Medina & Hunts Point
Waterfront Homes for Sale
Where the Pacific Northwest's most legendary estates meet Lake Washington's Gold Coast. Home to record-breaking sales, architecturally significant compounds, and the region's most celebrated names in technology, industry, and innovation.
The Gold Coast: Washington State's
Pinnacle of Waterfront Living
In early 2025, a 9,420-square-foot residence at 4053 Hunts Point Road sold for $63 million — setting a new all-time record for residential real estate in Washington State. The property was known as the "American Palace," designed by celebrated Seattle architect Jim Olson of the internationally recognized firm Olson Kundig. It had been the longtime Lake Washington home of Amazon founder and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos. The buyer — masked behind a Delaware LLC, per standard practice at this tier — acquired not merely a house but a legacy address: three acres, approximately 300 feet of Lake Washington shoreline, and a place in the history of the Pacific Northwest's most consequential real estate market.
That record does not exist in isolation. It is the latest chapter in a decades-long story in which this small cluster of communities — Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, and Clyde Hill, collectively known as the Four Points — has repeatedly established the ceiling for what Pacific Northwest waterfront real estate can be. The $60 million Hunts Point sale of 2020. The $85 million list price of the McCaw estate — still the highest list price in Northwest Multiple Listing Service history. The $38.9 million off-market close on Medina's Gold Coast in January 2024. These are not outliers. They are the market's operating rhythm.
"So much of the value there is Gold Coast Medina."
— Bellevue Sotheby's agent, quoted in The Seattle Times
The Four Points waterfront market operates in a fundamentally different category from every other Eastside waterfront community. At an average of $2,680 per square foot — the highest on the Eastside — these properties are not priced by comparable sales in the traditional sense. They are priced by irreplaceable position. The 2024 Realogics Sotheby's International Realty Waterfront Report confirms that the Four Points presents the highest median sales prices across all 16 waterfront communities tracked in the region. And with just 7 publicly recorded transactions in 2024 out of approximately 110 annual Four Points sales, the overwhelming volume of meaningful activity occurs through a quiet, relationship-driven ecosystem of off-market introductions that operates entirely outside the MLS.
The Four Points communities line the eastern shore of Lake Washington, separated from downtown Seattle by only the SR-520 floating bridge — roughly 10 to 15 minutes by car. The Bellevue central business district is 5 minutes. Microsoft's Redmond campus is 10 minutes. The Amazon and Meta Bellevue offices are a short drive. These communities sit at the geographic center of the technology industry that has generated more private wealth per capita on the Eastside than virtually anywhere in the country — and the individuals who built that industry, and those who benefit from it, have consistently chosen this narrow strip of shoreline as their defining residential address.
This is not a market you search. It is a market you access. Understanding the difference between those two things is the essential first principle of buying or selling waterfront property in Medina, Hunts Point, and the Four Points communities — and it is the foundation of every conversation I have with clients in this market.
Four Distinct Markets.
One Singular Address.
Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, and Clyde Hill each carry a distinct character, price tier, and buyer profile — yet together they form the most prestigious waterfront zip code cluster in the Pacific Northwest. Understanding their differences is the foundation of every successful acquisition in this market.
Medina & the Gold Coast
There is a stretch of shoreline along the western edge of Medina known simply as the Gold Coast — Evergreen Point Road, running south along a peninsula that juts into Lake Washington. It is, by nearly every measurable standard, the most valuable residential street address in the state of Washington. The homes here do not announce themselves from the road. Deep lots, mature Northwest evergreens, and meticulously maintained hedgerows create a living privacy screen that is itself a luxury amenity. What lies beyond those hedges — private docks capable of accommodating substantial watercraft, resort-quality grounds, indoor pools, home theaters, wine cellars, guest houses, and unobstructed views across the full width of Lake Washington to the Seattle skyline and Olympic Mountains — is what the market actually prices.
