Spring is in the air and people are getting itchy feet to go home shopping! I know it snowed only a week ago, but you just have to believe me. The grape hyacinths are UP in my deck garden (yeah, they survived the move!!) and there is no denying spring is here. I finally have Black capped chickadees visiting my feeder, and I put up a window bird house and am hoping that someone decides to build a nest there and I can even watch them being hatched from my living room!

I did a quick search of homes around West Seattle’s High Point redevelopment, since that’s my “beat”, and as a Built Green Certified Agent I specialize in this kind of new construction. But there are some other townhomes “on the fringe”, and you could move into new construction for as little as $269k. See the most recent list of relevant listings here. My personal favorite, of course, is the 1-bedroom carriage house ($315,950). And there are some 4×2.5 standalone “skinnies” also touting Built Green certification on 30th Ave SW that have been under construction for months that have finally been completed and are now on market for $425k. I need to stop by and preview them!

I was surprised to see a 3×2.5 townhome (about 1700 sq ft and 2-car side-by-side garage) in my floor plan has just gone on the market. There aren’t very many of these built. It has a city view (my place has a view of the Cascades). Love LOVE my house. You will, too. EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

CALENDAR NOTE: There is another Walking Tour of High Point scheduled for April 20th thru my Green Spaces meetup group. Be sure to check it out and please join us if you can. Not only will you get a tour of a Built Green community, but we will also tour homes availalble for sale as time allows. Dress for the weather and wear shoes that are easy to take off and put back on.

Photo above is of a porous (pervious) sidewalk along 31st Avenue SW between SW Raymond and SW Graham Streets.