Vacant Land Sales in Thurston County, Washington for January 2008

Olympia:

Western Showcase Homebuilders LLC sold .68 acres to Bayside Building and Development LLC of Olympia for $135,000.

Ronald and Talia Hastie sold 28.91 acres to Jeffrey and Cheri Sanderson of Lacey for $240,000.

Tumwater:

Marshall and Geraldine Ellison sold .64 acres to Harold and Susan Broek of Tumwater for $85,000.

Rainier:

Ronald and Lorie O’Leary sold 5 acres to Todd and Sonya Andreas of Yelm for $139,050.

Yelm:

John and Margret Meek sold 40.06 acres to Efrain Flores of Reston, VA for $382,500 and also Mr. Flores deeded it over to Akasha Developers Unlimited LLC.

(Which is strange to me that somebody would name a company with the word unlimited and then follow it up with limited liability company. So which is it, unlimited or limited ?)

Tenino:

Robert and Cindy Cook sold .22 acres to Carl and Kelsey Vogel of Olympia for $69,900.

Bucoda:

R & B Holdings LLC sold 4.76 acres to Graydon and Marlys Smith of Centralia for $150,000.

Information based on county records but not guaranteed.

The Olympian Covers Fee Increase Hearing

(Olympia, Washington) - The Olympian put out an article covering last night's fee increase hearing and their characterization of the meeting was accurate. They also quoted me saying a bit of what I said against the massive fee increase. So the next time you try to develop your land remember who went to bat for you down at the county to help keep your land development fees low.

http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/374367.html

Thurston County plans huge permit fee increase

(Olympia, Washington) Thurston County is having a public hearing tonight on the topic of permit fees for land development. The regulations are so burdensome and complex that the county needs to raise fees by a huge amount. Not only do they cost a lot of money but the county employees give out incorrect information about half the time. So they are to complex for them to administer as well. So these are a burden on the county and they are a burden on the people who just need a place to live.

Attend the Public hearing!

The public hearing is at 6 p.m. tonight in Room 280, Building 1, of the courthouse, 2000 Lakeridge Drive S.W., Olympia.

Fee increases are either doubling, tripling or quadrupling depending on which fee you look at, check out the full document here

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Update: I attended the hearing and spoke out against these outrageous fee increases. I was not surprised that every other person that attended also spoke out against them as well. What do you bet that the county commissioners will do it anyway?

Vacant Land Sales in Thurston County, Washington for December 2007

Olympia:

Nancy Robinson sold 1.8 acres to Jamie and Amy Lambert of Olympia, WA for $45,000.

Gordon and Alice Wallace sold 2.5 acres to Curtis Wambach of Lacey, WA for $60,000.

Peter and Cynthia Skowlund sold 1.62 acres to Angeline Larson of Olympia, WA for $175,000.

Lacey:

Dan Drewry sold .39 acres to Ronald and Josefina Pilon of Olympia, WA for $119,950.

Jeffrey Hardie sold .42 acres to Floyd and Michaela Pinkett of Lacey, WA for $100,000.

Yelm:

Evan Crawford sold .19 acres to Mike and Kelly Kempinski of Yelm, WA for $27,000.

Thomas Zweiger sold .24 acres to David Christoper and Anne Slizynski of Yelm, WA for $87,500.

Barbara Hutchinson sold 9.7 acres to Viewmont Place LLC of Seattle, WA for $1,943,000.

Tenino:

Calvin Braun sold 28.92 acres to Gordon and Beverlee Boe of Olympia, WA for $500,000.

Information based on county records but not guaranteed.

Land sales in Thurston County, Washington for September 2007

Land sales in Thurston County, Washington for September 2007

Olympia:

Robert J Atwell sold 5.07 acres to Byung Whang for $97,500

Schmitt Family Trust sold .16 acres to Joseph Becker and Naomi Gross for $90,000

Gregory and Joan Wright sold .63 acres to Theodore Demetrio Jr and Cinta Wander for $139,900

Western Showcase Homebuilders sold 3.48 acres to Lanza Premier Homes LLC for $125,000

Rainier:

Rabie sold 5.45 acres to Bruce and Jan Huntley for $159,900

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company (NYSE:WY) sold 31 acres to Jenifer Preston and Julie Wicksteed for $359,000

Tenino:

Patricia K Maschke sold 37 acres to Richmond Jpj Ents Inc for $275,000

Yelm:

Lynn & Kathleen Sommers sold .29 acres to Dennis and Brygida McDermott for $34,000

Daniel M & Anita F Mahoney sold 5 acres to Travis Smith for $190,000

Information based on county records but not guaranteed.

Thurston County Rural Rezone goes into effect

(Olympia, Washington) The Thurston County Rural Rezone goes into effect today at 5:00. There was a moratorium on subdividing land in Thurston County, Washington. The moratorium on residential subdivision is ending at the same time for the remaining properties under moratorium located outside of urban growth areas. The county ended up rezoning some parcels but most of the county was left alone. This land rezone was the result of a lawsuit that the county lost over it's growth management plan.

Click on the picture below for a larger size image of the zoning map for the land in Thurston County, Washington.

Land sales in Thurston County, Washington for March 2007

Vacant Land sales for Thurston County, Washington for March 2007.

