Earlier this month we reported that 6321 Beach Drive SW was approved to be torn down...looks like that's recently been accomplished (above photo).
Another tear down is (or is by) 5221 Beach Drive SW.
No before picture...and a tough time finding info with the City (could just be me being inept).
This property is located at 6321 Beach Drive SW and just received approval to be torn down.
Just a year ago in July, King County public records show that this home sold for 2.1 million and that last month, the City of Seattle required the current owners to record a covenant, acknowledgment of risk and indemnity agreement in a "potential land slide area".
Read the recorded document here:Download CovenantBD.pdf
Hat tip to West Seattle Blog.
4145 Beach Drive SW (pictured below) built in 1908, is applying to have it's land use change to 1 single family and a two-unit townhome. Here's the Notice of Application. WSB has covered this home as well and we did back in April 2007 when the first dreaded "yellow little sign" was noted in the front yard.
While we're at it.... here's the "progress" on two other properties that were recently torn down.
The former "Grandma House" that's located at 3726 Beach Drive SW now looks like this:
Instead of this:
And this tricky little town home located at 3636 Beach Drive now features a drive-thru so you can access units stashed in the back (you can't see it from this angle). BDB first covered this property in October 2007, however it came down so quick, we missed the before picture.
If my memory serves me, the "before" home was a small cottage that sat back on the lot. Perhaps too small making the land worth more than the home...and creating another "tear-down to townhome". Here's my only "before" photo:
I have no updates for the Brown House located at 4233 Beach Drive.
The house that's been hanging on the hillside along Jacobsen is in the process of being torn down...finally.
Thanks to Rob for the tip and sending the above photo from his cell phone.
This house doesn't even need an address...it's just known as "the brown house". Since I was photographing the bungalow tear down on Beach Drive, I thought I'd check out the latest notes posted on the infamous "brown house".
Good news...the home has been winterized! It is still sitting there all boarded up waiting for it's destiny of being torn down to emerge from the wreckage as shiny new townhomes! At least the mattress window coverings are gone and the garbage in the front has been removed.
Hopefully the sign in the window dated December 20, 2007 means that they are progressing with this poor old home.
I think it's safe to say that this is a tear down the locals have been waiting for.
The bungalow at 3726 Beach Drive has been reduced to a pile of rubble and debris.
I wish I had a photo of the home when she was in her glory. The only one I have is after it was tagged with a yellow sign, abandoned to be torn down. West Seattle Blog has a series of photos documenting this tear down that are amazing.
That's a bit of sarcasm you're sensing, I'm not thrilled about this tear down (although I'm ready for that brown house to go). I'm not sure why I like this house...I guess it just reminds me of where a sweet Grandma would have lived.
One less Seattle bungalow...one more townhome (4 units).
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