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Local Homes For Sale on Cul-de-Sacs
For reduced traffic and more privacy, get in the sac
This article originally appeared in the March 2014 issue of Seattle magazine.
!–paging_filter–pThe cul-de-sac—icon of suburbia—has fallen out of favor with urban planners seeking greater connections between neighborhoods and transit-friendly throughways. For car-eschewing, density-seeking millennials, they are a punch line. But houses tucked away on cul-de-sacs (and their accidental cousins, dead-end streets) are still a big draw—often selling at a premium—for buyers seeking less street traffic, and the accompanying quiet and privacy. You’ll find plenty of engineered, bulb-shaped turnarounds north of 85th Street in Seattle and all across the Eastside.nbsp; brbra href=”http://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/13250-6th-Ave-NW-98177/home/290643” target=”_blank”strongBOTHELL (NORWAY HILL)/strong/abrstrongPrice: /strong$1,000,000brstrongSquare footage: /strong3,300; 4 bedrooms, 2.75 bathsbrstrongProperty size: /strong1.53 acresbrstrongProperty taxes:/strong $10,101brstrongYear built:/strong 2001brstrongBonus feature:/strong Architect-designed home at the end of a cul-de-sac, 800 square feet of outdoor entertaining areabrstrongListed:/strong October 2013strongbrbr/strongstrongimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/0314_realestate_broadview.jpg” style=”float: left; margin: 10px;” height=”266″ width=”400″/stronga href=”http://www.redfin.com/WA/Bothell/15710-105th-Ave-NE-98011/home/284400#pu…” target=”_blank”strongBROADVIEW/strong/abrstrongPrice:/strong $650,000brstrongSquare footage:/strong 2,790; 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathsbrstrongProperty size: /strong7,620 square feetbrstrongProperty taxes:/strong $4,945brstrongYear built:/strong 1942brstrongBonus:/strong Very private lot on a dead-end streetbrstrongListed:/strong September 2012/p
pa href=”http://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellevue/4969-162nd-Pl-SE-98006/home/237317” target=”_blank”strongbrbrBELLEVUE (LAKEMONT)/strong/a img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/0314_realestate_lakemont.jpg” style=”float: right; margin: 10px;” height=”266″ width=”400″brstrongPrice: /strong$898,800brstrongSquare footage: /strong3,520; 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathsbrstrongProperty size:/strong 8,780 square feetbrstrongProperty taxes: /strong$7,904brstrongYear built:/strong 1999brstrongBonus feature: /strongEnd of cul-de-sac and high above the street; fully fenced backyard and greenbelt behindbrstrongListed:/strong October 2013/p
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