Windermere Mountain Valley Real Estate Newsletter

Issue 18
November 2015

Community

News

Featured Article

November Maintenance Guide

Posted in Wind ermere Blog by Anne Reagan Originally posted on www.p orch.com

November is full of autumnal celebrations, falling leaves and changing weather. For some regions, snow might already be falling and winter wind storms threatening to knock out power. This is the right time of year to keep preparing your home for winter like purchasing snow supplies, testing your generator and keeping the gutters clear of leaves. Be sure to keep your home safe this fall by keeping up with your weekend projects and to-dos. continue to full article

Featured Properties

$145,000

Cedar Cabin-two bedrooms and large loft. Great windows let in lots of light. View of Butter Peak. Wrap around porch, out buildings w/heated wax room. New floor coverings, propane fireplace. Full RV hook-up and fully fenced back yard with fire pit. Located across the street from the Cowlitz River. High Valley golf and pool. White Pass Ski Area, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens are all just minutes away. Elk graze through the neighborhood and eagles abound .

$189,900

A must see in Packwood! This cabin is turn-key and ready for your full-time or vacation enjoyment. Located in Upper Timberline, it is the perfect jump off point to all that the area has to offer. The home features a great deck space for entertaining, as well as an indoor hot tub/spa. With over 1/2 acre backing NF land, this property provides plenty of peace and quiet for the perfect get away location. Furnishings, linens, housewares & hot tub are included in sale. Do not miss this opportunity!

$215,000

Classic cabin in the woods. Rough out board & batten exterior, vaulted ceiling in great room with wood fireplace. Covered porches front & back extend living area year round. Backs to National Forest. Big trees screen cabin from the street. Lovely master suite plus two nice sized bedrooms with full bath off hall. Great home for year-round living or vacation use. Excellent rental history. High Valley dues of $260/year include water, golf, club house and community pools. Turn-key furnished.

$249,000

This historic home has been beautifully enlarged and remodeled over the years from the original small cedar cabin. Rooms are very spacious. Walk to river but not in flood plain. Walk to town but very private.Beautiful paneling and doors from original cabin have been maintained. Banister and beveled glass windows are antiques from an historic home in Tacoma. This home is large enough to share! Ski area 20 miles east. Mt. Rainier & river view. Two+ acres, fruit trees. $5000 redecorating allowance.

Area Events

Courtesy of White Pass Scenic Byway

Small Business Saturday & Grand Opening

Mountain Lodge Gifts & TMC Vacation Rentals

November 28 - Small Business Saturday

December 5 - Grand Opening and Christmas Open House

Join us for Small Business Saturday by shopping local at the Historic Packwood Station on the corner of Highway 12 and Snyder Rd. Also join us for our Grand Opening and Christmas Open House December 5 from 11-4. Celebrate with hot cider, cookies, and a free gift with purchase (while supplies last).

Santa Express

Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad & Museum in Elbe

November 28 - December 21

This holiday season your adventure begins at the "North Pole", located at the depot in Elbe, Washington. Sip cocoa, nibble a cookie, bring your camera and deliver your wish list to Santa in person before climbing aboard for a steam train ride. Relax and reconnect with friends and family during a train ride through the forest and foothills south of Mount Rainier. Bundle up and enjoy a special train ride this holiday season.

Santa Express Silver Edition

Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad & Museum in Elbe

December 4

(Exclusively for passengers 21 years of age or older)

Feel like a kid again this holiday season. While the kids are in school, the young at heart can travel peacefully along the Upper Nisqually Valley on the Santa Express Silver Edition. Take a festive and nostalgic steam train ride through the forest and foothills south of Mt. Rainier. Sip hot cocoa, nibble on a cookie, listen to Christmas music and visit with Santa. It's the recipe for long lasting holiday memories. *All passengers on this train need to 21 years of age or older.

