The Bainbridge Public Library Turns 50 Today!
In the late 1950's, the Bainbridge Island community rallied around the idea of building a new public library to serve the Island residents. The Community put together a volunteer Board of Directors in 1960 and began the process of planning and fund-raising. On March 17, 1962, the new library opened its doors to ...
Rolling Bay on an Amazing Day!
Good afternoon, I'm Ron Mariotti, your Bainbridge Real Estate Guy. Thanks for taking a couple of minutes to watch this video.
This is a busy time of year for Realtors and I have been working with a lot of people who are coming to the Island for the first time. One of the things that repeatedly comes up when we ar ...
A Home Inspection Can Be Fun! That's right I said FUN, and here is why.
Many people, Realtors included, look at home inspection as a dreaded hurdle that needs to be overcome before anyone gets too excited. I would like to offer a different approach. What if a home inspection was FUN? Crazy, well let's just see...
It is a great day to look at the vision you ha ...
I was preparing for this blog and my beautiful and brilliant wife shared a Henry David Thoreau quote with me that she memorized in the fourth grade. I thought is would be perfect for this blog; "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, for that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."
What I ...
Happy New Year to you. Now that we are back to work I want give you the year in review for 2011 on Bainbridge Island.
Bainbridge Island had 321 sales in 2011, that’s condos and single family detached homes. The lowest sale was $71,000. That was for a 346 square foot cabin on three quarters of an acre on Lovgren Rd. right off hwy 305. The m ...
Okay, my wife and I just got back from an amazing Mexican vacation. When we’re on vacation we always like to check out the local market. As you can imagine, Puerto Vallarta has been affected by the U.S. economy.
I picked up a copy of the pv mirror and read an interesting article written by local real estate professional Harriet Murray. Ms. Murray is spot on ...
If you did not feel apprehensive about the future, would you buy or sell your home in this market?
My family and I moved last summer and in the craze of moving we have yet to get a TV for our new house. It’s been amazing to see how our life has changed without it. The most bizarre part of it is that is was totally unintentional. We have become so much more ‘intentional’ about what we think a ...
Many sellers assume that it is best to wait until spring to list property for sale. And who wants to list their home during the Holidays? But I’m here to tell you that in October 2011, standing inventory in Metro Seattle declined by 6% while pending sales increased by 3%.
Depending on your neighborhood and price level, selling a single family home in the winter of 2011 may be more profitab ...
Battle Point Park is one of the many reasons why I love Bainbridge Island.
Located approximately mid-Island, the park totals approximately 90 acres. It is a former naval radio station, and is largely open space with a couple of ponds, jogging trails, soccer fields, three softball fields, horse area, a picnic shelter, two tennis courts, sand volleyball court, play areas, two basketball courts ...
Well I’m down at Eagle Harbor Marina in downtown Winslow because it’s just a cool fall Pacific Northwest day. It’s kind of misty , foggy, and rainy and I thought I would come down here to shoot this video. Today I wanted to talk a little bit about Seller Disclosure Statements in the State of Washington.
We had a very heated discussion at our weekly sales meeting at Windermere Bainbridge Is ...