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Queen Anne High

September 12th, 2006 · Comments · By Matt

Has anyone checked out the Queen Anne Highschool? I’ve tried but they’re only giving tours from 11am to 5pm Monday to Friday. I don’t know about you other working professionals but those times just don’t work for me.

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  • Update #2: SO SO SO glad I backed out. Just bought a 1200 square foot, 2 bedroom 2 bath corner unit with a great view in Lower Queen Anne. Almost twice the square footage and 20k less than the QA HS unit. The lesson for me? If you have even a hint of buyer's remorse before you've reached the point-of-no-return with your contract, back out. There's always better stuff out there.
  • I went back and saw it several more times and it actually felt larger than 655 square feet each time. But upon moving into a 700 square foot place in the interim, I just came to the conclusion that I couldn't comfortably live in a space that small. More of the story here...
  • How did you decide you needed a bigger place? Did you go back and see it again and it just felt small?
  • Update: I just bailed out. Need a bigger place. :)
  • Yep, includes garage. Garage is basically 15k extra and storage is 5.5k extra. So 389k plus that stuff.

    The unit feels a lot bigger than 655 square feet so at least that's good. I was actually quite shocked when I found out the exact square footage. Felt like about 725-750 to me. I'm pretty sure the 655 doesn't include the stairs or the deck.
  • anon
    does the 410k include the garage, or is the total 430k?

    and the 5% is standard, they usual keep it in an interest bearing account.

    i couldnt imagine moving down from a 2BD to a 1BD, unless the 1BD is large (800 sq ft +).
  • I put a deposit down on a place the third day they were open. I love everything about it (and I mean *really* love) except the size and am still wrestling with the issue of whether or not I'm ready to squeeze into 655 square feet. $410,000 including $20k for a garage spot and storage. The price is fine considering it's a top floor unit with an awesome view of the city/needle and one of the few decks in the building, but man, I wish there was a similarly located unit with an extra bedroom... I'd gladly pay an extra 75k or so for that.

    My impressions (positive):

    - Location is great and there is zero danger of major construction... rare
    - Character and originality of building can't be beat... even in the newest stuff going up
    - Wildly varying floorplans (although some seem great and some seem awful to me)
    - The fixtures going in (at least with the cherry theme) are better than I could pick out myself if I had my own interior designer. It's really high end and a huge selling point.
    - Seems like it will be a pretty upscale little community once it's all sold out.

    My impressions (negative):

    - Possibly size, depending on what unit you get. Some are big though.
    - They are putting these combo washer/dryers in, which I've heard mixed reviews of. I think I'd rather have a stackable set but not sure if there are venting issues.
    - Closet space and in-unit storage space (at least in my unit) don't seem huge.
    - You have to put 5% down in earnest money and your buying rights aren't assignable. Since my unit isn't going to be ready until February, this basically means $20k locked up for like five months with no ability to back out if something else came along or assign my rights if I decided I didn't want to buy. I know they do this to shoo speculators away and it's pretty standard, but I'm not a speculator... I just don't like having $20k locked up with no ability to rescind.

    So that's where I'm at. Extremely happy with the building in general but just questioning whether I can step down from a 2BD to a 1BD without cramping my style. I have about two more weeks to decide.

    Anybody else?
  • thalia
    I suppose their target market is people who set their own hours.
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