Refurbished motor court offers low-cost, downsized housing

March 6, 2009 in Business

Bert Caldwell
The Spokesman-Review

At Latah Creek Cottages, Ethan Bratrud, a construction worker with Wells & Co., installs vinyl siding on one of 12 former motor court cottages being upgraded to condos. Prices start at $119,000.
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Wells & Co. will reintroduce motor court living to the Spokane real estate market Sunday.

Developer Ron Wells has finished an overhaul – really a rebuilding – of eight small homes and two townhouses that once constituted the Casa Grande Motor Court. Crews are finishing four others. And the motor court’s former store is for sale as a store or restaurant, he said.

Renamed Latah Valley Cottages, the units at Coeur d’Alene Street and 11th Avenue range in size from 540 square feet to 1,200 square feet. Prices start at $119,900. Nine of the 12 are priced below $135,000. …

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March 6, 2009 in Business