Jingle Jury

At the Roxy Theater in Morton

December 11 at 7:00 pm

December 13 at 2:00 pm

Price: $9 in advance, $10 at the door, $5 for children

The Candy Cane Courthouse is now in session, and your audience is the jury! The defendant, young Jim Dandy, has called Christmas spirit 'a lot of nonsense,' but that won't fly in the Christmas court of justice! In comes a colorful parade of Christmas personalities, including reindeer-in-training, an angel from atop a Christmas tree, wise men, and holiday shoppers, all defending the spirit of Christmas.

Festival of Trees Weekend

December 9, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

December 10, 3:00 - 6:00 pm

December 12, 2:00 - 7:00 pm
At the Roxy Theater in Morton

Experience a wonderland of creativity and generosity at the BCJ Gallery Benefit Tree Auction. Visit the winter wonderland forest in the Tiller Arts Center to bid and vote for your favorites in this 4-day silent-auction event, ending at 7:00 p.m. on December 12. Stop by anytime between December 9 and 12 for door prizes, raffles, cocoa, and cookies-by-the-pound fundraiser for the Friends of the Library!

INFORMATIVE WEBSITES FOR PACKWOOD AND EAST LEWIS COUNTY

Destination Packwood

White Pass Scenic Byway

Visit Rainier

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Broker's Byline

First, we'd all like to wish all of you a very joyous holiday season and prosperous new year. We so appreciate your connection to us. Real estate is a "relationship" business and we value yours.

I have some pretty big announcements. We have a new office administrator, A mber Brown, a local lady,

with a master's degree

in internet marketing. She is also studying for

her real estate license and we intend to tak e full advantage of her skills in the coming months.

We are about to transition from a Windermere franchise to an independent firm, Mountain Valley Real Estate, starting in January. Our affiliation with Windermere has been great, but we've come to the conclusion that a more local brand will do just as well or better in this market. Watch for news about this transition as it unfolds.

2015 has been the best year for number of closed sides since 2007 but dollar volumes are still off about 12%. This is a reflection of price reductions during the downturn and into our current market. I have great hopes for 2016 growing both in closed transactions and in dollar volume. We'll see how well my crystal ball skills pan out.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Maree

Third Quarter 2015 statistics follow:

Solds (Closed)

Commercial	1
Condominium	1
Single Family	36
Vacant Land	15

Pendings (under contract)

	9/30/15	11/20/15
Single Family	3	9
Vacant Land	0	3

Actives (average days on market)

Commercial	5	283
Farm & Ranch	1	354
Multi-family	1	143
Single Family	92	299
Vacant Land	108	573

Foundation News

Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report Q3 2015

Posted in Foundation by Christine Wood

Many people in our communities struggle each day to have their most basic needs met. But thanks to contributions from Windermere owners, agents, staff and our community partners, the Windermere Foundation has been able to donate $1,359,000 so far this year to organizations that provide services to low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.

Windermere offices throughout the Western U.S. partner with organizations in their local communities to help with fundraising and support of their programs. One such organization is Tree House in Tacoma, Washington, which welcomes families who need a place to stay while a loved one is in the hospital. Tacoma-based Windermere Professional Partners has been a supporter of Tree House since 2007 when the organization was merely a concept. Since then, they have donated nearly $75,000 through the Windermere Foundation to help make Tree House the incredible organization that it is today. Over the years, the Windermere team has filled the Tree House pantry shelves with non-perishable food. They were also the very first organization to cook a hot meal for the families that stay at Tree House-families like Will and Carmenita. Here is their story:

New parents, Will and Carmenita, are among many of the Tree House guests. They welcomed their baby boy William at 25 weeks, which was extremely premature. Since his birth, baby William has had multiple surgeries to repair a collapsed lung, a brain bleed, and a hernia. He recently received a shunt to help relieve the pressure put on his brain. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Tacoma General Hospital, progress is often incremental, with setbacks that could occur at a moment's notice. It is critical that parents and loved ones stay close by these vulnerable babies. Recognizing the need for families to be near their loved ones in a time of serious illness, MultiCare offers families a place to stay at Tree House. Carmenita and Will have been able to stay at Tree House since William's birth. continue reading

To learn more about the Windermere Foundation, visit http://www.windermere.com/foundation