Last week we introduced a spacious and recently renovated home to you in the first part of our Rumble in Rosemont series. That same weekend we also toured another house located just about four houses down the block. This second home, though a similar size, price point, and age as the first home, is significantly different in just about every other way. It was interesting to see the first home and then tour the second to compare the two. We came away from both with very specific pros and cons between the pair, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on the comparison of the two. Most specifically, we'd like to know which one you'd choose if someone were offering to give you either of them.

Without further ado, let's see the challenger in the main event card in The Rumble in Rosemont.

In the blue corner, weighing in at 6 bedrooms, 7.5 baths, and 7,590 square feet, this home, built in 1917 and hailing from the historic and tranquil neighborhood of Rosemont in Alexandria, Virginia, has undergone a massive and long running renovation at the hands of the family who currently lives there since their purchase of the home in 1999. Now 14 years later, under the ownership of an interior designer and architect pair, the home has undergone a total transformation that took the house from a modest family home to what it is today.

Similar to the first home, the approach to this residence is impressive with a large front porch and substantial front door.

This past weekend Wendy and I took a little time out of our hectic schedules to do as we often do on Sundays and visit a few open houses. While we tend to gravitate to various Old Town houses, friends of ours are somewhat smitten with the nearby Rosemont neighborhood. Rosemont is a neighboring neighborhood of Old Town and is just a stone's throw from the King Street metro. It's an ideal commuter area and has far more of a classic neighborhood feel than Old Town has. Our friends identified a couple doozies of homes that were being held open and wanted to check them out. Knowing our penchant for touring the homes of others, especially those particularly out of our realistic price range, we gladly obliged and met up.

Rather than do our normal "Would You Trade?" game at the end of the post, we're going to do two separate posts on these two houses and then play, "Which Would You Choose?"

The two houses we toured are on the same street just a stone's throw from each other, both recently renovated, listed at a similar price, and both with ample space, so the comparison will at least be apples to apples, but we're talking Granny Smith to Honeycrisp.

Okay, let's begin!

In the red corner, weighing in at 7 bedrooms, 4.5 bathroom, and nearly 5,700 sqft, our first home on the card was originally built in the roaring 20s. As you can see in tale of the tape, there's ample space to raise a nearly Dugger sized family and still maintain a theater room and home gym for those days you need to get away. Honestly, with all of that space it's difficult to imagine what you can really do to effectively fill it, but we'll try.