$10.1M Waterfront Hunts Point Estate Drops $700K On Re-List
What's the deal with the price on this place? Did their agent argue for listing it at about 2% less, just to get it under eight digits? Rather than $100,000 over a million, why not $100,000 under? It would show up better in the listings, and that would make a difference, right? At$10,100,000, down from $10.8M, maybe buyers want to say they spent eight digits on a house. It's in the right neighborhood, Hunts Point; and is big enough, 6,869 square feet on about an acre of Lake Washington waterfront. Somewhere in there are 4 bedrooms and 3.25 baths, and some very big rooms very nicely made. What's an extra hundred thousand or so when looking at such a unique property? The listing claims three garages but the photos make it look like a three-car garage. Of course, there's also parking out back, on the water, because there's moorage for a yacht and its attendant fleet of pleasure craft. Being on a cove in Lake Washington also means access without being in the main swirl that can be boating on the lake in good weather. Having your own moorage also means getting to UW or Lake Union without worrying about bridges or crowds. Even if you don't have a boat, sitting by the water is a fine luxury and worth quite a bit.
What the Kitchen Will Look Like in 2025, According to Ikea
All photos courtesy of Ikea
"Food as design" was one of the big trends spotted at Milan Design Week last month and sure enough, very-busy furniture retailer Ikeadedicated a whole exhibit to Concept Kitchen 2025, a deep exploration of how the kitchen will change in the next decade. The project, a collaboration with design innovation firm Ideo and students from Lund University and the Eindhoven University of Technology, stems from a set of basic assumptions about the world in 2025, e.g. "Our homes will become physically smaller," "'Shopping' will mean 'home delivery'." Unlike "kitchen of the future" predictions from, say, the '50s, these prototypes are less about a magical convenience and more about practicality and the environment.
Cannabis Cup Cancelled; Sodo Arena vs. Tukwila Arena
· New report: Sodo arena would pump $236M a year into the economy but hurt port [PSBJ]
· 'It's a little jewel box,' homeowner says of her fantasy house [ST]
· Spread the wealth, give an arena to Tukwila and not Seattle [MyN]
· Median Price May Pass Inflation-Adjusted Peak This Year [SB]
· New rules force High Times to call off annual Seattle cannabis cup[SPI]
· How do you beat out all-cash buyers in the brutal bidding war for a home? [PSBJ]
· Feds mull big change for historic, 129-acre Auburn campus [PSBJ]
· 'It's a little jewel box,' homeowner says of her fantasy house [ST]
· Spread the wealth, give an arena to Tukwila and not Seattle [MyN]
· Median Price May Pass Inflation-Adjusted Peak This Year [SB]
· New rules force High Times to call off annual Seattle cannabis cup[SPI]
· How do you beat out all-cash buyers in the brutal bidding war for a home? [PSBJ]
· Feds mull big change for historic, 129-acre Auburn campus [PSBJ]
Cornerspotted: Market Street & Tallman Avenue in Ballard
Yesterday, we asked you to guess where this Seattle spot pictured in 1952 is located. We saw a guess that it was in Queen Anne but it's actually the corner of Market Street & Tallman Avenue looking west in Ballard.
Images: Seattle Municipal Archives, Google Maps
That building with all the scaffolding on the left is where you'll find All The Best Pet Care these days, while on the right side of Market you can pick up a dozen roses at Ballard Blossom. Seattle First National? That's about where Bank of America calls home now and isn't that just the way?
· All Cornerspotter coverage [CS]
· All Cornerspotter coverage [CS]
This Week in Strange, Weird & Terrible Seattle Real Estate Listing Photos
As the weekend approaches, let's take a look around the Seattle real estate listings to find some examples of the strange, the weird and just the plain terrible. (Come across one we missed? let us know…)
Sorry, the only thing that shall rise again are your interest rates.
Could you live in a house less than 100 square-feet big? Leah Wymer and Brady Ryan traded their $1,400/month Seattle apartment for a tiny house on wheels on San Juan Island. Zillow profiles the tiny home residents and provide a video tour of their mini-living space, which they built out of a used trailer they bought off Craigslist for $500. [Zillow]Mixed-Use Brewery? New Spring District Project is Brewing
Seattle has a bunch of breweries. Pull up a map like beermapping.com, and lose Seattle under all the markers. Redmond's plastered too, graphically. Bellevue could use a few, and someone is endeavoring to do something about it. As part of the $2.3B Spring Districtdevelopment that intends to create more walkable neighborhoods on the north side of Bellevue, Wright Runstad is building a kind-of "mixed-use brewery," because it's a fine way to start a project. The beer side will occupy 4,054 square feet, and sit beside a 4,843 square foot restaurant. The complex will also include office space for startups and small companies. The buildings are being designed to LEED standards. Even their siting is encouraging greener consumption. Sitting on their own, they may be a draw for a drive in too-dry Bellevue, but this is being designed for walking as much as driving. That just sounds safer, too.
