I'm gonna keep that tree.

JOHN: That's a good tree.

TOM: We're in front of the Sandy Spring Quaker Meeting House.

We're only less than a mile from an actual spring, which is the Sandy Spring after which the village is named.

We think of the Sandy Spring community as really having a six-mile radius from the meeting house.

That includes a lot of other, uh, crossroads and villages, Olney, Brookeville, Sunshine, uh, Norbeck and Ashton is part of that.

This area was first settled by people of European descent in 1728.

My family has a deep history in the Sandy Spring community.

My fifth great grandparents were, uh, considered the first residents and they established large farms, plantations, tobacco plantations.

Sandy Spring actually played a significant role in providing the, uh, material needs of the new capital city, Washington, D.C. Market products, poultry, dairy, uh, vegetables, and of course, tobacco.

It was a slave economy.

The Quaker settlers who were the first Europeans to live in this area, brought slaves to work these farms.

Already by that time, the early 18th Century, Quakers were asking pretty serious questions about the issue of slavery and about the injustice that was involved in holding people in bondage.

Between the 1770s and the 1820s, Quakers in Sandy Spring manumitted their slaves.

Many of those slave families stayed on in this, uh, neighborhood and became wage laborers on the same farms.

SANDI: We're at the Sandy Springs Slave Museum and African Art Gallery.

We do a lot here.

It's small but it is mighty, so it's a lot packed into, into this museum.

From the slave ship to the spaceship and onto the White House and contributions and achievements of African Americans in between from inventions, politics, political science, exploration, you name it, we try to touch on it.

We are on Brooke Road, which was actually part of the free Black settlement here in Sandy Spring.

Once the Quakers freed their enslaved people, people continued to work on Quaker farms and earned wages and they started purchasing land.

By 1830, there were 100 to 150 families here in Sandy Spring.

The community co-existed harmoniously from what I understand, but there was still separation so the Black community had to sustain itself, uh, with its own infrastructure.

NATALIE: This was an oasis for Black folks, because just five minutes away people were still enslaved.

And then these descendants are still here today and this community is a very proud community of people who are descendants.

I'm a descendant.

I grew up here.

My four times great grandparents were enslaved, um, but then they were freed.

TOM: There's regret that it took as long as it did, but an acknowledgement that that process was underway nearly 100 years before the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation.

(doorbell) KAREN: Welcome to house number two.

CHRISTINE: Literally, it is just steps away from the first home we were at.

JOHN: Unbelievable.

And what curb appeal!

KAREN: Can I tell you something funny?

JOHN: Yeah.

KAREN: What if I told you it was the exact same house?

JOHN: I wouldn't believe you.

CHRISTINE: I would... No.

KAREN: Same builder, same era.

CHRISTINE: You can see it's the same... JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Design...

But look at what they've done.

They've got batten board siding that they've added.

JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: Can we talk about the door?

JOHN: I love the color of the door.

CHRISTINE: I do too.

JOHN: I love the actual door.

CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: And I love the white washing of the brick and I love these French country shutters.

CHRISTINE: It just gives it a very different vibe from that first home.

JOHN: Yeah.

KAREN: It's an amazing renovation.

CHRISTINE: Why are we still standing here?

JOHN: Let's go.

CHRISTINE: Let's go.

KAREN: Let's go.

CHRISTINE: Let's take a look.

JOHN: See you afterwards.

KAREN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Oh, no.

JOHN: Man!

CHRISTINE: This cannot be the same house.

(whistling) JOHN: Let's just talk about this great room, which was not a great room, it was a great three rooms.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: They even bumped the ceiling up, Tina.

CHRISTINE: Yes, and look at the architectural details.

They put in beams.

JOHN: Those beams are beautiful.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: So do you miss your walls right now?

CHRISTINE: Well, maybe not so much.

JOHN: What's that?

I, not so much.

CHRISTINE: Uh, maybe not so much, but... JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Hey, my window is still there.

That's a good window.

JOHN: That's a good window.

The living room even looks brighter and bigger because there are no walls.

CHRISTINE: No walls.

Yes.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

So when we walked into the first home... JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: You know, we had a wall here.

JOHN: Yeah, this was one wall.

CHRISTINE: And then we walked into the dining room.

