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NEW LISTING: 1920s Craftsman Bungalow in the Heart of Columbia City
5038 45th Ave S., Seattle, WA 98118
Listed at $645,000
- MLS #: 1211219
- 3 Bed / 1.5 Bath
- 2,180 SQFT
- Taxes: $2,017 (3837)
- Lot Size: 4069 SQFT
- Year Built: 1926
- Style: 1 1/2 Story w/basement
Well-cared for, freshly painted, 1920s Craftsman bungalow with vintage details in heart of Columbia City on super-friendly street. Sunny, west facing living room with fireplace, roomy kitchen has sweet eating nook. 2 bedrooms on main, 1 with French doors leading to private fenced back yard with garden, deck, and a fab hot tub. Upstairs bedroom has a bath and dormer potential. Full daylight basement with high ceilings for future expansion. Newer roof and sewer line, brand new furnace.
Information provided as a courtesy only, buyer to verify. For more, go here.
NEW LISTING: Hillman/Columbia City Urban Craftsman
4518 South Kenny
4518 South Kenny
Hillman/Columbia City
Listed at $625,000
- MLS #: 1209709
- 1,800 Square Feet
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2.5 Bathrooms
- Big Attached Garage
- Radiant Heat
- Freshly Painted
- 2017 Taxes: $4512
Easy living in this spacious, open and bright 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, urban craftsman. Wide-open main floor with lots of windows, gorgeous hardwood floors, SS kitchen with gas range, maple cabinets, butcher-block island and a gas fireplace in the living room. 3 bedrooms up, ample master has vaulted ceilings, walk-in closet and fab soaking tub. Clean, cost-saving radiant heat. Easy to maintain, fully fenced, private back yard with a deck. Big 1 car garage. Vibrant community, bars, cafes, art and music venues.
Information provided as a courtesy only, buyer to verify. For more, go here.
South Seattle Q3 Market Review: Highs, Lows & In-Betweens
Windermere Real Estate recently released its Seattle real estate statistics for the third quarter of 2017, and I’ve got your South Seattle numbers below.
But first, the typical seasonal slowdown of new listings in September added to frustration for buyers who are competing for a very limited number of homes.
Strong job growth continues to fuel demand. The state added 83,000 new jobs in the month of August, and September looked to be just as robust. The result? King, Pierce and Snohomish counties all reported double-digit price increases from a year earlier.
Seattle Seattle’s inventory remains as tight as ever, with homes being snapped up in days. A big hiring push by local employers just keeps adding to the pressure. With supply dwindling and demand soaring, prices had only one place to go — up. In September, the median single-family home price in Seattle soared 15% over a year ago to $725,000.
King County The median price of a single-family home sold in King County in September increased 16% over a year ago to $625,000. While down from the record high of $658,000 in July, it represents the highest value for any September since records began in 2000. Among the largest metro areas in the U.S., our region has now led the nation in cost increases for the last 11 months.
Below, we’ll focus on the South Seattle neighborhoods of Brighton, Columbia City, Genesee, Hillman City, Judkins, Lakewood, Leschi, Mt Baker, Rainier Beach, Rainier Valley, Seward Park and Skyway, as well as Beacon Hill, Columbia City, Dunlap, Georgetown, Jefferson Park, North Beacon Hill, and SODO.
In the meantime, click here for the entire Q3 Seattle Market Review.
Brighton, Columbia City, Genesee, Hillman City, Judkins, Lakewood, Leschi, Mount Baker, Rainier Beach, Rainier Valley, Seward Park, Skyway
High-Price Listing
High-Price Listing
Mount Baker
3909 43rd Ave S
$1,750,000
4 Beds / 31/2 Baths / 3,681 SQFT
MLS #: 1076469
Lot Size: 8,600 sqft
Year Built: 2017
Style: Multi Level
Views: Lake, Territorial
School District: Seattle
Medium-Price Listing
Medium-Price Listing
Mount Baker
2001 31st Ave S
$750,000
3 Beds / 13/4 Baths / 2,060 SQFT
MLS #: 1153473
Lot Size: 5,015 sqft
Year Built: 1941
Style: 1 Story with Basement
Views: Territorial
School District: Seattle
Low-Price Listing
Low-Price Listing
Hillman City
5989 Rainier Ave S #A
$440,850
3 Beds / 23/4 Baths / 1,280 SQFT
MLS #: 1138275
Lot Size: 1,166 sqft
Year Built: 2007
Style: Townhouse
Views: City
School District: Seattle
Beacon Hill, Columbia City, Dunlap, Georgetown, Jefferson Park, North Beacon Hill, SODO
High-Price Listing
High-Price Listing
North Beacon Hill
2909 23rd Ave S
$1,086,000
4 Beds / 41/2 Baths / 4,320 SQFT
MLS #: 1120880
Lot Size: 4,000 sqft
Year Built: 2009
Style: 2 Stories with Basement
Views: Mountain, Territorial
School District: Seattle
Medium-Price Listing
Medium-Price Listing
Beacon Hill
6926 30th Ave S
$475,000
3 Beds / 21/4 Bath / 1,800 SQFT
MLS #: 1140230
Lot Size: 2,516 sqft
Year Built: 2001
Style: 1 Story
Views: Territorial
School District: Seattle
Low-Price Listing
Low-Price Listing
North Beacon Hill
2533 A 13th Ave S
$725,000
3 Beds / 3 Baths / 1,363 SQFT
MLS #: 1178866
Lot Size: 1,250 SQFT
Year Built: 2017
Style: Townhouse
Views: Bay, City, Mountain, Territorial
School District: Seattle
SAVE THE DATE: Windermere Foundation Fundraiser at The Royal Room
Please join us for the Annual Windermere Mount Baker Foundation Fundraiser at the Royal Room!
