21st Ave E (Image: Windermere)
We’re not exactly sure what you can learn from the list but Estately has sent over its account of the most-expensive home and condo sales on Capitol Hill in 2012.
The 2012 “champ” on 21st Ave E was described thusly by Windermere:
Warmth & dignity best describe this impressive 1913 Half Timbered Tudor, located on a beautiful tree-lined street. The splendor of the original design & the superior workmanship of this residence have been enhanced by meticulous care & a spectacular renovation. Exceptional woodwork, gorgeous leaded glass & perfectly proportioned rooms prevail from the grand entrance hall to the third floor recreational suites. Private terraces, pretty gardens & studio carriage apartment atop the 2-car garage.
The 7,800 square-foot home was sold by a jazz musician and her OBGYN husband to a couple including a “private yoga instructor” early in 2012.
Among the condos, you’ll note that three of the big price tags were attached to units in the “Harvard & Highland luxury condominium residences.” #1 was purchased by a retired Boeing test pilot.
- 1161 21st Ave E – $3,100,000
- 1117 Boylston Ave E – $2,950,000
- 1017 E Blaine St – $1,980,000
- 2212 Everett Ave E – $1,825,000
- 702 17th Ave E – $1,700,000
Condos
- 1185 Broadway E Unit PH7 – $1,625,000
- 1175 Broadway E Unit PH8 – $1,550,000
- 2061 43rd Ave E Unit 201 – $1,325,000 (OK, we don’t know how Madison Park slipped into this but, hey, expensive condo!)
- 1168 Harvard Ave E Unit – $1,275,000
- 1185 Broadway E Unit 6 – $1,250,000
The 21st Ave E sale would just crack this list of “the most expensive Capitol Hill home sales… ever,” by the way.
Harvard & Highland (Image: Realogics/Sotheby)
Guess we won’t see any aPodments built on these blocks!
I went through the 21st Ave E house when the agent hosted an open house. It was truly gorgeous inside. Then again, it could be argued that for $3 million it should be gorgeous. The agent claimed that, with the finished attic, the total square footage was closer to 11,000. The sellers supposedly moved across the street to a smaller 8,000 square foot house.
Huh, I was just in one of those a few days ago. It was a huge, beautiful space with amazing private balconies but I was reminded that rich people don’t necessarily know how to create a welcoming home. Everything looked like it had been picked out and decorated by an bored, mid-range hotel designer. Beige, beige, beige, cold, unused.
This house was originally listed in the neighborhood of $5 million and it took 2 years to sell. Someone got a great deal most likely.
Aren’t some of these middle-class homes according to Obama now?
You must mean Romney.
Are we celebrating our capitalist caste system?
If I could afford all that, I would just travel and fund “green” startups.
All hail the Scrooge McDucks of Seattle!
And they took their hideous, not-art sculpture (four faceless children with their arms raised) with them. Drop by and see it. It’s awful.