Barack and Michelle Obama buy amazing $11m home in Kalorama, Washington DC

TAKE a look inside the nine bedroom, eight-and-a-half bathroom home that Barack and Michelle Obama just bought for a cool $11 million.

Barack and Michelle Obama have bought this Washington DC home in Kalorama for $11 million. Picture: Supplied

BARACK and Michelle Obama have snapped up the 1920s brick house they were renting in the posh Washington, DC, neighbourhood of Kalorama for $US8.1 million ($11 million).

The New York Post reports that the former president and his family plan to spend at least another two-and-a-half-years in the nation’s capital, said Kevin Lewis, spokesman to the Obamas.

“It made sense for them to buy a home rather than continuing to rent,” Lewis said in an email confirming the purchase.

The Obamas have been living in the 8,200-square-foot home since leaving the White House in January.

Mr Obama, 55, has said in the past that the family intends to stay in Washington, DC, until their youngest daughter, Sasha, finishes school.

This file photo taken on January 18, 2017 shows a moving truck outside the new home of outgoing US President Barack Obama in the Kalorama neighbourhood of Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

The house was renovated in 2011, includes up to nine bedrooms, eight-and-a-half bathrooms, a finished basement with room for staff, an oversized terrace and formal gardens, according to a former listing with Washington Fine Properties.

There’s also a two-car garage plus ample parking for a Secret Service detail in a gated courtyard that can fit eight to 10 cars.

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Picture: AFP

The sellers, Joe Lockhart, Glover Park Group co-founder, and his wife, Giovanna Gray Lockhart, the Washington editor of Glamour, bought the home in 2014 for $US5.3 million ($7.1 million), according to property records.

Kalorama is a popular spot for DC elite.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's home in Tracy Place, Kalorama, Washington DC. Picture: Supplied

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner are neighbours. Picture: AFP

The Obamas’ neighbours include Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner as well as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post