What: Windermere Foundation Fundraiser, $15 suggested donation at the door, with live music by Off the Hook band.
When: Wednesday, November 1st, 6:00-9:00 pm
Where: The Royal Room in Columbia City, 5000 Rainier Avenue South
Why: Money raised directly benefits non-profits in South Seattle that assist low-income and homeless families and children.
The Windermere Real Estate Mount Baker office, through the Windermere Foundation, has provided support to the following:
- Rainier Valley Food Bank
- Treehouse
- Project Cool (Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness)
- Wellspring Family Services
- Mt Baker Community Club Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund
- Family Support Workers at:
- Dunlap Elementary
- John Muir Elementary
- Emerson Elementary
- Hawthorne Elementary
- South Shore K-8
All are welcome! Please invite friends and neighbors!
NEW LISTING: First Hill Big Sky Condo
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1120 Spring St. #702, First Hill in Seattle. Listed at $575,000.
MLS #1206879
- 918 Square Feet
- 2 Bedrooms
- 1.5 Bathrooms
- End Unit on 7th Floor
- Secure Parking For 1 Car
- Cherry Hardwoods
- $475 Low Monthly HOA Dues
- 2017 Taxes $3,972
Big Sky condo, a wall of windows provides views of the city skyline and grand old trees from almost every room. Nicely updated corner unit: cherry hardwood floors, a remodeled kitchen with granite counters, cherry cabinets & stainless appliances, updated bathrooms & heat source+ ac. The spacious living room with a separate dining area opens on to a private balcony. Garage with secure parking, W/D in unit, 2 storage units. Walk score 98! Amenities: exercise room, sauna, guest suite, meeting room, garden.
The facilities at Kelleher House are amazing, with a lovely private garden area that is professionally landscaped and maintained. A pleasant haven from the hustle and bustle of city life. So much privacy in this 7th oor NE corner unit.
The two-story historical building the H. H. Dearborn is on the north side and is home to the Seattle Historical Society, therefore no high rise can be built & the view will not be spoiled.
Very spacious living room with warm, newer cherry hard wood doors, and a glass sliding door to a private balcony. The kitchen was remodeled 4 years ago and is a great usable space with plenty of storage, cherry cabinets, granite counters, and stainless appliances and a new window.
Information provided as a courtesy only, buyer to verify. For more, go here.
Help Us Keep Homeless Youth Warm This Winter
All of us at Windermere are very excited to be in the midst of the second season of our partnership with the Seattle Seahawks, and continuing our campaign to help #tacklehomelessness. For every home game tackle made by the Seahawks, the Windermere Foundation is donating $100 to YouthCare, a non-profit that provides critical services to homeless youth throughout the Puget Sound area.
As proud as we are of our #tacklehomelessness campaign and the money we’re raising, we know we can do more. That’s why we’re hosting another Windermere “We’ve Got You Covered” winter drive to benefit YouthCare. Each night in the greater Seattle area, nearly 1,000 young people are homeless. And with the winter months quickly approaching, YouthCare is in dire need of survival supplies to keep homeless youth warm and dry during the long, wet winter.
Here’s what we are collecting:
- Warm socks
- Hats
- Scarves
- Gloves/mittens
*New items only please
From October 16 through November 10, you can drop off donations to my office, Windermere Mount Baker. Our friends at Gentle Giant Moving Company are generously donating their time and trucks to pick up all of the donations from our offices. Donations can also be dropped off directly to YouthCare, Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm, at 2500 NE 54th St, Seattle, WA 98105.
