2959 Northampton St. NW

Sold | $3,500,000

Property Features

Neighborhood: Chevy Chase
Type: Single Family Detached
Style: Tudor
Bedrooms: 7
Bathrooms: 6.5
Parking: Two-Car Driveway
SqFt- Living: 6,350
SqFt - Lot: 8,886
Elementary Schools: Lafayette
Middle Schools: Deal
High Schools: Jackson-Reed
Taxes/Year: $11,344.20
Heating Fuel: Gas furnace + Electric heat pump
Cooling Fuel: Electric
Water Heating Fuel: Gas

Property Description

Welcome to 2959 Northampton St. NW, a stunningly reimagined 6,300+ s.f. Tudor home sited on a flat and lushly landscaped 8,800+ s.f. lot just three blocks to Lafayette School & Park and four blocks to Broad Branch Market in the heart of Chevy Chase, DC.

House Features

Main Level Features
  • Traditional Tudor front entry tower with a stone surround entry porch and herringbone and timber detailing
  • Original old growth solid wood front door with new diamond glass and Baldwin hardware 
  • Paneled formal living room with wood burning fireplace, built-ins, two full light doors to rear patio and beamed ceiling
  • Stunning dining room flooded in natural light with four art lights, beamed ceiling, custom trim and wallpaper
  • Light filled office with six windows and custom floor-to-ceiling built-ins
  • Fully custom kitchen with these striking features:
    • Custom range wall with an extra deep windowed alcove
    • Custom 48” Bluestar gas range with six burners, two ovens and a griddle 
    • Oversized island with seating for four, two paneled dishwashers, ample power and a below-counter microwave
    • True counter-depth paneled Bosch refrigerator
    • Walnut perimeter wall cabinetry 
    • Quartzite counters
    • Two double trash trolleys, tray & platter storage, custom drawer inserts, extra deep upper cabinets
    • Appliance garage
    • Large pantry
  • Custom wet bar with quartzite countertops, custom fabricated quartzite sink, two beverage refrigerators, antique mirror and glass paneled tower cabinets
  • Striking sun-filled family room with a volume ceiling, three exposures, 9’ sliding doors and two gorgeous chandeliers 
  • Side entry door at covered porch from driveway into an over-sized mudroom 
  • Powder bathroom
  • Covered rear porch (can easily be screened) and sunny brick patio ideal for indoor/outdoor entertaining
  • Fenced and very private rear yard
  • Custom shed

Second Floor Features
  • Absolutely stunning true primary suite flooded in natural light with a volume ceiling in the bedroom, five-point spa bathroom with quartzite counters and custom walnut cabinetry, enormous closet and double door entry with foyer
  • Three additional suited bedrooms, each with custom full bathrooms and large closets
  • Large laundry room with built-ins, front-load washer + dryer and a floor drain under washer
  • Extra deep linen closet
  • Beautiful stair landing reading nook with wallpaper and built-ins

Third Floor Features
  • Two additional bedrooms, each with double exposures and walk-in closets
  • Fifth full bathroom 
  • Large recreation space
  • Hidden ‘camp’ room
  • Large storage room

Lower Level Features
  • Second family room with recessed lights and carpet
  • Seventh bedroom
  • Sixth full bathroom
  • Large storage room + under stair storage

Construction Features
  • Complete renovation and expansion designed by Shawn Buehler of BFM Architects and built by WWK Construction
  • Weather Shield obsidian aluminum clad Signature series windows and exterior doors
  • New real oak wood flooring throughout main and second floors
  • All new interior and exterior trim & solid core interior doors
  • Emtek door hardware in polished nickel 
  • Brand new furnace + CAC (serving main and lower level) & heat pump (serving sleeping level and attic level)
  • All new electrical & plumbing throughout 
  • New main service entrance cable and 200amp breaker panel
  • Foam insulation in roof and all new wall cavities
  • Lower level fully waterproofed with battery back-up sump pump
  • Architectural series asphalt shingle roofing, 6″ gutters and downspouts, new yard drains
  • All masonry construction except main level family room
  • Interior stairs are shop fabricated with custom triple-picket detailing
  • All new interior and exterior framing including all floor decking, wind bracing, interior and exterior walls and roof
  • 4″ LED recessed lights throughout 
  • Main floor ceiling height: 8’8″
  • Family room ceiling height: 22′
  • Sleeping level ceiling height: 8’7″
  • Primary suite ceiling height: 18′
  • Third floor ceiling height: 8′
  • Lower level ceiling height: 7’5″
  • Newly sodded yard and all new landscaping
  • Permeable paver two-car driveway

Neighborhood Features

  • Lafayette Park, School and Recreation Center 3 blocks from front door with over 12 acres of open play space, 5 playgrounds, a track, tennis courts, a basketball court and beautiful gardens
  • Broad Branch Market & DC Health Coaches 4 blocks away
  • Year round farmer’s market at Lafayette Elementary
  • 4 blocks to Rock Creek Park
  • Bus line with easy access to Friendship Heights Metro (red line)

6 blocks to shops and restaurants on Connecticut AVE including:
  • Buck’s Fishing and Camping
  • Comet Ping Pong
  • Call Your Mother Deli
  • Politics and Prose
  • I’m Eddie Cano 
  • The Avenue
  • Child’s Play Toy Store
  • Little Beast
  • Blue 44
  • Circle Yoga
  • Macon
  • Opal
  • Jetties
  • June B. Sweet & Write For You
  • Magruders
  • Fishery Seafood Market
  • Exxon Gas & Service Station
  • Safeway
  • Whole Foods & Amazon Fresh (just over the MD border in Friendship Heights)

Multiple Nursery Schools
  • CCPC Nursery School
  • Broad Branch Children’s House
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School

Public Schools
  • Lafayette Elementary
  • Deal Middle
  • Jackson-Reed High (formerly Wilson High)

Private Schools
  • Blessed Sacrament School (K-8)
  • St. John’s College High School (9-12)

Property Location

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