Cute and Funky - Not Too Expensive

With all this tour of urban living / condo talk in town, we also receive emails from folks saying they want a garden, a garage… an actual house. Tacoma still has houses, right? And, while still impressive and interesting, we’re not talking about $2 million estates on 4 acres.  So, here are a couple of less expensive homes that have appeared on the market recently. 

We talked about this house in early 2006 when we first walked through it.  It’s still cute.  It’s still very funky.  It’s located at 1523 South Cushman. The sloping ceilings and little rooms make it unlike any other house we’ve ever seen.  The realtor describes it as “a very artistic home.”  When we walked through it, we said, that it was “a bit surreal in a sorta Alice In Wonderland way.”  So if you were thinking about a little condo, maybe this would be more like it.  There’s a garden and a basement.  The kitchen is a bit… retro.  We like it.

Listed with Prestige Properties NW for $185k

On the other hand, maybe you want something a little larger.  Do you like brick?  We saw this in our inbox recently… it’s a 2200 square foot 2 bedroom brick home (with a brick garage) in the North Slope neighborhood for only $235k.  Yeah, it needs some work, but it’s a nice looking little home in a great neighborhood.  The backyard has soo much potential. 

Listed with Rainier Real Estate  at $235k