JOHN: Yep.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

This dining room also has sliders, but it also has a pool in the backyard.

JOHN: Look at that beautiful pool and the deck and this awning.

We have to check out what's back here because I see something that I don't think I've ever seen before.

Look at this pantry.

CHRISTINE: Was this an add-on?

JOHN: I think it was an add-on.

I don't think there was anything beyond the carport at the last house.

CHRISTINE: But what a great, you know, mud room slash pantry.

JOHN: Smart.

CHRISTINE: Yep.

JOHN: Smart.

CHRISTINE: Okay, so let's check out the kitchen.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: I agree now, you know, to be able to overlook the whole room.

JOHN: Yes.

This is an entertainer's, what's that, dream?

This really is.

You could invite 50 of your friends over and not even think about it.

CHRISTINE: You know, part of keeping the whole open concept... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: The floating shelves.

JOHN: Love it.

CHRISTINE: Particularly the live edge.

You know I absolutely love that kind of stuff.

JOHN: You love it.

And it looks so good.

CHRISTINE: Even though you don't have, you know, regular cabinets here... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: You have plenty of cabinets on this side.

JOHN: What do you say we follow the same path we did in the first house and check out the basement?

CHRISTINE: It sounds good.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: All right.

Okay.

Downstairs.

Okay.

You have a half bath and it has been updated.

And one feature that I think is really cool is the ceiling tile.

JOHN: That is so cool.

Okay.

I remember this room.

CHRISTINE: They're using it now as an office but this would make a great bedroom as well.

JOHN: And light and bright.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: Let's check out what would have been the family room in the other one.

CHRISTINE: Aw.

Just look at the difference a few things have made.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

So they painted the fireplace.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: And they painted the paneling and look how great it looks.

It just shows what a simple coat of paint will do.

JOHN: And then, they add these beautiful doors to the back patio... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Which is covered... CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Which is very neat.

CHRISTINE: So, I know that the door behind us is not a closet.

JOHN: Okay, let's check it out.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

(laughter) Okay.

JOHN: Ooh, talk about renovations.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

This is the entertainment room.

JOHN: It's made for movie night that's for sure.

CHRISTINE: Boy.

JOHN: And they even added storage over here, which you need some storage in this house, right?

CHRISTINE: Oh, yeah.

Right.

JOHN: All right.

We've seen all these levels.

We have one more to go.

CHRISTINE: One more.

Let's go.

JOHN: Let's do it.

Okay.

CHRISTINE: All right.

This is starting to look a little familiar.

JOHN: It sure is.

CHRISTINE: This is the original oak flooring.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: So they just refinished it and put a darker stain on it, which I like.

JOHN: I do, too.

It's kinda like a walnut stain.

CHRISTINE: Yep.

So here is the full bath and it's been nicely remodeled.

JOHN: Very nice.

All right.

I have bedroom number one.

Nice window.

Very nice and cozy.

And then bedroom number two, very similar, just a little larger.

Closet, window.

CHRISTINE: Okay, so what's left?

The primary.

JOHN: Primary.

CHRISTINE: Ahh.

The design elements in this home are just so fun.

The wall with the weathered wood look.

JOHN: Very shabby chic.

CHRISTINE: Very shabby chic.

I know there's a bathroom.

Ooh.

JOHN: Oh.

Wow CHRISTINE: A nice en suite.

JOHN: They did a great job.

CHRISTINE: They took my advice with the double vanity.

JOHN: Yep.

It's hard to believe they're the same.

CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: And it just seems a lot larger than the other space.

CHRISTINE: Oh look.

I know.

Look how much it's opened up this space.

JOHN: Great looking.

Okay.

But we have double doors.

CHRISTINE: A closet.

Oh.

JOHN: Oh.

This isn't a closet, it's a room.

CHRISTINE: What a walk-in closet this is.

JOHN: Yeah.

Great built-ins and washer and dryer in the room.

CHRISTINE: Oh, what a finish to a great home.

JOHN: Yeah, this one's going to be tough though.

Okay.

Wow.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

JOHN: What a house.

CHRISTINE: It is just so nicely done.

JOHN: Yeah.

Nice to have a pool.

KAREN: Is this phenomenal?

JOHN: Yeah.

But even, you know, the back, the side of this house looks great.

