317 18th Street NW

Welcome to this brick Colonial home that has stood for more than a century, and you can feel it the moment you walk in. Four bedrooms, two baths, 2,312 square feet of room to settle into, and three fireplaces, one for every kind of evening. The carpets cover hardwood floors that have been waiting decades to be uncovered, and they'll be every bit as beautiful as you imagine. The details are what stay with you long after you've walked through. Original woodwork that has darkened in all the right places, crown molding running through every room like a quiet signature, and cedar closets that still smell like cedar. Built-in cabinets in the dining room, the kind that were made to hold a family's good china and the stories that came with it. And the kitchen is move-in ready, every appliance stays. There's more than meets the eye downstairs, too. The basement is partially finished, with an additional bathroom and the kind of storage you don't realize you need until you have it. Out back, the detached two-car garage gives you another full footprint of room to spread into. And before you've even reached the front door, the brick-paved drive does what every great old house does, it pulls you in. This one is being sold as-is, it's for the buyer who knows value when they see it, who looks at original woodwork and sees treasure, not a project. Come finish the story.