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This was spotted by a user over on Reddit’s /r/Seattle. The images below are of 3941 South Brandon Street on Google Street View. 2008: Empty 1,475 square foot lot. 2011: Foundation 2014: 1,687 sqft, 3-bed, 2.5-bath modern home The resulting home sold last June for just under half a million dollars. Here’s the listing description:…
Here’s an interesting flipping strategy that I haven’t seen before… On Monday I walked by a home 10th Ave East up on Capitol Hill. Here’s what it looked like a while back, via Google Street View: And here’s what it looks like now: The home sold last June for $826,000. So what are the new…
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“Lo Ball Jones” dropped a link in the Saturday Link Roundup to a local homebuilder website that caught my attention for just how ridiculous the rendered images of their homes are. With a little help from the magic of Google Maps’ 45° view, I thought it would be fun to take a look at a…
Behold the sordid tale of a home I’ve been keeping my eye on for quite a while. It’s a spec-built home in Woodinville (just a 37-minute + $3.50 toll drive to downtown Seattle)—7,216 square feet on 14 acres. This one’s got the Avondale Albatross beat by a longshot, both in the sheer audacity of the…