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Florida Avenue Grilling
This story will appear in this week’s issue of the Washington City Paper.
Florida Avenue Grilling
A D.C. homeowner and his contractor agree on one thing: They hate each other.
When Christopher Turman wanted to take a shower, he didn’t stroll over to his bathroom like most people in the civilized world. He’d wait until his neighbors went to bed. Then he’d sneak out back, turn on the garden hose, and start scrubbing.
Turman wasn’t homeless. He owned a place with three showers. They just didn’t work right, and Turman blames his contractor.
In spring 2007, Turman bought a small row house in the 1300 block of Florida Avenue NW for $460,000. He then signed a $135,000 contract with Sheldon Roseman of Life Long Construction. It called for heightening his basement ceiling, remodeling his kitchen, fortifying his roof, and doing a variety of other upgrades to “his perfectly livable” house.
The work started in early April and was supposed to be done in October, at which point Turman would move in, stop paying rent at his old place, find a tenant for downstairs, refinance—and all would be dandy.
The D.C. Real World House: Bedrooms, Game Room, and Confessional on First Floor
Update:The D.C. Real World House: Phone Room, Kitchen, Love Sacks on Second Floor
Update:The Real World DC House: The Creepy Zone
If there is any lingering doubt that Real World is happening at 2000 S Street, I think we can put that to rest. I submit to you: Building plans for the inside of the Real World 23 house.
Oh yes, many of the classics are there: The confessional, the game room, the creepy control room areas, where producers quietly watch everything that’s going on ten feet away. But where is the JACUZZI? I see no love pool in the plans. Read More “The D.C. Real World House: Bedrooms, Game Room, and Confessional on First Floor” »
