9215 View Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117

Truly unique puget sound experience, minutes from restaurants and stores of Ballard. This elegant, spacious $3M home has breathtaking front-row 180 degree views of Puget Sound from nearly every room in the house. Located on the bluff overlooking Golden Gardens park, this half-acre estate was built in the 1920's and lovingly expanded. Quiet location in the North Beach area of Ballard, just a few minutes to great restaurants, shops, schools, and activities. 4+BR / 3.5Ba 4150 square feet, available Aug 1. First floor has formal living room with fireplace, dining room, large carpeted family room, kitchen with breakfast bar, and reading area with 2nd fireplace. All rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows looking out to the sound. From your dinner table, you can watch the herons, ospreys, and eagles soaring past. From the couch, you can watch the ships go by and the storms roll in! Directly facing west, best sunset view in all Seattle. 2nd Floor has 3 large carpeted grand view bedrooms, and a separate smaller room that could be used as a nursery. The southern bedroom looks directly at the snow-topped Olympics. The middle bedroom looks out at the straits of juan de fuca. The northern bedroom looks out at the ferries crossing to whidbey, and has its own giant deck with a hot tub. A large bathroom is shared by the three rooms. The 3rd floor is the 1000-sq ft master suite, with cedar paneling, cozy carpets, reading nooks, luxury bathroom, heated travertine floor, office desk, and the best views in the house! Large binoculars on tripod lets you get close as the hawks dive for fish, kayakers paddle by, and crabbers hauling up dungeness. Two giant decks wrap the house, perfect for entertaining. Watch sunsets every night from the cliff's edge hot tub as the trains roll past below. Front row seat to Friday sailboat regatta! Private entrance from back yard into Golden Gardens Park! The property begins at the end of the Golden Garden trail, so you can step right from your backyard into the woods of Golden Gardens, and then follow the short forest path down to the beach. 100% of the pics were taken from the house. Large office space / game room in basement. Partially furnished (you can bring your furniture or use ours; plenty of storage space in basement). Available August 1. 10-month lease until June 1, 2023. Longer lease negotiable. Partly furnished. 10+ month lease (longer can be negotiated).