On the market!

Our flip house is finally on the market! The realtor just finished staging the house and put it on the MLS. The broker open house is tomorrow, public open house is this Sunday and hopefully we will have a buyer by the end of next week...notice how I said, "hopefully". The market is still very strong in Seattle, but more importantly in the Burien area. Prices are up 18% in the past 6 months...making an annual increase of over 30%. Considering where our realtor originally had us in November ($X79K) to now being on the market ($Y29K) I would say we are right on average. Here are the final before and after shots. Sorry that the angles are not exactly the same, but the configuration of the house is a little different, and I couldn't remember where I stood for the "befores". We are glad to be done! Now we are looking for a new project.

Here is the front before and after. The small porch was demolished and a new front porch added. The front door was brought out from a vestibule arrangement to line up with the exterior.

Here is the back before and after. New addition connects the garage to the kitchen, adding a laundry room, furnace room, new Master Bath and new Master walk-in. Check out the new paver driveway.

Biggest changes were to the Kitchen and Master Bedroom where the most usable space was added. We refinished the oak floors in the living room, veneered the brick fireplace with slate and added a Craftsman styled mantle.

There is new cork floors in the kitchen and new laundry room, and new stainless appliances.

This is the new look dining area. New sliders to the new deck.

The new bath is much more functional and seems more spacious just by flipping the bath to the outside wall.

Here is the new look to the living room...

And the Master bedroom...where there once was a window and a wall is now the new walk-in closet, small sitting area and new bathroom to the right...hard to see, but it is just like the other bathroom and it is located just behind that closer wall to the right of the picture.

...and finally the granite tops.

Chow!