The Specialist in Seattle Real Estate
Mayor McGinn has sent a letter to Diane Sugimura, Director of Department of Planning and Development, to take the 125 foot height limit “off the table” for future plans of the Roosevelt Neighborhood zoning around the upcoming Roosevelt Light Rail Station commercial area. The Mayor is responding to strong neighborhood criticism that pushed the higher …
We’re starting to have those cool winter days again. And a nice, hot meal warms the cockles of your heart and helps take the chill off. There’s no place better to go for this than Mike’s Chili Parlor in Ballard. Well-known for it’s amazing chili, it’s been owned and operated for 4 generations by the …
I’ve discovered a great resource for people relocating to cities where they don’t know the neighborhoods well. This site allows them to compare features and demographics of neighborhoods in the city they are going to move to, with neighborhoods in cities they are familiar with. It’s called Homethinking.com. For information about many of Seattle’s great …
Everyone says real estate is about “location, location, location.” Of course, they say that to drill it into your head so you don’t forget. Yes, location is a primary factor. But other things need to be weighed into the equation. I recently was invited to a Brokers Open private event by the newly formed marketing …
The City of Seattle has proposed a comprehensive “Backyard Cottage Solution” to an existing problem that has been ignored for too long: The existence and need for regulation of backyard cottages in single family neighborhoods. This would be in the form of a citywide backyard cottage ordinance to address a situation that has been going …