The following is a list of recent commercial and high-end residential property sales in Whatcom County. Top properties is compiled by Wendy Darling with assistance from the county treasurer’s and assessor’s offices.
Residences above $700,000
Seller: Catherine Casey
Buyer: Hal and Helen Glidden
Description: 1 -story house with 1,545 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, built in 1950, 616 square foot attached garage; marine view.
Address: 419 Briar Road, Bellingham
Price: $740,000
Date: 07/23/08
Seller: David and Laurie Spiker
Buyer: Glen Antonuk (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Description: 2-story house with 3,791 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, built in 2000, 638 square foot attached garage, 451 square foot deck, 5.00 acres wooded land.
Address: 9563 Sunrise Road, Blaine
Price: $755,000
Date: 07/17/08
Seller: James and Christine Sorensen
Buyer: Laurel Boys, LLC
Description: 1-story house with 1,800 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, built in 2004, 72.97 acres land zoned for agricultural use.
Address: 250 West Axton Road, Bellingham
Price: $790,000
Date: 07/24/08
Seller: Conrad and Amy Koning
Buyer: Stuart and Elaine Baker
Description: 1–and a half story house with 2,870 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, built in 2002, 812 square foot attached garage, 357 square foot patio.
Address: 8668 Great Horned Owl Lane, Blaine
Price: $785,000
Date: 07/25/08
Seller: The Craig Wilson Trust
Buyer: David Billings and Gabriele Jaeckel (Seattle, WA)
Description: 1-story house with 2,187 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, built in 2006, 901 square foot built-in garage, 694 square foot patio; marine view.
Address: 414 South Clarkwood Drive, Bellingham
Price: $1,120,000
Date: 07/25/08
Seller: Robert and Zulfiya Anderson
Buyer: Geoff and Leah Skinner
Description: 2-story house with 3,453 square feet, 1,783 square foot basement, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, plus bonus room, built in 2001, 1,036 square foot attached garage, 530 square foot patio.
Address: 1749 North Tara Court, Lynden
Price: $700,000
Date: 07/28/08
Seller: Homestead NW Dev. Co.
Buyer: New Worc Development and Management, LLC
Description: 5 new condo units – two with 1,115 square feet, and three with 1,439 square feet, all with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, built in 2007.
Address: Units 101 and 102, Building K, and Units 101, 102, and 103, Building L, Correll Commons Condominium, 5692 and 5694 Correl Drive, Ferndale
Price: $1,000,000
Date: 07/31/08
Seller: Edward and Linda Kitzmiller
Buyer: Gary and Tawna Baxter
Description: 1–and-a-half story house with 4,947 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, plus bonus room, built in 2005, 779 square foot detached garage, 1.45 acres land; marine view.
Address: 318 Bayside Road, Bellingham
Price: $3,300,000
Date: 08/01/08
Seller: Jeffrey and Erin Gunter
Buyer: JH Kelly, LLC (Longview, WA)
Description: 2-story house with 3,934 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, built in 2002, remodeled in 2003, 576 square foot built-in garage, 1,536 square foot detached garage, 744 square foot patio, 2,28 acres land; territorial view.
Address: 5764 Ronnie Hill Lane, Ferndale
Price: $702,500
Date: 08/01/08
Seller: Robert and Coleen Shimota
Buyer: Philip Kuyper and Elizabeth Herseth (Seattle, WA)
Description: 1-story house with 1,300 square feet, 989 square foot finished basement, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, built in 1992, remodeled in 1997, 598 square foot attached garage, 352 square foot deck, 80 feet shorefront; marine view.
Address: 294 Shallow Shore Road, Bellingham
Price: $825,000
Date: 08/06/08
Seller: Sergey Savchuck
Buyer: W. Barrie and Carola Anderson
Description: New 2-story house with 2,998 square feet, 1,442 square foot finished basement, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, built in 2007, 352 square foot built-in garage, 428 square foot balcony; marine and territorial view.
Address: 342 North Garden Terrace, Bellingham
Price: $985,000
Date: 08/11/08
Seller: Jason Ragsdale
Buyer: Brock and Julie Hochsprung
Description: 1-story house with 1,900 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, plus bonus room, built in 1998, 792 square foot attached garage, 252 square foot deck, 1.43 acres land.
