Spring Has Sprung & The Seattle Houseboats Market Is Very Much Afloat!

There are are some cool new Seattle houseboats for sale coming on to the market this week!   We also know of some great Seattle houseboat opportunities according to what we have heard on the docks so let us know when you are available to go take a peek ASAP!

The story has been that although we had 22 floating home sales last year, the Seattle houseboats real estate inventory for Seattle floating homes has been so extremely low for all of 2015 thus far.  This is very exciting to know that we have so many great new options coming on the lake and our buyers are waiting in the wings for just the right one. Price ranges start in the high three hundred thousands and go up into the multi million dollar listing range so there is something for everyone in the latest bunch of Seattle houseboats for sale – including Seattle houseboats in Westlake, Eastlake, and Portage Bay. There are colorful and artful houseboats, roof top decks, view homes, new construction Seattle floating homes, and historic Seattle houseboats as well as everything in between.

We have been working on some other cool off market Seattle houseboats sales.  Here’s a summary of all Seattle floating homes sold in the last year – both on and off the market for comp purposes: Floating Home Sales Summary – 2014.  We are happy to look at your Seattle floating home if you would like a current market value and also get you any details about any of these sales.

Courtney Cooper 206-850-8841  Courtney@CooperJacobs.com

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate

We have Two of the top Seattle floating homes Realtors in our office and look forward to helping YOU.

 Seattle Floating Homes For Sale: Westlake

We just listed this really unique and spectacular Seattle floating home in Westlake.  If you have been looking at Seattle houseboats, then you might want to jump on this one right away. It is filled with exciting and interesting spaces at every corner and promises to make you fall in love. 

Here are the MLS listing remarks for this Westlake houseboat:

Featured on the Seattle Floating Homes Tour, this home has been obviously adored by the current owners! Thoughtful care in every detail as it has evolved over their 30+ years of prideful ownership: Stainless & granite in kitchen, outdoor spaces, an abundance of storage everywhere, one of a kind stained glass, portholes, work shop, green house, & an actual hot tub in the bathroom make you feel like you have stepped into another world! One of the largest floats on lake + moorage for a 40 ft boat!

There is no sign and there will be no open houses so this is an exclusive peek – please let us know if you would like to get in and see this floating home – it has one of the largest floats of all Seattle floating homes on the lake and has some extremely interesting and exciting spaces. $1,299,000

You can find more info on this one here: 2466 Westlake Ave N or get in touch with me:

Courtney Cooper 206-850-8841 (call/text) Courtney@CooperJacobs.com

Seattle houseboats moving fast – life Afloat On Lake Union℠ floating homes

We have four Seattle floating homes in escrow right now and there are a few others beyond that which are pending in the MLS.  The inventory has depleted itself again so bringing this gorgeous Seattle houseboat on is really exciting for us!

OPEN HOUSES:   We have this houseboat open today from 11-1PM to 1PM and then again on Saturday from 1-4PM.  In the mean time let us know if you would like a private showing.  Courtney@Cooperacobs.com

$695,000

Introducing 2017 Fairview Ave E #O  (SOLD)

• 2 Bedrooms
• 1 bathroom
• 700 square feet
• $345/mo dues

From the listing of this Seattle floating home:

Welcome to Life Afloat In Seattle ™ on the extremely desirable and most southern dock in Eastlake! This adorable two bedroom floating home has a wrap around deck and wide channel views. Open floor plan with beautiful and bright lighted spaces allows for comfortable living and easy entertaining in this great community. Kitchen is updated and has heated floors, new carpet, paint, and lots of great details. Own your own slip and boat moorage possible with community approval. Pet friendly dock.

Courtney Cooper 206.850.8841 Courtney@CooperJacobs.com

Seriously.  There is very little.

We sold two of the last Seattle houseboats for sale available in the last couple of weeks and we have buyers calling us daily. Lake Union and Portage Bay have very little inventory and only a few seller prospects on the near horizon.  If you or anyone you know is interested in selling their Seattle floating home, then please reach out to us immediately.  We have a list of buyers with different criteria  – everything from a tear down houseboat to build from the float up to a luxury floating home buyer.  Most of them are cash buyers.  We just need the right Seattle houseboats.

Are you curious what your Seattle floating home might be worth in what is now a seller’s market? Here are some of the requests we have from qualified buyers and cash buyers right now:

• “a teardown houseboat with a nice dock position so we can go down to the float and rebuild”
• something on the Fairview Landings dock with a rooftop deck, parking, and a view. (Fairview Landings is a newer luxury dock)
• floating home on the Phoenix dock (a condo dock on Lake Union in the Eastlake neighborhood)
• a rental in Westlake to purchase as an investment initially and then fix up and sell.
• end of dock floating homes in Westlake, Eastlake, or Portage Bay
• first time home buyer looking to just get his feet wet in the houseboat market and wants a well priced first on the dock to get acquainted with the community
• floating home with a view and also room for their 22 foot boat
• modern turn key floating home
• historic classic houseboat for a second home on a quiet dock with no dogs.

