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Many people feel there isn’t a need to inspect new construction because the home has been “Code” inspected by the city. And, to a certain degree this inspection could be accurate but here’s my take as a home inspector and as a potential buyer.

The Seattle Condo Tour (website) is taking place this coming Saturday and Sunday, April 5th & 6th. The tour starts at 11:00 AM from Fisher Plaza at the corner of 5th Avenue & Denny Way. Additionally, seminars will be held both days during tour hours at Fisher Plaza.

The Bravern (website) will be celebrating [...]

Following Olive 8’s lead Bellevue Towers is now offering a price protection guarantee to new buyers. This program guarantees that the price of a home purchased now will be appropriately adjusted at closing if similar homes are subsequently sold for less than the current list price.
In addition, Bellevue Towers is offering a limited-time [...]

A couple of interesting bills are easily moving through the House and Senate concerning condominium reserve studies and reserve accounts. A reserve account is supplemental to an association’s annual operating budget and is used to fund major maintenance, repair and replacement of common elements. The purpose of the reserve account is to offset [...]

The Olive 8 condominium (website) and Hyatt hotel project is progressing full steam ahead with construction now exceeding 22 floors. The project is 80% sold with occupancy of lower level homes slated for January 2009 while the Hyatt at Olive 8 is expected to open this coming December. A model home within the [...]

Farren West is the owner of Key Inspection Services and is a contributor to the Seattle Condo Blog. Farren can be contacted at KeyInspectionServices.com.
One can think of a building envelope as being similar to envelopes used to mail packages through the postal service. A standard package mailing envelope is used to [...]

Stadium Lofts has delayed accepting reservations until early next year. Originally, reservations were to begin this month but it appears they are still finalizing interior finishes and pricing. There was also a hold up with permitting approval after the developer altered the original design with additional floors.
Latest rendering:

Previous rendering:

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Last week the 1 Hotel & Residences project held a private soiree for the launching of the “1″ brand. While I wasn’t there, urbnlivn.com’s Matt was. Here’s his impression of the 1 Hotel project.
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The Stewart + Minor project (website), located on the edge of downtown in the Denny Triangle district, is anticipated to be one of Seattle’s most unique, sleek and customizable loft towers.
The 440 foot-tower will feature a hotel on the lower 14 levels and 168 loft homes on the upper 14 levels.
The concept is based [...]