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Guess the ‘Hood!
Q: If you were hosting guests from out of town, and they wanted a tour of Bellingham’s residential hot spots – the most beautiful, desirable, in-demand and iconic neighborhoods, where would you take them?
I had this very opportunity last weekend, with two different couples who’d fallen in love with Bellingham on previous visits. They were both looking for their “retirement home” or maybe 2nd-to-last home, both in the $500K to $600K range. They didn’t know each other, hadn’t met, and still haven’t met. It was pure coincidence that I ended up showing them a few of the very same homes.
In their price range, these couples could get into any neighborhood in Bellingham, including Edgemoor, Eldridge, Parkhurst, South Hill, Geneva, North Shore, and everything in between. They could shop for panoramic views of the Bay and Islands, Lake Whatcom, the City, Mt. Baker and the Sisters, you name it. And we saw them all.
By the end of the tour, as with every buyer tour, I asked each couple: “If you had to choose a home today, of all the ones we saw, which one would it be?”
Both couples answered without hesitation, and both chose different homes in the exact same neighborhood, not 1/8th of a mile apart. Both homes had dramatic water views. One was built in the late 70’s, one in 2006.
Can you guess the ‘hood?
South Hill.
Interestingly enough, Alex, they both chose homes in Sudden Valley!!!
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