2BR Highland Park Hideaway

9228 15th Ave SW Unit C

Seattle, WA 98106

Price: $218,230.00

Style: Townhome

Home Size: 1,300 sq ft

Lot Size: 1,825 sq ft

Year: 2007

Bedrooms: 2

Bathrooms: 2

Stories: 3

Parking: attached 1 car garage

HOA Dues: $0

Homestead Lease Fee: $75/mo

This charming 1,300 sq ft. townhome in the Highland Park neighborhood features two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a bonus room near the entrance ideal for a home office or extra storage. The second floor is an open-concept kitchen, dining, and living space with warm hardwood floors and gas fireplace. The kitchen area features wood cabinets and granite countertops, an eating space, a brand new oven and a quiet dishwasher. Cabinets and a pantry closet offer plenty of food storage. One of the two full bathrooms is located on this main floor. The third floor, where bedrooms and the second bathroom are located, features vaulted ceilings and a skylight. The spacious primary bedroom has direct access to the bathroom. The second bedroom offers a large walk-in closet. Laundry is conveniently located on this level. For outdoor enjoyment, a private brick-paved patio off the front porch features an arbor-covered seating area. An attached, one-car garage entered via the rear of the building provides direct entry and protection from the elements. This is a highly walkable West Seattle neighborhood with a Walk Score of 88 out of 100. Served by bus lines 128, 113 and the H Line. Westwood Village shopping center and Seattle’s White Center with an abundance of restaurants and shops are each less than a 5 min drive. Nearby schools include Highland Park Elementary, Pathfinder and Orca K-8 schools, Denny Middle School, and Chief Sealth and Cleveland High Schools. Nearby parks include Highland Park Playfield, Westcrest Park and Roxhill Park.

View the 3D Home Tour of the home below. CLICK HERE for fullscreen.

How to apply to purchase this home:

Step 1: Make sure you meet the basic qualifications and have a serious interest in purchasing. We estimate that the minimum affordable income for this home is $69,000 gross per year. However, factors such as the amount available a down-payment may lower that requirement slightly. To purchase any home through Homestead applicants must meet the criteria listed here. Go back to the 'Available Now' tab above to take a virtual tour of this home.

Step 2: Submit the Screening Form by the end of the day on Sunday, August 6th. Submission of the Screening Form indicates your interest in this home and evaluates whether you meet Homestead's initial criteria, it should take no longer than 5 minutes. You must submit this home's screening form by the deadline to be considered for this home. If you are determined to be eligible by the Screening Form and after you have verified your email, you will immediately be emailed instructions on the next step, see note below. Be sure to check your spam and other inbox folders, if you have not received an email within 10 minutes of verifying your Screening Form, please email apply@homesteadclt.org

IMPORTANT NOTE: Completed applications stay on file for 6 months. So, if you recently have submitted a complete application through the portal you may be able to Skip to Step 4. If there have been significant changes to your situation since you last applied (change in income, household size, current address) please contact apply@homesteadclt.org. If an applicant did not complete their application by the application due date or were determined to be ineligible for Homestead's program they will need to restart their application. Anyone interested in being considered for a specific home still needs to submit that home's Screening Form by the deadline (Step 2 above).

Step 3: Submit your application within 2 weeks. Your application is due 14 days from when you submit the Screening Form, your specific application due date will be shown at the top of your application, see screenshot. Incomplete applications will be deleted immediately after the deadline has passed. A $30 application fee is due upon submission.

Submit Screening Form

Step 4: Check your email. Homestead Staff will email you if we have any questions or need any additional documentation to evaluate your eligibility.

Step 5: Top Applicants selected and continue with the next steps in the application process. Homestead staff will select the top applicants based on Homestead's Buyer Selection Criteria. The top applicants will be invited to tour the home and will receive Homestead's list of participating lenders to seek a loan pre-approval. Being selected as a top applicant does not guarantee purchase, more than 1 top applicant will be selected to account for applicant attrition.

All applicants will received notification of whether or not they were selected as a top applicant by Friday, August 25th.

Step 6: Tour the homes and seek a loan pre-approval. Top Applicants will be invited to an in-person tour of the home and seek a pre-approval letter from a participating lender. Please do not seek a pre-approval until you are selected as a top applicant and are provided with Homestead's preferred lender list.

Step 7: Pre-approval letters due. Applicants must obtain a loan pre-approval letter by the due date to be considered for buyer selection. The pre-approval due date will be communicated when the top applicants are selected, applicants will have at least ten days to receive a pre-approval.

Step 8: Buyer Selected. A buyer will be selected based on Homestead's Buyer Selection Criteria.

We anticipate a lot of interest in this home. There are always multiple interested, eligible, and qualified applicants that apply for each home we sell. We use an objective tie-breaking process to determine which of the applicants will proceed with purchase.

We appreciate your patience while Homestead Staff review applications and answer applicant questions. Please closely follow the instructions above and in the application portal. Any updates to the sales schedule will be posted on this webpage.

Questions? Attend Office Hours, email apply@homesteadclt.org or see the FAQs below

Attend Office Hours

Homestead will be hosting three 'office hour' Zoom sessions on:

Wednesday, August 2nd from 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Thursday, August 10th from 5:00pm - 6:30pm

During these times interested applicants can join a Zoom meeting to talk one-on-one with a Homestead staff member about their eligibility, the application process, or receive support on technology issues. Applicants may join the Zoom at anytime during the periods specified. Since sensitive financial information may be discussed, applicants will need to stay on hold in the 'waiting room' until a staff member is available to speak to them one-on-one.

Information on how to join the Office Hours Zoom Sessions is available here.

If you are unable to attend the office hour times above you may email your questions or request another time to meet with staff at apply@homesteadclt.org.

Frequently Asked Questions and Tips

Q: I think I have finished my application but I don't see how to submit it?

A: The submit button will not appear until you have uploaded all the required documents and entered information in all the sections of the application, including the Debt Section. You must enter at least one debt in the application. Please add all open credit accounts belonging to the primary applicant and/or co-applicant. If all your credit accounts have a balance of $0, simply add those accounts with the balance of $0 and minimum payment of $0. If you do not have any open credit accounts enter one debt with N/A as the Name of Lending Institution, $0 for the balance and minimum payment and 1111 for the last four digits of the account.

Q: How do I know that my application has been successfully submitted?

A: After you press the submit button you will be prompted to do the following:

Confirm Application Details
Agree to Terms
Pay Application Fees
Electronically Sign

Then, you will receive a confirmation email with the Subject Line: 'Your Homestead Community Land Trust application is complete!' The email will include an attached PDF of your full application.

Q: I verified my email and phone number to login in but I am receiving a spinning house error message and not able access the application.

A: If this happens to you please email olivia@homesteadclt.org for the most immediate assistance. This happens most frequently because there are multiple contact records in the Homestead's database with the same email address you used to login. It can best be avoided by being consistent with the spelling of your name and what email address use in your interactions with Homestead. Do not use the same email address for multiple members of your family, for example - the primary applicant and the co-applicant cannot have the same email address.

Tip: Organize and save all the documents you uploaded into the application in the same place. Mortgage lender's will ask for many of the same documents, having these documents organized already will save you time when applying for a loan.