Estates Northwest: Seattle Real Estate Blog

Lake Forest Park Open Houses:

This weekend is the big Nationwide Realtor Open House Event and I wanted to highlight the open houses being held for this great occasion:

Lake Forest Park:  19600 44th PL NE  Come see this gorgeous secluded oasis in the city - open from 1-4 on Sunday

Soaring ceilings and walls of windows with treed surroundings just a hop and skip away form all that Seattle has to offer and right next to Horizon View Park.  Deeded Beach Rights in the Lake Forest Park Civic Club!

Sheridan Heights in Lake Forest Park:  Lake Forest Park is a Seattle Suburb on the North end of Lake Washington.  This city offers some great waterfront living and wonderful views of Lake Washington and the mountains.  Sheridan Heights is a great section of town - on the South end on Bothell-Everett Highway across from Sheridan Beach.  Sheridan Heights homes enjoy deed beach rights if within the Sheridan Beach Club boundaries.

Sheridan Heights Homes Have Perks! 

Residents of Sheridan Heights enjoy great schools, parks, and an abundance of beautiful scenery.  There are always Seaplanes buzzing over Lake Washington on their way to and from Lake Union and Kenmore and lots of great boating activities to watch.  Close proximity to the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre is just one more great convenience of living in this Lake Forest Park neighborhood.  On top of that  the Burke-Gilman trail runs right through Lake Forest Park along the water line for great cycling and other activities to the North and South.

Sheridan Beach Real Estate:  If you are thinking about looking for a great view home in the close suburbs of Seattle, then Sheridan Heights in Lake Forest Park might be a great option.  The homes are generally rambling with both ranch styles and one story with basements.  There Is also some new construction - all the homes in Sheridan Heights are oriented towards the great beauty that lies just to the East of them: Lake Washington! 

Homes in Sheridan Heights are generally more affordable than Sheridan Beach homes, but still enjoy perks of the Sheridan Beach Club plus bigger views in my opinion.   Let me know if you would like to take a peek!

Sheridan Beach Club Homes:  Sheridan Beach Community Club Boundaries, Beach Rights, More!  Lake Forest Park Beach Rights come in three forms currently:  access at the public dock deeded to the city in the 1990's, Lake Forest Park Civic Club Homes, or the Sheridan Beach Community Club Homes.  Each has its perks, but Lake Forest Park waterfront beach rights through either the Civic Club or the Community Club are very desirable. The Sheridan Beach Community Club is a shared waterfront beach club centered around life on the waters of Lake Washington as well as the on site pool open during the season (parts of May through parts of September)  (Swim Club).

Sheridan Beach Club Homes also enjoy other great perks of membership - Besides the waterfront beach at the Sheridan Beach Community Club, you can also join the Sheridan Beach Community Club Sailing Club and the Sailing Club - it is such a great community asset! The Swim Club is pretty special - swim lessons, polo, water aerobics, and more - lots of updated activities and a great place to gather with your neighbors.

So what are the Sheridan Beach Club Boundaries and where can you find homes within these boundaries with Lake Forest Park Beach Rights?  Sheridan Beach Club Membership is deeded to the residents of both Sheridan Beach - the waterfront neighborhood of Lake Forest Park and to Sheridan Heights - full of gorgeous Lake Forest Park view homes.

Where can you find the Sheridan Beach Community Club?

The club is located along the shores of Lake Washington here:

16500 Shore Drive NE  
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Their website has updated events on it:  http://sheridanbeach.org/ - You can also contact them here:

Sheridan Beach Community Club (info@sheridanbeach.org)
Pool office phone (during the season)

Phone: 206-364-0920 

Sheridan Beach Community Club Homes:  You can find Sheridan Beach Club Homes and other Lake Forest Park real estate on the CooperJacobs website - we would be happy to make sure your next home has beach rights!

Lake Forest Park Civic Club Homes: Got Beach Rights?  The Seattle suburb of Lake Forest Park rests on the banks of beautiful Lake Washington which offers some of the warmest and calmest Seattle beaches in the area. There are three ways to hit the beach in Lake Forest Park, but one of them is the Lake Forest Park Civic Club. 

Only certain homes in the city fall within the Lake Forest Park Civic Club Boundaries and get to have all the perks including Lake Forest Park beach rights!  The Lake Forest Park Civic Club homes also enjoy access to the clubhouse and other great features of the Club.  Dock, boat launch, more!

According to the member site, Lake Forest Park Civic Club Homes with Beach rights are in the following deeded area of Lake Forest Park:

Lake Forest Park Civic Club Homes DEEDED AREAs enjoying beach rights:

Lake Forest Park (Original Deeded Area)

Lake Forest Park 1st Addition

Lake Forest Park 2nd Addition

Lake Forest Park 3rd Addition

Lake Forest Park Waterfront Addition

Monte Vista Addition

Still not sure if you are looking at a Lake Forest Park Civic Club Home?  Call Pat at the Club - he is great about checking the address for you! 206-362-8818  You can find the Lake Forest Park Civic Club at 17301 Beach Drive in Lake Forest Park

If you are going to look for a home in Lake Forest Park, access to the waterfront is either through a public park, Sheridan Beach Community Club or the Lake Forest Park Civic Club and homes that have the beach rights offered by the Civic Club are highly sought after in the community.  At less than $200 a year for membership, it is a bargain!  Let us know if you are looking for Lake Forest Park Civic Club Homes - we are happy to show you around the city and also the Civic Club if you like.  The beach is beautiful!

Lake Forest Park WA Community Info:

Lake Forest Park WA is full of natural beauty and is all in all just a wonderful community!  It is a great alternative to city living, but still close enough in to take full advantage of all Seattle has to offer. 