Medina is a fully incorporated city of approximately 3,100 residents. It maintains its own police department — known regionally for its professionalism and discretion — and its own City Council. The 98039 ZIP code consistently ranks among the highest-income ZIP codes in the United States. Medina's most celebrated resident is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose waterfront compound known as Xanadu 2.0 — a sprawling estate built between 1994 and 1997 at a reported construction cost exceeding $60 million — occupies the Gold Coast as a landmark of technological ambition translated into permanent residential form. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos maintained his primary Seattle-area residence in neighboring Hunts Point for years before relocating to Florida.
The most significant Medina transaction of 2024 was the $38.9 million off-market close at 1221 Evergreen Point Road — a five-bedroom, two-story Gold Coast estate on 1.5 acres with 117 feet of direct Lake Washington frontage, including an indoor pool and spa, constructed in 2021. That same property had traded just one year earlier for $38 million. Its immediate appreciation, even within a single calendar year, illustrates a principle that experienced Medina buyers internalize early: land value on the Gold Coast does not behave like a depreciating asset. The lot position is irreplaceable. The home, in a sense, is merely current occupancy of a permanent geographic privilege.
That principle shapes how the most sophisticated buyers approach Medina acquisitions. In conversations with listing agents representing Gold Coast properties, it consistently emerges that approximately half of prospective buyers are not purchasing the house — they are acquiring the shoreline position, with full intention to commission a custom estate. At $8 to $10 million for a teardown waterfront site, the economic question becomes not whether the land is expensive, but whether the position is truly irreplaceable. On the Gold Coast, the answer is invariably yes. Custom compound builds on these lots, incorporating private docks, resort amenities, and bespoke architecture, regularly reach $25 million to $50 million in total investment.
The off-market reality: The majority of Medina waterfront transactions at the $15M+ tier never appear on the MLS. They move through private networks of estate attorneys, family office advisors, trust departments, and brokerage relationships built over years of market participation. Access to this inventory requires an established presence in that network — not a search filter. This is the single most important thing to understand about buying or selling at the Gold Coast level.
Beyond Evergreen Point Road itself, Medina's waterfront extends along NE 28th Street and into the city's quieter southern reaches, where slightly larger parcels occasionally offer more acreage for the same price tier. Whether pursuing an architecturally significant existing estate, a blank-canvas compound site, or a contemporary custom build ready for immediate occupancy, Medina's waterfront represents the most consequential residential real estate decision available anywhere in the Pacific Northwest.
Hunts Point
Hunts Point is not simply a neighborhood. It is a geographic statement. The community occupies a peninsula jutting westward into Lake Washington between Evergreen Point to the south and Yarrow Point to the north — a landmass defined by water on three sides, accessible by a single road. That topology is not incidental to its character; it is the entire source of it. There is no through-traffic in Hunts Point. There are no shortcuts. The approximately 400 residences that comprise this incorporated municipality — one of Washington's smallest incorporated cities, established in 1955 — exist in a self-contained world that is effectively invisible from outside its boundaries and governed by its own Town Council with an exceptionally controlled approach to development.
And then there are the records. In October 2020, a Hunts Point estate sold for $60 million, setting the all-time Washington State residential real estate record. That transaction was made by Gurpreet "Sunny" Singh, CEO of Bellevue-headquartered healthcare data firm Edifecs, through a limited liability company. Shortly after, telecom magnate Bruce McCaw listed his Hunts Point compound — 4.3 acres, a 17,599-square-foot main residence, a beach house, staff house, cabana, and a dock accommodating vessels up to 150 feet including seaplane access, with 327 feet of Lake Washington shoreline — at $85 million, the highest list price in the history of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. And then, in early 2025, the ceiling was raised again.
🏆 The Hunts Point Record Sale Chronicle
The Bezos estate at 4053 Hunts Point Road is a 9,420-square-foot residence designed by Jim Olson of Olson Kundig — one of Seattle's most celebrated architectural firms, known for work that responds profoundly to its natural site. Referred to informally as the "American Palace," the home sits on three acres with approximately 300 feet of Lake Washington waterfront. When it sold in early 2025 for $63 million, it reset the entire frame of reference for Pacific Northwest residential real estate. The buyer, shielded by a Delaware LLC per standard practice at this price tier, acquired not only a house but a position in history — one of the most architecturally significant private residences on the West Coast, on the most defensible waterfront peninsula in Washington State.
