Washington | $1.375 Million

An 1887 farmhouse with four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms

This house is in the Palisades neighborhood of northwest Washington, near Battery Kemble Park, with its new recreation center. The highly rated F.S. Key Elementary School is a short distance away. While the area lacks Metro service, the home is convenient to a public bus.

Size: 2,755 square feet

Price per square foot: $499

Indoors: A bright living room with high ceilings, heart-pine floors and a wood-burning fireplace is to the left of the front entrance. The room flows into a formal dining room. Behind that is a white kitchen with a wall of built-in storage surrounding a window with a cushioned seat.

Two bedrooms on the second floor were combined into a master suite with a pair of large closets and a marble bathroom; the glass-enclosed, jetted tub is surmounted by a multi-head shower, and the room is brightened with glass block. The guest bedroom has an en suite bathroom with a marble-tile tub and shower, as well as a balcony overlooking the pool area.

The owners finished the third-floor attic into a living space with two bedrooms, a full, skylighted bathroom and a lounging area with long, deep, cushion-covered window seats that could sleep an extra child or two.