KAREN: It has everything.

JOHN: It is so dimensional and interesting now with the bump out... CHRISTINE: Oh and the deck.

JOHN: The awning and the deck.

It's great.

KAREN: It has the outdoor space, indoor space.

JOHN: Yeah.

KAREN: Can you believe it's the same house?

JOHN: I, I can believe it is the same house... CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: 'Cause you can see the other house in this house.

Yeah.

KAREN: So many details.

CHRISTINE: Right.

What about that lower level?

JOHN: Aw.

KAREN: Do you love it?

JOHN: Perfection.

CHRISTINE: That is the hangout room.

KAREN: It is.

JOHN: It really, really was.

KAREN: So now it's the moment of truth.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: Four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, 2,200 square feet plus the basement.

Built in 1973 and it was renovated approximately four years ago.

JOHN: So I'm going to give you a guess of $850,000.

KAREN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: I'm going to go higher at... JOHN: Could be?

CHRISTINE: I'm gonna, I'm just gonna say 925.

KAREN: The list price is $765,000.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

JOHN: Oh, man.

What a bargain.

KAREN: What a bargain.

JOHN: That is an amazing price.

Wow.

CHRISTINE: That is incredible with all the renovations.

KAREN: With all of this.

CHRISTINE: With a pool.

JOHN: Well, you wowed us with this house.

Let's, uh, go to the next one and be wowed.

KAREN: Let's go to the next one.

Okay.

CHRISTINE: Do you think we can stay and try out the pool though?

KAREN: No, it's a working day.

CHRISTINE: Oh, work, work, work.

JOHN: We are at the Adventure Park at Sandy Spring, uh, located on the campus of the Sandy Spring Friends School.

The Adventure park was built in 2010 as a fundraising project for the Sandy Spring Friends School.

Over our shoulders here is about three and a half acres of obstacle courses strung through the trees.

With about 200 elements and 34 zip lines, we are now the largest forest-based aerial adventure park in the country.

And, and we've got millions of people who live within an hour's drive, and yet, here we are in the woods.

MAN: Wait for me, please.

JOHN: We're in a grove of tulip poplars that are anywhere between 30 and 100 years old.

Most of them grow almost an inch a year, which means the course literally changes.

Overtime we've expanded to where we now have 14 courses and seven levels of difficulty.

Our easiest course is built for, uh, kids as young as five and six.

And our oldest climber, uh, to date, uh, celebrated her 94th birthday in the trees.

We're a community environment.

We welcome non-climbing observers, moms, dads, scout masters.

We often have people who just come down and sit on a bench and listen and watch.

It has become a family environment.

We can teach any staff member to, uh, inspect the equipment or inspect the courses, we can't teach kindness.

So we decided we'd hire kind people and teach them all the rest of the stuff.

And that's where the Sandy Spring alumni come in.

MAN: You know how to do it?

MAN 2: There you go.

You got it.

JOHN: What makes working here special for everybody but particularly for me is that background sound that you hear.

MAN: Perfect.

There you go.

JOHN: People talking to each other, people laughing, people zipping.

And when you finish a course that you didn't think you could, that's a sense of achievement.

Watch people come across the bridge coming out of the park, they're walking with swagger, not because people are applauding for them, but because they feel great about what they personally accomplished.

MAN: Woo-hoo!

(doorbell) JOHN: And just like that, we're in the country.

KAREN: We are in Sandy Spring, Maryland.

JOHN: It is beautiful.

CHRISTINE: Well, you know, this really hits my heart because I'm a country girl and driving down here, I mean, the beautiful pastures... JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: To seeing the horses in the field.

I might not leave.

KAREN: The interesting thing about Sandy Spring is that it started in the 1700s and we have the Slave Museum, Sandy Spring Museum... JOHN: Yep.

KAREN: We have the Adventure Park and we're only two miles from Olney.

So there's a lot of history here.

JOHN: Yeah.

KAREN: So this house is coming on the market in two weeks, so let's get started.

CHRISTINE: All right.

Okay.

Ready?

JOHN: All right, let's go get our sneak peek here.

CHRISTINE: Ah.

JOHN: Yes, this is a big house.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, look at this room.

Fireplace, picture window.

JOHN: That's huge!

