Halloween night in Millwood is seriously special. It feels like the whole town comes outside. Every year our family sets up in the driveway with a bonfire, warm apple cider, and glow sticks for every kid who comes by. This year we will be out Saturday starting at 4 PM. Our Driveway Tradition It started simply. We wanted to be outside with our kids and our neighbors instead of running back and forth to the door. So we built a fire, made a big pot of apple cider, and bought mor

Fall is my favorite time of year in Millwood. The trees down every street turn orange and gold, the light gets low and warm in the afternoon, and the lawn gets what we hope is its last mow of the year. This year it feels a little more special, because we finally finished the summer project that would never end. Our Fall Backyard Project This season we built raised planter beds around the kids' playground. For now they are filled with fresh soil and waiting. Next spring, they

Every woman I ride with tours a property the same way. She walks past the kitchen, through the back door, and straight to the barn. She can tell you the stall count before she can tell you how many bathrooms the house has. I understand it completely, because that is how I look at a horse property too. Why the Barn Comes First For a horse owner, the barn and the land decide whether a property works. A house can be updated over time. A barn that floods every spring, a pasture w

When buyers tell me they want a home that is move-in ready, they usually add the same thing right after: but not a flip. 12106 N Fairwood Dr is exactly that. The sellers remodeled this home while they lived in it, and the choices they made show it. The Main Floor The first thing you notice is the herringbone tile, which runs across the entire main floor. It is warm, it wears beautifully, and it ties the living spaces together. The sellers also kept the original arches. In a r

Horse property this close to the Spokane Valley does not come along often. When I looked at 4127 S Sullivan Rd, I went to the barn before I went inside, and the barn is where this property makes its case: five covered stalls, each with its own run, on 4.3 acres minutes from I-90. The Equestrian Facilities The barn was custom built with the horse and the handler in mind. There are five covered 12x12 stalls, and every stall opens to its own individual run. That setup gives each

If you just found me, hi! I'm Hailey Austin, a real estate agent with Trevor & Hailey Homes and eXp Realty, and I help people buy and sell homes across Spokane and North Idaho. This is the page I would hand you over coffee: who I work with, how it goes, and how to get started. Who I Help Horse people looking for land. I ride, so I look at property the way horse owners do: footing, fencing, barns, water and trailer access first, then the house. Families who want a little more

We are heading up to Greenbluff one more time before the season closes. The kids want the pumpkin patch, I want a few more orchard pictures, and all of us want the mini pumpkin donuts. Every fall, it is one of the traditions I look forward to most. Why Greenbluff Is a Spokane Fall Favorite Greenbluff is a short drive north of Spokane, and in the fall it turns into rows of apple orchards, pumpkin patches, and family farm stands. It is the kind of place where you can spend an e

If you grew up horse crazy, you probably remember DreamHorse.com. Hours spent scrolling through horses you could not buy yet, picking favorites, imagining the day one would be yours. So many of the women I ride with still do a version of that today. The website just changed. Now it is Zillow, and the search is for the land. What Horse Owners Look For First Horse owners search for property differently than most buyers. The kitchen photos can wait. The first thing they want to

Before any of our listings goes live, we pay to have the windows professionally cleaned. Every listing, every time. It is one of the smallest line items in how we prepare a home for market, and it is one I would never skip. Light Is the First Thing Buyers Notice Most buyers meet your home online long before they walk through the front door. They scroll through the listing photos, and in a few seconds they decide whether your home is worth a showing. Light plays a big part in

When horse families talk to me about what they want, it almost always comes down to three things: room to spread out, an indoor arena for winter, and a good school district. This property in Colbert has all three. It's 19.5 acres, it has an indoor AND an outdoor arena, and it's in the Mead School District. You don't see that combination very often around Spokane. The Equestrian Facilities Here's what's set up for the horses: 9 stalls A vet room right in the barn 10 paddocks A

