Progress on our townhome at High Point

The siding is on!

This is the view from the front door (SW Raymond Street) A nice little pocket park with two preserved Red Oak trees.

Inside the walls are in and they were getting ready to drywall over the weekend (May 5/6). Haven't been up there yet this week to see how it looks now...




It was a pretty nice day - this is the view in the direction of the Cascades from the office on the top floor.

This is the view from the deck on the main living floor.

More pictures of the new place

It's been a long day - I had to crank out my tax return (not an easy feat since I am self-employed) to provide more documentation for our pending loan application (not yet approved!). I should be getting a signed off contract tomorrow and we will have mutual acceptance. I expect everything to come together nicely. And I have people coming this weekend taking a look at our place. Steve's painting the bathroom and I have flowers to plant out front.


So I had to go up to the sales office and drop off an envelope, I took Sophia and chatted up the sales people - since we are all in the same business we have a lot to talk about.


I found out which building looks like what ours will look like, color-wise. I also took a picture of the pocket park with two preserved Red Oak trees that will be across from our front door.

Remember to click on photos to get a larger version

View of downtown and the building where we got married nearly 10 years ago from the corner of our block.
Pocket park across the street.
View of our building under construction. We are the 2nd door from the right.

A better view of downtown from the viewpoint at the park down the street. I can't wait for a sunny day to take pictures.
Our townhome under construction. It is in the center of the photo. The bottom floor is under ground here - the garage is accessible from the other side of the building.

This is what our building will look like when it is complete. The square residence in the middle of the two peaks is where we will be (in a different building). We are purchasing the largest floorplan in the community.

A view of the Space Needle from the view point down the street.

City View at High Point

We're considering buying a townhome in the new master planned community of High Point. This is a view of downtown Seattle from a pocket park above a pond and just down the street from where we are considering buying.

The old High Point was the "ghetto" of old World War II housing on the hill above our place (about 3/4 mile to the west) full of unemployed low-income families. Well, since receiving a federal Hope VI grant in 2003 Seattle Housing Authority has been busy demolishing all those old buildings and building a new master-planned community. There are 5 different developers building in different parts of the community. It's to Built Green standards, and extremely environmentally sensitive in development.

Altho it would be a huge change in lifestyle, we think we like the idea of less obligation to home repairs and yard work and more time to do the fun things we love. Steve will get to view a vacant unit Saturday morning and I am very excited for a decision to be made. I've been up since 4:30 this morning and I can't take much more of this! I am losing sleep over it!

Even if we make a decision now there's a lot that needs to happen before we can move. We need to sell this place, but we also need to arrange to stay here until the end of July, when our new home is expected to be completed.

Here is a picture of "our" building currently under construction.

Steve asked me what I would do about my love for gardening. Our current place has always been overwhelming and I always feel guilty about not doing enough. I told him I would get two massive pots for the front porch and change them every couple of months - and that may end up being more gardening than I do now since rheumatoid arthritis has really crimpled my style the last few years. He loves the idea of the 2-car garage and no work of course. I love the idea of a laundry room down the hall from the bedroom and not having to haul clothes up and downstairs. I also like the idea of the safety of sidewalks and street lights for dog walking purposes. The community has a retail area planned, with a grocery store (don't know who...), coffee shop and other services, and several parks. A new library is already open.

Be sure to check out this information and the floor plan!!

about the home: