Market Conditions

[NorthSeattleShopper]

[Puget Sounder]

[mike2]

[Puget Sounder]

[phinneygirl]

The "fini" condos are a joke. They're tiny boxes. Yes they have a nice view on either side of the project....but they're tiny boxes being slapped up and I can't even begin to imagine what the markup is for the *marketing firm* they've hired to sell the units. We visited their sales trailer the other day while out walking the neighborhood....the sales chick was the same woman who oozed the sugar-coated sales pitch last fall when we looked at another new condo building in north Seattle in our former neighborhood.
We bought a single family house in the Phinney neighborhood a month ago for the same price as the average unit in fini.

[WetCoaster]

[ayles]

[Nell Plotts]

I frankly can't imagine how anyone can put up with a commute to DT Seattle from any of the suburbs!!

When I read comments about living in and around Seattle it is almost as if my community doesn't exist. I live on BI where the bus is close and timed to meet the ferry. At least on the ferry you can access wi-fi, check your voice mail, nap, read, or eat breakfast (or have a glass of wine on the return trip ). It is true that the ferry isn't cheap but I venture if you added the cost of fuel & wear on your car, and parking, it is no more expensive.

Thank heavens the traffic mess when they work on 520 or the Alaskan Way won't impact me.

The only minus is that getting to the airport isn't easy , and I can't just dash over to Nordies (some would call that an advantage ).