New two-level loft homes under construction in Madison Valley with Washington Park Arboretum views. Concrete & steel clad in brick with the main level reserved for retail. Each home will include private garage parking. For more detailed information, T 206.501.1327.
As neighbors in the historic Corona Hotel in Pioneer Square, Funkylofts co-hosted a party on site last Thursday (see fotos below) with Carole McClellan, showcasing great design in architecture & fashion. Funkylofts invited clients & acquaintances who are considering buying homes in the new development projects such as 1 Hotel & Residences, Escala, The Four Seasons, and Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue. Carole’s guests were busy trying on her recycled fur coats which she lines with vintage Hermes silk scarves before they wandered across to peruse the informational materials on hand for all the new lofts/condominiums being built in downtown Seattle. The party buzz continued long after the empty champagne magnums since Gina’s loftmade white chocolate/pumpkin & dark ginger/mango truffles were in abundance. If interested in attending one of our events in the future, please drop us a note at urbanites@funkylofts.com.
Despite rising inventory & tightening credit standards, the Pacific Northwest housing market is still doing well compared with the rest of the nation. Please view the links below for detailed information regarding appreciation, median prices & annual average price changes. The median price for a single-family home in seattle topped the half-million-dollar mark for the first time last month, the latest sales figures show. Seattle’s median home-sales price, including both condos and houses, was $439,000, up 8.4 percent from a year ago.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/homevalues/2007/condos/condos-king.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070920/lf_nm/washingtonstate_housing_dc
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2004019451_condos17.html
Designed by Pb elemental, www.elementalarchitecture.com, the Cosrson Lofts are located at 6604 Corson Avenue South in Georgetown. The three one-bedroom units feature 18′ ceilings, heated concrete floors, and custom railings. Pb Elemental Architecture is a design/develop/build group that focuses on modern commercial and mixed use design in the Seattle area. This particular design was intended to blend with the vibrant industrial-residential character that is prevalent in the neighborhood. These three lofts sold very quickly, however, for other current and/or completed projects by this group, please visit their website or contact funkylofts for more information.
Can nature and luxury coexist ? To help you answer the question, go preview the five eco-friendly homes at Quinn’s Crossing built using a combination of new and recycled materials and energy efficient products. This year the new dimension added to the showcase was highlighting innovative ideas in the new contruction and land development realm which help bring awareness and preservation of natural resources to the forefront. Enjoy the show, 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily, ticket sales close at 8 p.m.
House number 1: Seattle Home Design Co., House number 2: Metropolitan Construction & Design, House number 3: Lockie Homes, Inc., House number 4: WaterStone Homes, LLC, House number 5: Grey Lundberg/CMI Homes, Inc.
please send all comments to urbanites@funkylofts.com. first person to specify location of all four wins a loft space in nyc or seattle, your choice!
Be on the lookout in Seattle for the funky beetle shuttling loft/condominium buyers around town on property tours. If you’re interested in downtown living, please give us a call at Funkylofts & we will find a well designed living space that looks & feels right for you. Funkylofts wants to help you attain your real estate goals. Realty for urbanites, by urbanites…….
Amidst the urban jungle, Architect Ghiora Aharoni turned two rooms, 550-square-feet, into a comfortable living-dining space in his West Village apartment. Notice above, Aharoni exposed the living area’s brick walls before painting them white and installed a new cherry floor. The kitchen cabinets were designed, like the bookcases in the living room, to float above the floor to maximize the floor area to create a sense of spaciousness. A home theatre screen rolls down from the ceiling at the edge of the kitchen to double as a room divider and a projection surface. The bathroom’s sliding door and circular shower-curtain rod are space saving devices as well as the long & very narrow stainless-steel sink.
Although Aharoni works on much larger and luxurious projects in Manhattan, his apartment transformation forced him to respond to what was there instead of what he could design. He said, ”I learned to listen to a space”.
