3608 1st Avenue NW, Unit ASeattle, WA 98107Price: $950,000

A home is so much more than the house itself, though stay awhile to see how this feels like a bespoke, custom-built home. But the lifestyle that an interior and exterior space gives you is just as important as the location for the thriving life you wish to maintain or move up into. The location is extraordinary: how the home sits above a quiet, tree-lined residential street; how it's just close enough to Fremont's main strip to have EVERYTHING as an option for any mood; how it's just far enough to retreat; how it sits on a hill looking over the main drag and down another block to the Burke-Gilman Trail along the Fremont Canal. Now for the home. Everything about how it was designed is bespoke: window placement so you don't feel confined yet have light pouring in; a patio or balcony on every level, including a rooftop deck; and an incredible amount of storage, from the rooftop deck to each floor to an extra-deep garage with its own oversized storage room. Next, the finishes: casement windows for seamless openings; matching Grohe fixtures in every bathroom; even the fixtures that required foresight, like floating toilets and vanities. It's already incredibly rare to find a home so private and spacious yet seconds from a destination retail core. But to also have this level of finish and design? Never again, especially at this price. Meticulously maintained and pre-inspected, so you can focus on the only decision left: "do I really want this much choice and joy in my life?"