For buyers considering Hunts Point, the essential insight is this: you are not purchasing a property in a neighborhood — you are joining an exceptionally small, self-governing community whose supply is permanently constrained by its own geography. The peninsula cannot expand. The number of waterfront positions is fixed. The community's Town Council ensures that development is tightly controlled and that the character of the enclave cannot be diluted. This is a market driven entirely by the scarcity of irreplaceable position, and that scarcity only intensifies as each new record sale resets the floor.
Buyer profile: Trophy estate collectors, legacy compound builders, and global ultra-high-net-worth individuals seeking Washington State's definitive residential address. Entry waterfront pricing in Hunts Point begins at approximately $12M–$15M for smaller positions. The median acquisition at this address requires an established off-market relationship — active MLS listings in Hunts Point are exceptionally rare. Most transactions are introduced privately, months or years before any public documentation occurs.
Yarrow Point
Between the ultra-private intensity of Hunts Point and the more accessible luxury of Kirkland lies Yarrow Point — another incorporated municipality, another Lake Washington peninsula, and the community that serves as the natural bridge between the rarefied Four Points world and the broader Eastside luxury waterfront market. Yarrow Point carries a quieter profile than its immediate neighbors. Its lots are more varied in scale, its architectural landscape a compelling mix of mid-century originals and contemporary estates that have risen to replace them, its shoreline a sequence of private docks and established gardens that speak to decades of thoughtful ownership.
Waterfront homes in Yarrow Point typically range from $5 million to $20 million — pricing that places them firmly in the ultra-luxury tier nationally, while representing a meaningful step below the nine-figure ceilings of Medina and Hunts Point. For buyers entering the Four Points ecosystem for the first time — often stepping up from Kirkland waterfront or Bellevue's Enatai neighborhood — Yarrow Point offers a genuine Four Points address, a self-governing community identity, and direct Lake Washington frontage without the minimum $10 million-plus commitment required by its western neighbors.
The replacement cycle here is active and ongoing. Homes built in the 1960s through 1980s — many architecturally unremarkable by current luxury standards — are being acquired for their shoreline position and replaced with custom estates that fully realize the panoramic Lake Washington views and exceptional summer recreational access. For buyers with a defined design vision and a willingness to commit to a 24 to 30-month custom build process, Yarrow Point teardown acquisitions represent one of the most compelling value propositions in the entire Four Points market: a legitimately exclusive address, a permanent waterfront position, and the ability to build precisely to specification on your terms.
Buyers evaluating Yarrow Point alongside Kirkland waterfront should understand the fundamental distinction in community structure. Yarrow Point is an incorporated municipality with its own government, tightly controlled development, and the Four Points community identity. Kirkland waterfront, while excellent in its own right, operates within a larger urban framework that includes commercial corridors, public access points, and a more varied residential composition. For a detailed comparison of Kirkland waterfront sub-markets, visit our Kirkland Waterfront Homes page.
Clyde Hill
Clyde Hill completes the Four Points geography with a distinctly different value proposition: elevation. Positioned on high ground above the waterfront communities, Clyde Hill is not a waterfront market — but its terrain delivers something the waterfront communities cannot always claim. From Clyde Hill, the panorama encompasses Lake Washington, the Seattle skyline, the full sweep of the Olympic Mountains, and on clear days, Mount Rainier — simultaneously. Waterfront-level properties, often situated below their own mature tree lines, rarely achieve this breadth of view.
Homes here range from approximately $3 million to $15 million, served by the highly regarded Bellevue School District and within easy reach of the Overlake Golf & Country Club. For families prioritizing the Four Points community address, top-ranked schools, and commanding elevated views — without the $10 million floor required for direct waterfront access — Clyde Hill is the strategic entry point to this community ecosystem. For buyers interested in the broader Bellevue luxury market context, our Bellevue Waterfront Homes page provides additional detail.
📍 Buyer note: Clyde Hill properties do not include direct Lake Washington waterfront access, private dock rights, or shoreline position. If these elements are priorities, Medina, Hunts Point, or Yarrow Point are the appropriate markets within the Four Points community. Clyde Hill's value is in its elevated views, community prestige, school district access, and the Four Points address.
