From a rowhouse in Districts Trinidad neighborhood, 3 stylish condos are born

By Michele Lerner January 23 at 7:30 AM

The Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast Washington, roughly bordered by West Virginia Avenue NE, Mount Olivet Road NE, Bladensburg Road NE and Florida Avenue NE, lies adjacent to the hip H Street corridor and not far from Union Market, a destination for D.C. foodies.

The quiet neighborhood of rowhouses and single-family homes reminds Andrew Rubin, a principal with the Rubin Group, of Glover Park in Northwest, particularly because most of the solid brick homes have front porches.

The Rubin Group recently converted an end-unit rowhouse at 1123 Staples St. NE into a condominium with three distinctive homes. Two of the units are already under contract. The Rubin Group has converted dwellings in Dupont Circle and Petworth into condos and built additions to expand those buildings to create additional living space.

This is our first project in Trinidad, Rubin said. Were very interested in this neighborhood because its changing so rapidly along with the adjacent H Street corridor. The coming of the streetcar should make this neighborhood even more appealing and will make it more accessible to the Union Station Metro station, too.

The first buyer at the Staples Street building plans to commute between home and a job at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., a journey that is expected to be simplified when the streetcar starts running.

We were careful to make sure that the home continues to complement the neighborhood, so we restored the front porch and the awning above the porch and even added some decorative elements that match one of the homes across the street, Rubin said.

The company restored the bay window along the side of the house and added a three-story box bay window. In the back is parking for three cars.

Ample storage: The conversion of this rowhouse resulted in three condos, each with 1,100 to 1,350 square feet and an individual layout. Two of the homes are two-level units, while the upper level is a one-level home with an expansive private roof deck.

All the units have two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, an open floor plan in the living area, high ceilings and maximized lighting from windows. Designer Mimi Tygier, a principal with the Rubin Group, was careful to add storage space and closets in every possible place in each unit along with a closet with a full-size stacked washer and dryer.

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From a rowhouse in Districts Trinidad neighborhood, 3 stylish condos are born