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DuPont. It’s not only closer to Foggy Bottom but it’s also a more central location in the city. I also feel safer walking around there at night, personally.

Have you visited both areas? They are pretty different.

It really frustrates me that key bus lines just grind to a halt on M street during the evening rush. A bus lane there is my pipe dream.

You seem to genuinely lack the processing power to correctly parse that statute. Good luck in life, friend, and play to your strengths, whatever they may be.

> underpinning

Ah, that’s the word I was looking for. Thanks!

Idk your end finishes or if you’re separating the basement into a separate unit (I wouldn’t if I could afford not to rent the basement) but not surprised at all about the $250k mid price quote for all that work.

Assuming you live near the embassies. It's a location based targeted ad from the fbi that essentially says "do the right thing for your future, share what you know with the fbi." There was a thread about it a few weeks ago. Has popped up every so often since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Agree that this sounds too low. However, we did a basement down to studs for less than 100K. OP is not doing a full dig out, they are going a few inches, which our builder said would cost 20-30k. Assuming the basement itself should cost around 150k, an additional 100k for the remaining two floors is what makes me suspicious.

Right!? Maybe there are a lot of hidden fees.

Forgot to add. The basement will have a separate entrance and a kitchen. I also received quotes for $500K for the same job. I’d rather get a new house at that point.

The CIA or the FBI, I can’t remember which, letting Russian people who work at the embassy and other Russian nationals know “if you wanna talk, we wanna listen!”

I haven't, but that's the Russian Embassy and the FBI has been running ads/posting on facebook etc trying to recruit/reach Russian soldiers and/or potential defectors (which, wow...)

or without purpose to do so kills another in perpetrating or in attempting to perpetrate any arson, as defined in § 22-301 or § 22-302, first degree sexual abuse, first degree child sexual abuse, first degree cruelty to children, mayhem, robbery, or kidnaping, or in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate any housebreaking while armed with or using a dangerous weapon, or in perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate a felony involving a controlled substance, is guilty of murder in the first degree.

Is the only relevant part.

+1 for cat cables. 🤓 It is a dugout until we hit the footer. Below footer would require underpinning. We have seen so many flips around the neighborhood, some with deeper basements.

Hahahahaha

The MARC is the best!

Man $250k sounds very reasonable for this amount of work in DC.

That’s on the low end of that kind of project unless you’re not trying to get a separate COO for the basement and won’t have a full kitchen down there. If you need actual underpinning, add another $55k or so.

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ETA: that price is for the UPSTAIRS work as well as the dig down and the basement? That’s suspiciously low. $250k is more in line with just the dig down, basement and COO with no underpinning. A full gut job of 2+ stories with dig down should be significantly more.

What are you talking about? That is the section for both first degree murder and felony murder. Felony murder is a subset of first degree murder in DC and so it is defined in the same statute—the one I quoted—alongside the other forms of first degree murder.

Ha glad to meet you stranger. There are literally tens of us!

The 1976 WMATA had no idea.

I’m a frequent visitor rather than a local, but if you’re new to the area, why buy anything right away? Most people outgrow their first apartment in a new city, or find it’s not what they expected and regret it.

For the record, I’d choose DuPont.

> Lowering the basement to increase ceiling height and usable space, turn it into a two-bedroom.

A dig out? Idk the proper way to do but I’d be looking into it to make sure you protect yourself (and your neighbors) in case god forbid the foundation or party walls are damaged during the process.

Idk what your plans are to do when the walls are open but think of everything. Run the cat cables you’ve always dreamed of.

Very true! I miss their Georgetown location.

You're quoting from the section on first degree murder, not felony murder.

Dupont all the way