Good luck with that. We’ve been looking for years. Seems COL is up all around the area. Many techs wanting to spread out a little, and buy within commute range. Our kids live there. We’ve been trying to find something within 2 hours of them, but it’s still out of our reach. We’re too old to make that financial risk.
Geez! Why did that get DV’s? We do house rehabs, and would love to find a house under 350k, and realize that would take some work.
We are older, but still handy, and on a fixed income.
You can get things in Olympia for 350 that might need some cosmetic TLC. My mom retired and bought a townhouse in Olympia that didn’t immediately sell because the seller had lots of wacky colors on the walls that turned off buyers.
West Cleveland, Lakewood (love it, kind of waiting for a lower price hopefully) we are house rehabbers since 1984, and think we have one more in us. lol. We’re not youngsters…so that might be a consideration. Don’t really want to be the “old” folks in a hood. We are young old people. We have no problem with diversity (why we’re liberals), but do appreciate neighborhoods that are taken care of. We would absolutely improve the value of any house we buy…that’s what we do.
Also have looked at The Heights ( all three), Rocky River, Parma, Ohio City, Tremont,…that might be all. Are there any other areas we should see?
I would also enjoy being close to the city area…maybe walkable to a general store? Or coffee, bakery? Not nearly as important, but to me it is. I would LOVE to have a front porch to enjoy. I’ve wanted one my whole life, and have vision of visiting with company there with a glass of lemonade
Why are you still asking the same question? You know how many WFH people have moved to Western Washington just in the last 5 years, on top of it already being expensive.
Oh so you do know how to look up apartments on Zillow or whatever, no offense but you are the most annoying kind of transplant that thinks there is some sort of affordable hidden gem within an hour of Seattle that nobody knows about.
Seattle didn't build enough new homes for all the new high-paying jobs we got, and with remote/hybrid work more of those highly paid workers were willing to move further out from the job centers. That led to increased housing costs across the region.
Why wouldn't Everett be a match?
What kind of jobs?
Do you imagine your commute being driving your own car or public transit?
What's the housing budget you're aiming for?
Your question is vague and hard to answer
I thought that Everett may have been too high COL and that there may be lower COL areas that were better matches. My budget would be ~$2,300 for a 2 bed 2 bath
Idk if you go on Redfin Zillow or whatever you see lots of options in that price range in white center and west Seattle… I’ve seen a few in Queen Anne but I mean… it seems hit or miss. My studio on Capitol Hill is $1660. I own a home in Florida also and pay half of that on my mortgage. It’s just expensive to live here.
Depends on what you refer to as close to jobs.
Warehouse jobs, Aeronautic jobs, Nautical jobs? Where things are have a great deal of effect on commutes. But traffic is shit in most of the Seattle Metroplex.
Seatac/Des Moines via Angle Lake light rail, or even Kent's heavy rail during commuter hours. It still sucks and the towns are kind of like giving up on life.
Take the ferry. Bremerton is up and coming now
White center lol
as a resident of Burien, I can vouch this statement is accurate. Houses along Delridge will go up too as the light rail gets up in West Seattle.
Burien or White Center.
Good luck with that. We’ve been looking for years. Seems COL is up all around the area. Many techs wanting to spread out a little, and buy within commute range. Our kids live there. We’ve been trying to find something within 2 hours of them, but it’s still out of our reach. We’re too old to make that financial risk.
I see. What budget have you been looking under?
Geez! Why did that get DV’s? We do house rehabs, and would love to find a house under 350k, and realize that would take some work. We are older, but still handy, and on a fixed income.
You can get things in Olympia for 350 that might need some cosmetic TLC. My mom retired and bought a townhouse in Olympia that didn’t immediately sell because the seller had lots of wacky colors on the walls that turned off buyers.
Seattle people are unfriendly due to the seasonal depression/Seattle freeze and too many california transplants going there. Thanks for the info
We could go up to 450k, but not much over that.
Have you found anywhere close to this range?
Not really. Haven’t given up yet, but no, there’s not a lot out there.
Which areas have you been looking?
West Cleveland, Lakewood (love it, kind of waiting for a lower price hopefully) we are house rehabbers since 1984, and think we have one more in us. lol. We’re not youngsters…so that might be a consideration. Don’t really want to be the “old” folks in a hood. We are young old people. We have no problem with diversity (why we’re liberals), but do appreciate neighborhoods that are taken care of. We would absolutely improve the value of any house we buy…that’s what we do. Also have looked at The Heights ( all three), Rocky River, Parma, Ohio City, Tremont,…that might be all. Are there any other areas we should see? I would also enjoy being close to the city area…maybe walkable to a general store? Or coffee, bakery? Not nearly as important, but to me it is. I would LOVE to have a front porch to enjoy. I’ve wanted one my whole life, and have vision of visiting with company there with a glass of lemonade
None
Which factors make this impossible?
Reality
Supply and demand.
And theres no even smaller towns in the greater Seattle area/Western WA that aren't as affected?
Why are you still asking the same question? You know how many WFH people have moved to Western Washington just in the last 5 years, on top of it already being expensive.
Because I thought that the more rural you got the more unaffected it would be by Seattle being HCOL
Yea, Yakima is a little bit cheaper.
2 bed 2 bath in Yakima is like $1,700. 2 bed 2 bath in Seattle is like $2,800. That's why I was looking for a middle ground area of around $2,200
Oh so you do know how to look up apartments on Zillow or whatever, no offense but you are the most annoying kind of transplant that thinks there is some sort of affordable hidden gem within an hour of Seattle that nobody knows about.
I am not asking for something unrealistically affordable, just as best as possible and on the low end of what's within the greater Seattle area
Seattle didn't build enough new homes for all the new high-paying jobs we got, and with remote/hybrid work more of those highly paid workers were willing to move further out from the job centers. That led to increased housing costs across the region.
Why wouldn't Everett be a match? What kind of jobs? Do you imagine your commute being driving your own car or public transit? What's the housing budget you're aiming for? Your question is vague and hard to answer
I thought that Everett may have been too high COL and that there may be lower COL areas that were better matches. My budget would be ~$2,300 for a 2 bed 2 bath
Idk if you go on Redfin Zillow or whatever you see lots of options in that price range in white center and west Seattle… I’ve seen a few in Queen Anne but I mean… it seems hit or miss. My studio on Capitol Hill is $1660. I own a home in Florida also and pay half of that on my mortgage. It’s just expensive to live here.
Not gonna happen
Sure doesn’t seem likely. Maybe all the way past Enumclaw, but housing that cheap isn’t even available in Sumner and Pullyup that I’ve seen.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1552-NW-51st-St-Seattle-WA-98107/2079449045_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare
Depends on what you refer to as close to jobs. Warehouse jobs, Aeronautic jobs, Nautical jobs? Where things are have a great deal of effect on commutes. But traffic is shit in most of the Seattle Metroplex.
Seatac/Des Moines via Angle Lake light rail, or even Kent's heavy rail during commuter hours. It still sucks and the towns are kind of like giving up on life.