Patti Payne’s Cool Pads: Techie John Vert trades Bellevue posh for Columbia City sustainability (Photos)


For those many faithful followers of this feature, week after week and year after year, I'm writing this time about a home that has already been purchased, a new angle that will have you talking and thinking.

It's not the most expensive estate. It's not the plushest pad. But it is the most energy efficient home I've ever seen.

It belongs to software engineer John Vert, who is about to move into the brand new home he just purchased for $1.45 million.

One block from Columbia City’s Landmark District…

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