What is a $1Million-ish home in your area?

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

1,860 square feet in North Seattle.
3 bedrooms.
3 baths.
Fully finished basement.
Garage.
Off street parking for one car.
Ridiculously small yard. No backyard.

Short walk to a large lake/park and five minute walk to a light rail station that is opening in 2021.

That's my house. Crazy what the market is like in the city.

stumblebee · Mar 28, 2019

Distantmantra said:
1,860 square feet in North Seattle.
3 bedrooms.
3 baths.
Fully finished basement.
Garage.
Off street parking for one car.
Ridiculously small yard. No backyard.

Short walk to a large lake/park and five minute walk to a light rail station that is opening in 2021.

That's my house. Crazy what the market is like in the city.

How long have you been there? I'd live the fuck in that house

H.Protagonist · Mar 28, 2019

Stinkles said:
Seattle's Spite House is similar and possibly even more petty. Nobody knows for sure which legend is true, but the city recorded that it was indeed built maliciously by assholes being assholes to each other.

https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/3/12/17068468/montlake-spite-house-wedge-photos

I love that there's such a thing as a "Spite House." Nothing like a good ol' neighborly spat with a bit of creativity.

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

I thought that was going to be about the new modern "high-rise" houses popping up in Tangletown...

stumblebee said:
How long have you been there? I'd live the fuck in that house

Since 2007, we love our house. I did the basement remodel myself and also redone the other two bathrooms as well. It bums me out to know that if we ever sell a developer will just tear it down.

stumblebee · Mar 28, 2019

Distantmantra said:
Since 2007, we love our house. I did the basement remodel myself and also redone the other two bathrooms as well.

And did you buy it for a mil?

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

stumblebee said:
And did you buy it for a mil?

Oh no. The housing market wasn't as crazy back then.

H.Protagonist · Mar 28, 2019

Distantmantra said:
I thought that was going to be about the new modern "high-rise" houses popping up in Tangletown...

Since 2007, we love our house. I did the basement remodel myself and also redone the other two bathrooms as well. It bums me out to know that if we ever sell a developer will just tear it down.

Any interior pics we can see? Tell me it has a fireplace. It's a really cute house, regardless.

Cassius Bright · Mar 28, 2019

London

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

H.Protagonist said:
Any interior pics we can see? Tell me it has a fireplace. It's a really cute house, regardless.

There is a fireplace in the living room on the main floor. We've been meaning to have a chimney sweep come in and clean it for the last twelve years but always forget to have it done, so the fireplace just has candles in it.

ParanormalFupa · Mar 28, 2019

Best one imo that is listed right now. 6 bed, 5 bath, 6500 sq ft. St. Paul, MN.

frankenstrat · Mar 28, 2019

4 bed, 2.75 bath, 3070 square feet. $1.05m, $342 per square foot. Welcome to Seattle? New construction though, and it's close to Shoreline which can effectively halve the price.

https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/14330-Fremont-Ave-N-98133/home/146917737

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

frankenstrat said:
4 bed, 2.75 bath, 3070 square feet. $1.05m, $342 per square foot. Welcome to Seattle? New construction though.

https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/14330-Fremont-Ave-N-98133/home/146917737

Super misleading web address with the street name, Batman! That's almost Shoreline, not Fremont.

Stinkles · Mar 28, 2019

Distantmantra said:
1,860 square feet in North Seattle.
3 bedrooms.
3 baths.
Fully finished basement.
Garage.
Off street parking for one car.
Ridiculously small yard. No backyard.

Short walk to a large lake/park and five minute walk to a light rail station that is opening in 2021.

That's my house. Crazy what the market is like in the city.

Congrats on becoming a "millionaire" which might have a partial outcome if you move to like, a jungle shack in Belize one day. Otherwise congrats on being trapped in a house you couldn't afford to move into if you did it today, like me!! :-)

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

Stinkles said:
Congrats on becoming a "millionaire" which might have a partial outcome if you move to like, a jungle shack in Belize one day. Otherwise congrats on being trapped in a house you couldn't afford to move into if you did it today, like me!! :-)

Right on brother.

