Blog Stories An outside inside Kenton Mid-Century house

An outside inside Kenton Mid-Century house

By Alyssa Isenstein Krueger, May 23, 2018

A few years back, my buyers Sasha and Paul entered the Portland home buying market and found themselves awash in the real estate frenzy back when every house was getting 12 offers and nearly every half-way decent house was going for at least 10% over list. After losing out on several homes, the pressure was too much so they bowed out of their home buying adventure. Fast forward a few years and in a better place financially, they decided that for once and for all, they were going to buy a house. They were introduced to me by a dear mutual friend and we hit it off right from the start. After a couple of months of pulling together what they needed for a pre-approval, we started looking in earnest. Sasha and Paul checked out a lot of open houses, I showed them a few houses, and then in mid-April they stopped by an open house in Kenton. I went back to the house with them the following day, and while there, Sasha asked me if after you see a house if you can’t get it out of your  mind and then you start looking at Pinterest for design ideas does that mean you love the house? To which I emphatically responded, YES! That’s often what happens when you find the right house.

After seeing the house in person, it was easy to see why they fell in love. Upon opening the front door, you walk into the mid-century living room, and the entire south side of the house is wall to wall windows looking out onto the expansive yard- a double lot in fact. The stunning wall of windows connects the house interior to the backyard so seamlessly, that curling up into a chair next to the window feels like you are lounging in the backyard. Add in the mid-century style fireplace, re-styled and dialed kitchen, 3 good sized bedrooms upstairs and a full basement with 8’+ ceilings, and the house is a total 10. Unlike the last time Sasha and Paul went house hunting, there was only one other competing offer so they didn’t even have to offer that much above list price to get the house. The transaction was smooth as silk, and as soon as at the sellers move to their new home in a couple of weeks, Sasha and Paul and their family get to move in just in time to enjoy a glorious Portland summer in their new home.

Alyssa Isenstein Krueger

Broker | OR

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