And it's cheap but the B&J neighborhood is pretty expensive because of the river down there. The houses are in the $300,000 range and they're all farm houses or country houses, they're like cottages. That's why I see $300,000 expensive. The highest price I seen for a house in Spokane was in the $600,000 range because it had the whole view of the river and it was in Browne's Addition. But the rest off the houses I have seen are in the $100,000 range. But I did see a house up for $85,000 but it said to bring a hammer meaning it needed work.
When your talking waterfront property, your always talking about EXPENSIVE. Second only to "Mountain View" properties. Thats the same all over this country. Even though a river could flood. We're still talking expensive realty.
When I was in California, my friend took me on a motorcycle trip through the hills outside LA. Prime Real Estate I might add. What did I see, homes burned due to the yearly wildfires, homes destroyed due to the seasonal mudslides because the wildfires destroyed the vegetation holding the soil to the hillsides. But, funniest and saddest of all was a trip down a canyon to see a lone fireplace that had been carved into a rock cliff, I mean carved literally, chimney and all, that was all that was left of a home that some rich guy built. Unfortunately for him, his house was at a bend in the canyon downslope from a burned wilderness area. And his home was literally at the point where a mudslide came down and hit the home as cleanly as a sniper hits their victim.
The house was smack in the center of a bullseye. Nothing was left except a hand chiseled fireplace and chimney in a rock face. YET, people were still paying big bucks to build or buy homes in this area. But, at least nobody bought the property of the unfortunate house. At least not yet. This was 20+ years ago. That may have changed.
Spokane in summer is quite hot, albeit a dry heat and being near the mountains it cools off fairly quickly at night.
