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IT’S NOT THE White House, but it’ll do.
The Obamas settled on a post-Pennsylvania Avenue house to call home after the president leaves office at the end of this year, according to Politico. They will lease the home until their younger daughter, Sasha, finishes high school.
The home was listed for sale at $5.3 million (€4.95m) before going off the market in May.
Though it’s smaller than their current, more famous abode, it’s still a lavish residence in a desirable area of the capital of the US. It was built in 1928, with 8,200 square feet and nine bedrooms.
It’s being leased to the Obamas by Joe Lockhart, former President Bill Clinton’s White House press secretary.
The house is completely gated and private, although it sits close to the road:
There is, however, a touch of the mini-White House about it inside, with marble-effect tiling and stately reception rooms:
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On paper makes less money than Enda as leader of the free world
Ryan Tubridy gets paid more than Obama, now don’t choke on your cornflakes, Ray Darcy too. RTE is like a little fantasy republic of its own, except we pay for it with our fcking taxes. WTF
Bill Clinton’s fee for after dinner speeches is 250k a pop. Obama will make the same. They will be crazy rich
@Donnacha Bhoicaire: Free World? Feels like that is an illusion, in my opinion!
RTE doesn’t get any taxes.
It gets part of the TV Licence fee.
Will you stop using that pathetic term “leader of the free world”. He is the leader of America and no one else. Also could America even be considered a fully free and democratic country, in what other democratic country would someone get over 1 million votes more than their rival and still lose.
Oh yeah that’s not a tax it’s a donation to the fantasy republic of RTE.
@PaulJ: only the UK,
That’s not accurate, Endas salary is €200k and Obamas is $400k
PaulJ, it’s called the electoral college. Look it up and try to understand why.
Donnacha, he’s not my leader and I’m free. Does he determine what happens here, in the U.K, France, Germany, etc etc etc. No, just in the U.S.
Gary, get back to ud in a coupmr of years and tell us the new U.S. president, who doesn’t believe in climate change, has no effect on your life.
Wayne Rooney earns more in a week
No, he just gets paid more.
Peter, that’s what’s called ‘The Market’ They get paid whatever people are prepared to pay them. What would be your alternative?
2 week old story with a different camera angle. All you’re doing is creating a story so you can get the property advertising in. Pitiful.
joe duffy gets paid more than obama. what a joke
All the Marys and Jimmy’s need someone to sulk to though
@Leitrim303: Would you trust him with the nuclear codes lol.
Cute house I don’t think Trump & Obama have the same taste or interior designer .
“Hmmm needs more gold” Trump probably.
We need to set our politians salary on amount of population goverened ….
@Upowthat Burke: Merkel would love that lol.
Should they really be advertising the location and layout of Obama’s new digs
Lifetime SS protection
I know, no need to tempt fate though.
Lacks class.
Should suit the Obamas.
Hold hold don’t say it the African American house
There goes the neighbourhood
Nice reward for a mass murderer
@Upowthat Burke: Calling it Number 7 Drone House lol.
Beautiful house all the same
Pity the neighbours, when the Secret Service finishes with the place they’ll hate whenever the family comes and goes.
On the other hand those living on the street will have extra security around the place so less dodgy characters calling around the doorsteps when houses are unoccupied.
Have they clean water.
Build in 1928 that’s spooky, beautiful house though
Why is it spooky?
@Sean O’Connor: Just imagine that you had just moved in to number 2447 and you saw Mooshell out in her under drawers doing her voodoo at midnight, now that would spook anyone.
@Arthur Callaghan: Amityville 2 you mean? lol.
Nice….but is it near the luas
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