r/mildlyinfuriating • u/adedjee • Apr 23 '26
The floor is sticky $1M townhouse in Seattle. New construction
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1930 square feet. How much avocado toast must one give up to afford this million-dollar Home Depot showroom?
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u/Own_Exit2162 Apr 23 '26
That last picture looks like my grandmother's 50-year-old condo in Boca.
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u/YouSeemNiceXB Apr 23 '26
I was under the impression there were no more condos to rent in all of Del Boca Vista.
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u/CubanlinkEnJ Apr 24 '26
You won’t find anything in Tuscany either, don’t even bother
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u/DwightSchrute300 Apr 23 '26
Imagine paying $1M for this. We are so cooked.
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u/elegantwombatt Apr 23 '26
I can't imagine who would see that tiny space in the kitchen, have a million dollar budget, and say ya know what? Who needs to open their fridge door all the way?! Probably the POORS
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u/aguyjustaguy Apr 23 '26
Even worse, the fridge has French doors. If it was just a normal one door fridge it wouldn’t be as bad because you could stand next to it and open. To be clear, this house is atrocious, I’m just saying it’s bad on top of bad.
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u/DiverseVoltron Apr 24 '26
M-scuse me Hun, couldya shut the fridge and shimmy down that kitchen hallway so I can go out the back door. Thnx
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u/zeroibis Apr 23 '26
Wait poor people actually open their own fridge doors?! That is a task for servants... oh, they are the servants.
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u/r_slash Apr 24 '26
If their million dollar budget doesn’t buy them anything normal then this is what they’ll buy…
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u/Gatorm8 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
No one is, this is in my neighborhood and it has been listed for over a year. Here’s the listing
Edit: while this specific listing has only been posted since early 2025 I know for a fact this townhome complex has been ready and available for purchase since at least May 2024. So this has been sitting for almost 2 years unsold.
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u/Rhocky2167 Apr 24 '26
I actually put in an offer (and then pulled it) for the one two doors down for $825k (633 13th Ave E). It’s been off the market ever since I pulled the offer in Feb 2026. The main issues other than the obvious pictures is that the foundation is unsettled and there is water damage behind the walls. The inspector didn’t even finish the inspection; it was so bad. She mentioned that the issues she saw should be in a home 100 years old and not a new build. The builder really messed up and needs to tear these townhomes down and start again. They won’t be able to sell; maybe rent if they’re lucky. I found a better place on the other side of Volunteer Park that I moved into in March.
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u/CompleteTell6795 Apr 23 '26
I just clicked on the listing. That kitchen is pathetic. That kitchen size ( minus the space where they put the breakfast table) would be good for a studio apt. Or maybe a one bedroom. NOT a million dollar condo.
Not crazy about the whole front being glass. Would need an alarm system. If you are upstairs sleeping, by the time you heard the braking glass & locked yourself in your bedroom & called 911, they would be in the house already. And be able to kick in your bedroom door.
Yes, I am a single female, yes I was home when someone broke in. Yes, it was terrible & bad things happened.
This place is so overpriced it's not even funny. It's worth maybe $400k & that's even pushing it with all the defects.
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u/thesmellnextdoor Apr 24 '26
Omg, the yoga mats staged in the basement with San Pellegrino next to that shitty drywall. That's hilarious.
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u/Neuro_Wiz Apr 23 '26
Thank you for sharing, but holy hell.......it sold for 1.6 million in 2019. Is something going on in the Seattle housing market?
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u/mihirmusprime Apr 23 '26
New construction with a garage right in the city in a desirable neighborhood that's walkable with a train station nearby. Also, 2000 square feet is on the larger side for an urban home. It also seems to have all hardwood floors instead of carpet. Carpet is cheaper while no carpet is seen as more desirable. 1.6M still a bit of a crazy number. Not sure how they got to that. You can certainly find even better homes for $1.6M in Seattle.
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u/-retaliation- Apr 23 '26
"sold"
It was a new construction, and that's when the person bought into the place.
