Surprising basement mystifies in this home for sale in Washington. Check it out
While certain styles of homes come and go in terms of what’s fashionable, one style that will never fade? Mid-century modern houses.
And this one on the market in Kenmore, Washington, for $800,000 is not only aesthetically pleasing, it also comes with a unique feature that you will be hard pressed to find anywhere — a basement that is earthship inspired.
An earthship is usually a building made from recycled materials such as cement, adobe, and even glass bottles, according the Spruce.
This three-bedroom, two-bathroom house was built by John Burrows, a famous builder who “built 35 homes in Northeast Seattle, endeavoring to construct modern dwellings on heavily-forested lots that many considered too difficult to build on,” Atomic Ranch reported.
“The gamble was worth it, resulting in homes that are not only modern, even by today’s standards, but also embrace their natural surroundings.”
That is exactly what this 2,300-square-foot home does, and it also has Burrow’s signature Western Red beam ceilings. However, it’s the basement that reallystands out.
According to real estate agent, Diane Bushnell, who holds the listing with Keller Williams Realty Bothell, the basement was unfinished at the time the original owners, Niels and Sidnee Andersen, bought it. Beth Andersen, daughter of the original owners, recollected that it was her grandfather, Orla, who flew in and helped finish the basement, Bushnell said in an e-mail to McClatchy News.
“Grandpa Orla flew to stay with the family for three months to help refinish the downstairs basement for Beth and her sister,” Bushnell told McClatchy News. “Using bent plywood and chicken wire to shape the basement and had foam blow in. The is a built in bed (waterbed) and attached dining w/benches was a product of grandpa Orla’s work. The sitting area around the fireplace and reading nook just north of the fireplace is where Beth would read as a little girl.”
It’s the originality of the basement that has attracted potential buyers and offers started flowing in, some even exceeding the asking price, Bushnell said.
Currently, the house is listed as pending.
Kenmore is about a 15-mile drive northeast of Seattle.
This story was originally published April 2, 2024 at 1:06 PM with the headline "Surprising basement mystifies in this home for sale in Washington. Check it out."