CHRISTINE: Definitely a picture window.

JOHN: You have a cozy room and then you have a great room.

CHRISTINE: Aw.

Wow.

JOHN: Wow.

Take a look at this.

CHRISTINE: Well, you know, the height of the ceilings in this space... JOHN: And all the molding in here.

CHRISTINE: Right.

The dental molding detail.

JOHN: And you also have a deck.

Well, from a great room to a great kitchen.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

Look at this dining area.

This is a really great space.

But you know what?

I would be eating my meals every day in that lovely sunroom.

JOHN: There's so many good options for dining.

CHRISTINE: Exactly.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

JOHN: You know, when I see kitchens like this, I say what do people fill these cabinets with.

Seriously?

CHRISTINE: Uh, you know my motto, you build it and then you fill it.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: But look at this huge island.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: Plenty of room to prep, have people around, and just a lot of counter space, which is really nice.

JOHN: Right.

CHRISTINE: What I'm looking at though... JOHN: These great windows.

CHRISTINE: I was going to say two windows, two windows.

JOHN: Yeah, see the beautiful views outside.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Very nice kitchen.

CHRISTINE: All right.

Let's keep moving.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Formal dining room.

JOHN: Here we are.

CHRISTINE: Some nice accents in here.

I like the molding and how about the medallion?

JOHN: I like a medallion.

CHRISTINE: And you know, just the style of the furniture, I think it goes to show you can either have it very formal looking.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

CHRISTINE: Or just fun and country feel.

JOHN: You can dress it up, dress it down.

CHRISTINE: Nice way to put that.

JOHN: There you go.

And wow, what on Earth is this?

CHRISTINE: Wow.

JOHN: Okay.

I thought the other room was a great room.

CHRISTINE: For an entertaining space, this is the room.

JOHN: Well, the whole house so far.

CHRISTINE: True, true.

But I am going to give a shout out to this maple flooring.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

Yeah, very nice.

I love the color.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, and I don't see a lot of maple flooring.

JOHN: No.

Okay, let's head downstairs.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

Lower level.

JOHN: Wow, a fully finished basement.

CHRISTINE: Right, but this is so much fun because you see how this family is using it.

You've got craft areas, you've got play areas.

JOHN: All these moldings.

CHRISTINE: Right, the chair rail and look at the posts.

And all I have to say is you know a basement is big when you have a whole gymnastics corner.

JOHN: That's a big basement.

CHRISTINE: Are you gonna do like a flip?

JOHN: Yeah, I'll give you a something in a bit.

Sure.

CHRISTINE: I'll give you a ten.

JOHN: Thank you.

CHRISTINE: You're welcome.

JOHN: You're so great.

Okay.

And back here.

CHRISTINE: Ooh, a bedroom.

JOHN: A bedroom.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: Nice to have one downstairs.

CHRISTINE: Yep.

JOHN: And over here, full bathroom.

CHRISTINE: Nice.

JOHN: With a tub.

And it has black and white tile.

That never goes out of style.

CHRISTINE: It never does.

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: It's really nice to have a full bath down here.

JOHN: It sure is.

What a nice lower level.

CHRISTINE: Yep.

JOHN: What do you say we head to the top?

CHRISTINE: Let's go.

JOHN: After you.

CHRISTINE: Thank you.

JOHN: Okay.

Hey, hold on a second.

I think our bedroom tour is going to start on this floor.

CHRISTINE: I think you're right.

JOHN: Let's check this room out.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: All right.

So, looks like we do have the primary bedroom I would think.

CHRISTINE: Right.

JOHN: And you know, it's always nice having a primary on the first floor.

CHRISTINE: That's exactly what I was thinking when I came in here.

JOHN: Yep.

Great for aging in place.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

And look at that lovely sitting area.

JOHN: Yeah, nice bay.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

And en suite.

JOHN: And very big en suite.

CHRISTINE: Great soaking tub.

Double vanity.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

And that window.

CHRISTINE: This is a big bathroom.

JOHN: Yeah.

Nice size.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

JOHN: Okay.

Up we go.

Check out the other bedrooms.

CHRISTINE: All right, up the steps.

JOHN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: Start over here?

JOHN: Bedroom number three.

CHRISTINE: Aw.

