urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

Maybe you were tired of condos last week too. If you so here’s what you and I both missed:

The Slog has a post about Murray Franklyn wanting to tear down more businesses on 19th Ave, Another knock-down, drag-out fight on Capitol Hill?
Vulcan offering rent to own program in SLU.
State keeps two Seattle construction cranes shut […]

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On Sunday we visited the Pb Elemental home at 12th and John.

I forgot my camera but Chris forwarded along even nicer photos.
I really like it but don’t have a million dollars.
Yesterday on my way to hockey in Kent we visited the Georgetown Lofts on Corson Ave (just down the street from Pb’s Corson Lofts.

The […]

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The Seattle Times is running an opinion piece on townhomes written by Sally J. Clark, chair of the Seattle City Council’s Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee, Town homes: We can do better:

When I talk to the developers who build town homes, they, like the unhappy neighborhoods, also have common themes: They do what the […]

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Irina writes in wondering how to find condo units for rent:

A question for you — is there a centralized location for renters to see which condo units are on the rental market? A lot of us (meaning me) are interested in a modern building but it’s hard to filter Craigslist and Seattle Rentals apartment […]

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Ardell over at Rain City Guide has a post out about buying a condo with a pending lawsuit but doesn’t name the building. Could it be a Wysong conversion like Windsor Court?
She mentions it might be a good investment:

Buying condos during a period of pending litigation can be a wise investment for investors seeking […]

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Do your window coverings automatically adjust with the sun? Can you play the same song in every room at the same time? Does your plasma float on the wall?
For me, the answers to all those questions is sadly no. But that might change because recently I went for lunch with Rob Sinclair of HTI […]

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The Seattle Times had a front page article on town homes today, Town homes spark neighborhood debate.
It’s been a long day so go ahead and bitch. I’m going to bed.
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Seattle Bubble tipped me off to this fluff Evening Magazine piece on condo perks.

From a 5000 square foot unit at 2200 where the parents and authors of Trading Places love the house cleaning to a couple at Hotel 1000 who love the room service from Boka and have some choice quotes like “our kitchen is […]

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Puget Sound Business Journal reports, Seattle’s condo pipeline expected to dry up:

The pace of development has slowed so sharply that local experts predict a shortage in 2010 that could drive prices up. One consultant forecasts delivery of just 189 new units that year — down from an average of 1,100 anticipated in each of the […]

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Vladimir recently sent me a link to a New York Magazine article on the marketing of condos in New York, If You Lived Here, You’d Be This Guy by Now.
Meet “Stefan”:

The article goes on to talk about the extents marketing is going to in order to sell to a particular person and lifestyle. Though I […]

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