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September 9, 2015
Vol. 96, No. 37
Give Your Home a Fall Facelift A seasonal home makeover doesn’t need to cost a fortune or be difficult to execute. Quick, easy and innovative ideas can give your home the fall flair needed to celebrate the season. “Seasonal décor updates should jive with your home’s style, while also adding something extra to the mix,” says Eric Cohler, who has been listed as a top international designer by House Beautiful and Elle Décor magazines. “Keep it easy though, so that when the season is over, you won’t end up with a lack of motivation to refresh and a space that feels passé.” To add autumn elements to your home without completely revamping your interior, consider these ideas:
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Rotating Gallery A digital photo display is the easiest way to showcase seasonally suitable photos of friends and family. In fall, that means Halloween portraits, autumn picnics, trips to the pumpkin patch, and back-to-school photos. Consider rotating the artwork displayed in your home to highlight seasonal colors. Whether you want to get spooky for Halloween or focus on fall’s natural hues, this task won’t take long to do and will greatly impact the look and feel of each room. Pops of Color “With relatively little effort, you can add bright, bold colors to your home by swapping out the knobs and handles on your cabinets, credenzas and other furniture,” says Cohler. Seasonal sets of cabinet hardware can keep the look fresh in your home. All you need is a screwdriver and a few hours. A free web-based application, Splash by Amerock, offers a new interactive design and shopping experience by allowing you to truly customize hardware for cabinets and furniture. The interactive site and first of its kind product line allows you to test various colors
and shapes of cabinetry hardware and view the different looks on different style and color cabinets. From kitchens to bathrooms to bedrooms and living areas, you can make your rooms pop with bold colors. Think orange, purple and black for Halloween flair, or greens, reds and browns for a natural effect. Hardware is easy to swap out and you can give your home a fun, fresh fall makeover inexpensively and without much hassle. To check out 20 unique color options, visit www. Amerock.com. Curtains Another easy way to make a quick look-and-feel change to a
room is by swapping out curtains. It’s a great way to customize a space to better fit the mood of the season. What’s more -- a quarterly rotation of window treatments presents a much-needed opportunity for a good cleaning. Be sure to store your freshly laundered linens in a sealed bag so they don’t collect dust. When they make their appearance the following year, they will be vibrant and fresh. Fall can be a particularly busy time of year; however, a few easily implemented ideas can go a long way to add a festive vibe to your home.
Seattle’s economic vitality has created jobs and attracted businesses and investment. But this vitality has drained the availability of affordable housing. Seattle is expected to grow by 120,000 residents and 115,000 jobs in the coming twenty years. But affordable housing in the city doesn’t match the job growth. In September 2014, Mayor Murray and the Seattle City Council convened a Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory Committee, calling upon community leaders to develop an agenda for increasing the affordability and availability of Seattle housing. The Mayor charged the committee with creating a plan that would generate a net increase of 50,000 units of housing (20,000 units of affordable housing and
Kim Wesselman Windermere Real Estate 30,000 new units of market-rate housing) over the next decade. In July, the committee issued 65 recommendations to be considered. What quickly drew the ire of homeowners across the city was the recommendation that single-family zoning be relaxed in the city to allow for new duplexes, triplexes and stacked flats. Some believed ➧ PRESERVATION Page 3
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Why You Should Aerate Your Lawn this Fall Fall is a great time to aerate the lawn. Whether you do it yourself or hire a lawn care professional to do it for you, aeration at least once per year provides a number of benefits to your lawn, say experts. The main benefit is to relieve compaction and increase pore space, which promotes gas exchange and microbial activity in the soil and creates a better, more supportive environment for lawn health and vitality. Aeration also promotes better soil drainage, which helps keep disease at bay and allows more water to percolate into the soil from rain or irrigation, meaning less runoff and more water getting where it needs to go. “Ideal aeration timing depends on turf type and geography,” says
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Lloyd Von Scheliha of Exmark Manufacturing, a manufacturer of turf care equipment. “But annual aeration provides valuable agronomic benefits to virtually any turfgrass.” With that in mind, here are some tips from the experts at Exmark to get the most benefits from aeration: • Timing: Ideally, aeration should take place during times of active growth to help with recovery. Avoid aeration during times of heat stress or times preceding dormancy. It’s typically best to aerate cool season grasses in the spring or fall, while with warm season grasses, it’s best to aerate in late spring or early fall. • Proper equipment: Use gear that meets the needs of your lawn.
For example, Exmark offers a 30inch Stand-On aerator that makes quick work of even large properties with the ability to easily maneuver around landscape features. • Follow-up: After aeration, it’s a good idea to water the lawn, as well as a good time to apply fertilizer or overseed if needed. Be careful not to apply a pre-emergent if you plan to overseed, however, as it will prevent the new seed from growing. Don’t let this important, but often overlooked lawn care task escape your attention this season. At the ideal time for your lawn, either take it upon yourself or hire a professional to give your grass a better chance at thriving.
