Archive for July, 2009

Clatsop Weavers & Spinners Workshop

Everything!, Weaving & Spinning | Posted by Cheri Diehl

What a great time we had!  Saturday and Sunday, July 25 & 26, 2009, the Clatsop Weavers & Spinners Guild hosted a workshop by Janis Thompson of Eugene, OR.  The theme was Adventures in Color and we spent 2 days creating incredible rovings on our carders and then spinning and plying.  It was all fascinating and fun!

Our guild meets monthly for business on the 3rd Tuesday at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco, WA.  The spinners meet on the 1st Tuesday either in Ocean Park (the beautiful Long Beach Peninsula) or Astoria, OR (also beautiful!) and every Thursday evening at the Shelburne Inn.

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Price Reduction!

Everything! | Posted by Cheri Diehl


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This secluded cutie needs some TLC but the roof was new in 2004.  3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 1504 square feet.  Property is just over one acre.  Great room has vaulted ceilings and a propane stove.  Laminate floors, wood-burning fireplace and a great hot-tub room which would also make a good plant room.  Attached oversized 2 car garage plus a bunk house complete the picture of this Ocean Park cutie!  A good place to use your first time homebuyer credit…  Click on the photo above for more info!


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1st Time Homebuyer Tax Credit!

Everything! | Posted by Cheri Diehl

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GREAT NEWS!! Clients who qualify for the First -Time Homebuyer Tax Credit can get their tax credit right away. The initial funds for closing can come from a gift from a blood relative but NOW as soon as the purchase is complete they can file an amended 2008 return to claim their credit rather than wait until next January.

Thanks to Kilkenny Valenta Lending Group for this important update!

If you’ve been waiting to buy Long Beach realty, now’s the time!  Get in touch with us soon…. there are a multitude of great buys on the Long Beach Peninsula.

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Monday Musings…

Cats In Our Lives, Everything!, New Listings, Porsche the Boxer, Real Estate | Posted by Cheri Diehl

OF INTEREST:  Due to new Federal regulations, PUD No. 2 of Pacific County will no longer be able to transfer or connect electric service to a customer over the phone or by mail.  A customer wanting service must now go in person to the office with a photo ID.  Keep this in mind if you’re buying or selling real estate on the Long Beach Peninsula!

Cute photo of the week!

Frank (on top), Porsche the Boxer and

Julie the American Shorthair.

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Fish on!  Buoy 10 opens August 1 through August 31.

Like Covered Bridges?  Mark your calendars for the Grays River Celebration.

Remember, you can keep up on the latest listings from my website, Discovery Coast Real Estate.  Just visit NEWEST LISTINGS and contact us for more information.

Here’s something to plan for:  The SW Washington YMCA is planning a big weekend at the beach and it sounds like lots of fun for everyone:

August 22nd 1pm Hilltop Bowl in Ilwaco $20 entry fee gets you 2 games and lunch. We are looking for a total of 8 teams of 6. We will have raffle prizes and a 50/50 raffle for cash money too. As well as a grand prize for the team with the combined highest score. And special prizes for the team with the best Hawaiian shirts or team shirts. Contact Craig at Lost Weekend Clothing Company for your team shirts at 360-642-LOST or www.lostweekendclothing.com

August 23rd 10am at Peninsula Golf Course $40 entry fee gets you 9 holes and a BBQ lunch afterward. We are also still looking for hole sponsors ($50), a hole in one challenge sponsor for hole #4 and raffle items. We will be selling Mulligans, Putting String and a 50/50 raffle for cash money.

For more info, contact Trish Potter.

THIS WEEK’S PICK OF THE LISTINGS:

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PORT OF ILWACO

TURN KEY RESTAURANT

WATERVIEW DINING

$240,000

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Big Price Reduction! Sunset Sands Home

Everything!, Real Estate | Posted by Cheri Diehl


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$136,500

3 bdrm, 1 bath

Sunset Sands

Close to Loomis Lake Park!

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South Bay on Willapa Bay

Everything!, New Listings, Our Listings, Real Estate | Posted by Cheri Diehl
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$275,000

5 acre parcels

Gated Entry

Paved Road


It doesn’t get any better than this! Paved road leads you to lightly treed lots with home sites already cleared. 200′ of frontage on Willapa Bay and views you have to see to believe. Underground power and phone in. Wells installed. Secluded, gated, and waiting for your home. Enjoy eagles, blue herons and osprey, along with deer and other wildlife!


For more info call 877-637-1412 or email Discovery Coast Real Estate.  ML# 29095830 et al

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The Puppy Chronicles – It begins….

Everything!, Porsche the Boxer, Real Estate | Posted by Cheri Diehl
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July 6, 2009

I drove to Portland to take possession of Charlie’s “Porsche”.  The cutest boxer pup you could imagine, but this Porsche seems to have a water leak!

Porsche meets a few of the household cats. They weren’t sure what she was. Knew she wasn’t a cat so no competition there, but not a dog either so they weren’t scared of her. Gabbie, Julie & Frank seemed the most unconcerned about the whole affair and were even interested in playing. Of course, her food was a real show stopper!

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Thursday, June 9 was the wonderful Art Walk at the Port of Ilwaco.  Porsche walked on her leash almost all the way from home to the Port.  After that, her feet hardly touched the ground because everyone wanted to cuddle her!  By the time we ended the evening at Raven & Finch, she was plumb tuckered out.

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June Sales Report

Everything!, Real Estate | Posted by Cheri Diehl


Wondering how the  market is at the beach?  Here’s a quick summary:

There were  19 Residential MLS Sales in June ranging from $42,000 for a bank owned fixer of 516 sf to a Discovery Heights home (3852 sf) which sold for $420,000.  Average time on the market was 266 days.  The $42,000 home was on the market for just 12 days while another home (sales price of $150,000) was on the market a total of 869 days!

There were 8 county recorded sales as of this report and they ranged in price from $48,500 to $185,000.

MLS vacant land sales ranged from $23,500 to $215,000.  Just 6 total sales with an average time on the market of 191 days.  3 sales were in Surfside, one on Sea Crest Ave N, one on 225th and an oceanfront on 143rd.

County recorded sales were only 4: $15,000, $30,000, $45,000, and $71,000.

There was one Multi-Family sale at 209 N Ocean Beach Boulevard for $350,000 and one Commercial property at 600 Ocean Beach Blvd S for $160,000.

There are currently 321 active residential listings with 40 of them pending sale.

There are 296 vacant land listings, but only 6 are pending.

Condos number 61, 2 pending;  3 multi-family (no pendings),  22 commercial with one pending, and 3 business opportunities.

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