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Paul Kitchen and Starfish Team provide clients, family and close friends with professional, honest and dependable service. A resident of Florida and MD, Paul is extremely familiar with the local neighborhoods including FOXHALL, school districts and the Washington DC Real Estate market in this beautiful DC town.

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Over the past couple of days, I've seen posts warning us not to give any information over the phone to people who call us saying they are from the Census Bureau and they need information about vacant houses. And it struck a chord with me, as an urban agent with clients whose alarm systems are sometimes as expensive as my car.

And then today, I got one of those calls.

The caller was a woman who did not sound like someone who wanted to get information so she could rob one of my listings. And she sounded genuinely frustrated that she could not get any information on Foxhall Village, the neighborhood she was assigned. Oh, and did I mention that it's a neighborhood where I've never ever had a single listing?

I explained to her nicely that there were alerts going around the city - and the country - warning Realtors® about bad guy scammers calling for information about listings that might (or might not) be vacant. I told her that she would have to try to locate the owners of the properties in order to get information about who is living there, and that I seriously doubted that she'd be able to pry anything out of a real estate agent.

But she sounded really nice. And there's something about a Federal employee who is really trying hard to do a good job. Still, I was firm.

Then I mentioned that I was curious about how she got my name, as I have no listings in the neighborhood she was calling about. Then we got cut off as I drove into Rock Creek Park.

When I got home, there was a message in my voice mail.

"I found you on the Internet," she explained.

And sure enough. A post I wrote a year ago showed up somewhere on Page 2 of Google. Not page 1, but considering that I wrote one post over a year ago, I was pretty impressed.

So now I felt a little sorry for her, and I'm assuming that she is not a burglar casing houses to steal refrigerators out of.

Still, my advice to all of you dedicated census workers is to get the owner's names from the public record and track them down.

I'm so sorry!

According to neighborhood lore, Washington developer Harry Boss returned from a trip to England smitten with the town of Bath. So he decided to try to recreate its village feel with the brick and stucco homes in Foxhall Village.

He began his project in 1925, creating winding streets of tudor style row houses, complete with roundabout gardens at many intersections. It was named after Henry Foxall (Boss took the liberty of adding the "h"), a buddy of Thomas Jefferson's and a former mayor of Georgetown.

There are no two houses alike, although they do have many of the same arches between the living and dining room, and most have beautiful marble fireplaces. And when you step inside one of these homes, you never know what you'll find. Some are pretty much they way Mr. Boss built them, while others have had all sorts of amazing renovations. The yards are small, and there seems to be a sort of competition going for the best garden. The roundabouts are community efforts.

In the springtime, this lovely little community puts on lipstick, in the form of every imaginable flowering tree. This week it is beautiful azaleas and dogwoods in full bloom. The streets are lines with pink dogwood leaves!

A few years ago, Foxhall Village was designated an historic district, meaning owners may not alter the facades of their homes.

There usually is not a whole lot of inventory in Foxhall Village when I have a buyer looking there, but today there are a total of 8 homes on the market. Prices range from $499,000 for a fixxer upper in need of some serious TLC, to a high of $995,000 for one of the 3-story homes in excellent condition. Prices average $800,125 with an average listing period of 54 days.

There are another 5 homes under contract, with prices from $595,000 for one of the smallest floor plans to $1,125,000 for a huge 3-level home with every renovation known to man. These homes spent an average of 11 days on the market, showing that well-priced homes in this neighbhorhood are flying off the shelves.

Since the beginning of the year, 3 Foxhall Village homes have sold, averaging $747,000 (97% of their asking prices) and taking an average of 57 days to sell.

The location, near Georgetown University with excellent public transportation to downtown will make Foxhall Village continue to be one of Washington's most popular neighborhoods.

Oh! And so will the relatively reasonable price tags!

If you would like more information on the wonderful Washington neighborhood, please contact me at 202-549-5167 or email me at housepat@mac.com