Seattle Still 10th Most Expensive City to Rent in America
For the third-consecutive month, Seattle sits at 10th on Zumper's National Rent Report for major U.S. cities. Even though we kept the same ranking, the median 1-BR rent in town actually went up 2.5 percent to $1,640/month while median 2-BR rent rose a whopping 11.7 percent to $2,290/month. Seattle's median per bedroom rent in April came in at $1,400, up 3.7 percent from March.
Cornerspotter: Where's This Quiet 1952 Seattle Street?
Cornerspotter is the Curbed Seattle feature in which we show you a historical photo taken somewhere in the city and you identify the location. Impress fellow Curbed readers with your knowledge by leaving guesses in the comments or send them to our tipline: seattle@curbed.com. We'll post the answer on Friday. And hey: no cheating!
Image: Seattle Municipal Archives
Things were quiet on this Seattle street in 1952. That's not usually the case these days, especially the further you drive down this road. Seattle First National and the market on the right side are long gone, as you might expect. Today, you can find dog food on the left and flowers on the right. Presumably those are purchases for two separate things.Anyway...any idea what intersection this is?
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Blaine Wetzel Wins a James Beard; Refreshing Rosé Wines for Warm Weather
This week's top hits from Eater Seattle, Curbed's sibling bar, restaurant, and nightlife blog.
AWARDS SEASON -- Blaine Wetzel has had a traumatic year with his partner's accident in Paraguay (fiancée Raquel Ruiz Diaz was hit by a drunk driver in early March and critically injured), but bright news from the James Beard Foundation tonight. Wetzel took home the JBF's Best Chef Northwest award for his work at Lummi Island's Willows Inn.
WINE WIRE -- We're calling it: all this warm weather means summer is pretty much here. And for wine drinkers that's just one more excuse to break out the rosé. Eater lists eight picks for great rosé wines out of Woodinville.
COMING ATTRACTIONS -- RockCreek owners Eric Donnelly andChristy Given have made a name for themselves with seafood and brunch in Fremont the last two years, and now they're building their empire up the road. The team has leased the former Antika furniture space at 8421 Greenwood to open a new restaurant. According to a Seattle Department of Planning and Development permit, the 5,243-square-foot space is currently in the midst of near $75,000 in renovations, and nothing yet on menu or the restaurant's name. Stay tuned for more details later in May.
Perhaps it's coincidence but news that the long-awaited Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) approval on Chris Hansen's SoDo arena just so happens to come a week after investors went public with very legit plans to building a competing project in Tukwila. The project still needs approval of a street vacation and opposition from various groups.Hansen said that although the NBA is his top priority, he is "100% supportive of the NHL returning to Seattle and playing in the Arena — and are completely open to the prospect of that occurring prior to the NBA." [KOMO, SonicsArena]Seattle Transportation Plan Now $930M; On Rent Control
· Why is liberal Washington so hard on the poor? [TPM]
· Study: Seattle tourism reaches record levels [SPI]
· Mayor updates Move Seattle levy, could put Bike Master Plan on track for first time ever [SBB]
· Seattle's $900 Million Transportation Package Just Got Bigger [KUOW]
· Why Urbanists Must Support Linkage Fees and Inclusionary Zoning[TU]
· We Don't Need Rent Control [SM]
· Study: Seattle tourism reaches record levels [SPI]
· Mayor updates Move Seattle levy, could put Bike Master Plan on track for first time ever [SBB]
· Seattle's $900 Million Transportation Package Just Got Bigger [KUOW]
· Why Urbanists Must Support Linkage Fees and Inclusionary Zoning[TU]
· We Don't Need Rent Control [SM]
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Which of These $4.8M Medina Mansions Would You Buy?
Imagine you have around $4.8M to spend on a place and you've narrowed it down to two Medina homes that just hit the market. How do you make up your mind? The answer is simple: you shove them into a metaphorical cage and let them battle it out until one emerges victorious. It's time for Real Estate Deathmatch.
Address: 3220 78th Place NE / 425 86th Ave NE
Price: $4.78M / $4.88M
Sq. Footage: 5,550 sf / 6,852 sf
Beds, Baths: 4BR, 4 Bath / 5BR, 5 Bath
Price: $4.78M / $4.88M
Sq. Footage: 5,550 sf / 6,852 sf
Beds, Baths: 4BR, 4 Bath / 5BR, 5 Bath
The FYI Guy presented an eye-opening stat yesterday, that Seattle now has the smallest percentage of "severely rent-burdened households" among major U.S. cities. Only one in five Seattle renters pay more than half their income. That seems to fly in the face of what we've been hearing about rising rents. Well, therein lies the rub. It turns out that Seattle rents have gotten so high and so many people have looked elsewhere to find a place to live, that there's just less severely rent-burdened renters in Seattle in general. [FYI]SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
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