Please consider making a donation to our “We’ve Got You Covered” winter drive. Feel free to contact me for more information.
Save the Date: Freaky Friday Rainbow Bingo!
Eat, drink and be scary with the Southeast Seattle Senior Center as we play RAINBOW Bingo just in time for Halloween! Carve out some time to let the ghoul times roll with guest MC Bobbi Jo, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and all of your favorite friends. $20 advance ticket price includes 12 games. Beer, jello-shots, and food available separately. Ticket price goes up day of event: $25. Costumes optional, prizes for the best one! More.
CALL FOR YOUNG ARTISTS: Submit Your Original Art by 11/3!
There are 10,000 foster children in Washington State.
This fall, my office, Windermere Mount Baker, GO: South Seattle (of which I am a proud member) and the Rainier Chamber of Commerce are co-hosting a children’s art exhibition to benefit Treehouse, an amazing organization dedicated to supporting foster families.
Pre-school through high school artists are invited to exhibit their artworks! Collaborative works by siblings or classmates are welcome. The general theme is anything that symbolizes love.
Go here to upload digital snapshots of your young artists’ works. (Please hold on to the originals for now.) You can also email artworks to KinderHeartShow@gmail.com.
The art submission deadline is 5pm on Friday, November 3. Our curators, including Betsy Fetherston of Columbia City Gallery, renowned illustrator Elizabeth Rose Stanton, children’s author Philomena O’Neill, and Windermere Realtor Susan Cole, a former Seattle Art Museum photographer, will then vote on their favorites. We will request your selected works for exhibition in mid-November.
On Wednesday, December 6, you’re invited to an art reception and auction at the Windermere Mount Baker gallery (4919 S Genesee Street, Seattle). All proceeds will go to Treehouse to provide holiday gifts for foster children.
Windermere Mount Baker’s most recent gallery exhibition featured 13-year-old graffiti artist Alec Goodwin, who sold his entire collection at his September 22 reception!
Halloween, South Seattle-Style
It’s here! Your ghoulish guide to celebrating the fall harvest and Halloween season right here in Seattle’s most vibrant community. From pumpkin carvings to haunted houses, tricks and treats to ghostly events and much more, this is how we get our thrills and chills in South Seattle!
1. Ghostly (Board) Game Night at Cafe Red
It’s Board Game Night with a festive twist! Bring your Halloween costume and let the battles begin. Feel free to bring your favorite game(s), or play one of ours. Bonus points for board game related costumes. Hosted by the one and only Dre Anderson on Thur., Oct. 12. Beer, wine, our new Pumpkin Spice Mead, and food available for purchase!
2. Movie Night with LSPNA
Lakewood Seward Park Neighborhood Association is hosting Movie Night on Fri., Oct. 27, at the community club (4916 S Angeline) with “Harry Potter, Sorcerer’s Stone.” Doors open at 6:30 pm. Bring your refresments, we supply the popcorn. Costumes welcome!
3. Halloween Carnival & Haunted House
Jefferson Community Center (3801 Beacon Ave S) will host its Halloween Carnival & Haunted House on Fri., Oct. 27, from 6-7:30 pm, with five game tickets for $1 and haunted house admission for $2.
4. Freaky Friday Rainbow Bingo!
Eat, drink and be scary on Fri., Oct. 27, with the Southeast Seattle Senior Center as we play RAINBOW Bingo just in time for Halloween! Carve out some time to let the ghoul times roll with guest MC Bobbi Jo, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and all of your favorite friends. $20 advance ticket price includes 12 games. Beer, jello-shots, and food available separately. This event sells out – get your tickets soon. Price goes up day of event: $25
5. Toddler Halloween Fest
Come join us as we get into the Halloween spirit! We will have costume contests with prizes, cookie decorating, arts and crafts, Toddler Gym, pumpkin painting, and more. Ages 1-5. Rainier Community Center (4600 38th Ave S); Sat., Oct. 28, 10 am to noon. FREE.
6. Halloween Party and Cider Press
Join Mount Baker Cooperative Preschool and Friends of Bradner Gardens Park for a family fun Halloween Party and apple press on Sun., Oct. 29, from 2 to 4 pm. Come in costume and enjoy trinket trick or treating. Bring washed, tart apples to feed the apple press and a clean container to take home some juice. In addition to fresh juice and mini doughnuts, there will be a Dia de los Muertos display, photo booth, crafts and games for kids, and a bake sale by donation. Chinook books will be also be available for sale. All proceeds benefit the Mount Baker Preschool scholarship fund.