Split levels have a reputation, and most of it is outdated. When one is renovated with care, it can give you more room and more finish for your budget than almost anything else in north Spokane. My listing at 12106 N Fairwood Dr in Fairwood Park is a good example, and the walk-in closet alone tends to change people's minds. Why Split Levels Get Passed Over Most buyers picture the dated version: dark paneling, narrow stairs, and rooms that feel chopped up. Those houses exist,

I have walked through a lot of South Hill homes, and the ones that stick with me are the ones where you can picture an actual Saturday night: someone cooking, someone pouring drinks, kids disappearing downstairs. 6702 S Westchester Dr in Highland Park is that house. It is just listed, and it is set up for people who like having people over. The Main Floor The kitchen was redone in 2021, and the appliances are brand-new Forno. The island is generous, the kind that seats a few

Some remodels are about getting a house ready to sell. This one was about getting it right. 12106 N Fairwood Dr is a full custom renovation in Fairwood Park, and every finish in it was chosen by someone who cared how it would feel to live with day after day. The Main Floor The first thing you notice is the floor. Herringbone tile runs across the main level and moves through the original arches, which were kept and framed rather than squared off. That choice gives a 1974 home

I just listed a 1972 split entry on a corner lot in Central Valley School District, and it's one of those properties where the hard part is already finished. New roof in 2024, fresh exterior paint this year. The expensive, unglamorous work is done, which means a buyer's first dollars go toward making it theirs instead of catching up on deferred maintenance. The Home The main level is straightforward and functional, with a connected kitchen, dining, and living space that flows

We just made a significant price adjustment on The Canyon House, and it has me thinking about this property differently than I have before. At $4,950,000, this isn't just a luxury estate anymore. It's an opportunity most buyers in this market never get to consider: the chance to build a real family compound. The Five Parcels Here's what a lot of people miss when they look at the photos. The Canyon House, at 1615 East Chattaroy Road in Colbert, Washington, sits on 46.86 acres,

I keep an eye on what comes up in Greenacres, and this one caught my attention for a reason that has nothing to do with square footage. It's the layout. This split-level home at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, a short walk from Orchard Park, gives you more usable space than the listed bedroom count suggests. The Home Officially, this is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home at 1,696 square feet, built in 1998. Two separate family rooms give you real separation, one of them anchored by

Come home after a long day and be on a horse twenty minutes later, no trailer, no drive, just walk out to the barn. That's what this 10-acre property on Sherman Road in Spokane actually offers, and it's the kind of thing that only matters once you've lived without it. The Equestrian Facilities The main barn is 72x30 feet with a metal roof and a fully insulated, finished tack room attached. It has its own 100-amp electrical subpanel and running water, with a 50-amp feed runnin

A lot of families in our community lost everything this summer. So Trevor and I teamed up with Bottles and Harvest Moon to do something about it. What Pouring It Forward Is On Saturday, September 12th from 2pm to 6pm, we're hosting a fundraiser at Bottles in Spokane Valley, located at 3223 N. Argonne Rd. Every dollar raised and every school supply donated goes toward local students displaced by the Spokane Complex fires. Come hungry, there will be plenty to eat. Three Ways to

One of my sellers told me her favorite thing about the house was watching the turkeys walk across the backyard, so I wrote it down and left it by the window. I did not think much of it at the time. It was a small thing, a notecard on a windowsill. But every buyer who came through that house stopped to read it, and more than one asked about it on the way out. What Good Staging Actually Does Before I go any further, I want to say something about staging, because I think it gets

Someone asked me recently what makes me different from the other agents in Spokane, and I gave a very forgettable answer. So I thought about it for a few days and came back with a better one. Not what I do. What I refuse to do. The first one on the list is about a dog. I Don't Miss the Chance to Apologize to the Dog Think about a showing from the dog's point of view for a second. His people keep leaving the house at odd hours. Strangers walk through and open his closets and s