Woodridge Rambler Gets 16% Over Ask After Bidding War
Redfin predicted that Bellevue's Woodridge community would be the hottest neighborhood in our region in 2015. If one recent home sale is any indication, they're on to something. The rambler at 12106 SE 20th Place was one of the few Woodridge homes on the market and it sold Monday for $800,500, 16% over its list price. Listed for $690,000 on January 28, it received 11 offers and went under contract two days later on January 30. Bellevue home prices were up 26.9% year over year in January, so don't expect home-buying in the area to get any easier. Of the five homes currently for sale in Woodridge, Redfin expects at least three of them to sell within the next nine days.
· 12106 SE 20th Place, Bellevue [Redfin]
· Bellevue's Woodridge: The Nation's 8th Hottest 'Hood in 2015[Redfin]
· 12106 SE 20th Place, Bellevue [Redfin]
· Bellevue's Woodridge: The Nation's 8th Hottest 'Hood in 2015[Redfin]
Governor Albert Rosellini's Windermere Home Asks $2.3M
Tacoma native and UW grad Albert Rosellini made history when he became governor of Washington in 1957, becoming the first Italian-American and Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River. What you probably know as the 520 Bridge is officially called the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge as he helped shepherd it into existence. Now that you've got your history lesson for the day, know that the reason we bring it up is because Rosellini's former home in Windermere is on the market asking $2.3M. The mid-century house sits on a perched corner lot and offers plenty of views and space for entertaining, as you figure a governor must do. Built in 1950, it certainly still feels like 1950, so keep in mind it's a lot more mid-century than modern. The lower level is it's own separate living quarters and the home includes a three-car garage, so gather up the family cause there's plenty of room for everyone here.
Car2Go Expanding in Seattle, P-I Globe Finds New Home
· Car2Go expanding to all of Seattle starting Tuesday, adding 250 more cars [GW]
· Past time to clean up downtown Seattle disorder [ST]
· February Stats Preview: Dead of Winter Edition [SB]
· Car2Go expands, naturally parking is immediately the first concern[Seattlish]
· $1B Washington State Convention Center expansion means big changes across I-5 [CHS]
· Ed Murray's transportation plan: Is everybody happy? [CC]
· Surge in January home sales creates a 'frenzy' in Seattle area [PSBJ]
· DPD to gain local feeback for future of Ballard industrial land [MyB]
· Builder targets South Lake Union 'bulls-eye' for tower [PSBJ]
· P-I globe likely headed for Myrtle Edwards Park 'vicinity' [SPI]
· Past time to clean up downtown Seattle disorder [ST]
· February Stats Preview: Dead of Winter Edition [SB]
· Car2Go expands, naturally parking is immediately the first concern[Seattlish]
· $1B Washington State Convention Center expansion means big changes across I-5 [CHS]
· Ed Murray's transportation plan: Is everybody happy? [CC]
· Surge in January home sales creates a 'frenzy' in Seattle area [PSBJ]
· DPD to gain local feeback for future of Ballard industrial land [MyB]
· Builder targets South Lake Union 'bulls-eye' for tower [PSBJ]
· P-I globe likely headed for Myrtle Edwards Park 'vicinity' [SPI]
Makeover Makes Most of Space in This Redmond Kitchen
Project Name: Redmond Kitchen Makeover
Location: Redmond, WA
Professional: Estate Homes
Timeframe: July - November 2014
Cost: $93,781
Description: With cabinetry that did not make the most of the space, this homeowner found that there simply wasn't enough storage. By re-configuring the layout, replacing all the cabinetry (including ceiling-height upper cabinets), and increasing the island work space, they were able to make this tired kitchen beautiful and functional.
Location: Redmond, WA
Professional: Estate Homes
Timeframe: July - November 2014
Cost: $93,781
Description: With cabinetry that did not make the most of the space, this homeowner found that there simply wasn't enough storage. By re-configuring the layout, replacing all the cabinetry (including ceiling-height upper cabinets), and increasing the island work space, they were able to make this tired kitchen beautiful and functional.