It would be nice to have an actual fenced backyard, but I don't want to move anyway. I love our house and our location and we've been here this long that dammit I'm taking advantage of having a light rail station within walking distance to my house in another year and a half.

Stinkles · Mar 28, 2019

frankenstrat said:
4 bed, 2.75 bath, 3070 square feet. $1.05m, $342 per square foot. Welcome to Seattle? New construction though.

https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/14330-Fremont-Ave-N-98133/home/146917737

Haha, I was like HOLY SHIT that's a bargain for Fremont!!! But then I remembered that all those N/S arterial streets - like Fremont, Meridian etc, go all the way to Greenlake, then some of them pause, before resuming all the way to "Canada," which this one effectively is.

This in "proper" Fremont would be about 1.5 to 3 mill.

frankenstrat · Mar 28, 2019

Distantmantra said:
Super misleading web address with the street name, Batman! That's almost Shoreline, not Fremont.

Very true. I'll actually update my original post to reflect that since around Green Lake/Seattle proper is way more absurd.

Case in point: a 3 bedroom townhome for $1.075m at a cool $610/sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/3539-Wallingford-Ave-N-98103/home/160513936

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

Stinkles said:
Haha, I was like HOLY SHIT that's a bargain for Fremont!!! But then I remembered that all those N/S arterial streets - like Fremont, Meridian etc, go all the way to Greenlake, then some of them pause, before resuming all the way to "Canada," which this one effectively is.

This in "proper" Fremont would be about 1.5 to 3 mill.

I initially had the same reaction, "WHO THE FUCK HAS A YARD LIKE THAT?!?" but then I noticed the 14430 and was all "wait, that's up past 145th..."

Stinkles · Mar 28, 2019

Distantmantra said:
Right on brother.

It would be nice to have an actual fenced backyard, but I don't want to move anyway. I love our house and our location and we've been here this long that dammit I'm taking advantage of having a light rail station within walking distance to my house in another year and a half.

That'll be a game changer. Right now the closest stop for me is the U stadium - not walking distance - and by the time I get a ride or Uber to there from my house, I'm a quarter way into just might as well drive to the airport. My dream is to one day roll my bike to the new U district stop and go straight to the airport, fold my bike up on the train, pop it in its carry bag and travel the world seeking adventures or going to dull conferences.

Distantmantra · Mar 28, 2019

Stinkles said:
That'll be a game changer. Right now the closest stop for me is the U stadium - not walking distance - and by the time I get a ride or Uber to there from my house, I'm a quarter way into just might as well drive to the airport. My dream is to one day roll my bike to the new U district stop and go straight to the airport, fold my bike up on the train, pop it in its carry bag and travel the world seeking adventures or going to dull conferences.

We bought our house about six months before the Northgate/Roosevelt extension was announced, got lucky. It's about a two mile walk/bike ride to Husky Station right now so I'll do that on a nice day when I'm headed to a Mariners game or something, but other than that it's not super helpful.

My block has four single family homes left, but it's mostly condos, townhouses and apartments. I bet we'll be the last holdouts one day.

Complicated · Mar 28, 2019

Well this was a depressing eye-opener. Here's a couple that are listed for a mil.

Comes with its own lake I guess.

Out of curiosity I looked to see what kind of house another million will get you (so $2 million). Apparently that's when you get into Tony Stark lite territory.

Deleted member 45957 · Mar 28, 2019

1 Million € gets you a nice flat in Paris for an average sized family but nothing extravagant. Houses barely exists in the inner city itself, and are worth far more than 1 Mil.

ronpontelle · Mar 28, 2019

This is about 45 minutes from me in Normandy....

If I move back to the UK, it'll depend on whether I go to London or not. If I do, not an awful lot.

I know a guy looking for a house in London with about a £30m ($40m) budget. It's insane.

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