DC
1
Where: Kent.
Sold by: Melanie Lyall Aitken, managing principal at the law firm Bennett Jones.
Listed: $3,899,000.
Sold: $3,800,000.
Days on market: 37.
Bragging points: A three-story house with six bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, three fireplaces, a recreation room, a gym area, a swimming pool, and a fenced rear garden with a dining patio.
2
Where: Kalorama.
Sold by: Byron G. Auguste, cofounder and CEO of Opportunity@Work, a DC nonprofit, and Emily M. Bloomfield, cofounder of Monument Academy Public Charter School.
Listed: $4,295,000.
Sold: $4,200,000.
Days on market: 16.
Bragging points:A circa-1900 semidetached Beaux Arts townhouse with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two half baths, four fire-places, an exercise room, an in-law suite, a walled rear terrace, and a two-car garage.
3
Where: Georgetown.
Sold by: David E. Brown Jr., a partner at the law firm Alston & Bird, and Tami Lewis Brown, a children’s author.
Listed: $4,750,000.
Sold: $4,200,000.
Days on market: 211.
Bragging points: A Federal-style house dating to 1801 with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, three half baths, three fireplaces, an elevator, a library, two laundry rooms, a terrace, and a garden.
4
Where: Kalorama.
Bought by: Robert Lord, senior vice president of data and digital new ventures at the healthcare company Vizient, and Esther Tetruashvily, an AI-standards specialist at OpenAI.
Listed: $4,490,000.
Sold: $4,000,000.
Days on market: 60.
Bragging points:A 1916 four-story corner townhouse with five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, three fireplaces, a flagstone patio, a garden terrace, and a two-car garage.
Maryland
5
Where: Bethesda.
Sold by: Michael Chasen, cofounder and CEO of Class, an education startup.
Listed: $3,850,000.
Sold: $3,825,000.
Days on market: 20.
Bragging points:A penthouse in the Lauren condominiums with three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a private elevator, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a rooftop terrace.
6
Where: Chevy Chase.
Bought by: Matthew Pleatman, a director at SpaceX, and Kathryn Hillyer, an associate at the law firm Covington.
Listed: $4,450,000.
Sold: $4,050,000.
Days on market: 53.
Bragging points: A newly constructed 6,000-square-foot house with six bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, an elevator, a loft, a recreation room, an exercise room, and a rear patio with a dining area.
Virginia
7
Where: McLean.
Bought by: Daniel V. Dorris, a partner at the law firm Kellogg Hansen.
Listed: $4,299,000.
Sold: $4,105,000.
Days on market: 46.
Bragging points:A French-country estate with five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, four fireplaces, a library, a wine cellar, a fitness room, a screened porch, a resort-style pool with a waterfall, an outdoor kitchen, and a stone patio with a fire pit.
Sales information provided by Bright MLS.
This article appears in the October 2025 issue of Washingtonian.
