What are inspections like in a hot seller’s market?
Preparing your home for the market
Getting your home ready to sell can be daunting, but hiring the right team to prepare your home for the market is the first step toward getting the most out of your biggest investment. We help every client by creating a custom-tailored to-do list. Here are some of the things every home seller should do before listing her home.
Trading up
Americans have more equity in their homes than ever. But using that equity toward a down payment on your next home isn’t as simple as you would hope, and can involve significant risk. My aim in this post is to help you learn how to protect yourself by using a home sale contingency (aka “contingent offer”) to buy your next home, or to consider other options that might make sense for you if you’re looking to move.
Seaview Craftsman
Ballard Cape Cod
Seaview Charmer
Good bones: the inspector's perspective
Good bones: the architect's perspective
Selling Your Home Without an Agent
News headlines make it seem like selling homes is easy. Plenty of folks probably wonder whether they need a real estate broker at all. But most DIY sellers leave thousands of dollars on the table by skipping important steps when selling their homes because they don't have the tools to handle marketing their home or negotiating the best deal.
Q1 2017 Market Report
Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that our region is growing like a weed in a swamp. Windermere just released Q1 market reports for Seattle, Mercer Island and the Eastside. The median home price in King County just hit $600,000 while Seattle’s median reached $700,000, double the 2012 level during the recession. If you bought a home five years ago—or two years for that matter—you should be sleeping well!
Remodel Series: Part 5 | We’re Done!
This is the last post in a series meant to shed light on the mysterious (and seldom exposed) process of remodeling. I hope these posts are useful to you if you’re considering a remodel of similar scale; I think they’ll lend insight into the challenges and decisions we’ve faced during our project and, of course, the reward at the end.
What NOT to Do When Buying a Home
Mercer Island Mid-Century Modern (Sold)
7282 W Mercer Way | Fred Bassetti MCM
Live out your Mad Men dreams in this sunny mid-century home on the South End of Mercer Island. This 19,800 square foot lot is home to a piece of architectural history designed by Fred Bassetti and built by Theo Caldwell. At the end of a quiet, four-home lane, this property offers privacy and room for outdoor entertaining and play. Walls of windows bring the outside in and take advantage of a private setting in the midst of old growth trees, sprawling lawns and mature landscaping.
The renovated kitchen features period details, large island, newer appliances and a custom tile backsplash from Heath Ceramics. This home includes a large master bedroom with en suite bath plus three additional bedrooms, full bath, laundry room, two-car garage and open spaces that live larger than most homes this size. All of this just a half a mile to award winning elementary and middle schools and twenty minutes to downtown Seattle and Bellevue.
Offered at $1,095,000. View more details here!
This home sold for $1,193,000.