The rural 5-acre property surrounded by forest has a tenuous water supply from a well.

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Mr. Gurney designed the four-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in Washington's Forest Hills neighborhood, tearing down a dilapidated 1922 Victorian on the property.

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His new property on Southwest 157th Avenue, meanwhile, boasts almost five acres of lush forest and a five-bedroom, 6, 400-square-foot ranch house.

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