The District will spend up to $160,000 to down a million-dollar home in upper Northwest Washington, the end result of a legal battle sparked when the city wrongly issued a construction permit.

Workers with Fairfax-based DeConstruction Services will dismantle 1773 N. Portal Drive NW piece by piece over the next four weeks, with the vast majority of materials — walls, doors, siding, windows, cabinets, fixtures and staircases — donated to Habitat for Humanity. The District will pay between $135,000 and $160,000 to “deconstruct” the building in the North Portal Estates community.