Obamas Buy $8.1 Million DC Mansion. NYPost, June 1, 2017
Barack and Michelle Obama have snapped up the 1920s brick house they were renting in the posh Washington, DC, neighborhood of Kalorama for $8.1 million.
The former president and his family plan to spend at least another two-and-a-half years in the nation’s capital, said Kevin Lewis, spokesman for the Obamas.
“It made sense for them to buy a home rather than continuing to rent,” Lewis said in an email confirming the purchase.
The Obamas have been living in the 8,200-square-foot home since leaving the White House in January. Obama, 55, has said in the past that the family intends to stay in Washington until their younger daughter, Sasha, finishes school.
The house was renovated in 2011, includes up to nine bedrooms, eight-and-a-half bathrooms, a finished basement with room for staff, an oversize terrace and formal gardens, according to a former listing with Washington Fine Properties. There’s also a two-car garage plus ample parking for a Secret Service detail in a gated courtyard that can fit eight to 10 cars.
The sellers, Joe Lockhart, Glover Park Group co-founder, and his wife, Giovanna Gray Lockhart, the Washington editor of Glamour, bought the home in 2014 for $5.3 million, according to property records.
Kalorama is a popular spot for DC elite. Obama’s neighbors include Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, as well as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.