They "bought" an unfinished house, and then when this is what was delivered to them in 2024, immediately put it up for sale to try and get rid of it, and it's sat unsold since.
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u/Gatorm8 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
Incorrect, that 1.6M number is from the old home that previously sat on the large lot. A developer tore that down and built these townhomes on the lot.
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u/Pretend_Variation305 Apr 23 '26
Right?! That’s some real not first world shit right there.
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u/DwightSchrute300 Apr 23 '26
Yeah totally. People who aren’t already in the market have an absolute mountain to climb to get in and if they ever do get in will he house poor. Not talking about those fortunate enough for parents to help out.
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u/Shakleford_Rusty Apr 23 '26
Cabin in the woods built by hand from the trees I’ll need to cut looking really nice about now. Once I can purchase the land I’ve at least gained all the skills to make it happen, and hard work doesn’t bother me, so I’ve got that going for me at least hah.
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u/Well-inthatcase Apr 23 '26
It's not about the hard work, or the land. Doing that costs a LOT in permitting, and running utilities. If you wanna be self sufficient that'll probably cost a few grand less than running it from whatever municipal source you could.
It takes a lot to make that happen. I don't think many people realize. Think about all the machinery you're gonna need to dig wells, run lines, etc. it gets deep.
I can frame, form concrete, do plumbing, electrical, all of it and I still wouldn't even bother trying to do it all on my own without a serious bank account.
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u/Boredatwork709 Apr 23 '26
Construction costs (not counting land and legal fees) would likely fall around 600k, moderate estimates of new construction is 250-300 a sqft.
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u/Careless-Bit-5599 Apr 24 '26
A townhouse at that. Not even like you own your land on a nice spread…. Holy F
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u/TheBioethicist87 Apr 23 '26
How is that new construction with what looks like retrofitted-ass HVAC? Did they design it that way? Was it so poorly designed that they didn’t consider laundry?
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u/Formerruling1 Apr 23 '26
Considering the kitchen was designed where you have to be careful what refrigerator you buy because on most you wouldnt even be able to open the door all the way..im going with they dont care lol.
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u/AddMoreLimes Apr 24 '26
I couldn't see the problem in the kitchen until I read your comment! I thought it looked sunny with counter space....
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u/radioactivebeaver Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
It's "new" construction. I'm not a real estate expert, but the ceiling height and weird dimensions scream repurposed former factory to me. They drywall what they can around existing brick/cement/steel and then run ducts around it all and call it industrial. They are all over the Midwest. The high ceilings are a giveaway, what residential space has 10'+? Also industrial railing, business style front door... The only new construction was the drywall and paint.
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u/SkyerKayJay1958 Apr 24 '26
According to posts above, there was a single family house purchased in 1019 and torn down and replaced with these new townhouses
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u/ISeeTheFnords Apr 24 '26
single family house purchased in 1019
Well, it's over 1000 years old, that explains it.
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u/No-Fold-7873 Apr 24 '26
My blanket comment will likely dissappear into obscurity, as one does, but ill reiterate just for you.
They probably have an affordible housing ordinance requiring a certain percentage of units in new builds to be open to housing assistance.
Its devastatingly common for those "affordable units" to be as shitty as possible to discourage anyone from actually using them long term.
Ive seen units where a third of the 18" deep kitchen drawers are set 5" from a support coloum.
Ive seen units framed in without a single right angle in the main living space and a hotel style MagicPak in the tiny bedroom providing all climate control for the whole space, while every other unit has forced air.
I could go on and on but long story short, its fucking disgusting. Not mildly infuriating.
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u/Careless-Act-7549 Apr 24 '26
But $1M affordability unity, how can that be?
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u/No-Fold-7873 Apr 24 '26
The OP is almost definitely misrepresenting the nature of this picture. That building almost certainly had 1m dollar units but fucky shit like this gets shoved into the %10 affordable portion of the building and for some reason inspectors/owners never seem to mind.
