Greetings and Happy 2008! I hope your holidays were festive.
First thing, let me be polite and make introductions. Please meet our new partnership known as Seattle Avenue Associates. Some of you know that Bill Aubuchon and I have been working together for many years. This year Henrik Brameus joined us and forming a trinity (or [...]
Comments(0) Featured each month is a different non-profit participating in our Community Partnership Program.
When we represent a Seller or Buyer, 10% of our commission is donated to a non-profit of their choice. Strong relationships have been established with a variety of non-profits as we diligently promote this opportunity. Featured non-profit: East African Center
Help One Child Attend School [...]
Comments(0) Tim Cornell specializes in designing and engineering pole houses which he calls “intelligent modern homes for the 21st century.” Ecologically smart, pole houses trace their beginnings to the indigenous architectures of ancient Africa, Japan and Polynesia.
Based in Hawai’i, Tim has been designing and building durable and attractive custom pole houses since the late 1980s. His [...]
Comments(0) One of my friends has some long-term guests staying at his house. From what he tells me, it seems he’s feeling a little “displaced” in his own home. Maybe because his guests are older but it seems they like things - well - amplified: the heat is higher, the tv is louder. He called me [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) As I was ferrying my two youngest back home on my lunch break the other day after picking them up from my wife at her Dentist appointment, I tuned in to AM 1000 to catch some financial news and see how the market was responding to the 1/2 point move by the Federal Reserve.
To my [...]
Comments(0) The Brill Luxus 38 is the reel mower they like at Clean Air Gardening, they call it the “Mercedes” of reel lawnmowers.
You don’t have to yank a cord, spill gas and oil, wait until after 8 a.m. to avoid neighbor complaints/fines for violating the noise ordinance, or sharpen the blades for like a decade. You [...]
Comments(0) Pet food. A couple who owned a junkyard was allowed to write off the cost of cat food they set out to attract wild cats. The feral felines did more than just eat; they also took care of snakes and rats on the property, making the place safer for customers. When the case reached the [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) The idea of how Seattle’s current real estate market could be related to sailing has been on my mind for days. Such an interesting sequence of events has led to this place that I’ve drawn a blank even settling for fiction. A thought did roll across my mind, oddly enough in the form of a [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) What’s In
Home buyers. What goes around comes around. Relegated during the boom years to bidding wars, over-full-price offers and new construction lotteries, buyers rule in 2008, and know it. With swelling inventories, they are looking for newly updated kitchens and baths, pristine conditions, and a perception of value.
Destination bathrooms. The master bath has evolved into [...]
Comments(0) Michelle Kaufmann is an eco-minded architect living in Oakland who is designing beautiful upscale prefab homes.
Smart design, eco materials, energy efficiency, water conservation, healthy environment are the 5 ecoprinciples Michelle developed and follows in the design and construction of her homes.
Michelle currently has five prefab home designs, Glidehouse, mkLoft, mkLotus (shown above), mkSolaire, Sidebreeze, and Sunset [...]
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