BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a brick basement rambler in Shorewood, just waiting to be made beautiful again and at a reduced price!

Daylight basement, carport, large lot and great location.

And it’s got a little Sound view too!

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 5th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 11825 26th Ave SW, West Seattle, WA 98146

INFO:

• List Price: $299,500
• Listing #: 292562
• Beds: 3
• Baths: 2
• Year Built: 1952
• Approximate House SqFt: 2,060
• Lot Square Footage: 10,950

Interior Features:

• Hardwood Floors
• Carport-attached
• 2 Fireplaces

Marketing Remarks:

Brick basement rambler in Shorewood just waiting to be made beautiful again!

Daylight basement, carport, large lot and great location.

A little Sound View too!

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a spotless late 50s home with three bedrooms.

The kitchen has all built-ins, living room has a cozy fireplace, dining area with sliders to large covered deck, picturesque yard with lawn & garden sheds.

The basement offers a rec room with fireplace, bar, a safe, 3/4 bath, utility room, storage and garage wired for welding.

Home has A/C throughout.

Parking for trailer or RV.

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 15th from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 16259 14th Ave SW, Burien, WA 98166.

INFO:

• List Price: $285,000
• Listing #: 281085
• Beds: 3

• Baths: 1.75
• Year Built: 1959
• Approximate House SqFt: 1,7700
• Lot Square Footage: 10,795

Site Features:

• Cable TV
• Deck
• Fenced-Fully

• Gas Available
• Outbuildings
• Patio

Marketing Remarks:

Spotless late 50s home features 3 bdrms, kitchen w/all built-ins, liv rm w/cozy frplc, dining area w/sliders to large covered deck, picturesque yard w/lawn & garden sheds.

Bsmt offers rec room w/frplc, bar, 3/4 bath, utility rm, storage and garage wired for welding.

Home has A/C throughout.

Parking for trailer or RV.

Safe in rec room stays.

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a 4-bedroom, 1920 storybook bungalow set in a serene and private setting with a panoramic Sound & Mountain view.

This is a very unique house with a stained glass window in the entry from a Seattle church, re-purposed columns from a 1900s farm house and built-ins that add a note of elegance to everyday dining.

Sweeping circular driveway, architecturally pleasing carport and plenty of garden spots.

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 8th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 15204 27th Ave SW, Burien, WA 98166

INFO:

• List Price: $349,950
• Listing #: 306898
• Beds: 4
• Baths: 1.75

• Year Built: 1920
• Approximate House SqFt: 1,880
• Lot Square Footage: 15,100

Site Features:

• Dining Room Skylights
• Cable TV
• Fenced-Partially
• RV Parking

Marketing Remarks:

A 1920 storybook bungalow set in a serene and private setting with a panoramic Sound & Mountain view.

Very unique house with a stained glass window in the entry from a Seattle church, re-purposed columns from a 1900s farm house and built-ins that add a note of elegance to everyday dining.

Sweeping circular driveway, architecturally pleasing carport and plenty of garden spots.

Home features 4 bdr.,13/4 baths, formal dining and L/R w/ frpl.

The bones are there, needs some restoration & updating.

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

BTB Real Estate Partner Prudential Northwest Realty would like to congratulate Stuart Steadman, honored as its ‘Top Producing Real Estate Broker’ for 2011.

Steadman was also honored in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and once again this year!

“Stuart has been a real estate broker since 1999,” said Broker/Branch Manager Lori Alden. “He prides himself on helping others achieve their real estate goals. Whether buying or selling Stuart can help with all your real estate needs. Thank you for your dedication Stuart!”

To see all the latest listings on local homes, as well as Open Houses, click here.

by Ralph Nichols

Condo sales have resumed at Burien Town Square.

The sales, which began in October, are the first since ST Residential became owner of the seven-story condominium/retail complex with 124 residential units.

They are also the first since building developer Urban Partners was forced to suspend sales in 2009 when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) shut down the bank holding their construction loan.

“Since re-launching sales at Burien Town Square in October, we are pleased to report that there have been 11 contracts executed, of which five are with buyers who previously had pre-sale contracts in place,” Peter Marino, spokesman for ST Residential, told The B-Town Blog.

“We have closed three of the 11 contracts at this point,” Marino noted.

“Throughout the country, sales traffic typically slows down during the holiday season and in the early winter months,” he continued.

“We are encouraged by the response and interest in Burien Town Square. We look forward to a strong year of sales in 2012, but we don’t anticipate sales traffic to really pick up until late winter or early spring.”

These new sales are “good news” for the city, said Burien Economic Development Manager Dan Trimble. “I think it will help move completion of the Town Square project forward.”

The second and third phases of Town Square remain undeveloped. Urban Partners owns both parcels, located north of the condo/retail complex and the Library/City Hall building.

