Brick wall with NO land in upmarket DC neighborhood of Georgetown hits market for $50,000

  • The structure was originally bought for $2.14 in the 1960s, but now its current owner, Allan Berger, has put it on the market for $50,000  
  • Berger has been in dispute with the adjacent homeowner - ironically called Daniela Walls - over its deteriorating condition

A brick wall with no land attached to it in an upmarket Washington DC neighborhood has gone on the market for $50,000 - causing a social media frenzy.

The advert for the decrepit red brick wall simply reads: 'Own a piece of Georgetown. This wall located at 30 and M NW. The opportunities are limitless.' 

The structure was originally bought by a man for $2.14 in the 1960s, but now its current owner has put it on the market for $50,000 after having a dispute with the adjacent homeowner.

Robert Morris, a real estate agent selling the wall on behalf of its owner, Allan Berger, said: 'It’s crumbling.'

The advert for the red brick wall, with paint peeling off, simply reads: 'Own a piece of Georgetown. This wall located at 30 and M NW. The opportunities are limitless'

The advert for the red brick wall, with paint peeling off, simply reads: 'Own a piece of Georgetown. This wall located at 30 and M NW. The opportunities are limitless'

The structure was originally bought by a man for $2.14 in the 1960s, but now its current owner has put it on the market for $50,000 after having a dispute with the adjacent homeowner

The structure was originally bought by a man for $2.14 in the 1960s, but now its current owner has put it on the market for $50,000 after having a dispute with the adjacent homeowner

According to the Washington Post, the original owner sold it to Allan Berger’s father, who got it at an auction because he wanted to own property in Georgetown. After his death, it got passed down to him.

It's understood that the wall may have been previously attached to something, which has since been lost. It currently backs on to a car park.  

Berger has kept the wall for years, and saw it as a gimmick in his portfolio.

But the 64-year-old and the adjacent homeowner, Daniela Walls, have had a fraught relationship over the $50,000 wall. 

Walls said its deteriorating structural integrity directly impacts her house - and because she doesn't own the 12 inches of exterior walling, she can't do anything about its wet beams that are causing leaks inside her home. 

Through her insurance company, she filed an issue saying that there would be 'imminent structural effects' if something wasn't done about Berger's wall.  

After a series of legal back and forths, Walls' attorney Eric Rome offered to buy the wall from Berger for $600, which is its tax assessed value.

The listing has since gone viral - bringing a swell of different opinions on the wall's value. One person wrote: 'Not bad for a lifetime of advertisement in DC'

The listing has since gone viral - bringing a swell of different opinions on the wall's value. One person wrote: 'Not bad for a lifetime of advertisement in DC'

It's understood that the wall may have been previously attached to something, which has since been lost. It currently backs on to a car park

It's understood that the wall may have been previously attached to something, which has since been lost. It currently backs on to a car park

Robert Morris, a real estate agent selling the wall on behalf of its owner, Allan Berger, said: 'It’s crumbling'

Robert Morris, a real estate agent selling the wall on behalf of its owner, Allan Berger, said: 'It’s crumbling'

But that is when the owner decided to get creative.

He told the Washington Post: 'That’s when I came up with $50,000, without any research, without any great thought.  For better or for worse.' 

The listing has since gone viral - bringing a swell of different opinions on the wall's value. One person wrote: 'Not bad for a lifetime of advertisement in DC.'

Another added: 'The opportunities are limitless, they say. Isn’t that antithetical to the purpose of a wall?' And a third said: 'I think the opportunities are pretty limited to the wall.'

One person on Instagram said: 'This seems like a cruel concocted boomer prank to excite us poor millennials into thinking we can *actually* afford something and then crush our dreams with “endless possibilities”' 

Berger has kept the wall for years, and saw it as a gimmick in his portfolio

Berger has kept the wall for years, and saw it as a gimmick in his portfolio

But others saw the potential: 'TBH [to be honest] that’s not a bad idea. It’s a public-facing wall and can be used for advertising or for a mural.'

While another said: 'Yup, it’s a revenue-generating vehicle. You can charge companies to put their ads there.'

A third added: 'Great Wall for art, or ad! World make money back if commercial use is the goal!'

Real estate agent Morris said that a buyer would have to get approval from the Old Georgetown Board if they wanted to paint a mural or post advertisements on the wall.

The wall is yet to be snapped up by a buyer.  

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