By Living Room Realty, December 21, 2022
A Pioneering, Climate-Friendly Home in Cully
Sometime in the late aughts, a pocket of the Cully neighborhood in Northeast Portland became the grounds for a mini, hyperlocal eco-renaissance, led by a group of like-minded neighbors. “We often call it an accidental intentional community,” said one resident. Dubbing themselves the Ainsworth Collective, and spread over the blocks near the intersection of NE Ainsworth and 45th Avenue, this unofficial group would meet monthly in support of living more mindfully with the environment. As such, several members bought land and built pioneering eco-homes that pushed the green technology of the day, seven of which were profiled by us in 2009.
One of those houses, designed by DeBar Architecture and built by W. A. Hughes Construction in 2008, is LEED-Certified Platinum and now for sale. It might draw on the past for its traditional gabled form, but everything else about it, from the rooftop solar panels, to the earthen floor in the living room, are forward-thinking, and aimed at reducing environmental impact.
Listing Fast Facts
Address: 6022 NE 45th Ave, Portland, OR 97218
Size: 3,216 square feet/3 bedroom/3.5 bath
List Date: 10/28/2022
List Price: $874,000
Listing Agent: Aryne Blumklotz and Dulcinea Myers-Newcomb, Living Room Realty
Read the full article and get more amazing details on this home in the article by Melissa Dalton for Portland Monthly.