Urban Partners has until late January to submit plans for phase two development to the city.

“The other impact” of renewed condo sales “is that merchants on 152nd and 153rd streets and elsewhere downtown will have more customers,” Trimble added.

“That was one of the intentions” for the Town Square project. Merchants and restaurants “have been very patient and hopefully they will see that pay off.”

Only six condos in the complex, which includes 20,000 square feet of still-vacant ground-floor retail space, were sold before sales were halted in 2009.

The resumption of condo sales is ST Residential’s primary focus. The investment group has yet to announce leases of retail space.

In August, David Ploger, first vice president of ST Residential, told Burien City Council members that, even with lingering uncertainties in the housing market, they hoped to have a public launch of condo sales before year’s end.

Expressing confidence at that time in the marketability of the condos, Ploger described them as “very efficient. The floor plans are state of the art. I’ve looked around and I’m not aware of a better condominium complex in the South Seattle area.”

But to help move sales, he also said then that ST Residential would respond to market conditions by lowering condo prices well below the original 2009 prices.

Construction of the Town Square complex, then owned by Urban Partners, the city’s private developer for the project, was completed in June 2009.

But that September, condo sales were halted when the FDIC closed Corus Bank, which had financed construction of the building with a $38.5 million loan.

After the FDIC seized the bank’s assets, including Urban Partners’ loan, ST Residential became holder of its residential construction loan portfolio.

ST Residential is comprised of the FDIC, which holds a 60 percent share of that portfolio, and Starwood Capital Group and four other several private investors.

Urban Partners eventually transferred ownership of the condo/retail complex – avoiding a trustee’s sale of this property, which was in foreclosure – to ST Residential. The FDIC earlier had rejected an offer by Urban Partners to buy back its construction loan.

Urban Partners has since been waiting until after ST Residential resumed condo sales to propose a development plan for phase two of the Town Square project.

Read more of our extensive coverage of Burien Town Square here.

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a large and beautiful home with lots of space.

The home has 2,130 square feet of finished living space with 4 bedrooms – all on one floor, along with 2.5 bathrooms.

There is a 3-car garage and an additional 1,070 square feet of partially finished basement space to finish also.

It has been recently painted throughout and new carpeting has been installed – all ready for you to move right in.

The home is close to Downtown Burien with easy access to Downtown Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, I-5 and I-405.

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 4th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 14239 4th Ave South, Burien, WA 98168

INFO:

• List Price: $349,000
• Listing #: 295595
• Beds: 4
• Baths: 2.5
• Year Built: 1998
• Approximate House SqFt: 3,200
• Lot Square Footage: 7,337

Site Features:

• Bath Off Master
• Dble Pane/Strm Windw
• Dining Room
• Vaulted Ceilings
• Walk-in Closet
• Deck
• Fenced-Partially
• Gas Available

Marketing Remarks:

This is a large and beautiful home with lots of space.

The home has 2130 sq feet of finished living space with 4 bedrooms all on one floor and 2.5 bathrooms.

There is a 3 car garage and an additional 1070 of partially finished basement space to finishe how you like (3200 sq foot home).

It has been recently painted thoughout and new carpeting has been installed ready for you to move right in.

The home is close to Downtown Burien with easy access to Downtown Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, I-5 and I-405.

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a 3-bedroom rambler on a huge lot at a great price that’s looking for new owners!

The large 20,042 square foot lot offers plenty of privacy, room for toys, play and a garden.

It’s got a freshly-painted interior, carpet in living room and hardwood floors in the dining room and bedrooms.

Other great features of this home include wood burning fireplace, RV parking, garden shed, double pane windows, gas heat, 2 car garage, large pantry, terraced landscaping and apple trees!

NOT a short sale or bank owned property.

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 20th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 919 SW 130th Street, Burien, WA 98146

INFO:

• List Price: $209,950
• Listing #: 290380
• Beds: 3
• Baths: 1.75
• Year Built: 1960
• Approximate House SqFt: 1,220
• Lot Square Footage: 20,042

Site Features:

• Cable TV
• Deck
• Gas Available
• Outbuildings
• RV Parking
• Dble Pane/Strm Windw
• Dining Room

Marketing Remarks:

This 1220 square foot 3 bedroom, 2 bath rambler home is looking for new owners!

Large 20,042 square foot lot offers plenty of privacy, room for toys, play and a garden.

Freshly painted interior, carpet in living room & hardwood floors in dining room & bedrooms.

Other great features of this home include wood burning fireplace, RV parking, garden shed, double pane windows, gas heat, 2 car garage, large pantry, terraced landscaping and apple trees!

NOT a short sale or bank owned property.

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a brick basement rambler in Shorewood, just waiting to be made beautiful again!