That is just a few.  We get inquiries many times during the day and keep a list of them and keep in contact with them as new Seattle houseboats for sale come on the market. text me or call me if you don’t mind and we can schedule a visit to your home for an evaluation – no strings attached of course. Courtney 206.850.8841

All new in 2001, this immaculate Cape Cod one level floating home is at the end of the dock with both privacy and unobstructed views of Lake

Union. It has 2 bedrooms, 1 very large exquisitely remodeled bathroom, a ridiculous amount of storage and closet space, and a desirable open floor plan. This floating home is roughly 1184 square feet with a large wrap around deck, and working fireplace. Additionally, it just got a new roof in 2013 with a reinforced section for your very own rooftop deck.

Expand up (18 feet from water line) or out for larger Lake Union dream floating home

Den/office/mudroom has its own entry and room for an additional ½ bath

New roof in 2013 with reinforcements added for roof top deck expansion

All new floors – maple hardwoods

All new electrical panel, wiring, and fixtures

All new Anderson windows, wood trim, French doors

All new stainless appliances in kitchen and large washer and dryer in mudroom

360 degree views from roof which has charming circular staircase ascending to it

Furthest out boat slip on the dock for your up to 24 foot boat plus additional kayak space.

Pet friendly dock

Dues: $385/mo cover general dock fund for maintenance, real estate taxes for co-op, and any matters of vote

Offered for: $1,100,000

Please call Courtney for more info or to set up a private tour of this exclusive floating residence:

Courtney Cooper 206.850.8841
courtney@cooperjacobs.com

If you would like more info on this home:  2031 Fairview Ave E  or Find all Seattle Floating Homes For Sale on our company site CooperJacobs.com

The Lake Union cooperatively owned dock is located at 2031 Fairview Ave E in Seattle, WA on the East side of Lake Union.  There are 17 Seattle floating homes on this dock.

This Seattle floating home listed by Realtors at Cooper Jacobs Real Estate

2031 Fairview Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102

If you would like more info on this home:  2031 Fairview Ave E  or Find all Seattle Floating Homes For Sale on our company site CooperJacobs.com

The Lake Union cooperatively owned dock is located at 2031 Fairview Ave E in Seattle, WA’ on the East side of Lake Union.  There are 17 Seattle floating homes on this dock.

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Seattle Luxury Floating Homes:  Record Sale Price For Lake Union Houseboats

On 10/30/2012 after 60 days on the market and multiple offers including a back up offer in case the first one failed, Floating Home #1 on the Fairview Landing dock (2369 Fairvew Ave E) closed in escrow and set a new record in recent history forSeattle floating homes and also became a significant placesetter in Seattle luxury homes sales in 2012 as well.

Buzz around the lake on a historic high floating home sale:  

This Seattle floating home was listed for an incredible $3,375,000, and surprisingly did not receive full price even with multiple offers and incredible interest, but still places itself in the top for houseboat sales on Lake Union.  Seattle Floating Home Realtor Courtney Cooper at Cooper Jacobs Real Estate told us, “You just wish you could sell some of these distinctive homes to everyone who desires and covets them, but unfortunately this was a once in a lifetime home.”  There are other exceptional floating homes on the Fairview Landing dock which itself seems more like a floating luxury neighborhood of sprawling estates than a traditional Seattle houseboat dock at times.  Recent sales on the dock have been in excess of $2 Million dollars and Cooper counts herself as one of the Lake Union Realtors who has a book of clients waiting to snap one up.
The final sales price on this Seattle luxury floating home was recorded at $3,000,000, but there was apparently some seller financing which made the future interest earned worth taking the lower recorded price.

It still goes down as a record sale in the floating home market.

Coveted Roanoke Reef Luxury Seattle Floating Homes:  #13 For Sale

Roanoke Reef floating homes do not come up very often.  Ask anyone who is interested in Seattle floating homes.  It is a fact.  There are only a couple here and there that come up every so often.

Roanoke Reef is the quintessential Seattle luxury floating home dock on Lake Union. Besides the sleepless in Seattle houseboat, this Lake Union floating home dock gets the most attention in the Seattle floating homes world.  These are no ordinary Seattle houseboats.

A few things that set Roanoke Reef apart from other Seattle floating homes:

Fee Simple Ownership.  You own it. You own your home & your slip.

Garage Parking.  Yes.  GARAGE spot.

Bigger boat slips alongside these homes than many other docks:  45 x11 in this case….

Big Seattle Views:  Roanoke Reef is situated differently than most docks as it is locate din a bend on Lake Union, so homes are alongside the lake rather than docks that stick out with one or two floating homes on the end.  There is a front row and a back row, so you are always the first or second house for Seattle views.

$1,675,000

Here are the details of this VERY well priced Roanoke Reef beauty: roanoke reef flyer

Seattle Houseboats for sale right now – Tie a bow around one of these?

Go ahead and browse all Seattle houseboats for sale: Vessels, barges, and Seattle floating homes for sale right now- You can find all houseboat listings from all Seattle real estate companies right now.

Seattle WA – Find Seattle Houseboats For Sale

  Lake Union Floating Homes Sales By Year:

If you are interested in further data or more detail info, let us know –

2011 seattle floating homes sold (so far as of 12/12/2011)

2010 seattle floating homes sales

2009 seattle floating homes sold

2008 seattle floating homes

Are you interested in Seattle floating homes for sale?

Seattle houseboats Realtor:

 Courtney Cooper 206.850.8841