Puget Sound Waterfront Tudor Style House on the Magnolia Bluff Even Henry VIII didn’t have it this good: Enter through your front door set into a castle tower. Admire your Tudor Great Hall on the way to the brick patio with unobstructed Puget Sound view. Jaunt down to your private beach, and then back up [...] Read more
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Sustainable in Ballard Lightyears Ahead
Ballard’s intersection of Ballard Ave and NW Market Street is a shopping mecca, a dining destination, has great coffee shops, yoga and martial arts studios, boat showrooms (at least one), hair salons and spas, good burger joints, great ethnic food from Mexican to Japanese to Thai, great steak places, wonderful florist, coffee or tea havens, [...] Read more
Ballard Brick Tudors
A very favorite kind of home in Ballard are these classic Brick Tudors. I have been collecting photos of some of them around the neighborhood, and here is a photo album of some of the variations. Their popularity is once again attested to in that one of these came on the market a block [...] Read more
Ballard Craftsman Notebook
Ballard, an older established neighborhood, is rich in Craftsman Bungalows like this one, as well as a goodly number of Cape Cods, brick bungalows and Tudors, Dutch Colonials, as well as a smaller number of new modern homes. In my experience a Craftsman can be a good lifestyle selection for a family as long as [...] Read more
Tudor Revival in Seattle Neighborhoods
Who can point out tudors when driving through Capitol Hill and other parts of town – Maple Leaf, Ravenna, Montlake, West Seattle, Wedgwood, Matthews Beach, Seward Park. Gosh come to think of it, most neighborhoods have some form of tudor architecture! I described just the basics to my husband one day: look for that steeply [...] Read more
Home Green Home: energy efficient financing & homeowner goals
Because of the growing demands for cleaner and safer buildings & interior environments, lenders are beginning to recognize the possibilities in “green financing” but for now, the efficiency of these mortgage options is a work in progress. Energy-Efficient Mortgages (EEMs) are fairly new to the banking industry and even more complex than the processes involved [...] Read more
