Northwest Paradise - Whidbey Island Real Estate

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And in all the years that I've been involved in real estate, I've never sold a thing. I'm a consultant, not a salesman, and my job is to help you achieve your goals. Are you wondering whether you should sell your home? I can give you an accurate estimate of what it's worth. Are you planning a move to the island, and want to know how long it'll take to get to the ferry from Freeland? I can tell you. Are you looking for a great price on a bank-owned home? Call me.
I've lived in Washington State all my life, and in the Puget Sound region since 1965. Along with my career as a real estate consultant, I've spent time as a mechanic, a gas station owner, a music producer for public radio, and a website designer, whenever I can't get out of it. That's my lovely wife, Laura, in the photo, and our nephew, Brev; Laura and I have two more nephews and a niece, and three grown children scattered around the state.

Here's a handy resource for information about Whidbey Island.

Government Offices

Whidbey has three unincorporated population centers, Clinton, Freeland,and Greenbank, and three incorporated towns, Langley, Coupeville, and Oak Harbor.

Island County offices are closed Fridays, as an austerity measure. You're likely to get an answering machine for most departments, all week long. Leave a message; they'll call back.

The links below are for the government entities on Whidbey that maintain websites.

Power and Gas

Power is the easiest utility to order here, because just one company services the entire island: Puget Sound Energy. Here's a link to their connection page.

Puget Sound Energy

PSE also manages the natural gas main to Oak Harbor. A lot of us like to cook with gas, but live outside of Oak Harbor. We manage with propane tanks and scheduled deliveries.

Here's a bit of information that you might find helpful: If you lease propane tanks, you'll be married to the provider. Other vendors will be prohibited from filling the tanks. If you purchase your own equipment, you'll be able to buy propane from anyone who sells it.

Water

Clinton, Langley, Coupeville, and Oak Harbor operate public water systems. The rest of the water on Whidbey comes from community or private wells. (A well requires a one hundred foot radius circle of undeveloped land, so you won't find a private well on a small parcel.)

You'll find a list of Whidbey's community wells here. Our public water systems are listed below. If you're moving to the island, your Dalton real estate professional will tell you who to contact for your water hook-up.

Clinton Water District

Langley Public Works

Coupeville Water

Oak Harbor Water Division

Wastewater

In this case, "Wastewater" is a polite way of saying "Sewer." We have four of them on Whidbey, in Oak Harbor, Coupeville, Langley, and the Holmes Harbor Golf and Yacht Club. If you're purchasing a Holmes Harbor home, you can connect to the sewer district by calling them at 360.331.4636. The municipal systems have web pages, listed below.

Oak Harbor

Coupeville

Langley