Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill.
Finally! After weeks and weeks of summer doldrums, there is a robust crop of open houses to see this weekend!
Lots of interesting properties to tour; one in particular caught my eye. 1516 Gales St, NE is a 2 unit and not new this week. But since you’ve been out of town or at the pool for the past few weekends , it’s probably new to you 
Gales Street is one of those charming, quiet one way streets I’ve blogged about before. These streets typically are close knit neighborhoods with adorable housing stock. 1516 Gales is large for the street, and is fully renovated and just reduced by $25k to $524.9k. . Downstairs you’ll find 3 bedrooms/2.5 baths, Open Pergo-floored Main, w/ Granite Island Kitchen. The upstairs is carpeted with a master suite. There is also a basement w/ Laundry & Walkout. Bonus feature: 1 bedroom separate unit with balcony, accessed through a separate gate and set of stairs. Get a housemate to offset your mortgage, without even sharing your house!
1516 Gales St, NE is open on Sunday from 1 – 3. The rest of the Capitol Hill open houses are posted here.