The Four Points Lifestyle:
Daily Life at This Level
At the Four Points, lifestyle is not an amenity — it is the product. The properties are extraordinary, but what draws and retains the world's most accomplished individuals to Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, and Clyde Hill is the specific quality of daily life that cannot be replicated elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Privacy without isolation. Natural beauty without sacrifice of access. A community of peers without the performative excess of more publicized luxury markets.
Lake Washington is a freshwater lake — warmer summer water temperatures than Puget Sound, no saltwater corrosion, no tidal variation, no storm surge. Private docks accommodate everything from kayaks to 150-foot vessels. Summer swimming begins in earnest by late June. Seaplane access is available to select estate-scale properties.
Canlis (30 minutes), The Herbfarm (25 minutes), and Din Tai Fung Bellevue are all within easy reach. Locally, Medina Market is a beloved neighborhood institution — a gathering point for residents who could be dining anywhere, choosing proximity and quality instead. Little Grandma's Kitchen serves excellent breakfast to the same neighbors.
This is, quite literally, the neighborhood of the people who built the technology that defines the modern world. Microsoft's Redmond campus is 10 minutes away. Amazon and Meta Bellevue offices are 5 minutes. The University of Washington is 20 minutes. The peer density of accomplished, intellectually engaged neighbors is a genuine amenity of living here.
Medina Park offers walking trails, ponds, and green space within the city. Fairweather Nature Preserve and Viewpoint Park provide quiet retreats. The Overlake Golf & Country Club — with its elegant grounds and private membership — is minutes away. Medina Beach Park offers direct lake access and hosts the beloved annual Medina Days celebration.
SR-520 floating bridge reaches downtown Seattle in 10–15 minutes. Bellevue CBD is 5 minutes. For private aviation, Boeing Field is approximately 20 minutes south and Renton Municipal Airport is 25 minutes. Sea-Tac International Airport is 30 minutes via I-405. The geographic centrality of Medina to the Eastside is exceptional.
Despite its extraordinary wealth concentration, Medina maintains a genuine small-town warmth. Medina Days — an annual community celebration at Medina Beach Park featuring games, food trucks, swimming, and a fireworks display over the lake — draws the entire community together each summer in a way that humanizes this address and reminds residents why they chose it.
Four seasons in the Pacific Northwest are a legitimate differentiator from competing luxury markets. The Eastside enjoys warm, dry summers ideal for outdoor living and lake recreation, spectacular fall color across the forested estate grounds, and mild winters with occasional snow that creates a quiet, sheltered atmosphere without disrupting daily life. There are no hurricanes here. No wildfires in this corridor. No tidal flooding. The natural environment supports year-round quality of life in a way that many of the nation's most publicized luxury markets — Miami, Malibu, Palm Beach — cannot honestly claim.
How Acquisitions at This Level
Actually Work
Buying waterfront real estate in Medina, Hunts Point, or Yarrow Point requires a fundamentally different approach than buying in any other market. The process, the structure, the due diligence priorities, and the access strategies are distinct from anything in the traditional residential real estate process. What follows is the six-part framework I use with every client entering this market.
At the $15 million and above tier in Medina and Hunts Point, the majority of transactions never appear on the MLS. Sellers at this level are not motivated by broad market exposure — they are motivated by qualified buyers, complete discretion, and a clean, uncomplicated process. Access to these properties requires an advisor who already has relationships with the individuals who control them: estate attorneys, family office managers, trust administrators, and brokerage principals who have participated in this market for years. That network is built over time. It cannot be replicated with a search filter. It is my most important asset as your advisor in this market.
Purchasing through a limited liability company or trust is standard operating procedure for transactions above $5 million in the Four Points market. It is not unusual — it is expected. Four of 2024's five most expensive Washington State residential sales closed through LLCs or trusts. The benefits are privacy protection (shielding buyer identity from public records), asset protection, estate planning flexibility, and in some cases, tax structuring advantages. Your estate attorney or family office counsel should establish the appropriate entity before we make any offer. I will coordinate with your legal team throughout the process.
