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Old 06-16-2008, 08:08 PM
 
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Hello, Me and my family are moving to Covington in November. Does anyone know if there are houses for sale around the 200K mark. Is there a city near that offers those prices, or is that number unrealistic? Also are the schools good in Covington? How bad is the overcast there? is it as depressing as alot of people say. Thank you
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Old 06-16-2008, 10:25 PM
 
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I don't think you'll find a house in Covington for 200,000 dollars...Some of Covington is in the Kent School District and some of Covington is in the Tahoma ( Maple Valley)School District, which is considered the better of the two.
Home prices are much lower in nearby Kent than in Covington, and maybe a little lower in Maple Valley...Kent isn't the nicest place in the world, but there are nice parts, and some good schools. The downtown area has seen some revitalization, there are some good restaurants and the Sounder Train to downtown Seattle stops in Kent.

But you may find responses to this from people who will tell you how bad and dangerous Kent is...These will be from people who either have never been to Kent or haven't been there in years or people who simply look at school test scores. I'm not telling you Kent is wonderful, but it's mostly a very safe place with a few exceptions, and it's pretty varied, ranging from poor to upper middle class.
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Old 11-26-2009, 05:15 PM
 
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Homes in the old part of Timberlane are just reaching the $200,000 mark. These are 1 story concrete slab foundation homes built in 1969. TImberlane is due east of dowtown Covington. Travel to Costco is less than 10 minutes.
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Old 11-26-2009, 08:48 PM
 
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I can't believe the old Timberlane sells for $200k. Those are really small little rat holes. But you're right apparently, such as this:

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But I see another one for just $125k.

This one doesn't look too bad, will likely sell around $200k

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Good luck with your move Doherty.

Last edited by scirocco22; 11-26-2009 at 11:41 PM.. Reason: MLS listings from a commercial site are discouraged. Anybody interested, please contact LongDawson for link. thanks.
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Old 11-26-2009, 08:59 PM
 
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I can't believe the old Timberlane sells for $200k. Those are really small little rat holes.

Wouldn't you just love, for once, a real estate agent to describe his listing as " A really small little rat hole."?
I would.
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Old 12-11-2009, 11:37 AM
 
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The thing about little rat holes is they don't cost much to heat, you don't need a maid service to keep up with the cleaning, you don't have to spend hours doing yard maintenance, and you don't need to take out a 2nd mortgage to pay the taxes. There are a lot of rat holes in Seattle that would cost double what a home in Timberlane costs and there are a lot of rat holes in Seattle. Most people in Timberlane maintain their homes.
Real Estate agents would love to sell you a big home for the big commision same as a car dealer would love to sell you a big SUV instead of a bus pass that'll work just as good and cost a lot less.
A home is what you make it. A 4000 sq ft house is a rat hole when you think you need 10,000 sq ft. Most of the rat hole image is in a person's mind not in the actual physical structure of a house.
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Old 12-11-2009, 12:25 PM
 
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I can't believe the old Timberlane sells for $200k. Those are really small little rat holes.

Wouldn't you just love, for once, a real estate agent to describe his listing as " A really small little rat hole."?
I would.
I thought that was what a "Cute bungalow" was.

If it's cute, it can't be good...
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Old 12-11-2009, 04:38 PM
 
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Yeah, there are some dead giveaway words in real estate listings. "Cozy" and "cute" usually mean it's designed for one dwarf. "Rustic" means it needs 100,000 dollars invested to make it livable. " Just needs a little TLC" means it's a teardown, and "convenient" means that it's five feet from the freeway.
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Old 12-14-2009, 03:27 AM
 
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Speaking of the twisted world of Real Estate...

We can't forget mobile home parks. There are tons of manufactured homes in parks. Lot of those homes are for sale right now.

I'm not talking about the quintessential green double wides where Bubba and his dog live.

I mean well maintained parks with nicer modular homes. Homes that families and senior citizens depend on for affordable housing. Honestly, it fills the gap between govt housing and stick built homes rather well. And society needs this layer of protection for people who fall somewhere in the middle.

What happens is that people buy them and move in. Completely unaware that mobile home parks are being sold in record numbers to corporate developers who love the locations and open tracts of level land with all the utilities in place. Park owners can make a good profit. You can't blame them. It's a business. But it also makes for a rough situation where the last guys out of the park are the worst for wear.

People do get a year's notice before the park closes. But that's hardly enough to get going in a whole different direction. It is time to try and sell your mobile home and get something out of it...

It reminds me of guppies and piranhas
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