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Remodeling an Existing Mercer Island Home Makes a Lot of Sense These Days

There's no better way to get your foot on the bottom rung of Mercer Island's housing laddder than to buy a mid-island modest so-called "Starter Home", update and improve it, move up later.

The remodeling of rather modest Mercer Island homes is often rewarding. There's no better way to get your foot on the bottom rung of the Island's housing ladder than to buy a mid-island modest "Starter Home", update it, then after living in it for a few years (or more than a few) — pass it on to the next owners. That's exactly how many/most of us Mercer Island homeowners got our own MI "Ladder Start"

Every week, Mercer Island's well read, ever more popular online newspaper MI "Patch" that might fit the bill.

Those of us well-established on MI may want to get our priced-out off-Island kids and grandkids back closer. Remodelling a starter home — with or without our help — might enable them to move back closer. This is a completely valid idea — the redoing of a smaller home that fits your present needs, perhaps moving up in  time.

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