Waterfront due diligence in this market goes well beyond a standard home inspection. Washington State Department of Ecology Shoreline Master Program regulations govern dock rights, pier dimensions, and any future shoreline modifications. King County and individual city shoreline ordinances add another layer. Before any offer, I verify: existing dock permits and watercraft accommodation limits, any shared access or easement encumbrances on the shoreline, bulkhead and beach maintenance obligations, and specific setback restrictions for future improvements. These details are not surprises at closing — they are resolved before we commit.
With only 7 public waterfront transactions in the Four Points in 2024, buyers who limit themselves to MLS inventory are working with a fraction of the actual market. The most significant properties — the ones worth waiting for — often require a 12 to 24-month horizon, maintained through active relationship cultivation with potential sellers and their advisors. The average MLS DOM is 55 days, but the right property may surface through a private introduction long before it ever becomes a public listing — or it may never become a public listing at all. Patience, combined with the right relationships, is not a passive strategy. It is the strategy.
The $2,680 per square foot average is a useful headline number, but sophisticated buyers in this market understand its limitations. The relevant analysis separates land value from improvement value. A 200-foot Gold Coast waterfront parcel may have an intrinsic land value that exceeds $15 million regardless of what sits on it. The improvements — even a brand-new custom estate — represent a second and distinct value layer. Applying a blended price-per-foot metric to compare a tear-down land acquisition against a turnkey trophy estate will produce meaningless numbers. The analysis requires component-level decomposition, and I will walk through that framework with every serious buyer.
Cash purchases — the norm at this tier — close in 30 to 45 days when all parties are aligned. LLC and trust purchases add entity verification steps but do not materially extend the timeline if the legal structure is established in advance. Title complexity in the Four Points can include historic easements, shoreline restrictions, and in some cases, shared road maintenance obligations that require careful negotiation. I coordinate directly with title, escrow, legal counsel, and any family office advisors to ensure the process moves efficiently from accepted offer to recorded deed.
Ready to begin an off-market search for Medina, Hunts Point, or Yarrow Point waterfront? The first step is a confidential conversation to align on priorities, timing, and access strategy. Call Freddy directly at 425-941-8688 or email Freddy@JudahRealty.com. All inquiries are handled with complete discretion.
Four Points vs. Global
Ultra-Luxury Waterfront Markets
For global buyers comparing Pacific Northwest waterfront against other ultra-luxury markets, the Four Points presents a compelling case that extends well beyond its price metrics. The combination of Washington State's tax structure, the freshwater lake environment, natural climate stability, and the intellectual community density makes this market unique among the world's most expensive residential addresses.
| Market | Avg $/SF Waterfront | Annual $10M+ Sales | State Income Tax | Real Estate Cap Gains Tax | Water Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Points (Medina / Hunts Point) | $2,680 Best Value | 7–14 | None Advantage | None on RE Advantage | Freshwater Lake |
| Malibu, California | $4,000–$8,000 | 30–50 | 13.3% | Taxed at income rate | Pacific Ocean |
| Palm Beach, Florida | $3,500–$6,000 | 40–60 | None | Federal only | Atlantic / Intracoastal |
| Greenwich, Connecticut | $2,500–$4,000 | 20–30 | 6.99% | Taxed at income rate | Long Island Sound |
| Atherton / Palo Alto, California | $3,000–$5,000 | 15–25 | 13.3% | Taxed at income rate | No waterfront |
The case for Four Points waterfront against California alternatives is particularly compelling at this price tier. For a buyer with $30 million to deploy, the differential between Washington State (no income tax, no real estate capital gains tax) and California (13.3% state income tax on all income) can represent millions of dollars per year in ongoing tax savings — a financial advantage that meaningfully reduces the effective cost of ownership at the Gold Coast level. This is why California technology wealth has been a consistent buyer profile in this market for decades.
