Featured Home - Week of April 28

WANT A GREAT WATER VIEW ?
Come look at this fantastic little home in Monterra. Totally unblock able water view. Well maintained with new roof, skylights, flooring and heat pump. Vaulted ceiling and lots of windows to let in all the light. Custom window coverings. Large double lot , oversize 2 car garage with a nice workshop & skylights. Totally fenced backyard in a park-like setting. Lots of trees and ferns... don’t forget all the resident deer in this delightful community. Water view walking trails , lots of common areas and a serene setting. Low HOA fees, community water, and nice clubhouse with gatherings and community get togethers . $339,000 ML 230963

Featured Home - Week of 4-21-08

CHARMING HOME IN TOWN (Port Angeles) Built in 1938 this home reflects the character of the past - but remodeled with new vinyl windows and flooring; updated wiring/ plumbing, paint, molding and lots more. The kitchen has been redone with upper end appliances and cabinets. Nice floor plan with the master bedroom/bathroom on the main floor. Second story has 3 nice sized bedrooms with partial waterviews. Lots of storage space in the attic cubbies for treasures. $235,000. For more information on this listing, please contact Cathy & Sheryl at 360-683-5056

Featured Home - Week of April 7th

Unbelievable Panoramic Water Views

Custom home with views of the Strait, lighthouse, farmland, beach houses. Newly remodeled with 2056 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms. Two master bedroom suites - both with views. Spacious great room with fireplace. Attached and detached garages. 2.47 acres with wildlife, flowers, fruit trees. $535,000 ML #230806. Could possible build a 2nd home on this property.

Adjoining two acres also available - has the same great water view! $300,000 ML #230809

Featured Home - Week of 3-31-08

Custom home built in 1992 - 2 bedrooms, den, 2.5 baths , large fenced back yard, lots of room to add an outbuilding. Nicely landscaped and easy to maintain. Close in community - cute little private lake stocked with fish, next to the Robin Hill Park and walking trails. $249,500 ML 230732

Featured Home - Week of 3-24-08

CUSTOM HOME IN LORA LEE ESTATES - This 3 bedroom, 2 bath rambler has 1896 square feet and was just completed in 2007. Nothing to do here, just move right in! Granite tile counters, island with breakfast bar, upgraded cabinets, hardwood floors, formal living room with ceiling fan, eating nook, family room off kitchen, vaulted ceilings, and more. Spacious master bedroom with adjoining bathroom with soaking tub, separate shower, double sinks. Low heating bills with energy efficient heat pump. Double finished attached garage with 8 foot high doors. Easy care lot, surrounded by new homes. Save money – no city utilities – water is only $18 a month. Quiet neighborhood with mountain view. Midway between Sequim and Port Angeles. Priced to Sell at $324,950 ML 228199 / 27211663

Featured Home - Week of 3-17-08 -$50,000 Price Reduction

$50,000 price reduction - seller has health problems and needs it SOLD. Was $325,000 - now $275,000

Need horse property! This is it! 10 acres of pasture that is fenced and cross fenced. Ready for all your animals or live stock. Wonderful mountain view and pastoral setting. Several outbuildings – many possibilities and uses. The home has 1432 sq ft on the main floor and 1432 sq ft in the unfinished basement. There are REAL hardwood floors throughout on most of the main floor. The wood burning stove is perfect to take the chill out of the air or sit and enjoy watching the flames. Most of the windows have been replaced with double pane and there are newer appliances in the kitchen. The property consists of 10 acres – the short plat has already been started – divide in half or keep the entire 10 acres as one piece. Beach access is only a mile down the road – walk the beach or surf in the waves. Also, there are numerous trails nearby for hiking or biking. Enjoy the peace and quiet of the outdoors on Freshwater Bay Road just West of Port Angeles.

Sequim's Blue Hole

Sequim, Washington, lies in a rainshadow (Blue Hole) where the annual rainfall has averaged around 16 inches per year over the past few years. This is about the same amount of precipitation as San Diego or Los Angeles. It is so dry in Sequim that irrigation is necessary to raise crops and keep the area green. In fact, Sequim's major festival is the annual Irrigation Festival held in May to commemorate the opening of the first irrigation ditches over 100 years ago. Yet, less than 50 miles away, on a bend in the Wynoche River, the rainfall is the heaviest in the United States, averaging over 150 inches annually.

Why does this happen?
When warm marine air from the Pacific Ocean reaches the Olympics, it is forced upwards and cooled. The cold air can't hold as much moisture as warm air and it rains. But, it is the west side of the mountains that gets the drenching. That cold dry air then starts to flow down the eastern side of the range. As it descends, it warms itself by compression. This newly warmed air travels a considerable distance before it again becomes heavy with moisture, where it converges with other moisture laden air flowing inland from around the southern end of the Olympics. These bodies of precipitation usually converge off the lower end and eastern side of Puget Sound.
Sequim, because of its sheltered position close to the north end of the Olympics, is favored with dry air. The town gets a good flow of warmed mountain air, but before it has taken on much moisture. It is also under the influence of other air currents, which disperse clouds and prevent fog from forming. Only about three or four days of fog are expected annually. In addition, Sequim is almost completely protected from the onslaught of southwesterly storms that often blast the upper Puget Sound region.

Rain maps and rainfall records, kept since the early part of the nineteenth century, indicate that one can expect an increase in rainfall of about 1.6 inches per mile as you travel west from Sequim, and an increase of about 1 inch traveling in the opposite direction. The "Blue Hole" extends about six miles west and seven miles east from Sequim, and from the Olympic foothills to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

November through January are traditionally the wettest months in Sequim, averaging from about three inches in December to a little less than two inches in January. The area's driest period is from July to September.