Mapping Where Washington State's Billionaires Live
Doing what it does best, Forbes has released their list of the richest people in the world. No surprise, Microsoft founder Bill Gates remains the richest person in the world and, also no surprise, Jeff Bezos, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen are on the list behind him. Actually, the list includes nine Washington billionaires in total, from tech titans to gaming gurus and sunglass scions. While they all don't spend their time living in Washington State exclusively, all of them own large swaths of property within in. And we decided to map them all out. And yes, one of them owns an entire island. You'd expect that, wouldn't you? (Note: many of the addresses includes in the map are used for proximity and not actual addresses)
How Much for This Robert Reichert Shoreline Home?
PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from a real estate listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Tomorrow we reveal the answer. And hey, no cheating!
What Is It?: 4-BR, 4.25-bath home in Shoreline
Home Square Footage: 4,720
Annual Taxes: $19,409
The Skinny: Designed by noted architect Robert Reichert in 1972, the home looks like a stack of building blocks set upon one another. Inside, all of those windows do their work. Features include a gourmet kitchen, multiple decks, heated in-ground swimming pool, sauna, and terraced back yard with water feature. So, how much do you think they're asking?
Home Square Footage: 4,720
Annual Taxes: $19,409
The Skinny: Designed by noted architect Robert Reichert in 1972, the home looks like a stack of building blocks set upon one another. Inside, all of those windows do their work. Features include a gourmet kitchen, multiple decks, heated in-ground swimming pool, sauna, and terraced back yard with water feature. So, how much do you think they're asking?
Wash Ashore at This Vashon Waterfront Mansion For $2.1M
A waterfront lot can be as long and skinny as an alley through the trees. Not this one. About three acres of waterfront that stretch along 279 feet of low-bank shoreline, which means your walk to the water doesn't involve a cliff, and then your walk along the beach actually takes some time, at low tide. There's a house or two, too. Out on Vashon there's a $2,100,000 1971 house with 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 5,580 square feet, a guest house, views of Seattle, and a lot more. Ah, the 70s, when contemporary houses had high-peaked roofs covered in cedar shake shingles, with floor to ceiling windows that let in the light. It was also the era of cheap energy, old growth timber, and no worries about sea levels rising. But modern technology has made houses more efficient, like the heat pump for heat and the double paned windows for the view. Beside the style that may induce flashbacks for some, there are amenities like a real sauna, a serious and appealing pool, a place for a grand piano, and a hot tub. There's even a shop for you to make...whatever it is you make.
You've heard the term "salt the Earth?" Real estate developer Ted Schrothallegedly put that into practice. Schroth is accused of pouring salt around 123 poplar trees on a property adjacent to his Lake Chelan property in an apparent attempt to improve his view.. The ruined property is owned by rival real estate developer Mark McNaugton, whom Schroth apparently had a bit of a beef with regarding the property and the trees. [KIRO]Keep Your Balance in This $2.4M Modern Kirkland Home
Your instincts might tell you to walk carefully through the cantilevered great room of this modern Kirkland home that just hit the market asking $2.38M. Don't worry, it's been built to hold (we think). If they built it as well as they've filled it with amenities, it shouldn't be an issue. The SieMatic kitchen is chocked full of Miele appliances atop Italian flooring. If you're looking for a hi-tech home, even the bathrooms comes upgraded here. You can control the entire home from your phone or just use one of the built-in iPads on each floor. The reflective ceiling with LED trim lighting turns something as simple as watching TV into a space age experience. And if the sky is clear, you can always head to the roof and watch actual space next to the firepit. This smart home is smart enough to know not every experience it offers has to be hi-tech.
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Ring the Alarm! $649K For Queen Anne's Old Fire Station 20
If you thought last week's converted fire station home sounded like a swell idea but was bit too far away, then the news that the former Fire Station 20 in Queen Anne is now for sale might be too good to be true. Asking $649K, the 1949-built firehouse is ready to go for the right buyer willing to put a lot of time, effort and money into renovating it into a 3-BR home (or whatever else you might want to do with it). Feel free to keep the lockers, though, as a fun touch. Once described by then-Mayor Greg Nickels as being "in the worst condition of the 33 stations in our system," here's a chance to remake the 3,000 sf space into something modern and livable. Act fast, though, as Redfin thinks there's a 75% chance it will sell in the next 11 days.
