We’d be more than happy to do that. In fact I’m giving a class on preparing a Comparative Market Analysis and would be happy to add one of your listings to the class samples.

Hope your “out of town” is for fun. Talk when you get back.

Some Thursday I would love to do so. However, I will be out of town this Thursday. Thanks for asking! You are bringing me back to my teaching roots!

Actually, if I join you, you could return the favor, as I will be listing a few homes in those areas in the next month and you and your group could come and give me your opinion.

I’d love it if you could come with us to Broker’s Opens one Thursday. It’s a valuation training class and peer review of homes session after we get back that is most interesting, and your input would be invaluable given your history in the area.

We do 98005, 98007 and 98008 for the most part, but this week I’m switching it to 98007, 98008 and 98052.

Give me a call if you can be our guest this week or any Thursday. I may switch off to Kirkland in another couple of weeks though, or do both Wednesday in Kirkland and Thursday in Bellevue/Redmond, if I can squeeze that into my schedule.

There is a newer neighborhood, built about 10 years ag, that is not part of Sheffield Greens, but has a similar name, the name right now escapes me. You enter this neighborhood on the same street as Div. 3, but you go straight ahead to get to this neighborhood. I have a client who lives in one of these homes and they are very different from Sheffield Greens.These homes are more expensive, bigger, newer, and built by a smaller builder. This may be what you are thinking of, Reba, but it is a different neighborhood.

Actually Tam O’Shanter has a huge variety of homes, styles,size of homes, builders, prices, golf course lots, view lots, you name it. Much more of a variety than Sheffield Greens. However, I agree with Ardell, it is a great community that has stood the test of time on the Eastside. It is a great if you like to golf, swim or play tennis as they have a beautiful newer clubhouse. Some buyers I have worked with do not want to buy there, however, because of the home owner’s dues related to these amenities. Some buyers love it because there is a place to go that is right in the neighborhood.

The reason I recommended tracking Sheffield Greens is because of the area is so popular with Microsofties and is a good measure of what is happening in the Bellevue/Redmond corridor. Ardell, you are right, some agents call the area Microsoft, some call it Sheffield Greens, but you can usually tell by the picture and the age of the house. Other Burnstead homes that are similar, but a little newer, are often in Pinehurst or Devon Ridge.

I watched Sheffield Greens being built in the late 80’s and even looked at homes for myself in the neighborhood when I first moved here. I’ve worked in the neighborhood for the past 20 years, so I know it pretty well.

Years ago after the neighborhood was built, there was a lot of unhappiness because, as Ardell mentions, the main street through the neighborhood connects to both 140th and 148th Ave NE. The people in the neighborhood got the city of Redmond to put in speed bumps to eliminate most of the traffic that had cut through the neighborhood. There are also a number of cul-de-sacs off this main road that are very popular.

It’s hard to track Sheffield because most list the community as “Microsoft” vs Sheffield Greens.

Some of the homes in that area, not necessarily Sheffield, are kind of trapped in with the only access back out to 148th. While connecting neighborhoods is sometimes a negative, if a section of homes is built such that the only way out is to the very busy road, it doesn’t lend itself to comfortable conditions for a Mom when a child goes out to ride their bike, if they can only go up and down the street where they live.

In and out streets are fairly common off of busy roads in the entire area. It’s hard to find a child friendly location that offers lots of room to get around without hitting major arterials.

As the children get older they want to go further, which puts them and their bike out onto 148th. It’s hard to tell a 12 to 14 year old to just play on their own street.

Another good neighborhood to watch is Sheffield Greens. This is a Burnstead neighborhood located across from Microsoft’s Redwest Campus. It has always been a really popular neighborhood because of its location, the builder, and the traditional two story style of most of the homes.

There was a home that just went pending in this neighborhood for 725k that had been on the market for a long time, which is surprising for this neighborhood.