Does Gig Harbor really have this many estates?
Looking around at real estate in Gig Harbor, you’ll see the name “Estates” used quite frequently. According to the Google dictionary, an estate (as pertaining to housing) is: “extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; “the family owned a large estate on Long Island” or “An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property …”
Neither of those definitions seems to describe Gig Harbor to me, but we have Horseshoe Lake Estates, Palmer Lake Estates, Whiteman Cove Estates, Rolling Hills Estates, Sea Cliff Estates, Fairway Estates, Glen Cove Estates, Point Evans Estates, Henderson Bay Estates, Ray Nash Estates, Estates at Gig Harbor, Arletta Estates, Kopachuck Ridge Estates, North Crescent Lake Estates, Sea Fox Estates, Cedarwood Estates, Bridgewood Estates, Colvos View Estates…you get the picture. Some of these homes are valued at or near (or even over) $1M, sitting on large lots with great views. Others are priced under $100k, sitting on .25acre lots.
Gig Harbor is divided into hundreds of small neighborhoods, each with their own names. With our goofy street numbering system it’s almost a necessity. I’m curious. What are your favorite Gig Harbor neighborhood names? Your least favorite? Which ones seem to fit the neighborhood and which ones make you scratch your head? Does “Estates” tacked on to the end draw your attention?