Additionally, Lake Washington's freshwater environment eliminates the saltwater corrosion costs that affect Malibu, Palm Beach, and Greenwich properties — a material difference in long-term maintenance expense at the estate scale. There are no hurricanes in the Four Points. No tidal flooding. No wildfire risk in this corridor. The natural environment here supports multi-generational ownership in a way that many coastal markets simply cannot.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Medina & Hunts Point
Hunts Point holds Washington State's all-time residential sale record — $63 million in early 2025, the sale of the former Bezos estate known as the "American Palace," designed by Seattle firm Olson Kundig. Combined with neighboring Medina, Yarrow Point, and Clyde Hill, the Four Points community cluster on Lake Washington is consistently Washington's most expensive residential address, averaging $2,680 per square foot — the highest on the entire Eastside.
The Four Points refers to four incorporated communities on the eastern shore of Lake Washington: Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, and Clyde Hill. Together they form the most prestigious waterfront address cluster in the Pacific Northwest. Per the 2024 Realogics Sotheby's International Realty Waterfront Report, the Four Points presents the highest median sales prices across all 16 Puget Sound waterfront communities tracked. Only 7 waterfront sales were publicly recorded in 2024 — a significant additional volume transacts entirely off-market.
Bill Gates' primary Washington residence, known as Xanadu 2.0, is located on Evergreen Point Road in Medina — the Gold Coast address that defines the city's waterfront identity. The estate was constructed between 1994 and 1997. Its presence on the Gold Coast is one of the defining markers of Medina's identity as the Pacific Northwest's most celebrated residential address. Amazon's Jeff Bezos maintained his Seattle-area residence in neighboring Hunts Point for many years before relocating to Florida.
Medina waterfront entry pricing begins at approximately $8 million to $10 million for a land or teardown position on the water. Turnkey estate pricing ranges from $15 million to $38.9 million (the 2024 top recorded sale). Gold Coast positions on Evergreen Point Road command a persistent premium above the market's $2,680 per square foot average. Many of the most significant Medina waterfront acquisitions occur off-market and never appear in public records with their full context.
The Gold Coast refers to Evergreen Point Road — the primary waterfront address on the Medina peninsula and widely regarded as the most valuable residential street in Washington State. Characterized by deep-lot estates, private docks, mature privacy hedging, and direct Lake Washington frontage with views of the Seattle skyline and Olympic Mountains, the Gold Coast is the address against which all other Pacific Northwest waterfront real estate is ultimately measured. The $38.9 million off-market sale in January 2024 occurred at 1221 Evergreen Point Road.
The Four Points combined waterfront market produces approximately 7 to 14 publicly recorded transactions annually. In 2024, only 7 sales were documented — making this one of the most supply-constrained luxury markets in the Pacific Northwest. Approximately 110 total Four Points transactions occur in a typical year, with the waterfront segment representing only a fraction. A significant additional number of meaningful waterfront transactions move entirely off-market without MLS documentation, particularly at the $15 million and above tier.
Yes — and at the $15M+ tier, off-market is the norm rather than the exception. The majority of Four Points waterfront transactions at this level occur through private networks of estate attorneys, family office advisors, trust departments, and long-standing brokerage relationships. These properties are never publicly listed and often move through a single discreet introduction. Access to this inventory requires an advisor who is genuinely embedded in that ecosystem — not one who searches the same MLS you can search yourself. I maintain an active off-market network throughout the Four Points. Call 425-941-8688 to discuss what may be available.
Medina is the larger city (~3,100 residents, 98039 ZIP), home to the Gold Coast on Evergreen Point Road and Bill Gates' estate, with a broader range of waterfront price points from $8 million to $38.9 million (2024 top sale). Hunts Point is an ultra-private peninsula of approximately 400 residences — Washington State's all-time residential sale record holder at $63 million (2025). Hunts Point is defined by its extreme geographic privacy (single access road, water on three sides), its own incorporated government, and a buyer profile focused almost exclusively on legacy trophy estates.
The Four Points waterfront market averages $2,680 per square foot — the highest average on the Eastside and among the highest for any Pacific Northwest residential market. Premium Gold Coast and Hunts Point positions regularly transact at $3,000 to $4,000+ per square foot when the underlying land value is weighted properly. Importantly, this blended average can be misleading: a teardown land acquisition and a turnkey trophy estate require component-level analysis, not a single per-square-foot benchmark.
