[Greenbuilding] Seattle housing stock

[lee Weaver]

Not sure on this since you said 5-6 miles form downtown.  but if you 
look in the Bremerton area the housing is much cheaper and the ferry is 
free to walk 1 way and inexpensive to come back.

as for insulation you should find it in newer construction as it's in 
the national codes.  but the older homes before codes well nope it's not 
there.


On 12/10/2010 6:33 PM, Sacie Lambertson wrote:
> I'm in Seattle at the moment looking at housing stock.  I am amazed to 
> see little or no insulation in the small older craftsman style houses 
> built in the first quarter of the last century.  This only where I can 
> actually check it out, like areas that open to space beneath the 
> roof.  Here I see no insulation at all.  Again, is roof insulation in 
> this part of the country non-existent?  Energy efficient building 
> non-existent?
>
> I'm in the very strange position of needing to invest a fair amount of 
> money in a property.  Expensive here, I am looking in the $500,000 
> price range which doesn't get one much in this city.  Working with a 
> Realtor I like, I nonetheless would be happy to have advice.  Am 
> checking out any sort of housing within about 5-6 miles of downtown 
> Seattle.  I have strict time constraints.
>
> Anyone on this list living in Seattle?  I know the housing bubble 
> created a frenzy of building in the last decade, probably bad 
> construction.  Are there known good builders?  Who are they?  Am 
> interested in viewing anything built over the last 100 years.  Prefer 
> no condos.
>
> Would appreciate responses.  Sacie
>
>
>
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