As the self-titled “resident green agent” in High Point, I wanted to give a WEST SEATTLE WIDE summer-season launch update. School will be out in a couple of weeks and then the moving frenzy begins.
A lot of people turned over a new leaf with the start of 2010, adding more environmentally-friendly choices to their lifestyle. Many people agree some of these choices are pretty easy to make. But did you know you could also make an easy choice to buy a green home, too?
In King and Snohomish counties, and many other counties in Washington state, we have a Built Green Certification program for homes. And the Northwest Multiple Listing Service added check boxes to their search parameters so people who wanted to find “environmentally-certified homes” of any persuasion, whether it be Built Green, Northwest Energy Star, LEED, or another similar approved program, could easily find them.
So with the click of a button and about 2 seconds of my time, I can show you all of the green homes in West Seattle currently on the market. See West Seattle Environmentally-Certified Homes For Sale
Some homes currently being marketed for sale require lender approval (short sale). Ask for details. The listing links are only good for 30 days from the date of this post.
What makes West Seattle so great?
Well, first of all, it is close to everything (even though everyone thinks it is so far away). I have lived in West Seattle since 1997. And I won’t leave. It has everything I need so I don’t actually have to leave at all, which is nice. And for when I do want to pop
downtown for a night out, pick up someone at the airport, or go mall-hopping at Southcenter, all of that is within 15 minutes (using the West Seattleites travel tips, which I am happy to share).
In West Seattle you have many choices for green homes, and even an entire Built Green Certified Community is available to you, called High Point. That’s where I live now. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to buy a brand new home in a Built Green Certified Community right in my own neighborhood. I lived within a mile of this location for ten years, and watched the development of this community over that time with great interest. When I took a property tour in April 2007 I wasn’t looking for a new home and had no intention of moving – but what I found in High Point made me put my house on the market almost immediately, and the sale of our home on 18th Ave SW and the purchase of our townhome on SW Raymond all managed to squeek through right at the beginning of the real estate market fallout. We feel lucky that we managed to get moved and settled without any hassle.
The utilities are underground so the views are not impeded by anything…but trees. And I like trees. The old trees in High Point were saved during redevelopment and they *make* this neighborhood. There are great views of downtown, sunrise, sunset, trails in the woods, access to Camp Long and the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail all within walking distance.
For the developer-identified benefits of living in High Point in West Seattle, check out these High Point Highlights.
If you are considering a move to West Seattle…
Call me. Or email me. Or send me a message on Facebook or Twitter. I know the Westside inside and out and can answer any questions you may have about what it is like living here. Just know you will get biased answers – because it is clear that I love it here and don’t see why anyone would want to move!
Tomorrow: West Seattle homes for sale by price bracket! Conventional and green homes will appear in this search. Check back tomorrow!