{"id":18257,"date":"2011-12-23T11:32:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T19:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=18257"},"modified":"2011-12-28T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T21:27:36","slug":"40-off-and-counting-for-the-avondale-albatross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/40-off-and-counting-for-the-avondale-albatross\/","title":{"rendered":"40% Off and Counting for the Avondale Albatross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/tag\/avondale-albatross\/\" title=\"avondale-albatross\">Avondale Albatross<\/a>?  Last gracing these pages a year ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Woodinville\/13425-Avondale-Rd-NE-98072\/home\/2083895\" title=\"13425 Avondale NE Woodinville, WA 98072\">the storied spec home<\/a> (something of a Seattle Bubble mascot) was first noticed on these pages <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/09\/most-ridiculous-item-of-the-week\/\" title=\"Most Ridiculous Item Of The Week\">way back in June 2006<\/a> when it was priced at $1,625,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 600px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/avondale-albatross.jpg\" title=\"The Avondale Albatross\" rel=\"lightbox[18257]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/avondale-albatross-600x450.jpg\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"The Avondale Albatross - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"The Avondale Albatross\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the history of this 4,900 sq. ft. spec home on 3 acres a bit north of Redmond:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2006-06: Originally spotted here, <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/09\/most-ridiculous-item-of-the-week\/\" title=\"Most Ridiculous Item Of The Week\">priced at $1,625,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2006-08: <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/30\/anecdote-updates-yawa\/\" title=\"Anecdote Updates &#038; YAWA\">Price drop to $1,495,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2006-10: <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/23\/anecdote-extravaganza\/\" title=\"Anecdote Extravaganza\">Price drop to $1,275,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2006-11: New brokerage, <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/20\/an-anecdotal-update-or-two\/\" title=\"An Anecdotal Update (Or Two)\">still asking $1,275,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2007-02: After 9 months on the market, finally <a href=\"http:\/\/info.kingcounty.gov\/Assessor\/eRealProperty\/Detail.aspx?ParcelNbr=1926069030\" title=\"King County Assessor Property Report: Parcel# 1926069030\">sold for $1,275,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2007-12: Time to flip! <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/13\/anecdote-this-place-again-seriously\/\" title=\"Anecdote: This Place Again? Seriously?\">Listed by buyer for $1,650,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2008-03: Price drop to $1,590,000<\/li>\n<li>2008-04: Price drop to $1,550,000<\/li>\n<li>2008-05: Price drop to $1,490,000<\/li>\n<li>2008-06: Price drop to $1,450,000<\/li>\n<li>2008-08: Taken off-market unsold<\/li>\n<li>2009-04: Re-listed at $1,500,000<\/li>\n<li>2009-06: Price drop to $1,200,000<\/li>\n<li>2009-06: Price drop to $1,000,000<\/li>\n<li>2009-07: Taken off-market unsold<\/li>\n<li>2010-10: Sold back to bank at foreclosure auction for $711,535<\/li>\n<li>2011-11: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Woodinville\/13425-Avondale-Rd-NE-98072\/home\/2083895\" title=\"13425 Avondale NE Woodinville, WA 98072\">Back on the market<\/a> at $782,100<\/li>\n<li>2011-12: Price drop to $742,995<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The current asking price represents a 39% drop from the February 2007 sale price, and it&#8217;s apparently been sitting on the market for a month now with no interest.  Of course, I&#8217;m sure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Woodinville\/13425-Avondale-Rd-NE-98072\/home\/2083895\" title=\"13425 Avondale NE Woodinville, WA 98072\">this isn&#8217;t helping<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Occupied by tenant. No access at this time &#8211; make offer subject to viewing interior. &#8230; Sold as-is, no warr of any kind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seriously, who&#8217;s going to make an offer sight-unseen on a three-quarter-million-dollar house?<\/p>\n<p>This show just keeps getting better.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>Update 12\/28:<\/strong> Another price drop, down to $743k.  Now down to 42% off the 2007 sale price (and 54% off the original &#8220;Ridiculous&#8221; June 2006 asking price of $1,625,000).]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Avondale Albatross? Last gracing these pages a year ago, the storied spec home (something of a Seattle Bubble mascot) was first noticed on these pages way back in June 2006 when it was priced at $1,625,000. Here&#8217;s the history of this 4,900 sq. ft. spec home on 3 acres a bit north of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[206],"tags":[5,825],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-anecdote","tag-avondale-albatross"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>40% Off and Counting for the Avondale Albatross \u2022 Seattle Bubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/40-off-and-counting-for-the-avondale-albatross\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"40% Off and Counting for the Avondale Albatross \u2022 Seattle Bubble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Remember the Avondale Albatross? 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