Potential move to Kitsap County, WA -- questions!

My neck of the woods. Used to be $300k would buy you a nice chunk of land and a big ole house. Now, it'll still get you something decent. 1/2 acre and 3 bedroom house should be doable for about that price.Where really depends on how far from town or "society" you want to be. Silverdale is a nice area. I live closer to Bremerton but still outside the city itself.

Housing is more expensive around Silverdale and Bremerton and if you get closer to or on the water it can jump significantly. Cheaper alternatives are out south toward or into Mason county/ Belfair but then your wife would have to hit the worst spot for commuting around here and the true armpit of Kitsap County....Gorst. It's a bottleneck going the directions she would be going both in the morning and evening. Morning shouldn't be so bad, evening can he horrific, at least for this sleepy side of Puget Sound. Still not as bad as Seattle.

The other option is look around Silverdale and north to Poulsbo/Kingston area. Kingston also has a ferry over to just north of Seattle depending on where you need to go. Or around Bremerton itself. There are probably still some good deals out there but it seems to be a real sellers market right now from what I hear. Port Orchard heading toward Tacoma would probably be a bit cheaper too but would have the same commute for your wife through Gorst.

As for the Ferry there is a passenger only boat now that only takes about a half hour instead of the full hour each way. You are right though as you'd have to count the drive to and from the ferry terminal.

Pm me for contact info if you want and I can answer most questions you have.

 

And there’s a track out there too, if you’re so inclined. Just south of Kitsap county, but still relatively close in the grand scheme if the entire Seattle/Tacoma/Everett metro area.

http://www.ridgemotorsportspark.com/

 

We just bought 5 acres of tranquility in Burley (near Port Orchard) with a beautiful "flip house" and 1700 sq. ft. barn, for just under $500k and LOVE it. Park-like setting with nothing but 5 to 30 acre parcels around us with no worries about "sprawl" at least in my remaining lifetime (57 now)

Great ferry service to Seattle from several locations. I now use the ferries all the time for business and never deal with the I5 mess at all anymore.

But sorry to say, it's all sold out - nothing left to buy

Jedi

 

You moved over there? I used to live out by the PO airport, more on the Olalla side of 16. Port Orchard/Burley/Ollala, and even the Key Peninsula you can probably still find some really good deals on homes with a bit of land. But then his wife would have to commute through Gorst again. Depending on what time she works though it could be doable. I just HATE traffic.

 

I now take the PO "foot ferry" to Bremerton, then the "big ferry" to Pier 52 for meetings in downtown Seattle - just did it today and do it all the time - WONDERFUL!! NO TRAFFIC!! Takes just under 2 hours from my porch to Pier 52 with two beautiful boat rides along the route, then a $6 Uber ride to my first meeting. Each meeting is around $6 to $12 one to the next - cheap. Then a $12 Uber back to the ferry - one hour of peace and quiet back to Bremerton then the foot ferry back to PO.... it's just amazing compared to where I was in West Tacoma with HOURS of traffic awefulness

If you head out to KPS you can get CHEAP prices.... but we didn't want to go out that far so settled in Burley - we did great with 5 acres in Burley (West side of 16, other side from Olalla) for $492k... our 1/3 acre in University Place (the house you met me at) will go for $630k next month when we list it. We own both outright so doing well on both deals... love it. So cool to move "out to the country" and get so much for so much less!!

The Gorst commute is much better now that they have two lanes where you meet up with the Bremerton merge - not totally free of traffic for sure, but WAAAYYYY better than it was with a single lane.

Let's meet up one day soon - it's been a long time - maybe at Cheers in Port Orchard? That's the first place I ever attended an FCA event back in 2008!! You were there - Lighthouse Cafe then I believe.... weren't you?

Would love to meet up again and catch up, John. BBQ at my place this summer? Would love to have you... you were one of the first "locals" I met at this place, back when my 328 broke the first time (about 6 minutes after I owned it!!) and sent me down the rabbit-hole of Ferrari Ownership

Stay well - PM me so we can reconnect

Dave
Jedi

 

I think Dave is planning a Ferrari gathering cookout at his place this summer! We can park a lot of cars on his 5 acres!

I’ll bring tater salad! hah

 

Yes! I used to own a 76 Scorpion #1019, and I currently have an 88 Alfa Milano Verde. Seems we have similar tastes.

The other thing is that you can register both cars with YoM plates.....the Milano is eligible this year. This means you can run an original 1988 (or 1977) plate on the cars, pay tags one time, and never again—no emissions, no tags, and a cool vintage license plate.

I have a 79 one on my Alfetta? an 82 one on my X1/9, and an 84 one on my 400i.

My two 88 Alfa get them this year (30 years old)...Milano and a Spider.

 

YoM, Year of Manufacture.

 

This is great news! I remember how disappointed you were when they clear cut the land behind your house. Sounds like you have a great place.

 

I'd imagine that you got the move made and are busy settling in. I used to get emails from a reality company there when I was seriously thinking about moving back to that area having grown up on Bainbridge Island ( Bainbridge has gotten way too expensive now).
Best I can say is to study the offerings of some of the real Estate offices in the area or pickup the flyers and explore. rton

I think I would be looking on the north side of Bremerton up to Poulsbo to avoid the traffic through Bremerton to the south end of Kitsap.
The ferry rides from Winslow or Bremerton to Seattle aren't that bad in some ways as they give you time to plan your day or eat and read the paper get the laptop out and do some work.

 

Did you do YoM plates? Keep in mind that if the car is 30 years old, you can get an actual 1988 (not sure what year your Milano is) plate and register the car with that and no more yearly fees ever.

 

That is, unless it’s your daily driver and primary transportation.

BTW, here is my 88 Milano.


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