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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Masherbrum on June 16, 2006, 07:42:02 AM
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I may be moving out this way to work for Microsoft in Redmond, WA. Any areas to NOT live in? Price for say...a 3Br home, etc. Thanks in advance.
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Hmmm I'd say stay away from any coffee shop that you see caffeine crazed zombies in all the time. And any of the areas in which rich people reside. Unless you are rich, then more power to ya.
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Maybe you could rent Rip's Garage Mahal.
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LOL MT :D
The fluffy ripdorm would not fit a geek. Imagine all the "cola" stains. ;)
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Originally posted by nirvana
Hmmm I'd say stay away from any coffee shop that you see caffeine crazed zombies in all the time. And any of the areas in which rich people reside. Unless you are rich, then more power to ya.
I just got back from my Alaskan cruise last week and still recooping.. Between Vancouver BC and Seattle Wa. I think these people live only coffee!!
Seems like Seattle is a nice area.. Took a drive out to Mt Rainier, very cool national park. Not sure I want to live that close to the Volcano in some of those small towns.. I'm still in awe.. :D
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The further out in the woods that you live the cheaper it will be. For something in Redmond you might expect to pay 500k plus for a 3 br.
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You'll be shocked is all I can say. The avg. 3 bdrm 2 bth 1800 sq. ft. home runs about $463,000 (30 year old home)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2006/06/05/daily11.html?surround=lfn
Stay away from certain areas of Renton and certain areas of South Seattle.(The realtors will profile you and then direct you to the right areas to live)
A 1--1.5 hour commute into the city is not unheard of in order to afford housing.
You might check out North Bend, its a growing area about 45 minutes east (foothills of the cascades). Its a direct shot to Redmond from I-90, but again, the prices won't be much better. We've lost 2 software engineers (who moved out from Indiana to work at Boeing) in the last month due to the extremely high cost of living. They were making $50k a year (fresh out of college) and couldn't afford to buy a house here. They took other jobs elsewhere in the country.
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You're going to learn all about creative house financing, the 80-20 and 80-10-10 loan, the whole bit. Good luck.
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Originally posted by eagl
You're going to learn all about creative house financing, the 80-20 and 80-10-10 loan, the whole bit. Good luck.
They now offer a 50 year loan. Can you imagine?!? 50 year loan! LMAO!
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Heh, yea you'll never be upside down with a 50 yr mortgage... :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
The further out in the woods that you live the cheaper it will be. For something in Redmond you might expect to pay 500k plus for a 3 br.
Redmond has surpassed Bellevue for housing costs. For 500k you'd get a 70 year old home that has 2 bedrooms and a rotting deck. There is a bubble here in Washington state, our house value has tripled in 8 years. :rolleyes:
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as long as it stay there for one more year when I sell...> We are going to San Fran for a year.. Strongly debating selling instead of renting because we think we are coming back but are not sure.
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
as long as it stay there for one more year when I sell...> We are going to San Fran for a year.. Strongly debating selling instead of renting because we think we are coming back but are not sure.
If you sell, you won't be able to afford to move back here. I'd rent it out if you can.
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Found some potential in and around Olympia. I'll keep you posted.
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We've been looking at houses up there, found a couple in Snohomish and Monroe that look promising. I'm interviewing at Microsoft on Monday, we'll see how that develops.
The prices remind me of what they were in LA when we sold. Heck, maybe I should rent one of my mother's properties for a while (if we move) and wait for the bubble to pop. Such a gamble.... can't tell if the bubble will pop, or if it will just sorta sit there for a few years before heading up again.
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Olympia is a long drive to Redmond.. about an hour plus without traffic. Easily 2 plus with.
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Chairboy, I hear MS has an opening coming up in managment...
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Yeah, I heard about that opening too. I hear the pay is pretty good, but the person who has it now gets quite a bit of e-mail.
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Hope you like rain:D
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Originally posted by Chairboy
We've been looking at houses up there, found a couple in Snohomish and Monroe that look promising. I'm interviewing at Microsoft on Monday, we'll see how that develops.
The prices remind me of what they were in LA when we sold. Heck, maybe I should rent one of my mother's properties for a while (if we move) and wait for the bubble to pop. Such a gamble.... can't tell if the bubble will pop, or if it will just sorta sit there for a few years before heading up again.
I don't think the bubble will pop in this area. The state has made a business-friendly environment and businesses are growing in this area. Once upon a time when Boeing did poorly, the area went into a cyclic economical tail spin. That is not the case anymore. Boeing registers on the economical radar screen, but its signature is very small compared to the 60's and 70's. High prices are here to stay.
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Found some potential in and around Olympia. I'll keep you posted.
That will be a terrible commute to Redmond unless you work on an alternate schedule. On a Sunday morning with no traffic, you're looking at 1.25 hours Redmond to Olympia. Add 45 minutes in traffic and another 60 minutes+ on monday mornings and friday afternoons. Traffic isn't like LA or NY city, but road speeds tend to be a slower in the Pugest Sound than the rest of the country.
Unless you really need to live in a city environment, you'll find more reasonable homes and communtes East , South East and North East of route 405.
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Duvall , Snohomish,Lynnwood, Mt lake terrace Are quite abit cheaper then the Belleview/redmond area .. even Bothel is better then paying for the thru the roof miscosoft boxes.
the commute is better from those places .
Olympia is a nightmare drive . I would not reccomend that drive (3 -4 hrs in transit per day)
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Originally posted by MajWoody
Hope you like rain:D
Atlanta and NYC get more rain than Seattle...
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I'd go ape**** living anywhere near that many fruitcake liberals.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Atlanta and NYC get more rain than Seattle...
ya, but they don't average 1 day of sun over a month in winter either.
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Move to Aberdeen...if you like run down towns full of loggers and jocks with nothing to do but drink and fight.
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And on Wednesdays they go shopping and have buttered scones for tea.
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Seattle rain, pours
Relentless, unyielding, dank
Wet socks, all day long
Starbucks, Microsoft
Castles impenetrable
Without a canoe
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
ya, but they don't average 1 day of sun over a month in winter either.
But Fairbanks does...
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Originally posted by Hangtime
I'd go ape**** living anywhere near that many fruitcake liberals.
we keep those quarrentined to the qween anne , Fremont area ... and across town from them is the microdweebs/nindendodolts .
it only rained yesterday ... couple more months and the nasty cool Lightning storms come thru .
(http://www.strangedangers.com/images/content/104387.jpg)
more zzzzzzzzzzzaaaapttttfizzle (http://www.americanfocus.com/jpeg/landscapes/seattle_lightning_650_gs.jpg)
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Originally posted by Hangtime
I'd go ape**** living anywhere near that many fruitcake liberals.
you once lived near Massachusetts did you not?
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
you once lived near Massachusetts did you not?
There is a difference between Mass liberals and Seattle liberals. Mass is full of arrogant pretentious liberals while the ones in Seattle are just plain nutjobs.
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:rofl Mr. Rabbit, you must be accepting of every nutjob you see. Whether you accpe them with an automatic or semi automatic is up to you.
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I prefer big, pointy teeth.