Ardell DellaLoggia's Discussions

Norkirk is often referred to as "East of Market". The City of Kirkland website has some great info and links, and our neighborhood is always defined by the City as Norkirk and by real estate agents as East of Market.I guess you could call West of Market and East of Market rival neighborhoods in a lot of ways. One of the main benefits of living East of Market, for me, is that I rarely have to enter and exit via Market Street, which can get very congested at certain times of day. West of Market has more trouble avoiding Market as an exit route. From East of Market I can bypass all traffic simply by going up to 3rd or 6th Street and making a left out toward 85h. I rarely run into heavy traffic.The high points off 1st Street where I live, also have fabulous views. So you can get the benefit of views and less time stuck in traffic. A great combination.It's really quiet where I live. Close enough to walk downtown but far enough away to be a quiet residential neighborhood all at the same time.The busiest streets over here are 7th Ave, 3rd Street and 6th Street because of lights and stop signs that direct the flow of traffic. 6th Street being likely the heaviest traffic due to the natural turn coming from the freeway at the First Mutual Bank corner at 6th and 85th/Central.Of note: The freeway exit, 85th and Central and Market are pretty much the same street as Central makes a complete right turn at the end of Downtown when it hits the lake and turns into Market Street.Kirkland Downtown is known for its Art Galleries, but there's plenty of "ordinary folk" around here.

http://www.paccrestinspections.com/hardboard.htmThat link has some info. Personally I think the look of lp is better than the look of vinyl. You can upgrade the look by painting with more modern colors. Vinyl...you're stuck with the color forever. I've never seen a house with lp covered with vinyl. As an agent, I think it's a problem because the buyer would have to take your word for it that it wasn't rotted when you covered it. The buyer's inspector won't be able to verify that claim. Generally speaking, the buyer doesn't like to worry about things that are hidden or take the seller's word for it. I wouldn't rely on the vinyl to permanently seal the lp from future deterioration.If it were my buyer client, and he liked two houses equally, we'd likely be avoiding the one with hidden lp siding.

Randy H's comment made me smile. Had a situation this week where a buyer made an offer on a million dollar house, and then had second thoughts because of no garage.Note to seller's agents, don't make petty changes in offers these days, especially when the minor ojections are yours and not the sellers. You are not representing your seller well to make a minor change instead of accepting the offer, if all major offer issues are agreeable to the seller.One tiny change and you give the buyer time to second guess their original decision to purchase. Not good representation of your seller client to be nit picky.