Lacey (98503)

Pumin Boos sold .99 acres of commercial land for $520,000 to Genesis Financial Group Inc.

Olympia (98502, 98512)

Roberto and Bertha Huizar sold .24 acres for $52,000 to Timothy Timmer of Tumwater, WA.

Raymond Dobroski Living Trust sold .39 acres for $110,281 to Cynthia Williams of Olympia, WA.

Richard Lichtenberg sold .97 acres for $200,000 to Windstar Development LLC of Olympia, WA.

David Harroun sold 4.92 acres for $170,000 to Washington Department of Natural Rescources.

Richard and Linda Hancock sold 4.82 acres for $230,000 to James and Jennifer Demay of Olympia, WA.

Town & Country Markets Inc. sold 4.54 acres for $343,000 to Flamingo Links LLC.

Town & Country Markets Inc. sold 20 acres for $367,000 to Max J Kuney Co.

Duer P & Nancie J Smedley Trust sold 40 acres for $392,280 to Wanapum Lake LLC.

Town & Cntry Markets Inc Retirement Trust sold 15 acres for $550,000 to Flamingo Links LLC.

Edward and Kari Richardson sold 1.1 acres for $135,000 to J & W Homes LLC.

Rainier (98576)

Linda Berry sold .51 acres for $19,500 to Edward Littlewort of San Juan Capistrano, CA.

William and Nancy Roberts sold 10 acres for $245,000 to Todd Stancil and Erika Haakenson of Rainier, WA.

Rochester (98579)

Danial Miller sold .73 acres for $99,500 to Steve and Alisia Ketchum of Olympia, WA.

Frederic and Susanne Hawes sold .72 acres for $118,000 to Connie Kang of Lacey, WA.

Daniel and Dawn Fletcher sold 3.06 acres for $128,281 to Glen and Jennifer Johnson of Tenino, WA.

Leopold Schock sold 2.23 acres for $140,000 to Kyle Connelly of Olympia, WA.

Pete Zimmerman sold 10 acres for $170,000 to Aspen and Kaylene Breuer of Rochester, WA.

Pete and Bonnie Zimmerman sold 9.77 acres for $174,950 to Robert and Kimberly Beauchamp of Rochester, WA.

Tenino (98589)

David Nelson sold 1.03 acres for $125,000 to Robert and Kimberly Maurer of Olympia, WA.

C & S Construction Nw Inc. sold .14 acres for $114,000 to Rossi Capital LLC of Olympia, WA.

Yelm (98597)

Stepher Roffler sold .19 acres for $53,005 to Bobbie Hurd of DuPont, WA.

James and Angela Weller sold .31 acres for $63,050 to Capstone Land Dev Inc.

Paul Brannan sold 1.77 acres for $110,000 to Shannon Hanson of Bonney Lake, WA.

HR Maxwell LLC sold 5.01 acres for $159,000 to Evelyn Strobel and James Leflar of Little Rock, AR.

Noriko Naoi sold 4.36 acres for $179,900 to Sandra Parent of Fair Oaks, CA.

Nancy S Dow Living Trust sold 11.9 acres for $190,500 to Andrew and Caroline Hanser of Federal Way, WA.

Zenture Pacific Homes Inc sold 5 acres for $265,500 to Julio and Elvia Meza of Yelm, WA.

Information based on county records but not guaranteed.

Land sales in Thurston County, Washington for February 2007

Land Sales in Thurston County for February 2007.

Information from county records, based on sources deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Olympia (98502, 98503, 98506, 98512, 98513, 98516)

Martin Estate sold .84 acres for $115,000 to David and Amy Merrilees of Olympia, WA.

Nancy Robinson sold .45 acres for $25,281 to Brian Ayres of Woodbridge, VA.

Gordon and Dianne Anderson sold .25 acres for $89,000 to Mary Daley of Olympia, WA.

Dana Bessett sold .29 acres for $4500 to Thomas Helms III of Pittsburgh, PA.

Darlene Currier sold 1.3 acres for $99,500 to Aaron and Megan Robel of Auburn, WA.

Jacob Romero sold 2.2 acres for $130,000 to Charles and Elizabeth Allaire of Chehalis, WA.

K & S Development LLC sold 1.5 acres for $160,281 to George and Joni Baker of Olympia, WA.

Ernest Freeman sold .9 acres for $125,000 to Robert and Mary Dayton of Olympia, WA.

Lacey (98516)

Hawks Prairie Associates sold 13.01 acres for $2,750,000 to Marvin Road LLC.

Tenino (98531)

Harv Breen Construction Inc sold 40.02 acres for $258,000 to Thomas Bond of Lacey, WA.

Rainier (98576)

Noli Dacanay Trust sold 1.1 acres for $105,146 to Bobby and Courtney Walker of Roy, WA.

Rochester (98579)

Don and Barbara Thomas sold 10.4 acres for $99,500 to Brenda Sullens of Rochester, WA.

Yelm (98597)

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company (NYSE:WY) sold 40 acres for $540,500 to Dae Rhee and Mal Soon of Puyallup, WA.

Cherry Meadows LLC sold a mess of tiny city lots in Yelm for $100,000 a lot.