But, a really sweet bedroom.

JOHN: It is.

CHRISTINE: And really nice natural light coming in.

JOHN: All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

JOHN: And around here.

CHRISTINE: Oh, a full bath.

JOHN: Nice en suite.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

And another bedroom being used as an office.

This actually is a great office area 'cause it's a little smaller I think than the last room.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

But like just to have your own bathroom, I would take a small bedroom, right?

CHRISTINE: True, that's a good point.

JOHN: Yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

And looks like we have the hall bathroom for the other bedrooms up here.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

And it's nice that it has the double vanity.

JOHN: Very nice.

Good size, too.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: And then, hey, hey, look at this groovy room.

CHRISTINE: It is a groovy teen room obviously.

JOHN: Yeah, sure enough.

It's a bigger room than we've seen on this floor.

CHRISTINE: Right.

And you know, you've got great natural light coming in with the two windows.

JOHN: And you can really deck it out.

CHRISTINE: Oh, well, I think we see that right now.

JOHN: I think it's great.

All right.

CHRISTINE: Okay.

So.

JOHN: Final bedroom up here.

CHRISTINE: Oh, a little smaller than the ones we've seen.

JOHN: Yes, this is the minimalist modern teen.

It's for that teen that just wants to be alone, you know.

CHRISTINE: Oh, true, true.

Very nicely put.

Hey.

JOHN: Okay, Karen.

That's a whole lot of house.

KAREN: Did you love it?

JOHN: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Oh, well, there's a room for everybody and a space.

JOHN: Huge spaces throughout this whole house.

I mean you have this great room, that giant kitchen behind us.

CHRISTINE: Right, but what I so enjoyed about touring this home is that it's lived in.

JOHN: Yeah, it gives you a lot of good ideas of what you can do in this house.

CHRISTINE: Exactly.

KAREN: It does.

JOHN: But I also loved that the primary suite was on this level, great for aging in place, as we say.

CHRISTINE: Mm-hmm.

JOHN: And then you stick all the kids upstairs.

KAREN: That I love.

JOHN: I love that.

It's smart.

CHRISTINE: But there's also a lot of cozy little areas in this house, too.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: This house really has it all.

JOHN: Yeah, it really does.

KAREN: So it's six bedrooms.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: Four and a half bathrooms.

JOHN: Mm-hmm.

KAREN: 3,800 square feet, plus the basement, and it was built in 2002 and it has a three-car garage.

JOHN: Wow.

CHRISTINE: Ooh.

Okay.

I'm gonna go in at a listing price of $1.3 million.

JOHN: 1.3.

I'm going to go, just to be a little strategic, I'm gonna go a little lower but $1.150.

KAREN: Is that your final answers?

JOHN: Final answer.

CHRISTINE: Yes.

KAREN: You're both high.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

(laughter).

CHRISTINE: How high?

KAREN: It's going up on the market for $1,050,000.

CHRISTINE: Oh wow.

JOHN: Oh.

KAREN: Yeah.

JOHN: I should have just said $1 million.

CHRISTINE: I, well, I guess I should have too.

KAREN: It's a great value.

You get a lot of value out here in the country.

JOHN: Sure do.

KAREN: Because you're close to the city but you're in the country.

I'm so excited that I got to do this with you guys but I'm sad that this is our last house.

JOHN: I know.

CHRISTINE: I know.

And we had such a great time here and we've learned so much about the area.

And we'll be back.

KAREN: Let's go to the Olney Grille.

JOHN: Olney Grille it is.

KAREN: Olney Grille.

CHRISTINE: Sounds good.

KAREN: Okay.

CHRISTINE: All right.

JOHN: We'll celebrate losing.

(laughter).

MATT: If you lived here, you would have the opportunity to go to one of our many beer farms, go to some of the best local restaurants we have here.

Everything from steak and cheeses to sushi restaurants.

NATALIE: Dempsey's Restaurant for example, that's like... That's, that's a must let's, must go place.

SANDI: If you lived here, you would know and learn the wonderful rich history of the Quakers and African Americans in, um, Sandy Springs and Olney.

TROY: One of my favorite places is the Underground Railroad Trail.

It's a combination of not only keeping yourself mentally and physically, um, healthy, but there's a little dose of history.

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