Eastlake, Seattle. Duplex, 1700 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Can’t get much closer to the water. What is That Price?!? 🤔🤔🤔

Welcome to Mercer Island, WA: a real estate market so completely out of control, it makes West Bellevue look like Everett.

I was surprised to come up on these homes from one of my customers. I was so certain they couldn’t POSSIBLY be his that I drove by them twice. “Well the GPS says... nawww couldn’t be.” I had to call him, “Hey are these yours?” “Yeah!” “No, really.”

It’s no secret that new construction in the PNW is fintail’s absolute favorite style of modern architecture. But today I give to all of you the typical “stackable” looking home... only UNstacked!

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We are near the Fremont Troll in Seattle... Pertinent facts and photos inside! Try not to cheat!!!

Every time I see a shared driveway access like this, I cringe as I imagine all the future neighbor squabbles — like when the guy on the left buys a Ram 3500 crew cab long bed, which of course would never fit in that garage.

Behold!

This guy has some windows for you to clean.

I’m putting out construction content again! While I can.

The best part about customers is often their pets.

Sweet door, though.

Or as I call it, the “pre-chandelier” stage.

They bought back in 81 for around $40,000. Started rehabing the house in the 90’s. It’s nice now that all us kids are gone and keeping it clean. I told them to go for $350-375 and negotiate down. Oh well. They have another house already.

That’s certainly one way to load hardwood into a home.

I was expecting to feel happy, or relieved. But somehow, I feel like I’m grieving.

An aftermarket “thru-style” fuel filter for Toyota’s carbureted 22R engine can also be used for interior lighting.

A particularly popular trend in Eastside, one way people show off their wealth is by paying big bucks for products that look broken. In this example, we have laminated glass that is designed to look broken.

My uncle has this old house in the country that used to be owned by his grandparents.