Locals: Help us find a new place to live!

[textualdeviance]

So, as I've mentioned, one of the key reasons we're moving is to get somewhere closer to real civilization again. We're way too far up in the North Boonies right now. It's not that Mill Creek is a bad neighborhood or anything, it's just way the hell out of the way for just about everyone we know, which is seriously of the suck.

Seattle proper isn't an option for us for reasons of commute, newer construction and pricing. Bellevue and Redmond are out of the question on pricing, too. Mercer Island, of course, would be ideal, but as I have yet to strike it big as a webcam whore, that's out of the question.

For the most part, the further out we go, the cheaper things are, but the more likely it is we're just trading one set of boonies for another. Question is: Where is that line?

This is where you come in!

I've narrowed our possible choices down to the following areas. For the first poll, check as many as you think are reasonably close. For the second, check as many as you think are too far away. As in, if you were contemplating a visit, you might think, "Ugh. I don't want to go all the way out THERE."

I can't guarantee that we'll necessarily end up in the place that gets the most positive votes, but it'll certainly help us narrow down our search radius.

[Poll #1398762]

Comments

[waterfaery.livejournal.com]

Can I come with you to look at houses in my neighborhood this week?

Commute is 45 min during rush, 30 min in HOV lanes or outside main rush, 22 minutes outside commute hours. Ok, it can be over an hour when there's some kind of disaster, but wherever you live that'll come up.

Plus I'd join his carpool if he was up for that.

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

We're holding off on the real house-hunting for the immediate moment (got too much in love with a few places early on, so we're trying to rein the horses in now!) We're just kind of looking at Redfin and seeing what prices are here and there. We'll probably start officially looking once we get this place on the market, which should be in a few weeks.

And yes, having an additional carpooler would be awesome!

[waterfaery.livejournal.com]

There is this house for sale that I pass every day, and every day I think "that's Shawna & Mike's house". It's had a for-sale sign up for weeks tho oddly it's not on Zillow. 8724 NE 134th St Kirkland WA 98034. You can't see any good pics of it online anywhere because it's unimpressive from the roof but it's totally the most adorable (LARGE) hobbit house I've ever seen. To be honest, I want it myself, but H won't give up the lake view... ;-)

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I don't see it on any of the listing sites, but yes, it does look interesting from the outside--or street view, at least. If you get a chance, can you see the agent/agency name on it?