http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/01/south_seattle_future_retro_real_estate.html Redfin Seattle Sweet Digs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:13:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/01/south_seattle_future_retro_real_estate.html/comment-page-1#comment-700 SEA_Realty Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:33:54 +0000 http://devblog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/01/south_seattle_future_retro_real_estate.html#comment-700 The locally legendary 4807 50th South (Future Retro Real Estate) has now gone down from original laughable listing of 969K to either 839K or 799K, depending on where you look, though I have to say it is still overpriced, if you look at other, better offerings in this neighborhood, where 800K can get you a real water view and plenty of mid-century charm. The view is paltry and no doubt threatened by a bad as-is fixer to the north. The lot is quite small, the landscaping chintzy, and the house sticks out like a sore thumb on this block of quaint post-war homes. And if newness is the only selling point, then the finishes seem to be wearing already, as they’ve just recently painted the woodwork. A shining example of developers' myopia about location; a block-and-a-half or two east, and this would have made sense. The locally legendary 4807 50th South (Future Retro Real Estate) has now gone down from original laughable listing of 969K to either 839K or 799K, depending on where you look, though I have to say it is still overpriced, if you look at other, better offerings in this neighborhood, where 800K can get you a real water view and plenty of mid-century charm. The view is paltry and no doubt threatened by a bad as-is fixer to the north. The lot is quite small, the landscaping chintzy, and the house sticks out like a sore thumb on this block of quaint post-war homes. And if newness is the only selling point, then the finishes seem to be wearing already, as they’ve just recently painted the woodwork. A shining example of developers’ myopia about location; a block-and-a-half or two east, and this would have made sense.

]]> http://blog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/01/south_seattle_future_retro_real_estate.html/comment-page-1#comment-141 Simon Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:40:35 +0000 http://devblog.redfin.com/seattle/2007/01/south_seattle_future_retro_real_estate.html#comment-141 Did you actually go into the house? Or is this a review based on a flyer and a driveby? Did you actually go into the house? Or is this a review based on a flyer and a driveby?

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