People are usually surprised when I tell them The Newport is for sale. It isn’t finished yet. We’re targeting completion this fall, and we’ve listed it now, as a presale, on purpose. Because the best time to fall in love with a Mirikeen home isn’t after it’s done. It’s while it’s still becoming itself, when there’s time to make it yours.
So let me walk you through it the way I would if we were standing in the driveway together.
The Newport is a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath home in Newport Hills, right here in Bellevue. It’s 4,552 square feet on a level 8,406 square foot lot, with a three-car garage and a west-facing front. Classic Craftsman, minutes from downtown Bellevue. On paper it’s a big house. In person, it lives cozy, and that’s not an accident.
“The best time to fall in love with a Mirikeen home is while it’s still becoming itself.”
The Space Under the Stairs
Ask me my favorite thing about The Newport and I’ll take you straight to the stairs. Tucked underneath is a custom reading nook, a built-in bench with a sconce and bookshelves. We always find a way to do something special under the stairs. It’s a Mirikeen staple, and every home gets its own version. Just because a space is small doesn’t mean it can’t be the best part of the house.
That nook tells you everything about how we approached this build. This is a new floor plan for us, the first time we’ve used it, and I’m a little obsessed with how it turned out. The stairs are hidden from the front of the house, but the moment you’re inside they still feel grand, opening right up to the great room. It’s how a 4,552 square foot house manages to feel warm instead of cavernous.
A Kitchen for People Who Actually Cook
Here’s where I get excited. The Newport doesn’t have a kitchen so much as a whole cooking wing.
There’s the main kitchen, and then behind it a full prep kitchen, a separate pantry, and a butler’s pantry, and all of it feeds into the dining room. Three ovens total. Sub-Zero appliances throughout. When you’re entertaining, the main kitchen stays photo-ready while the real work happens in the back.
We built a version of this into the Hatteras and the buyer feedback was so strong that we knew The Newport had to have it too. Honestly, this is a West Bellevue feature, the kind of setup you expect on the other side of town. Putting it in a Newport Hills home is exactly the sort of thing a boutique builder gets to do when we only take on a few projects a year.
“The Newport doesn’t have a kitchen so much as a whole cooking wing.”
The Primary Wing, and the Details Everywhere Else
The primary suite takes up an entire wing of the house, about 900 square feet of it, with its own coffee bar so the first cup of the day never involves stairs. There are box beams with integrated lighting in the great room, the kind of detail nobody else is doing on this side of Bellevue. Vaulted ceilings and beams in every upstairs bedroom. Three fireplaces. Two laundry rooms and two HVAC zones, because a house this size should never feel like it’s straining.
One detail I love, and it’s the kind of thing you only think about if you’ve raised kids: the bonus room at the top of the stairs only shares a wall with one of the kids’ bedrooms. The other two are tucked away on their own. Mom and dad can watch a movie at full volume and nobody wakes up. That’s the kind of decision that doesn’t show up in a listing but changes how a family actually lives.
None of this happens alone. Our architect is Dan Brobst of Brobst Design Works, and he’s a magician. He’s pulled back from taking new clients, and now works almost exclusively with people building through Mirikeen, which means this level of design has essentially one door into it. Our interiors on The Newport were built with Kim Snope of Signature Builder Solutions, and the whole home carries the standard Mirikeen millwork package, boxes on the walls, a stairwell that’s going to be beautiful.
The Part Nobody Expects: You Can Walk to Everything
Here’s the surprise about The Newport, and it’s the thing I’d want every buyer to know. You can walk to almost everything.
Walkability is rare in East Bellevue. Newport Hills has it. Newport Heights Elementary is two houses away, close enough that you’ll see it from the driveway, so we lean into it. The Newport Hills Swim and Tennis Club is one block. The grocery store, a local pizzeria, restaurants, even a batting cage, all a short walk from the front door. And when you do need the car, you’ve got two freeway access points, so both 405 and I-90 are minutes away. Quiet, sleepy street most of the day, connected to everything the rest of the time.
The school feeder pattern, for families planning ahead, is Newport Heights Elementary to Tyee Middle to Newport High.
Why Buy It Now, Before It’s Done
This is the part I really want you to hear. A presale isn’t a home you’re settling for early. It’s an advantage.
You get in before completion, with time to line everything up, including your financing. Buying early means you move on your own timeline instead of scrambling against a closing date, on a home you can still shape to your life. We’ve also put together a special financing advantage for July with our preferred lending partner that’s worth asking about. If the timing’s right for you, now’s the moment to reach out.
See The Newport Presale for Yourself
The Newport is a rare combination: West Bellevue finishes, a genuinely walkable Newport Hills address, and time still on the clock. If you’d like a walk-through, the current renderings and floor plans, or the financing details, reach out and I’ll get you everything. It’s listed with Kelly Kemp at Windermere, so you can also see the full listing here.
Come see it before it’s finished. That’s the whole point.
Lindsey Kull, Mirikeen Homes
