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1637 22nd Ave E, Seattle 98112

Graceful lines outside and fine details inside make this Seattle Capitol Hill Tudor home for sale a great place to settle in. Elegant features include leaded glass windows, hardwood floors & coved ceilings. Inviting living room has built in bookcases and a new gas fireplace. Formal dining room has built in cabinets and French doors to a private backyard deck.

This beautiful Seattle home also features a spacious master bedroom, large full basement and updated kitchen with Corian countertops. It is located on a wonderful street close to downtown & the UW.

Listed for $659,000 and SOLD for $640,000

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate - North Capitol Hill Sale Sold!

If you would like more info or are interested in buying or selling your Capitol Hill home, let us help guide you through today's Seattle real estate market. 

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate, LLC

206.236.9696

realestate@cooperjacobs.com

This home listed by Patrick Rusher of Cooper Jacobs Real Estate

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1637 22nd Ave E, Seattle 98112

Graceful lines outside and fine details inside make this Capital Hill Tudor a great place to call home. Elegant features include leaded glass windows, hardwood floors & coved ceilings. Inviting living room has built in bookcases and a new gas fireplace. Formal dining room has built in cabinets and French doors to a private backyard deck. Also features a spacious master bedroom, large full basement and updated kitchen w/corian countertops. Located on a wonderful street close to downtown & the UW.

$659,000

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate - North Capitol Hill Sale Pending!

If you would like more info or are interested in buying or selling your Capitol Hill home, let us help guide you through today's Seattle real estate market. 

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate, LLC

206.236.9696

realestate@cooperjacobs.com

This home listed by Patrick Rusher of Cooper Jacobs Real Estate (206) 356-2377

1637 22nd Ave E, Seattle 98112

$659,000

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate - North Capitol Hill Sale Pending!

Graceful lines outside and fine details inside make this Capital Hill Tudor a great place to call home. Elegant features include leaded glass windows, hardwood floors & coved ceilings. Inviting living room has built in bookcases and a new gas fireplace. Formal dining room has built in cabinets and French doors to a private backyard deck. Also features a spacious master bedroom, large full basement and updated kitchen w/corian countertops. Located on a wonderful street close to downtown & the UW.

If you would like more info or are interested in buying or selling your Capitol Hill home, let us help guide you through today's Seattle real estate market. 

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate, LLC

206.236.9696

realestate@cooperjacobs.com

This home listed by Patrick Rusher of Cooper Jacobs Real Estate (206) 356-2377

Volunteer Park is one of my favorite parks in Seattle - It has a great variety of activities there and is just a great place to exercise or to take a stroll around on a nice day.

   Seattle is filled with parks, but if you get a chance to visit Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill,do take advantage of it!    

Make sure to drive through and see the gorgeous historic homes in this area as well. 

This is one of Seattle's original neighborhoods and it is worth a look to see some of the stunning historic mansions!

Curious what you will see if you venture to climb to the top of the water tower in Seattle's Volunteer Park?  Look at this gorgeous view! 

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This one is always interesting, but listing agents including myself need to prepare sellers for vacating their homes upon close.  My very first transaction involved me representing a first time home buyer where the seller literally picked up their check at escrow and boarded a plane to California for good - food in fridge, clothes in closet, the tv was still one, etc.  - you get the idea.  It was not my job as a buyers agent to stand over her and make sure she left.  The listing agent who happened to be pretty experienced should have seen the signs.  Even a walk through on our part did not reveal her intentions.

Recently we had a seller completely disregard our buyer's feelings - we have a gorgeous couple buying a home and we had to force the transaction along on their behalf every step of the way.  The wife is pregnant and we really wanted to make the transaction as painless as possible. The seller, though, just only considered himself.  He left the house filthy and even left mattresses behind all over the house with no intention what so ever of picking them up. He just got out what he wanted and left town. Luckily his long suffering listing agent did help out and step up to the plate to get the rubbish out and we paid for a housekeeper for the couple. 

