Escape Archives - Living Room Realty

In these days of Covid-19 and lockdowns, shut downs, work-from-home, and the big social D, it’s not rare for a family to wish to evacuate to the Oregon Coast, but my clients Aron and Erin had this dream long, long ago. For many years, Aron waited and wished for a position to open up in his company which would allow him to transfer to Astoria, the town of his family’s dreams. A small town with a lively brew-pub culture, a convenient walking/biking path through the whole of town, and a quick drive to the beach. Essentially, a place with a small-town feel but an up-and-coming attitude.

Finally, and very rapidly, it happened! The job was offered, readily accepted and Aron was starting in mere weeks. The family had to list their home, get an offer, find a new home, buy/sell concurrently and !move! all while Aron was driving to Astoria from Portland, and back, each day. It was complete chaos, but sometimes chaos and timing yield GREAT things.

In this case, it yielded a three story town house with en-suite bedroom on each floor, a large balcony with a river view in the darling Mill Pond neighborhood. If you don’t know the Mill Pond neighborhood, it was previously a saw mill. Venerable Properties cleaned it up and turned it into a contemporary housing development built around the mill pond, with attractively designed mixed use housing and communal green space. It’s right along the shoreline of the mighty Columbia, and literally on the Astoria Riverwalk, so it’s conveniently located to downtown Astoria and one of the most beautiful multi-use paths (head East from Mill Pond, you won’t be sorry!) in Oregon.

I’d like to congratulate Aron and Erin and their family on a really great idea come to fruition! I expect they’ll find years of enjoyment in their new coastal lifestyle and I look forward to visits! Thank you for choosing me to be your REALTOR®.

Alyssa

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I have a thing for emeralds. I always have. The color. The gemstone. The cut. There’s something about the deep richness of this shade of green and the geometric elegance of an emerald cut stone that makes my heart purr. An equally satisfying obsession of mine is entering a space and envisioning what it could transform into by seeing an array of colors, textures, forms, and light to completely bring about a new room. This eye to see the potential of an interior has been immensely helpful and fun in my efforts to assist my clients. While we tour homes, I love the trust my buying clients extend to me as they let me share my visions of how they could personalize a home to make it theirs, on our walks through properties together. Exploring how we can affordably and creatively enhance their homes for a modern market, while keeping the original charm, is one of my favorite aspects of working with my sellers, as we prepare for listing.

While I have been spending this season steadily at home, a number of my clients are in the middle of home remodels and have reached out to chat about their adventures of these undertakings during this time of covid 19. Our conversations have sparked my love for emerald and my recent ache for a fresh landscape to blend, leading me to peruse the internet for deep, glossy, green spaces.

If you are equally feeling a desire to find yourself far away in a world other than the location of your current quarantine, may I suggest the refuge to be found in these luxurious, calming, gem colored bathrooms. Each one swoon worthy of a mental getaway. Who knows, this just might be the inspiration you’re needing to jump start your search for a new home. If you are hoping to pair with an agent who can see beyond just the walls immediately around us and knows how to safely voyage into today’s listings, I would adore partnering with you to seek out and successfully close on that dream!

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