Five Interesting Homes For Sale On The Bus Route

Five interesting homes currently for sale in Laurelhurst were recently mentioned in a Seattle Curbed post.

Kim Dales, an agent with Windermere, has toured each home and provided input.

Seattle Curbed article:
Five Properties Worth Buying Along Metro Bus Route 25

  

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.

 
Take a loop through Laurelhurst, swing by Children's Hospital, up past University Village, through the U District, across the Montlake Cut, swing around the south side of Portage Bay just under an hour later. How often does the driver get lost on Metro's Route 25? Probably never with lots of practice.



4831 37th Avenue NE


Go ahead. Drive the photographer crazy. Hide the house behind a tree. The owners accomplished an impressive feat. They found room for 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, and 2 pantries in a 1,700 square foot house. Is it that or the proximity to the Burke-Gilman that makes this house worth $800,000? It might have something to do with the neighborhood, like being beside UW; so if you aren't taking the 25 to downtown, you might be walking to work - which is worth a lot.

           

3848 43rd Avenue NE

Laurelhurst means bigger houses and prices. Add $130,000 to the price and here's a $930,000 from 1927 with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, and 2,730 square feet. Get roomy. Get comfy too, because you can sit outside by the firepit, listen to the crowds in Husky Stadium, and catch the views of Lake Washington. The house has been upgraded enough that you may not even have much to do - for a while - and check with an inspector.

 

Kim Dales said that this home on the Boulevard is now Pending and will close the end of the week. The listing agent said that they only had one offer.

"That is unusual for Laurelhurst in our current market," Kim said.





 

 

5010 NE 50th Street

Flip through the photos and imagine the view, especially the one they probably had when the house was built in 1970, before those trees grew. Luckily, they don't block everything. The top floor master bedroom probably has the best view. The lower level well, that's where they put the well-equipped apartment. There's a lot going on for $1,224,000: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and 3,412 square feet are data that only describe part of the story. Like, maybe those trees are there so you don't have to look at the neighbors.

 

 

Kim Dales said this home has nice spaces but no view and because it was not staged, at least the last time she toured it with clients, it may have been hard for buyers to visualize how the home lives. Also the tree growth can not be removed as the trees are not on the listed property does block any potential view.



 

 

 

3517 43rd Avenue NE

 

Hello waterfront! And acreage. How about a 5,350 square foot house with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths for $3,490,000? The size bumps the price, but the setting makes it unique. The house looks like it was designed for parties, upscale parties, but not too upscale. Guests can arrive via the circular drive or the dock. The floors are polished stone. There's a bar decorated like a fifties, a BBQ outside, a wine cellar downstairs, enough room inside and out for crowds, and music, and dancing, as long as the neighbors don't mind. Invite them over. Maybe that'll help.





 

3006 Webster Point Road

On the tip of Webster Point, sits a Lionel Pries house: 5,380 square feet for 5 bedrooms, 4 baths for $4,888,000. The design is clean and modern, for 1965. The property is waterfront, with dock, at the exit (or entrance) of the ship canal. The view is southeast across Lake Washington, 520, towards Mt. Rainier. The location is Laurelhurst, and this house is a prime example of the uncommon luxury that people associated with the neighborhood. The price is down a million from where it started, so relatively, it is even more affordable.

 

Kim Dales said this home is waterfront on Webster Point, designed by the very famous mid-century architect Lionel Pries.

"It is a beautiful home with many mid-century modern detailing," Kim added.

 For more information Kim can be reached at 206.235.777 or kodales@Windermere.com.