You really should use the golden rule when moving out of a home - would you want your home to be left this way?  For the most part, people are good thank goodness, but every  once in a while you do get a rotten egg and it is nice to have a team behind you when that happens so that you still get a great home and experience. We shielded our pregnant client form much of the true stress and took care of it on her behalf along the way. This is how things get done:)

Historic Mansions in Seattle

Seattle has some of the most gorgeous and significant historic mansions and I always love touring them and showing them to perspective buyers.  Seattle mansions are in many different neighborhoods, but I particularly like the historic beauties.

Many clients refer to the movie Money Pit when I am showing these types of homes, but in most cases, Seattle's historic mansions for sale are in very well cared for and preserved states. 

 My favorite historic mansions in Seattle are in Capitol Hill, Roanoke Park, Washington Park, Laurelhurst, and Queen Anne.  I love the Queen Anne mansions along Queen Anne Boulevard. 

Backyard cottages are a nice solution that many Seattle homeowners have been interested in for a variety of reasons.  A Seattle backyard cottage, officially known as a detached ADU or accessory dwelling unit, can be a nice solution for a college aged child or aging parent among other things and a great way to financially make ends meet.  Southeast Seattle has allowed them since 2006 and the Mayor introduced legislation to allow them across the city back in March of this year under a certain set of rules and regulations. 

Upcoming meeting to discuss Seattle Backyard Cottages: Nov 2nd at 2 PM for council vote on Backyard cottage legislation.  This is still tentatively scheduled, but you can get more info here: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Backyardcottages/Overview/

Seattle Backyard Cottages Guidelines:

Since introducing the idea in March, 18 homeowners have applied to add one in their back yard. Certain rules and guidelines must be followed to qualify.  Here are some, but you can find more details on the city site.

1. Lot must be at least 4000 square feet in area with additional minimum width and depth requirements.

2. The house and the backyard cottage together can not exceed the current 35% limit for lot coverage.

3. Cottage square footage limit is 800 sq feet.

4. Height limit of cottage is 15-23 feet high depending on the lot width.

5. Parking is required.

6. The owner must live in either the primary residence or the backyard cottage (like a Seattle ADU).

Are you interested in finding a Seattle home where you can add an ADU such as an interior one in the basement or a backyard cottage?  Seattle real estate offers many opportunities like this and knowing the rules and guidelines is key to making it work for you financially.  Let me know if you have questions!

Volunteer Park is one of my favorite parks in Seattle - I love the wide variety of activities there and it is a great place just to take a stroll around on a nice day.

  Curious what you will see if you venture to climb to the top of the water tower in Seattle's Volunteer Park?  Look at this gorgeous view! 

 Seattle is filled with parks, but if you get a chance to visit Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill, do take advantage of it!  Make sure to drive through and see the gorgeous historic homes in this area as well. 

This is one of Seattle's original neighborhoods and it is worth a look!

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Cal Anderson Park Capitol Hill Seattle WA - very cool!

Well I had a great day yesterday  - a little showing, some paperwork, and then a couple great walks and play time around Seattle neighborhood Capitol Hill.  It was a perfect Seattle summer day!   I wanted to go to Cal Anderson Park (corner of 11th and E Pine) because I had seen the feature on Evening Magazine on it.  After visiting the park, I also read about it in a great article on HA Seattle, because I was seriously confused while my children played in the texture fountain.  I thought it was the wading pool!  I was not alone as there were a ton of kids playing in it and dogs swimming in what must be the "reflection" pool.   I was pretty sure Evening Magazine specifically said a "series of toddler wading pools", but I will have to go back and review the segment.  So I brought my little ones along and we joined in with all the other people walking in the "wading pool" - or at least what I thought was a funky wading pool. 

Cal Anderson Park Fountain:  Not a Wading pool, but a fountain...You see, I have been to wading pools around Seattle - this is one of the most fun things for a two year old boy, but I did think this one was a bit odd looking.  Turns out there were posted notices all over to keep people and dogs out, but everyone was in it anyway.  I did think the odd bumps in the fountain would really do a number on my little guy's head if he clunked it on them, but I stayed close and kept him semi tame.  The fact is that the gorgeous fountain is just that - a fountain and the wading pool is not part of the fountain at all. So legally speaking, stay out of it, but wow, it was fun!

Cal Anderson Park in Seattle's great Capitol Hill neighborhood is worth a visit and another great reason to find a Seattle home in this wonderful neighborhood!  Interested in Capitol Hill real estate?