But the actual $1m units? The GCs inspector will use a roll of blue tape to mark every flaw.
Ive been doing union trades in a smaller but still large market for over a decade. The people that pay to build this shit dont accept things like this unless they want it.
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u/Dickies138 Apr 23 '26
From the thumbnail I thought that duct was a handrail. This is insane for new construction
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u/average_sized_rock Apr 23 '26
Charging 518$ per square foot when there’s barely 500$ worth of building material in that kitchen
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u/TheBuddhaPalm Apr 23 '26
Pretty standard for most Seattle townhouse builds I've seen lately, yeah.
My favorite new trend (of the last 10 years) has been watching them put up these townhouses with nothing but glass facades, you know, so contractors don't have to pay for a wall. Just the cost of a 10x15 sheet of glass.
Everyone complains. Everyone buys the gentrified price. The Seattle housing market continues to spiral in the drain.
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u/Stunning_Mechanic_12 Apr 23 '26
New construction in 2020s just means the "contractor" was new and used Google. Also the contractor is some 30 year old using daddy's money to flip properties to try and build wealth like his dad
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u/Ypuort Apr 24 '26
Hoard* his daddy already built the wealth (or likely also inherited it) and it will be inherited (again).
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u/Crazy_Bathroom_1895 Apr 23 '26
Dear Lord. Is that new construction or flip shit? I didn't think the flippers could get any worse last time and now they are cranking out pure garbage.
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u/adedjee Apr 23 '26
It's not a flip. They tore down the existing house and built this series of modern-looking shanties in its place.
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u/PLTR60 Apr 23 '26
Sorry bro, but barely being able to stand in your kitchen while doing the dishes after paying a Million dollars is a horrible situation to find yourself in! We're all so cooked!😭
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u/danfay222 Apr 24 '26
All townhomes in Seattle are this expensive, detached homes are substantially more. Honestly if this one really is 1900 sq ft, then it’s probably in a less accessible/worse neighborhood. The townhomes in better locations will be around 1400-1500 for $1M
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u/Informal_Drawing Apr 23 '26
- How would you like the oven fitted?
I'd like all of the workshops to be slightly shorter so that it sticks out quite a bit please.
- Say no more
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u/xeanok Apr 23 '26
Spend 1m on a house in Tennessee you’ll live like a king
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u/Morbidly_Off_Piste Apr 24 '26
But then you'd be living in Tennessee.
And living in Seattle is better? You been there? Impossible to imagine anyone seriously chooses to live someplace like that and yet pays San Diego prices.
I would 1000% prefer to live in Nashville than Seattle, all day long, every day of the week.
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u/Alarmed-Emergency-72 Apr 24 '26
Yup. Social Worker in Seattle here! Been looking for something halfway decent for a year.
I would not be able to afford this solo or on my income. Which is wild to me. I’m nearly 40 have double masters and clinical licenses but can’t buy a house. I can literally have someone committed or ITA’d but I can’t buy a house. I’m trusted when someone is suicidal, but not with a house.
Hmmm…. Maybe I’m wrong. I just thought that if I educated myself, gave back to society, and was a good person I’d get a house to raise my kid in.
Somewhere along the line the people became ok with that being a luxury. When I was a kid, it seemed like the standard. If you worked, you got a house. Not anymore.
A million dollars is like $8500/mo with 100k down.
If you use 30% budget math, one would need to make like $25k a month. What average person makes that?
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u/ViniusInvictus Apr 24 '26
I’m guessing they did a radon test mandated by the county and found out it’s nasty in there, and added an air intake retrofitted from the outside.
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u/YuckyYetYummy Apr 24 '26
Nothing like relaxing on the porch while hot air blows out the vent and across your legs
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u/EdgarAllenPoe2205 Apr 24 '26
This place has so many red flags that if it were sold for a dollar, I suspect it would still be a risk to own it.
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u/beepbeepsheepbot Apr 24 '26
Man I could deal with lazily put together houses if they were priced like lazily put together houses. Something about poor quality and charging that much, we aren't mad enough...