Washington State has no personal state income tax and no state capital gains tax on real estate transactions. For buyers relocating from California (13.3% state income tax) or other high-tax states, this represents a substantial ongoing financial advantage. At a $30 million acquisition, the annual difference in income tax exposure between Washington and California ownership can exceed $1 million per year, depending on income structure — making the Four Points not only the most prestigious Pacific Northwest address but also one of the most tax-advantaged luxury residential markets in the United States.
Dock permitting on Lake Washington is governed by Washington State Department of Ecology Shoreline Master Program regulations, King County requirements, and the specific shoreline ordinances of Medina, Hunts Point, and Yarrow Point as incorporated municipalities. Most established Four Points waterfront properties include existing permitted docks. New dock construction or significant modification requires permit review. Critical due diligence items include: existing dock permits, watercraft accommodation limits, shoreline easements, and bulkhead maintenance obligations. I verify all of these before any offer is submitted.
All Four Points communities — Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, and Clyde Hill — are served by the Bellevue School District, which consistently ranks among Washington State's highest-performing public school systems. Area public schools include Clyde Hill Elementary, Chinook Middle School, and Bellevue High School. Private school options, including Bellevue Christian School, are within the immediate area, and several Seattle-area independent schools are within practical commuting distance.
Medina is approximately 10 to 15 minutes from downtown Seattle via the SR-520 floating bridge — one of the most direct cross-lake connections in the Puget Sound region. The Bellevue central business district is approximately 5 minutes by car. Microsoft's Redmond campus is 10 minutes. For private aviation, Boeing Field is roughly 20 minutes south and Renton Municipal Airport is approximately 25 minutes. Sea-Tac International Airport is reachable in approximately 30 minutes via I-405.
Clyde Hill is not a waterfront community. It sits on elevated land above the Lake Washington shoreline, offering panoramic lake, Seattle skyline, and mountain views without direct water access or private dock rights. For direct Lake Washington waterfront within the Four Points area, Medina, Hunts Point, and Yarrow Point are the appropriate markets. Clyde Hill's value proposition is its elevated views, Four Points community address, Bellevue School District access, and proximity to the Overlake Golf & Country Club, at a lower price threshold than the waterfront communities.
Purchasing through a limited liability company or trust is standard practice for transactions above $5 million in the Four Points market — not an exception, but the prevailing norm. Four of 2024's five most expensive Washington State home sales closed through LLCs or trusts. The structure provides privacy protection (buyer identity is shielded from public records), asset protection, estate planning flexibility, and potential tax structuring advantages. At the Four Points level, your estate attorney or family office counsel should establish the appropriate entity before we engage in any offer process. I work seamlessly with legal teams throughout.
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Why Freddy Delgadillo for
Four Points Waterfront
At the Four Points level, the advisor you choose is not a facilitator — they are an access point. The most significant properties in Medina and Hunts Point do not appear on the MLS. They move through relationships built over decades of consistent market participation, professional trust, and demonstrated discretion. That is what I bring to every client engagement in this market.
- Off-Market Network: Active relationships with estate attorneys, family offices, and property principals throughout the Four Points — the market most buyers never see
- CLHMS Certified: Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist — the designation specifically aligned with representing buyers and sellers at this price tier
- Realogics Sotheby's International Realty: The brand recognition and global network that matter to international buyers and the discretion-conscious sellers who accept them
- Data Foundation: Every conversation is grounded in the annual RSIR Waterfront Market Report — the most comprehensive waterfront market analysis available in the Puget Sound region
- Waterfront Due Diligence: 25+ years of Eastside waterfront transaction experience means the critical questions — dock rights, shoreline easements, permit status, LLC structuring — are addressed before they become surprises
- Complete Discretion: Every client engagement, every property discussion, every offer process is handled with the confidentiality that buyers and sellers at this level require and expect
Search Available Properties
Browse current Four Points waterfront listings through Realogics Sotheby's International Realty. Active inventory in this market is intentionally limited — only 7 waterfront properties transacted publicly in 2024. If you do not find what you are seeking below, a meaningful number of available properties are held entirely off-market. Contact Freddy directly for a private introduction.
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