$260,000

Imagine it's Saturday morning. Light slips across the hardwood, and you carry your coffee to your modern living room. By eleven, you walk less than a block south to Medium Rare for the steak frites brunch. The afternoon opens up - a paperback hour at the Cleveland Park Library, a loop through the National Zoo, or a walk down into Rock Creek Park. By evening, friends are over before heading downtown, and with the Cleveland Park Metro entrance a one-minute walk away, nobody needs to drive. 3620 Connecticut #8 - turn-key, walkable, and wired into one of DC's most beloved neighborhoods, with a co-op fee that absorbs the utilities. Includes storage space (approx. 4'x5') The neighborhood Transit. Cleveland Park Metro (Red Line) is roughly a one-minute walk - direct rides to Dupont, Metro Center, Union Station, and Bethesda. Reagan National is about 25 minutes by car. Restaurants. Medium Rare (3500 Connecticut) is on the same block, with brunch Saturdays and Sundays. Buffalo and Bergen handles morning bagels. Sababa pulls in regulars for Israeli small plates, and Vace Italian Delicatessen has been the neighborhood's takeout pasta-and-pizza institution for decades. A short walk toward Cathedral Heights brings you to 2 Amys, one of DC's iconic Neapolitan pizza spots. Shopping and errands. The longstanding Whole Foods in Tenleytown and the new Trader Joe's in Friendship Heights are both quick Red Line stops north. Target sits in Tenleytown's retail district. Cleveland Park Library is two blocks south on Connecticut. Parks and trails. Rock Creek Park is a five-minute walk, with trailheads at the Melvin C. Hazen Trail (Sedgwick St) and the Klingle Valley Trail. Tregaron Conservancy sits just east of Connecticut with 13 quiet acres. Hillwood Estate and the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral are within a mile. The Zoo. The Smithsonian's National Zoo is roughly a 10-minute walk south on Connecticut - 163 acres, free admission. Culture. Politics and Prose, the city's most beloved indie bookstore, is up Connecticut Ave at Nebraska. The Avalon Theatre (independent and classic film) is another mile or so farther north. The Cleveland Park Farmers Market runs Saturdays in season.