Home sales and home building have picked up in some areas of the country.  This is good, and it bodes well for the real estate market, but it does not necessarily give us a solid basis on which to predict a recovery.  Any improvement, any increase in market activity is encouraging.  The Sequim real estate market depends heavily on the health of the real estate market around the country, especially south (Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, etc.).

An increase in sales and building activity in a city like Las Vegas can be considered a lead indicator for Sequim, Washington, because many of our buyers come from these other states.  There has been an increase in sales and building in the Las Vegas area, including Henderson, Nevada.  In this photo above a home is building built in a Henderson subdivision.  There are actually about 10 homes being built in this neighborhood right now, and while I was walking the neighborhood, another couple drove up and stood on a lot they we were obviously contemplating buying.

(By the way, I was in Las Vegas this weekend to watch my son, Bristol Marunde, fight and win the mixed martial arts middleweight title.  If you have an interest in MMA, you can read all about Bristol’s fight at The New SCC Middleweight Champion.)

There are still segments of the real estate market that are in disarray and will be for years.  Foreclosures and short sales will plague the market for the foreseeable future.  The mortgage market is fraught with regulatory chaos that causes underwriters nightmares.  But there are healthy segments of the real estate market, and qualified buyers with good paying jobs or good retirement pensions will continue to buy and build homes.

Homes sales are picking up in some key areas around the country, and that was true in Sequim, Washington this summer and fall.

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Sequim home builder Rick Anderson did it again with this beautiful custom home just completed.  The quality of materials used is one factor, but the attention to detail in construction is unsurpassed.  Rick Anderson’s project manager is one of the most meticulous perfectionists in the building industry, and certainly when it comes to a Sequim home builder.

Sequim Home Builder

Sequim Home Builder

These photos only show the tip of the iceberg, of course, but the proof is in the highest customer satisfaction of any builder in Clallam County.

Sequim Home Builder

The kitchen is just . . . well . . . the word stunning comes to mind.

We spend so much of our time in our kitchens, why not have a beautiful and well equipped kitchen?  Yes, it cost a little more, but amortize that over the rest of your retired life, and it isn’t much for the pleasure you get cooking in a show room and inviting friends and family to join you.

This Sequim home builder, Rick Anderson Homes, has built over 400 homes in the county since 1981, and you can check out his homes and floor plans at RickAndersonHomes.com.  I definitely would recommend Sequim home builder Rick Anderson.

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Sequim home builder Rick Anderson of Anderson Homes, LLC guarantees the contract price so you don’t get surprised by “extras” or any other price increases.  This is far more significant than most people realize.  The standard home building contract in Sequim and Port Angeles is a cost-plus contract, which means the builder quotes a price but he gets to increase the price of your home as he builds it, (justifying the increase with additional costs) and contractually you have to pay whatever increases he adds to the price.  That’s a great business model for the Sequim home builder, but not for you if you are writing the checks.

Sequim Home Builder

I’ve included a number of great links to a Sequim home builder, so you can read articles about the kinds of traps people fall into when they build a home, photos and floor plans, and tips for selecting a home builder.

Sequim Home Builder

1. Great home designs for Single Story Plans  (All Plans Can Be Customized For Your Needs)
2. Great home designs for Two Story Plans  (Build Green and How About a Water View?)
   
3. Great home designs for Basement Plans  (Efficiency and Custom Fit for Your Lot)
4. Pricing your new home and free articles and insider tips on “price per square foot” advertising, and exactly how to understand and compare price quotes.
5. How to select the right builder for you and what many homebuilders learn only after the fact.
6. View Kitchens, Cabinets, Appliances, Windows, Doors, Fixtures
7. Special prices on land for your new home with photos and plats for online viewing.
8. Featured properties search for land and spec homes.
9. Actual testimonies of past clients of Anderson Homes.
10. Email your questions to Rick Anderson to get email answers, a great low key way to get answers to issues that you are researching.