Here are some of the Lake Forest Park WA things you may not have known:

• Speeding STRONGLY discouraged with many speed traps and camera tickets especially around schools.
  
• Hybrid drivers welcome!
  
• Lots of trees!
  
• Farmers Market
  
• Beach Access even if not deeded through one of the private clubs through public park

Want to know more about Lake Forest Park Wa and Lake Forest Park Living?

Here is a link to a Lake Forest Park Community Guide:

Lake Forest Park WA Living

You can also find more info here:

Lake Forest Park Blog

Sheridan Beach Real Estate in the Seattle Suburb of Lake Forest Park, Washington - this is a wonderful Seattle waterfront neighborhood!

Sheridan Beach is right across from the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre in the heart of Lake Forest Park WA - it is a small waterfront community with some amazing homes!  The waterfront Sheridan Beach homes in Lake Forest Park are on the banks of Lake Washington and have wonderful low to no bank water frontage.  The other homes in Sheridan Beach are all also close to not only the water, but the Burke Gilman trail and all that lake Forest Park has to offer.

Wondering what it might cost to get into Sheridan Beach in Lake Forest Park? Sheridan Beach real estate has a large range due to the nature of its boundaries to the East and West.  On the West side is Bothell Highway and there are Sheridan Beach homes available starting in the $350,000 range from time to time, but only a couple blocks over is Lake Washington and waterfront Sheridan Beach homes start in the low million range and up.  You can get a really nice Lake Forest Park lakefront home in Sheridan Beach for under 1.5 million.

Sheridan Beach is a great neighborhood to choose when looking at Lake Forest Park real estate if you enjoy the outdoors and want to be close to both the lake and the trail for walking, biking, and more.  Having the Town Centre right across the street helps, too, and a car can actually become unnecessary in this neighborhood!  The Burke Gilman trail runs all the way into Seattle and interconnects with other trails both North and South of Lake Forest Park. 

The Town Centre has grocery, restaurant, banks, coffee, videos, book store, pet store, library, cafe, Subway, and more.  In addition, there is a seasonal farmer's market and city hall is right there, too!  Lake Forest Park has a lot to offer and is a pretty easy commute to Seattle!   Sheridan Beach is one of Lake Forest Park's  fabulous neighborhoods and has some great perks!

Courtney Cooper, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services 206-251-5948

Horizon View real estate in Lake Forest Park WA - this is a great neighborhood in the Seattle suburb of Lake Forest Park Washington! 

Horizon View is the highest point in Lake Forest Park and because of that the homes here tend to have some great views!  The Horizon View neighborhood has views of Lake Washington, the Cascades, Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, and Seattle on a clear day.

The real perk here for  Lake Forest Park Horizon View homes, though is the park itself  and great reason to look at Horizon View real estate- Horizon View Park is one of the most phenomenal around and a great smaller scale version of all the things we all like about Green Lake in Seattle!   There is a quarter mile loop and a mile loop, enclosed tennis court, basketball/sport court, ball field, playground complete with choo choo train and separated by age appropriateness, and more!  There is parking, porta-potties, a water fountain, and dogs are allowed here on leash. In true Lake Forest Park fashion, there is a dog bowl here for your furry friends to sip out of as well. The park is 8.4 acres and includes a giant Seattle reservoir which is inside of the larger loop. 

Little known Horizon View Lake Forest Park fact:  Ready for this one? Horizon View Park used to be a Nike Missile site!  It was the radar tracking portion of the system, but it was right here in Horizon View Park from 1957 until it was decommissioned in 1964.  You can still see the relics if you look closely.  After my daughter beat me at a game of tennis, we wandered up an old staircase that was covered in brambles and seemed to literally lead to nowhere.  I didn't know it at the time, but this was one of the radar pads left over from the old site - it was still a bit eerie.  The actual launching site is over on 1st and 228th on Nike Hill in Bothell (I also had no idea where the nick name had come from for the hill). Through out the 1950s Seattle got a lot of these installed apparently. 

Horizon View is a great neighborhood and Lake Forest Park is a wonderful Seattle suburb in Washington!  I have written about Lake Forest Park real estate before, but wanted to start really getting out some cool neighborhood information - Horizon View is a cool Lake Forest Park neighborhood and there are some wonderful homes here!

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services 206-251-5948

Don't forget :  this Sunday 12/14/2008!

 
Lake Forest Park Farmers Market

When?  11AM until 4PM

Where?  Third Place Commons,  17171 Bothell Way NE in Lake Forest Park, WA

Fresh local food - don't miss it!  Lake Forest Park living at its best includes the Farmer's Market!  Come see why people love living in Lake Forest Park - this is one of the wonderful farmer's markets around the greater Seattle area and happens to be one of my favorite ones!

Are you interested in Lake Forest Park real estate?  Email me for a list of great houses on the market! realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Lake Forest Park Living..

It is exciting to see the progress  that Seattle suburb Lake Forest Park is making as far as finding other ways of getting around.  Lake Forest Park has always been a great place to live if you like to bike, but check out the In Motion Page for LFP!

http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/transit/inmotion/lakeforestpark/

Here is what LFP residents have reported according to the site:

24% less driving alone , 94% more busing , 49% more walking

Great ways to go green in Lake Forest Park!

Are you interested in Lake Forest Park real estate?  Lake Forest Park Realtors - Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services, Seattle & Seattle Suburbs  Need help with Seattle real estate or Washington real estate?

The Shoreline Management info applies to anything within 200 feet of Lake Washington - lots of great waterfront properties in Lake Forest Park at Sheridan Beach!  Here are the details from the city site:

Shoreline Master Plan Open House

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

City Council Chambers

6:30pm - 8:30 pm

 More info?  Click here. 

Interested in Lake Forest Park real estate?  Kenmore real estate?  Interested in Brier real estate?  realestate@cooperjacobs.com

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