White Trim Syndrome

Mercer Island is a wonderful place that deserves well-designed homes that fit their sites.

Those coming on our island by way of the I-90 West Mercer Way off-ramp, however, are greeted by this foreclosed, long unresold builder "spec" house. That's "speculative", for the un-initiated (For the rest of this sad story, click here).

I first heard of these so-called "dingbats" many years ago, by a homebuilder I knew well. When I asked what his next building project was — he said, "I guess I'll go on back over to Mercer Island, build yet another dingbat". 

We Mercer Islanders deserve better.