“We’re going to have to stay a couple of years in D.C. probably so Sasha can finish,” President Obama said in March adding, “Transferring someone in the middle of high school? Tough.”
The Obamas are not unlike so many parents that have felt the same way about moving their children to a new school. Therefore, President and Mrs. Obama along with their daughter, Sasha, will be moving into a large, bright, cheery mansion in the Kalorama district of Washington, D.C. after his eight years as President is over in January 2017. Remaining in Washington at the end of their terms is counter to what most former presidents have done. Most have elected to move back to their home states.
Joe Lockhart, former press secretary to President Clinton, and his wife, Giovanna Gray, own the house. The Lockharts have moved to Manhattan so they will be leasing their home to the Obama family. The stone, nine-bedroom mansion was built in 1928.
It is 8,200 square feet and it includes eight and a half baths. The rooms are large and have many windows. The house has hardwood floors throughout with the room walls painted in whites and muted grays. It sold in 2014 for over $5 million.