Daylight basement, carport, large lot and great location.

And it’s got a little Sound view too!

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 13th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 11825 26th Ave SW, West Seattle, WA 98146

INFO:

• List Price: $310,000
• Listing #: 292562
• Beds: 3
• Baths: 2
• Year Built: 1952
• Approximate House SqFt: 2,060
• Lot Square Footage: 10,950

Interior Features:

• Hardwood Floors
• Carport-attached
• 2 Fireplaces

Marketing Remarks:

Brick basement rambler in Shorewood just waiting to be made beautiful again!

Daylight basement, carport, large lot and great location.

A little Sound View too!

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s Open House for this week is a great, 4-bedroom starter home with many nice features priced at just $162,500!

This house has hardwood floors under the carpets, vinyl windows, forced air gas heat, RV parking access to the back yard that is flat and fully fenced. and a cool retro bathroom from the 1950s.

There are two wood-burning fireplaces, one is located in the large family room with a slider to the back yard.

Two of the bedrooms are upstairs, one of them is finished in knotty pine. Lots of potential.

Here are the details:

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 6th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 13611 3rd Ave South, Burien, WA 98168

INFO:

• List Price: $162,500
• Listing #: 291270
• Beds: 4
• Baths: 1.5
• Year Built: 1955
• Approximate House SqFt: 1,680
• Lot Square Footage: 8,515

Interior Features:

• Cable TV
• Deck
• Fenced-Fully
• Gas Available
• High Speed Internet
• RV Parking
• Shop

Marketing Remarks:

Great starter home with many nice features just needing some finishing touches.

This 4 bedroom, 1.5 bath house has hardwood floors under the carpets, vinyl windows, forced air gas heat, RV parking access to the back yard that is flat and fully fenced. and a cool retro bathroom from the 1950s.

There are two wood burning fireplaces, one is located in the large family room with a slider to the back yard.

Two of the bedrooms are upstairs, one of them is finished in knotty pine.\

Lots of potential.

Click here to see the full, detailed listing.

Click here to view all of Prudential Northwest’s Open Houses.

Sally Law

This perfectly-maintained home comes completely furnished down to the dishes, linens, a golf cart, and all the tools in the shop, and is priced to sell at just $269,000!

“This house would also make for a fully-equipped retreat facility,” Sally said. “The bedrooms can hold up to four or five sets of bunk beds to accommodate more sleeping space. There’s also a fully-equipped kitchen with pot, pans and dishes, and a large dining table and eating space at the kitchen breakfast bar!”

Sally adds that there’s also “tons of space on the parking apron for 6-8 cars and/or an RV or boat, and the garage will hold at least three cars or have space for workshop and more.”

If you’re not familiar with it, Anderson Island is the southernmost island in Puget Sound, and is accessible by a 20-minute ferry ride from Steilacoom (Sally recommends that you check the ferry schedule online here and buy tickets in advance).

Anderson Island has a land area of nearly eight square miles, with a population of just over 1,000 as of the 2010 census. The island has been a favorite retirement destination since the late 1960s, but the population booms every summer to approximately 4,000.

As for the main attraction – this house – it’s located on a golf course’s 6th green and 7th tee box, has a backyard fire pit, an open, spacious floor plan and decks, perfect for entertaining.

Here are the details:

WHEN: Open House will be this Sunday, Oct. 30th, from 1pm – 4pm.

WHERE: 10904 Pioneer Drive, Anderson Island, WA 98303

INFO:

• List Price: $269,000
• Listing #: 102837
• Beds: 2
• Baths: 2.00
• Year Built: 1993
• Approximate House SqFt: 2,076
• Lot SqFt: 8,400

Interior Features:

• Ceiling Fan(s)
• Loft
• Skylights
• Vaulted Ceilings
• Fireplace

Site Features:

• Deck

• Moorage
• RV Parking
• Sprinkler System

Get Ferry ticket/schedule on line at steilacoom.org/ferry.htm or at the dock.

Marketing Remarks:

Located on the golf course.

Sleeps 6 comfortably.

A large wrap around deck, sprinkler system, heat pump and fire pit in the back yard. Lots of boat/RV parking, over sized 2 car garage.

Riviera Community boat launch for the Salt Water and Fresh Water for fishing and/or skiing.

One more lake just for paddling around.

Home comes completely furnished with Linens, dishes, golf cart, yard tools.

Great Second home or vacation rental.

Get Ferry ticket/schedule on line at steilacoom.org/ferry.htm or at dock.

For more information, contact Sally Law at Prudential Northwest Realty:

• Email: sallylaw@pnwrealty.com
• Phone: (206) 817-1114
• Website: www.sallylaw.com

To see the full listing for this property, click here.