Sequim Home Builder

I know Rick Anderson personally, and I highly recommend him as your Sequim home builder.  I have interviewed many homeowners, and having been a real estate attorney, I had the opportunity to talk with people who have contracted with many Sequim home builders.  I believe that Rick Anderson has the highest customer satisfaction of any Sequim home builder, bar none.

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Who is the best Sequim home builder and the best Port Angeles home builder?  I have no hesitation in answering that question after talking to hundreds of Sequim home builder clients here since 1994.  As a practicing real estate lawyer for many years here, I picked up many clients from nearly all the home builders in the area, so I got an education I didn’t have to pay for, and I learned a lot of confidential information I would otherwise never have learned.  I won’t talk about specific Sequim home builders (nor Port Angeles home builders), but we don’t need to.

Sequim Home Builder

What retirees want is a builder that can fulfill this checklist, and only one Sequim home builder can check all of these in my experience:

Sequim Home Builder Checklist:

1. Absolute honesty and integrity;
2. Full disclosure up front on costs and estimates;
3. Accurate bid and spec sheet in detail with no surprises;
4. No games and shenanigans during the entire process;
5. The highest quality construction materials and labor;
6. Outstanding project management (not chaos on the job);
7. Experienced with cost saving measures with architectural designs;
8. Large Sequim home builder supplier discounts passed on to clients;
9. Highest past client satisfaction rate of any local Sequim home builder (over 400 homes built since 1981);
10. Only 5% down payment (compared to 30% by almost all others);
11. Guarantees the contract price; and
12. No surprises with extras and change orders.

Sequim Home Builder Competition

Sit with almost any home builder in the country, including a Sequim home builder and a Port Angeles home builder, and you will hear exactly what they know you want to hear.  Almost all of them look good, smile nicely, smell good, and know the answers you want to hear.  That’s sales for you.  Give them what they want and get them to sign the contract.

I have heard to many nightmare stories about what happens after the contract is signed and they’ve paid their 30% down.  There isn’t room here for all the stories.  The real point is that there is a Sequim home builder who can check off all the items on this list.

The best Sequim home builder and Port Angeles home builder in my opinion is Rick Anderson of Anderson Homes.  You can click on the link in the image above to go directly to his website, where you’ll find home sketches, photos, floor plans, and testimonies. If you are retiring to the Sequim area, I strongly recommend Rick Anderson for your Sequim home builder.

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Rick Anderson is building a custom home for Rick and Marilyn Crimmel in Sequim, Washington, and construction is proceeding nicely, and the pile of lumber is being transformed into something beautiful.  On his photo webiste, RickCrimmel.com, Rick wrote, “After many years of visiting beautiful Sequim, WA, we moved here. Since we could not find the right house in the right location, we decided to build the right house in an area where we always dreamed of living. I decided to post photos of the construction progress so that anyone, who may be interested, can see what all is involved in building a house. The most current photos will appear on page 1. Our Realtor is Chuck Marunde, who has a real estate blog at:

Sequim Real Estate and our builder is Rick Anderson of Anderson Homes who has a nice website at:

Sequim Home Builder.

This photo was taken by Rick recently.  Think Rick and Marilyn are excited?  You bet they are.  They can hardly wait to get settled into their new home.  By the way, it has been said by more than one of my clients that Sequim has the bluest sky they’ve ever seen.  This photo has not been digitally enhanced and the sky most certainly is blue.

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This Sequim custom home is under construction and is shapiung up as it approaches completion.  A new home is like a puzzle.  While it is being built in the early phases, you can’t see what the final product will look like, except to look at the plans, like looking at the cover the puzzle box.  What you can see while a home is being built, if you know what to look for, is quality in materials used and in the labor.

This home is being built by Sequim custom home builder Rick Anderson.  Rick told me that, “a custom home doesn’t mean expensive.  It means a quality home built the way you want it.”  You can see more of Rick Anderson’s homes at RickAndersonHomes.com.  And if you’d like to walk through this home now while it is under construction, I’d be glad to walk you through it.  I love looking at homes, and if you’re thinking about having a home built, you might enjoy walking through this home.  The tour is free.  I just need to call the owners and get their permission.

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