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Preserving Neighborhood Character ➧ PRESERVATION, from Page 1 this would lead to speculators buying up homes and replacing them with multi-family structures. The Mayor later announced that he will not recommend pursuing that recommendation saying, “we will refocus the discussion on designing denser Urban Centers, Urban Villages and along transit corridors that include more affordable housing.” Regardless of one’s thoughts on the re-zoning concept, it’s hard to
argue with the intent behind the recommendation: to find a way to increase density, and thus the quantity, of affordable housing in Seattle without degrading the quality of Seattle neighborhood living. Continuing the dialogue about increasing density within Urban Villages and along transit corridors to create more affordable housing is not only essential, it’s urgent. As homeowners, neighbors, and stakeholders of our highly livable Queen Anne and Magnolia
1944 A 9th Ave W 918 W Howe St 802 W Argand St 8 W Fulton St 2540 12th Ave W 1209 W Howe St 2016 14th Ave W 1512 B Taylor Ave N 914 W Howe St 3812 B 13th Ave W 2819 A 14th Ave W 12 C W Etruria St 2601 12th Ave W 2518 3rd Ave W 3415 11 Ave W 156 Boston St 140 W Florentia St #A 1123 5th Ave N 2855 13th Ave W 303 Blaine St 813 2nd Ave N #A 1616 2nd Ave N 900 W Garfield St 2612 4th Ave W 2720 Nob Hill Ave N 3218 10th Ave W 1601 3rd Ave N 2012 1st Ave N 1930 6th Ave W 1607 8th Ave W 812 W Galer St
Kim Wesselman is Managing Broker at Windermere Real Estate. She has advised clients on buying and selling properties in Queen Anne and Magnolia for 12 years.
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Sq Ft
Year Built
Days on Mkt
Asking Price
Sold Price
Asking Price/Sold Price
2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 5
1.5 1 1.5 1.75 1 1 2 2.5 1.75 2.25 4.25 3 1.75 1.75 1.75 4.5 2 3 3 1 2.5 2.25 1.75 2.5 3.25 3.25 2.5 2.25 3 3.25 5.75
1,040 1,470 1,390 1,610 2,291 1,610 1,740 1,703 2,250 1,594 2,155 2,260 1,560 1,880 2,060 1,910 1,682 2,290 2,620 2,610 2,040 1,780 2,710 2,055 2,200 3,140 3,040 2,400 3,181 3,230 5,350
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$465,000 $499,950 $539,950 $528,000 $625,000 $579,000 $648,800 $630,000 $629,950 $649,950 $674,900 $699,999 $621,000 $795,000 $639,950 $699,900 $765,000 $799,500 $799,950 $785,000 $789,900 $889,000 $649,000 $859,000 $868,000 $925,000 $1,100,000 $1,350,000 $1,300,000 $1,525,000 $2,350,000
$481,200 $490,000 $527,500 $535,000 $550,000 $562,500 $617,000 $625,000 $630,000 $649,950 $677,000 $725,000 $725,777 $740,000 $750,000 $751,000 $762,500 $770,000 $775,000 $785,000 $789,900 $830,000 $855,000 $859,000 $867,500 $950,000 $1,065,000 $1,385,000 $1,525,000 $1,710,000 $2,050,000
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Magnolia Home Sales for August 2015 Address 3022 A 31st Ave W 3619 22nd Ave W #B 2429 W Boston St 4219 26th Ave W 3240 31st Ave W 4058 31st Ave W 3032 22nd Ave W 3053 22nd Ave W 3826 35th Ave W 2600 W Plymouth St 1933 Clise Place W 3711 28th Ave W 4254 28th Ave W 1900 Amherst Place W 3827 25th Ave W 2813 31st Ave W 3903 W Barrett St 1801 30th Ave W 4735 W Bertona St 3233 Magnolia Blvd W 2642 W Viewmont Wy W
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neighborhoods, we have the opportunity to join the discussion. It is our involvement in these discussions that will shape Seattle’s growth plan. If you would like to talk about this or other real estate topics, please contact me at kwesselman@ windermere.com.
Queen Anne Home Sales for August 2015 Address
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Bed 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 3
Bath 1 3.25 1 1.75 1 1 2 2 1.75 1.75
Sq Ft 830 1,710 1,090 1,440 860 1,960 2,180 2,190 1,840 1,820
Year Built 1945 2000 1910 1950 1950 1947 1906 1927 1999 1945
Days on Mkt 6 13 28 22 13 5 28 6 20 28
Asking Price $414,900 $489,000 $525,000 $519,000 $475,000 $460,000 $624,500 $550,000 $599,000 $639,000
Sold Price $415,000 $439,356 $475,000 $500,000 $510,000 $550,000 $574,000 $598,000 $600,000 $610,000
Asking Price/Sold Price 100.02% 89.85% 90.48% 96.34% 107.37% 119.57% 91.91% 108.73% 100.17% 95.46%
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$689,000 $649,000 $799,000 $750,000 $999,950 $1,150,000 $1,250,000 $1,500,000 $1,875,000 $2,250,000 $2,095,000
$670,000 $707,000 $850,000 $860,000 $989,950 $1,230,000 $1,250,000 $1,477,500 $1,575,000 $2,050,000 $2,055,000
97.24% 108.94% 106.38% 114.67% 99.00% 106.96% 100.00% 98.50% 84.00% 91.11% 98.09%
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