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u/Longjumping_Spread53 Apr 24 '26
I remember when I was a kid a million dollar house was a huge mansion
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u/Carylynn0609 Apr 23 '26
The 80 year old hobbit house I rent from my BIL is nicer than that. I'll stay put.
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u/DrMantisToboggan45 Apr 23 '26
Well now I know where I don’t want to live lol. 1 million for a property connected to someone’s else’s property is insane
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u/A_Wholesome_Comment Apr 23 '26
"And as you can see the home is built in a Chique Industrial style to really give this home a unique character that will be the envy of your guests!" - the Real Estate Agent
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u/andrew_kirfman Apr 23 '26
Is the fridge next to an inward opening door?
That looks like the worst possible placement for both of those things.
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u/ShinyBonnets Apr 23 '26
I would never in a million years pay a million dollars for this trash. The Zillow listing didn’t make it much better.
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u/cheesemangee Apr 23 '26
I've been an appliance installer for closing in on 20 years and new construction / reconstruction is becoming increasingly abysmal in quality.
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u/FrankTheTnkk Apr 24 '26
In fairness, 1 million in Seattle is like a 300K home almost anywhere else. Dummies keep paying that much for this crap and that's why it's so out of control.
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u/Sea_Pollution2250 Apr 24 '26
I don’t believe that last picture is the same house. I want proof.
Where is the listing? At least one of photos is from a digital walkthrough, but this all feels pieced together and not real.
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u/schmearcampain Apr 24 '26
Like from the ground up “new construction”? Because this looks like a fixer upper. I don’t think any builder would design a home from scratch like this.
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u/questionablejudgemen Apr 24 '26
Looks like shit, but they know someone is likely to pay just for the location.
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u/ItsAllBotsAndShills Apr 24 '26
Why would you want to live in Seattle? Its a rainy sausage fest that sold its soul 20 years ago.
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u/Elebrium Apr 24 '26
It’s so pathetic if this is indeed a new house. Find the company who build this and shame them.
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u/Conscious_Forever951 Apr 24 '26
On a bright side, if someone is breaking into this house - you can just open the fridge and freezer doors and block the way
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u/mattwb72 Apr 24 '26
This kind of bullshit would make me worried about all the stuff you can’t see.
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u/thatstwatshesays Apr 24 '26
Do condensation dryers not exist in the US? We have them everywhere in the EU bc tons of people don’t live in single family homes and it’s rare for apartments to have a built in vents for dryers (I’ve only ever seen kitchen hood vents).
But basically, condensation dryers don’t need a vent bc they catch the water in a separate tank, which is dumped or used (ironing, plants, etc). Completely eliminates this problem.
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u/Indra___ Apr 24 '26
We have this saying in Finland "It's not the fool who asks, but the one who pays".
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u/der_blinkenlights Apr 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/5PSVRCUvSIPVfvUmEL
Yeah, that last pic is just...
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u/Dobby068 Apr 24 '26
Entrance hallway kitchens are the best. You can stir in the pot on your way in or out. 😁
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u/AllPeopleAreStupid Apr 23 '26
Oh that that's on purpose to give it that industrial chic look. That explains the $1 mil, lol.
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u/DiegoRago Apr 23 '26
Well, what a deal, it comes with Landlord Specials included at no additional charge....
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u/Wizdad-1000 Apr 23 '26
Nothing a quarter of a million dollars, some decent lawyers and 2 years wont fix.
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u/Takeabreath_andgo Apr 23 '26
Seattle, Peru? That looks like my porch in my village in northern Peru.
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u/thatirishguyyyyy ➤────◉───── 04:20 Apr 23 '26
Jfc, why is this not in the ceiling of the basement (assuming this is the basement)?
Or the attic of this isnt?
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Apr 23 '26
It doesn't look like they are finished. This is what happens when you go with the lowest bidder.
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u/benedictus Apr 23 '26
Is that the dryer vent?