What Does $2.4 Million Buy in Richmond Beach, Shoreline?
- Samantha Schlegel
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What Does $2.4 Million Buy in Richmond Beach, Shoreline?
At $2.4 million, a brand-new custom home in Richmond Beach gives you six bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and 3,523 square feet on a flat lot you can walk to the beach from. Three of the bedrooms are ensuite, there are dual primary suites upstairs with heated floors and a deep soaking tub, and the finishes come from a boutique local builder who added real texture and color instead of the usual all-white new construction. Here's the full room-by-room breakdown.
By Samantha Schlegel | July 7, 2026
New construction in Shoreline usually means one of two things: a builder-grade box with white walls in every room, or something with actual character that you don't see on every other listing.
This one is the second kind.
It's listed at $2.4 million in Richmond Beach - the flat, walkable pocket of Shoreline just north of Seattle where you can leave your front porch and walk down to the water. The lot sits off a quiet street, not a busy road, with a fenced yard and another new build going up next door. Watch Samantha explain the location at 1:01.
If you're weighing new construction anywhere in the Shoreline and Richmond Beach area, this walkthrough is a good reference point for what $2.4 million actually gets you right now.
The layout: six bedrooms, three en-suites, built for real families
The headline number is six bedrooms, and three of them are ensuite, which is rare even at this price.
That mix does a lot of work. The downstairs ensuite bedroom is the natural guest or mother-in-law room: its own full bathroom, high ceilings, giant windows looking onto the yard, and a smaller closet since nobody's living there full-time. Upstairs is where the house really opens up.
You get dual primary suites. One has the peekaboo water view, the king-size setup, and the walk-in closet. The second reads like a primary too - big walk-in closet, its own ensuite, and its own peekaboo view. As Samantha puts it in the tour, you could sleep on one side and your partner across the hall on the other.
The rest of the upstairs bedrooms are genuinely big. One is staged as a media room with double closets, and another as a yoga studio or office. That flexibility matters. In the buyers I work with, the "extra" bedrooms almost always end up doing double duty as an office, a gym, or a playroom, and a six-bedroom floor plan gives you room to change your mind later.
The kitchen and the finishes that set it apart
The kitchen is the part that separates this from typical new construction.
A Thermador four-door refrigerator with two fridge doors, two freezer doors, and storage up top
A long island that seats four
Creamy subway tile instead of the stark white you see on every listing
Two different countertop materials - a look more builders are using now, and one that works here
A walk-in pantry and under-cabinet lighting, all custom
The theme carries through the house. The builder added texture and color where most new construction leaves you with white walls in every room. Watch Samantha point out the custom touches at 2:45. The powder room is dark and moody with wallpaper on a single wall - dramatic without being overwhelming. Wood ceilings on the covered patio match the front of the house. Tiered garden beds give the backyard some shape instead of a flat move-in slab.
Little things add up: storage under the staircase with its own lighting, a mud room off the garage with a built-in bench, cubbies, and hooks already installed, and a 500-square-foot standing-height attic that could be storage or a kids' play space.
Thinking about buying or selling in Shoreline, Richmond Beach, or Edmonds? I walk homes like this every week and can tell you what's actually worth the premium and what's just staging. Reach out anytime — no pressure, no pitch. Call or text me at (206) 928-1738, or email samantha.schlegel@compass.com.
The details that matter more than the photos
A few features don't show up in listing photos but change daily life in the house.
The laundry room is upstairs where the bedrooms are - not buried in the garage. It has a utility sink, a front-loading washer and dryer raised to height level, pull-out shelving for baskets, and real storage. If you've ever hauled laundry up and down stairs, you understand why this is the room Samantha calls out as a favorite.
The heated bathroom floors upstairs are a genuine luxury touch, not a gimmick. The deep soaking tub in the primary is deep enough to actually use. The outdoor space has a sunken entertaining area with room for a grill or hot tub, and there's still grass left over for kids and pets.
And because it's new construction, you're buying into a builder warranty. Anything an inspection flags gets fixed before you close - which is exactly why you still get a full inspection even on a brand-new home.
How it compares to the rest of Shoreline
Richmond Beach isn't the only story in Shoreline, and $2.4 million buys a very specific thing.
For contrast, take a look at what a 1906 Shoreline home offers at $1.1 million - older character, a bigger lot, and a completely different feel from turnkey new construction. And if the neighborhood itself is what's pulling you in, here's what living in Richmond Highlands, just inland from Richmond Beach, is actually like day to day.
If you're chasing a true water view rather than a peekaboo one, that's a different search entirely - a Normandy Park waterfront estate shows what private Puget Sound frontage costs and looks like.
The point of touring homes like this one isn't just the house. It's calibrating your eye - learning what "custom" really means, which upgrades hold value, and where a builder cut corners or didn't.
Frequently asked questions
How much is this Richmond Beach home? It's listed at $2.4 million. For that, you get a brand-new custom build with six bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and 3,523 square feet, walkable to the beach in Richmond Beach, Shoreline.
How many bedrooms are ensuite? Three of the six bedrooms are ensuite, including two suites upstairs that both function as primary bedrooms.
Does the home have a water view? There's a peekaboo water view from the upstairs primary suite and one of the other upstairs bedrooms - you can see the water and mountains in the distance, but it's not a full waterfront view.
Who is the listing agent? The listing is courtesy of Gunnar Hadley, Windermere Real Estate Co. Samantha Schlegel toured the home to show buyers what new construction looks like in the area and is available to represent buyers or sellers in Shoreline and the greater Seattle market.
Is Richmond Beach a good place to live? Richmond Beach is one of Shoreline's most walkable neighborhoods - flat where this home sits, quiet streets, and a short walk to the beach, all just north of Seattle. Also, a GREAT neighborhood for trick-or-treating!
See it for yourself
At $2.4 million, this home is a clear example of what thoughtful new construction looks like in Richmond Beach - custom finishes, a six-bedroom layout that works for real families, and a location you can walk to the water from.
If you want to see it in person, or you're trying to figure out where your family fits in Shoreline, Richmond Beach, or Edmonds, that's exactly the kind of thing I help buyers and sellers think through. Call or text me at (206) 928-1738, email samantha.schlegel@compass.com, or subscribe on YouTube for more Washington home tours.
About Samantha Schlegel
Samantha Schlegel is a real estate agent with Compass Real Estate serving home buyers and sellers across King County, Snohomish County, and the greater Seattle area. She tours homes room by room so buyers know exactly what they're walking into before they show up. Reach her at (206) 928-1738 or samantha.schlegel@compass.com, and find more home tours on her YouTube channel and at livingbeyondhomes.com.
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