Last Week's Biggest Sales: Tom Kundig & Eric Cobb Homes Sold
Listed for: $3.25M
Received: $2.84M
Size: 4-BR, 3.25 bath, 5,140 sf
Location: 1530 38th Ave E, Madison Park
The Skinny: This modern home has come up a few times on the site before. Known as The Lumpkin Residence, it was remodeled back in 2008 with everything new except for the century-old brick walls and entrance gates. A wine cellar, office butler pantry and underground garage with a shop fill in the amenities.
Received: $2.84M
Size: 4-BR, 3.25 bath, 5,140 sf
Location: 1530 38th Ave E, Madison Park
The Skinny: This modern home has come up a few times on the site before. Known as The Lumpkin Residence, it was remodeled back in 2008 with everything new except for the century-old brick walls and entrance gates. A wine cellar, office butler pantry and underground garage with a shop fill in the amenities.
First Hill Streetcar Gets Push; Making Rainier Avenue Safer
· Central District business owners fight to save enclave of black-owned businesses [Kiro]
· This $8M Penthouse Condo Has Been On The Market For 7 Years [UCS]
· Frank Gehry's "Sketches" for Seattle's New Facebook Headquarters[Stranger]
· City trying to get First Hill Streetcar moving [ST]
· Broadway Whole Foods and apartment development begins design review this week [CHS]
· Rainier is the city's most dangerous neighborhood street [SBB]
· Expedia may move to Amgen's former Seattle campus [PSBJ]
· This $8M Penthouse Condo Has Been On The Market For 7 Years [UCS]
· Frank Gehry's "Sketches" for Seattle's New Facebook Headquarters[Stranger]
· City trying to get First Hill Streetcar moving [ST]
· Broadway Whole Foods and apartment development begins design review this week [CHS]
· Rainier is the city's most dangerous neighborhood street [SBB]
· Expedia may move to Amgen's former Seattle campus [PSBJ]
Seattle received a mention during Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment this past weekend as part of a story involving a drive-by egging. Good start. Next step, letting someone at SNL know where Seattle actually is. Apparently Bellingham and Seattle are closer than we all though. [Q13]For When You Want a Little Miami With Your Ballard
With a bit of architecture and horticulture, you can turn a bit of Ballard into a bit of Miami. The house is from 1910. The landscaping has been growing for years. The paint job, well, maybe that's new. For $575,000 there's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2,140 square foot house in Ballard that looks like it belongs on South Beach, or maybe as a set from Miami Vice. There should be pink flamingos, though maybe a great blue heron will stand in for a while. There are palms instead of cedars. But the slugs probably haven't been displaced by geckos. Inside continues the theme with pastels, glass blocks, and a fashion sense that has little to do with Ballard's Scandinavian heritage. Why be beigewhen you can be colorful?
Five Properties Worth Buying Along Metro Bus Route 331
Seattle has buses. Use them! In which case you might as well find a place to live along a line. One line at a time. Here's the next one, selected at random for the fun of it.
Maybe you work at the mall, or shop. Maybe you go to class at the college, or teach. If you live near Kenmore and need to get to Aurora Village or Shoreline Community College, Route 331 will take you there. Or at least give you a tour of Lake Forest Park and Ballinger Terrace.
↑ Take the bus. Save up enough money. Maybe that's how you can afford this $1,799,950 home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2,450 square feet and 100 feet of Lake Washington's shoreline. A dock on the property is a handy thing. Watching the floatplanes at Kenmore Air Harbor is different from most views. Maybe you can get direct to your dock service. The bonus is the view. Lake Washington is long and skinny. There are lots of houses with east or west views, but this is on the few with a view south down the lake.
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