Take a look at this photo and tell me what you see.
Well you probably know from the title what this kitchen is missing…WINDOWS!
I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. Cooking, cleaning, loading the dishwasher, and putting away groceries. I have a beautiful view from my kitchen window. Some days I just stand there and stare at the view. Seriously. I do.
In the Olympia, Washington area, we have three builders with new construction homes. They are always PUDs. These are Planned Unit Developments.
What’s a Planned Unit Development (PUD)?
A PUD is a housing complex with very little free space. Houses are practically on top of each other. Most PUDs have a communal yard that they share. This is a PUD area in Lacey that consists of several PUD housing areas.
You can see from the aerial view that there is no room for yards with PUDs. So windows generally look out onto the neighbor’s siding. In response to the negative comments from buyers who hated this, many builders stopped putting in windows. :0 That’s my shocked face.
Aerial Views Using Google Maps
It’s very easy to see an aerial view (sky view) of the house you’re interested in on google maps. Click here to go to Google Maps.
Once you are on Google Maps, make sure you switch to satellite view so you can see the outlines of the homes and the streets. You can see whether or not this property is part of a PUD. So if there are no kitchen photos that show a window, it most likely does not have one.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this article about kitchen windows and PUDs. Even in a competitive market like Lacey, houses are more than just real estate. They’re homes, where people live, and that means we want them to be functional, but beautiful too.
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