Walk This Way: Kalorama (20008)

Kalorama: Greek for “beautiful view”.

“Kalorama, sometimes referred to as Kalorama Heights or Sheridan-Kalorama, is an extremely affluent neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., and is well known as a component of the city’s Embassy Row area. The neighborhood is bounded to the north and west by Rock Creek Park; to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue N.W.; to the south by P Street N.W.; and to the east by 22nd Street, Florida Avenue, and Connecticut Avenue N.W. It is accessible by Metrorail by the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle stops on the Red Line. Kalorama is assigned to Washington’s Sheridan-Kalorama Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2D) and is designated as Single Member District 2D01.

Across Connecticut Avenue, the Kalorama Triangle is a residential enclave in Northwest Washington bounded by three major thoroughfares: Connecticut Avenue, Calvert Street and Columbia Road. Bordering on Rock Creek, this area historically was part of the 19th century estate “Kalorama” and enjoyed a reputation for its natural attributes—its hilly terrain, cool breezes and fine views over the city of Washington. Developed largely between 1897–1931, the neighborhood is filled with architecturally significant free-standing and attached houses, commercial buildings, and a variety of modest and grand apartment buildings sited along curvilinear tree-lined streets. Kalorama Park is located in the Kalorama Triangle.” – Wikipedia

There are only so many posts I want to do that feature million-dollar homes, so I was more interested in finding the entry-point price in the very ritzy Kalorama area of DC. This actually made it easier to narrow down which home I wanted to highlight, since only 4 of the 20 properties that resulted from my Redfin search came in under $600,000 – and one of those was already under contract, albeit with a kick-out clause. (There was another condo under contract with a kick-out clause, but it was priced at $895,000). The median price in Kalorama is $2,792,500; the average is $2,834,250. Homes here average 103 days on the market. 

Priced at $499,000, this 2-level condo has 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. It also includes good closet space, plenty of windows, a washer/dryer, wood-burning fireplace, and a private terrace. It does not come with a garage parking space, but the listing claims it has “easy street parking” in the neighborhood. Residents of the building can walk to 2 Metros, Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, and Mitchell Park (which is a favorite for those with kids and dogs). 

Building: The Warren in Kalorama Heights
Walk Score: 95 (walker’s paradise)
Close to: Embassy Market (0.02 mi); Ruth’s Chris Steak House (0.21 mi); Starbucks (0.31 mi); Kalorama Park (0.34 mi)
You can find the complete list of nearby attractions here.

2145 California St NW, #101, Washington, DC, 20008
Price: $499,000
2 bd/1.5 ba; 950 sq. ft.; $525/sq. ft.
Last sale: 1/12/2006 for $464,000
Days on Redfin: 73 

Next up: Adams Morgan