This Friday is the 27th annual Windermere’s Community Service Day. Our local Queen Anne associates will be taking the day off from their normal duties to roll up their sleeves and get dirty doing extensive landscaping and painting projects at McClure Middle School and the Queen Anne Community Center.

Other local projects in other neighborhoods include:

Green Lake – Daniel Bagley Elementary: development of the outdoor classroom including construction of a shed and benches.

Fremont – BF Day Elementary: grounds maintenance and the creation of paper “birthday crowns” for the student body.

Wedgwood – Theodora (HUD 202) Housing: projects as assigned.

Sand Point – Magnuson Park YMCA: projects as assigned.

Lake Forest Park – Ballinger (Low income) Homes: maintenance and beautification projects as directed.

Northgate – Olympic View Elementary: flower and shrub planting.

Oak Tree – Greenwood Elementary: maintenance and beautification as directed.

Windermere’s Queen Anne office will be donating a day of service to McClure Middle School and the Queen Anne Community Center this Friday, June 18, as part of an annual program dedicated to “making a positive change” in the neighborhoods and communities Windermere serves through a workday devoted to “local service projects and volunteerism.”

All day on Friday agents and staff from the Windermere Queen Anne office will be working outside, landscaping and reconstructing the entrances to both McClure and the community center, including painting of all the doors and entryways and planting of 40+ native plants.

Many neighbors and local organizations have made contributions that make the project possible, including Leanne Goulding from Terra Design, Dan Soria from Soria Structural Steel, Candi Nicholson and Gretchen DeDecker from the Seattle School District, Cedar Grove Composting, Swansons Nursery, and Amber Soria and Rene Stern from the Windermere Queen Anne office.

A local Windermere real estate agent, Diedra Roesijadi, will be hosting a free seminar for home buyers interested in learning more about “hashing out the nitty, gritty, dirty money details,” this Saturday, February 20 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2030 Dexter Ave N, Suite 100. Diedra wrote,

As our economy is shifting back to it’s own two feet, your vision of waiting for a cheaper, easier opportunity to buy a home may be ready to walk out the door without you. Please join us for a free, informational Home Buyers Seminar where we will address many fears, myths, facts and fluff about the lending and housing market.

Topics that will be covered include:

• What do all these deadlines and percentages really mean?
• What does the tax credit mean to you? What kind of credit is it really?
• What does a mortgage backed security purchased by the -Government have to do with your loan potential?
• What is an FHA loan and why will it soon become harder to qualify for one?
• Mortgage Insurance; Friend or Foe?
• Why do you need a Real Estate Agent?
• What part does Title and Escrow play in a transaction?
• What are the taxes and insurance part of a mortgage payment?
• How do you decide if you are actually investing?
• Are short sales and foreclosures really a screamin’ deal?
• Can you really lump renovation costs in to your loan and remodel before you move in?
• How much money do you need to save? Closing costs? Down Payment?
• ARM’s; Are they still the bad guy?

Diedra says the seminar is geared for experienced and first-time home buyers.

We will be serving a Lake Union view, coffee, tea and morning fare. And yes, your little ones are welcome!