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Montreux is a quiet community in the Cascades near Lake Sammamish
The Montreux neighborhood was designed to have almost no commercial businesses. This keeps the traffic calm and the noise light, allowing residents to enjoy the idyllic landscapes of the Pacific Northwest surrounding them. Montreux is located on the northern slopes of Cougar Mountain in the Cascade Range and overlooks Lake Sammamish. It’s close to Interstate 90 and the Sound Greenway, allowing for easy commutes to the surrounding cities of Seattle, Bellevue and Issaquah. But most people choose Montreux so they can stay close to home while enjoying all the natural beauty the area has to offer. The neighborhood is close to numerous hiking trails of varying difficulty that take you through lush woodlands into the mountains or down to the lake.
“Montreux is close to I-90 and offers multiple routes to town but leaves you in your own pocket of nature,” says Ali Mills, a broker with Windermere Real Estate. A one-time resident of the neighborhood, Mrs. Mills remarked on the abundance of wildlife in the area. “You can see deer almost every day in the summer. It’s stunning, and it’s a more established area than newer subdivisions like Issaquah Highlands. From Montreux, you can be skiing in an hour or hiking in 5 minutes. For those who love the outdoors, it has lots of opportunities to explore nature.”
Single-family homes sell for above the Issaquah median
The hardest part about living in the friendly neighborhood is securing a home there, as they rarely go on the market. Luckily, the area also has several condo complexes, like the Village at Montreux. The planned community was built on 260 acres, half of which were left undeveloped and have been put aside for residents' use. Most single-family houses offer over 4,000 square feet of living space, and some have views of the lake. It’s also easily walkable with sidewalks leading around cul-de-sacs filled with towering trees. Prices range from $1.7 million for a Northwest Contemporary-style house to $4 million for a five-bedroom estate house. The median is about $2 million, higher than Issaquah’s median of about $1.1 million. Condos start close to $365,000 and rise to around $720,000.
Highly rated Issaquah School District 411 serves Montreux
Students in Montreux are a part of the award-winning Issaquah School District 411, which earns an A-plus from Niche. One of the pathways children might follow from kindergarten to graduation is through Sunset Elementary (A), Pacific Cascade Middle (A) and Issaquah High (A-plus). Sunset Elementary also offers before- and after-care, called the Sockeye Club. Pacific Cascade Middle features Lynx Life, a comprehensive advisory program where students attend leadership training and work with an assigned advisor for all three years of middle school. Issaquah High boasts a 97% graduation rate and has a college and career center where students can plan for their post-high school lives.
Cougar Mountain Zoo’s Gersh Academy and seasonal events
Montreux also has a truly unique combination of a zoo coupled with an academy for people with autism spectrum disorders. Cougar Mountain Zoo operates as an independent wildlife enclosure focused on endangered species conservation through education efforts. Founded in 1972, the zoo is open five days a week and offers close encounter tours by appointment, where visitors can feed tigers, meet lemurs or prepare enrichment activities for cougars. It provides homes for several varieties of macaws & cranes, lemurs, reindeer, Bengal tigers and more in addition to hosting community events like Earth Day, the Reindeer Festival or Howl-O-Ween.
Gersh Academy at Cougar Mountain works with the zoo to provide a one-of-a-kind educational campus for youth on the Autism spectrum aged five to twenty-one. The first of the Gersh academies on the West Coast, the student-focused school empowers children to thrive in part by using encounters with zoo animals. The academy maintains a blog for parents and caretakers and has regular open houses.
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Montreux Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Montreux, Issaquah sell after 9 days on the market compared to the national average of 53 days. The median sale price for homes in Montreux, Issaquah over the last 12 months is $1,965,000, down 7% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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This 3,820 sq ft home offers 5 spacious bedrooms, 2.75 baths, with brand-new carpet, fresh interior and exterior paint, and air conditioning for year-round comfort. Located at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Montreux, with access to top-rated Issaquah schools, it’s ideal for living and entertaining. The backyard provides space to relax, featuring a persimmon tree and raspberry bushes. The
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