7. Run Scared 5K
Earn your candy at the eighth annual Run Scared 5K, a Halloween fun run with proceeds benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Held at Seward Park on Sun., Oct. 29, at 9 am. Prizes for best costumes, top runners and tons of random door prizes. Walkers welcome, no time limit. Dogs on short leashes and strollers also welcome. Candy corn tasting bar and pumpkin bread at the finish line. Maybe even a few spooky surprises along the way!
8. Halloween Ice Scream Social
Let the kids preview their Halloween Costumes by joining in the costume parade at Lakewood Seward Park Community Club’s Annual Ice Cream Social (4916 S Angeline St.) on Sun., Oct. 29, from 4 to 5:30 pm. Enjoy a scoop of Full Tilt Ice Cream (including a vegan option), scary music and a little too much candy. Party favors for the kids and lot’s of space to run around. Free for LSPCC Members and nominal donation requested for non-members.
9. The Fright On 44th Haunted House
Since the mid nineties, the Fright has been expanding by popular demand. It now consists of a backyard maze with live actors, props, attractions, tricks, treats, and the unexpected. Admission is free; donations welcome. All ages are welcome but parental supervision is recommended. Presenting Haunted Holidays on Tues., Oct. 31.
10. The Museum of Fright
Ghosts, witches, and bats take to the skies at the Museum of Flight’s annual Halloween celebration on Sun., Oct. 29, from 10 am to 3 pm (9404 E. Marginal Way S.). Make your very own ghostly creature that floats through the air and have lots of spooky fun in the Museum’s galleries. Plus, get festive with ghost stories, monster bowling and spooky flight simulator rides. Cost: $5 to $10 (under 17 in costume free).
11. Boo Bash at the Beach: Rainier Beach Halloween Party
The biggest free Halloween event in the entire City of Seattle, Boo Bash at the Beach is a fun, safe Halloween Party and Trick-or-Treat event held in the well-lit, flat parking lot of Rainier Beach Safeway (9262 Rainier Ave. S.) with entertainment, magic, Thriller Dancing, and storytelling by award-winning local children’s author JL Cheatam. Open to all kids, and kids-at-heart! Tues., Oct. 31, from 4 to 7 pm; FREE.
12. Columbia City Trick or Treat
Tues., Oct. 31, 4 to 6 pm. The kids crawl will take place along Rainier’s historic corridor. Look for orange and black balloons in front of participating businesses.
13. 13th Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration
Join El Centro de la Raza’s 13th Annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration on Thur., Nov. 2 (2524 16th Ave S.), featuring a free altar/ofrenda exhibit, community dinner and children’s activities from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. Free admission, dinner & limited street parking.
Does your South Seattle business or organization have a fun Halloween event you’d like to share with the community? Add all the pertinent details to the comment section below and we just might add to our official guide!
SELLER SUCCESS STORY: Kassie’s Columbia City Crib Sells for $152K Over List Price
We did A LOT of work on Kassie’s house, and it payed off when her home sold for $152,000 over list price.
I had helped Kassie buy her house in Columbia City back in 2009, and it was quite a fixer. It was a cool house though, as it had been built by a ship builder and was super solid and unique.
Over the years Kassie had contacted me about suggestions to improve the property, apart from cosmetic work with the eye to eventually selling the house, when her girls were ready to leave home. Her biggest and smartest investment was to make the basement into a one-bedroom, daylight apartment.
When it came to sell, I advised her on how to get the most money without going over board and hired my team of contractors to work on the house, once they moved out. There were some funky things that had been done to the house, for example, Kassie had hired a handyman to replace the upstairs shower and he had done a terrible job, using floor tile on the walls!
That was the first project to tackle, I chose a matte white subway tile that was on sale at a discount store for the walls. The grungy shower pan was given a good clean, so it did not need to be replaced and a new shower head was added. Not a lot of money was spent and the shower looked cool.
The exterior and interior sorely needed painting and so I chose an exterior color that complimented the rust colored roof tile, and added an orange door to make the house look warm and inviting. The interior was painted in a soft white, one daughter’s bedroom was Pepto-Bismol pink! The yard was cleaned up and mulched, windows washed, house cleaned and staged. In all about $15,000 was spent but it was well worth it, as the house sold for $152,000 over the list price, it would never have sold for anywhere near that much if the work had not been done.
“Sit back and let Serena run the show, especially in South Seattle! My house sold much sooner than I expected at a much higher price than I expected. Serena was efficient, competent, and met all deadlines magnificently!”
