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Beachfront Homes

June 25, 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Beachfront Homes on the Olympic Peninsula are not easy to find, especially the kind of beautiful and modern beachfront homes most buyers today would like to own. Of course, beachfront homes are more expensive than similar homes with no beach, so if you are looking at beachfront homes, you’ll see the premium these homes get in the MLS.

Beachfront Homes

The home in this photo just sold for $900,000, and I represented the sellers. This gorgeous custom built home is located on the beach of the Strait of Juan de Fuca just a few miles north of downtown Sequim, and is near the center of the Sequim Blue Hole. The water view includes a view of the Sequim-Dungeness Lighthouse and the San Juan Islands.

Beachfront Homes

You can search for homes in the MLS on the beaches and with water views on two main MLS sites. The first includes all listings from the Olympic Listing Service MLS, and the second includes all homes in the Northwest MLS.

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Bell Hill Water View Home

May 15, 2015 by Chuck Marunde

This Bell Hill water view home is beautiful from the outside, but the floor plan inside and the kitchen and master bedroom are precisely what so many retirees want now, and this home sits in a very peaceful location.

Bell Hill Water View

The very first thing you undoubtedly want to do is see more larger photos, and you can right here at Sequim Water View Home. Be sure to click on one of the three thumbnail photos, and you will get more photos.

Many retirees want a modern home built with high quality materials, preferably hardwood floors, a large modern kitchen, stainless steel appliances with a gas (propane) cooktop, and an open floor plan between the kitchen, dining and living rooms. They also like the laundry room near the kitchen or between the kitchen and the master bedroom. They love a large master bedroom, a walk-in closet with a skylight or window, a modern master bathroom with double sinks and both a shower and comfortable soaking tub. Of course, it would be ideal if most of these rooms had a water view.

An attached garage with an easy entry into the kitchen for carrying groceries is important. They also like a den on the main floor. In fact, they want all of this on the main floor, all one level. Having a second floor is okay for many buyers, because the guest rooms can be on that floor for kids and grandkids, but they do want to be able to live all one one floor.

They also would like water available outside for all the landscaping without having to worry about water restrictions. A year round irrigation ditch or a creek would be the perfect solution. A modern electric forced air heating and cooling system with a heat pump is ideal for the Sequim climate and the most efficient way to heat a home in such a mild climate.

Water View of the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Most buyers would love some privacy if they could find the perfect location. And if there is one last and major feature almost every retiree would love is a water view of our beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca with the islands and Mount Baker on the horizon.

When I write that this description is what most buyers want, I am being totally sincere. This Bell Hill water view home just happens to have them all. If you would like to view this home, call Chuck at 360-775-5424. Meanwhile, check it out at Sequim Water View Home.

Bluff Stability

March 14, 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Bluff Stability is no small matter if you are considering a home on a bluff of any height. Most bluffs along the Olympic Peninsula are stable, not not all. The Sequim Buyer’s Guide can help you know how to do your due diligence on important issues like bluff stability. The all new 2nd edition of Sequim Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide is available on Amazon.com. This Buyer’s Guide has been very popular with buyers looking at Sequim and Port Angeles and Port Townsend, including buyers in more than 25 states from Alaska to Florida and Hawaii to New York.

Bluf Stability

Here’s a quote from the chapter entitled Bluff Homes and Bluff Stability. “We have bluffs in the Sequim and Port Angeles and Port Townsend areas with absolutely stunning water views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and International waters with Victoria’s night lights glowing on the horizon. But what about bluff stability? Is a 100 foot or 200 foot bluff stable? The answer is not easy, but there is a logical analysis that can help you decide on a particular bluff property. . . . I’m not a geologist or a bluff stability engineer, but I have spent 20 years in the area studying our bluffs, and I’ve read a number of bluff stability reports. More importantly, I’ve talked with the county’s number one bluff stability engineer about the history and the issues that influence bluff stability.”

Bluff Stability Bullet List

In the book Sequim Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide, I provide a bullet list of issues that help to understand bluff stability, and a buyer’s options when looking at a property on a high bluff. This Buyer’s Guide is the result of over three decades in real estate, including 20 years as a real estate attorney. Chuck Marunde is the author of a number of real estate books, thousands of articles about buying, and he’s a top selling buyer’s agent. Chuck was just awarded the prestigious Five Star Real Estate Award for 2014, an award granted to less than 7% of over 25,000 Seattle area agents.

If you’re going to spend six figures on a home in Sequim or Port Angeles, $29.95 for this Buyer’s Guide is a bargain. You can order directly online from the publisher at Sequim Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide, or in a few days you will be able to order directly from Amazon.com, too. The book is full of practical advice for buyers of Sequim real estate as well as Port Angeles real estate and Port Townsend real estate.

Luxury Water View Homes in Washington

March 3, 2015 by Chuck Marunde

There’s a new public MLS site called LuxuryWaterViewHomes.com. Luxury Water View Homes specializes in gorgeous million dollar water view homes from Seattle to Port Angeles, around the Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and on all the islands in between in the State of Washington. This site is not just your average listing agent’s site. Not at all. This site was designed and programmed to reach out specifically to buyers, and to show them all the listings that are available–no matter who has it listed. All luxury water view homes listed for sale from Seattle to Port Angeles and every island in between is on this site.

Luxury Water View Homes

This new MLS site includes beach homes, water view homes, water front homes (high bluff, medium bluff, low bluff), mountain top homes with water views, island homes, and luxury water view homes listed for sale on any water in the larger Seattle to Port Townsend, to Port Angeles, and every island in between. Here is the coverage area.

Luxury Water View Homes – The Advantage for Buyers

Not only does this site include all the listings in this area no matter who the listing broker is, this site was designed specifically with buyers in mind, and that means the site has intuitive navigation, pleasing designs, powerful but simple tools for searching for luxury homes, easy tools for saving favorites, and a great system to get email alerts for your ideal home. But there is something that is perhaps even more beneficial for buyers.

For buyers in the market for a multi-million dollar luxury home, it makes sense to be represented by a buyer’s agent who is one of the nation’s recognized experts. Chuck Marunde is a three decades real estate veteran, which includes 20 years as a real estate attorney. When other real estate brokers need help anywhere in the U.S., they often call Chuck Marunde. Chuck is the author of several real estate books written for buyers. He is known as an expert negotiator. He recently received a prestigious award, the Five Star Real Estate Professional Award, which is given to less than 7% of over 25,000 Seattle area real estate agents.

A luxury water view homes MLS site with a buyer’s agent–just what the discerning buyer wants and needs. Check it out at Luxury Water View Homes.

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