The Georgetown wall, listed for sale at $50,000, is off the market
The brick wall in Georgetown that went viral last year after its owner put it on sale for $50,000 is no longer on the market — though its future remains a mystery.
“Well, I have some other plans for it,” Allan Berger, the owner, said recently. “I’d rather leave it at that for now.”
Last summer, this brick wall in Georgetown — a D.C. neighborhood with trendy shops where houses sell for millions — had been online for just days, priced at $50,000, before it became a punchline on social media.
“Not me looking at this thinking ayyyy that’s cheap,” one user commented on Instagram. Another wrote: “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.’”
The wall faces a bank parking lot and is attached to the home of Daniela Walls. Walls said this wall’s deteriorating structural integrity was directly impacting her house, letting water into her basement for years, fostering mold and ultimately, could bring about her home’s demise.
Berger had said he hoped someone could eventually paint a mural there, while Walls previously said an engineering report showed that such a project could trap water and accelerate structural damage.
UrbanTurf first reported the wall was no longer listed for sale.
As of the end of 2023, there were five offers to buy it, but none reached the asking price, said Robert Morris, the real estate agent who was handling the listing. The offers ranged from $2,500 to $40,000, Morris said. Walls’s attorney also made an offer to buy the wall on her behalf: Roughly $600, its tax assessed value. Berger declined.
Morris is no longer working with Berger and is not sure what the plans are for the wall. Morris said he removed the listing in April.
“I don’t know what happened since I got the kibosh,” Morris said, adding about his experience: “It was great to do it. I don’t have any regrets … I enjoyed all the cockamamie hate and discontent for trying to sell the wall.”