October 30, 2006

Live Like a Rockstar!

Leave towels on the floor, champagne is just a phone call away, be greeted by name upon arrival. The only differences are you won’t be kicked out for trashing your room or hassled by security for guitar-smashing, all-night parties. Disclaimer: the furniture you’ll be ruining is your own and you’ll have to answer to your sleepless neighbors.

This week’s most-expensive listing is a two-unit, two-story condo above Hotel 1000 in downtown Seattle. $4,575,000 will buy you four bedrooms, five bathrooms, 3,478 square feet and amazing city, mountain and Sound views from the 20th and 21st floors. All that’s missing is an elevator, stairway or fireman’s pole to connect the two.

Seattle has a few hotel-condo projects in the works, but this is my personal fav based on amenities and proximity to work (only a few blocks from most office buildings and Redfin’s digs in Pioneer Square). If I was a hotel reviewer, I would gush about: BOKA - cute crab cupcakes; Spaahh - happy hour pedicures and massages; virtual golf - we Seattle-ites love the great outdoors, but golf on a wintry winter day is not my idea of fun; Canlis Glass artwork - I met glassblower J.P.’s wife, Leigh, at an event and, aside from being a huge Redfin fan, she showed me some amazing pieces I wouldn’t mind coming home to every day.

This week’s least-expensive listing also is a condo. Unfortunately, I can’t espouse the comparative luxurious features because there’s only a deck shot. However, the listing agent tells us this $105,000, 640-square-foot, one-bed, one-bath condo is a “very special unit” that has been “beautifully remodeled … with “new kitchen cabinets and granite countertops.” However, much like downtown Seattle, this condo is close to the region’s shopping and transportation meccas: Kent Station and the Sounder station. This is the only condo of its size for sale in downtown Kent and it looks like a great deal as the Zestimate is $7,000 more than asking price.

Rock on!