A few years ago, Washingtonian did quite a lot of reporting on a nondescript brick home across the street from the Russian embassy in Glover Park. That house looked almost normal—except for the three tinted skylights that awkwardly faced the street—and yet, for almost a quarter century, the FBI used it to spy on the Russians, visually surveilling the embassy and probably collecting electronic signals, too. The bureau left about a decade ago, and the house has sat vacant ever since. Next week, it goes on the market as a luxury home.
“It’s basically a brand new house except for the exterior facade,” says Joey Yaffe, president and CEO of the real estate company NewCity. In reimagining the house, Yaffe gutted and expanded it, but he also wanted to honor its…..