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Because the prices are already super high for both? The primary utility there is close proximity to extremely high paying jobs.

Both examples are within a mile of Amazon's offices, and one bus away from Redmond.

Nicer places can charge more. It's just what when push comes to shove people aren't going to move 5 hours away for nice finishes. They will how ever put up with cheap counter tops if it means being 1 block from the metro. The over riding factor as other have pointed out is space and location. everything else doesn't really move the needle when you are looking at markets with very high prices.

It is illegal to charge more for a lot of the places that could be made nicer. Demand remains, quality suffers.