Address: 4224 Dumas Ave, Bellingham
Price: $732,500
Date: 08/11/08
Residential Land
Seller: Banner Bank
Buyer: John and Racelia Gunderson
Description: 5.20 acres wooded land.
Address: Britton Road, Bellingham
Price: $200,000
Date: 07/18/08
Seller: Schuyler Smith, Richard and Mayumi Smith
Buyer: Noble Smith and Kendra Schmiedeskamp (Seattle, WA)
Description: 6.13 acres, marine and territorial view.
Address: Tuttle Lane, Lummi Island
Price: $450,000
Date: 07/21/08
Seller: Ty Mathers
Buyer: Howard and Mary Vroman
Description: 2 lots – Wilson Avenue Estates
Address: 1327 and 1372 Wilson Ave, Blaine
Price: $160,000
Date: 07/22/08
Seller: Chart Five, LLP
Buyer: Birrell Dinnetz and Delcia Dennetz
Description: Lot – Sandy Point Shores– marine view.
Address: Saltspring Drive, Ferndale
Price: $185,000
Date: 07/28/08
Seller: Landtek Enterprises, Inc.
Buyer: Scott and Monica Bedlington
Description: 2.01 acres – territorial view.
Address: Birch Bay Lynden Road, Lynden
Price: $215,000
Date: 07/29/08
Seller: Arlyn Plagerman and Mary Lou Plagerman
Buyer: BakerLange Properties, LLC
Description: 13 lots – territorial view.
Address: E. Pole Road and Beard Road, Lynden
Price: $1,377,500
Date: 07/31/08
Seller: Irving Hurd Hawley, Jr. & Joan Hawley
Buyer: Cypress Ventures, LLC
Description: 20 small lots (.85 acres total) – marine and territorial view.
Address: Foxglove Lane, Bellingham
Price: $247,323.08
Date: 08/01/08
Commercial Land
Seller: Anne and Dan Cantrell
Buyer: Dana Rindal
Description: 5.40 acres – timberland.
Address: Stoney Brook Lane, Bellingham
Price: $460,000
Date: 07/25/08
Seller: R. G. International, Inc. and David and Dauna Gibb
Buyer: Hayes Development Group, LLC
Description: 7.14 acres – manufacturing.
Address: Pipeline Road, Blaine
Price: $165,000
Date: 07/25/08
Seller: Slater-LaBounty Property Management, LLC
Buyer: Labounty Road, LLC (Sedro Woolley, WA)
Description: 35.65 acres – manufacturing.
Address: Labounty Drive, Ferndale
Price: $1,775,000
Date: 08/01/08
Seller: Maberry Packing, Inc.
Buyer: MDM Properties, LLC
Description: 191.50 acres – agricultural – 2,240 square foot machine shed; territorial views.
Address: 1210 E. Pole Road, Everson, 2267 Loomis Trail Road, Custer and Axling Road, Lynden
Price: $1,289,000
Date: 08/04/08
Seller: Linda and Carl Hoines
Buyer: Miles Sand and Gravel Co. Inc. (Mt. Vernon, WA)
Description: 39.70 acres – agricultural, 2,600 square foot barn; territorial view.
Address: 6473 Lawrence Road, Everson
Price: $800,000
Date: 08/11/08
Commercial Properties
Seller: Betty Schmidt
Buyer: WWTC, LLC (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Description: 4 – unit apartment building with 4,192 square feet, built in 2002, and a 1 –story house with 1,062 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, built in 1948, remodeled in 2001.
Address: 1500 and 1504 Alabama St, Bellingham
Price: $641,527.12
Date: 07/16/08
Seller: Kenneth and Denise Schims
Buyer: Brigid Collins House
Description: Office (converted from a church) with a total of 16,505 square feet, built in 1905, remodeled in 1999.
Address: 1231 North Garden Street, Bellingham
Price: $1,307,000
Date: 07/16/08
Seller: Foothills Rentals, LLC
Buyer: Evergreen Water & Sewer District No. 19
Description: Office (converted from a house) with 1,648 square feet, built in 2007, remodeled in 2008, meeting rooms and handicap restroom.
Address: 6229 Azure Way, Maple Falls
Price: $250,000
Date: 07/21/08