Local Resources
Take a look at some of the great things Sammamish and Bellevue have to offer. These resources are designed to help you move and get settled, and to acquaint you with the area after your move.
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| Home Search | |
| Search for Homes - You can search for all homes in the MLS database throughout WA State. | |
| Eastside Home Services | |
| BC's Home Team - One Stop Home Care. Help getting your home ready to sell. Services include; painting, cleaning, yard work, carpet cleaning and installation, hardwood floors, dump runs, and much more. | |
| Remodeling/Building Contractors | |
| Western Tile and Marble - 2006 Sponsor Street of Dreams in Sammamish. High quality marble and tile craftsmen. | |
| Schools | |
| Bellevue School District - | |
| Issaquah School District - | |
| Lake Washington School District - | |
School Information - free school profiles
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| Seattle Times School Guide - | |
| State dept. of education - school reports, statistics, demographics.... | |
| Links on the Eastside | |
| Eastside Neighborhoods - | |
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| Links on Seattle | |
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| Area Information | |
Community Information - free community profiles
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| Local Information - research local area info, stats, and events | |
| Local Weather | |
| Local Weather - forecasts, weather patterns, radars.... | |
| Mortgage | |
OFFICIAL Response Mortgage Website - Finding Your Way Home
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| Real Estate Resources | |
| CYBERHOMES® - The only national online real estate search service with interactive, street-level mapping. | |
| Inman Real Estate News - | |
| International Real Estate Digest - The World's Foremost On-Line Real Estate Magazine | |
| Monster Moving - The Internet's First Moving & Relocation Mega-Site | |
| Official Site of the National Association of Realtors - | |
| U.S. Census Bureau - | |
| Relocation Links | |
| Sammamish Real Estate - Yahoo! Real Estate offers a wealth of to help with every aspect of your move | |
National Weather - find weather info anywhere in the US
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| Official City Sites - find area info sites across the world! | |
| US State Departments of Education - see the list of all 50 states | |
| USPS' Movers Guide - help for planning and executing your move | |
| Tax Information | |
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| Homeowner deductions information - | |
| How to report moving expenses - | |
| Residential Rental Property - | |
| Selling your home - | |
| Maps | |
Mapquest - maps, driving directions, road trip planner....
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| Food & Dining | |
| The Cook's Thesaurus - Like a word-based thesaurus, this one deals with substitutions -- in this case, which recipe items can be substituted for others based on dietary restrictions, personal preference, or whatever. It will even let you know if the replacement is really as good as the original or just a feeble fix. | |
| The Creole and Cajun Recipe Page - Celebrate the marvelous Creole cuisine of New Orleans, and the hearty cooking of Acadiana (or "Cajun country"). You'll also find some culinary basics -- stocks, sauces, seasonings, and the like -- as well as a few tastes of many other regional and world cuisine. | |
| The Food Networks CyberKitchen - From the cable television network, this sites provides a continuously updated source of recipes, food news and other great features including food and nutrition facts, restaurant information and "Ask the CyberChef" Got to get your hands on a recipe you saw on a recent program on FoodTV? - get it now by going directly to Recipes. | |
| The Global Gourmet - One of the leading and most acclaimed food sites on the net. Each weekday this delicious site presents a new fresh recipe, cooking tips, food news, product reviews and more. | |
| Home & Garden | |
| Better Homes & Gardens: Home Improvement Encyclopedia - Whether you're fixing a clogged drain, building a deck, wiring that new addition, or adding landscape to your yard--we've got the site for you. Search from more than 1,000 home improvement tips that can save you time and money. | |
| Federal Citizen Information Center - This page will tell you everything you ever wanted to know (and some things you don't) about FCIC! | |
| Free Expert Advice for Your Home - Don Vandervort, a regular on HGTV's "The Fix," offers free advice, buying guides, ideas and do-it-yourself help, in this one-stop source for home repair, remodeling, home-improvement and home decorating information. | |
| Hiring a Contractor - Your home may be your most valuable financial asset. Thats why its important to be cautious when you hire someone to work on it. Finding a competent and reliable contractor is the first step to a successful and satisfying home improvement project. | |
| Home Depot - The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer and second largest retailer in the United States. We help our customers build their dreams by being more than a store. | |
| HomeIdeas Applet Area - Here you will find applications that will help you with home projects including a paint estimator, wallpaper calculator, fencing estimator and more. | |
| ImproveNet - Through it's exclusive comprehensive network of over 600,000 prescreened contractors and designers, ImproveNet helps its users make good decisions about home improvement projects. As a completely independent authority, ImproveNet maintains its integrity, objectivity, and credibility. | |
| Kid's Gardening - The National Gardening Association is a nonprofit organization established in 1972 to help gardeners, and to help people through gardening. | |
| Microsoft Home Advisor - | |
| National Kitchen and Bath Association - Excellent online resource from the National Kitchen and Bath Association includes helpful planning checklists, a guide to understanding the remodeling process, and tips from the pros. | |
| Popular Mechanics Homeowner's Clinic - You'll find the kind of concise, illustrated how-to pieces you've come to expect from Popular Mechanics. There are sections on solving household problems, how to make your house a safer, more comfortable place to live, appliance care tips and woodworking projects. | |
| Popular Remodeling Projects: Cost vs. Value - Updating and remodeling kitchens and baths will add the most value to your home. In some instances, these projects could possibly return more than 100% of the cost if the home is sold within a year. Here are the highlights from Remodeling Magazine's special report. | |
| The Homebuyer's Fair - Intended to enable you to make more informed choices about relocation, mortgages, and related topics. | |
| This Old House - Do it yourself home improvement. | |
| Tools You Can Use | |
| ATM Locator - Enter your location anywhere in the world to get a street map of the three ATMs nearest you. | |
| Get Detailed Driving Directions - Enter a starting point, a destination or point of interest, and this site will tell you how to get there. | |
| The Stain Detective - Just follow 3 easy steps to get a personalized solution to the tough stains you encounter in your laundry. | |
| Vital Records - Where to write for vital records. | |
| Your Elected Representatives in Congress - Learn who they are, how to contact them, how they voted on the issues that matter to you most, and more. | |
| Zip Code Lookup - Do you need a ZIP Code for an address? This is the place to look. | |
