Tag: SE Portland Homes

Just Listed 1023 SE 44th Ave

Posted on by Cristen Lincoln

1023 SE 44th Ave

Portland, OR, 97215

So fresh and so clean! Charming Hawthorne bungalow with welcoming front porch is ready for its new owner. Classic floor plan with open living and dining rooms and tall ceilings. Features refinished wood floors, updated bath, 4 good bedrooms, sunny kitchen and lovely private patio. Freshly painted. Detached garage for your car, bikes or hobbies. Fantastic location between Hawthorne and Belmont near some of the best food, coffee, and local shops in the city. Walkscore 93 and Bikescore 100!

OFFERED AT $555,000

4 BEDROOM | 1 BATH | 2467 SQFT

MLS# 22670343 | TAXES: $3749.01

Just Listed 3146 SE 58th Ave

Posted on by Cristen Lincoln

3146 SE 58th Ave

Portland, OR, 97206

Near parks and schools in South Tabor. Discover original details such as wood floors, natural wood moldings, brick fireplace and sweet touches like original brass door knobs and front door peephole. All the charm paired with a gourmet kitchen, 2 modernized baths, updated plumbing, furnace, and water heater. Five true bedrooms and roomy unfinished basement adds potential. Sitting on an oversize treed lot with raised garden beds and apple espalier. Detached garage and covered patio!

OFFERED AT $785,000

5 BEDROOM | 2 BATH | 3084 SQFT

MLS# 22151717 | TAXES: $6,390.87

Just Listed 6126 SE Grant St

Posted on by Cristen Lincoln

      6126 SE Grant St

Portland, OR, 97215

One level living in Mt Tabor! Spacious and bright home just one block to 200 acre Mt Tabor park. Great layout with formal entry, vaulted ceiling, open floor plan living and dining rooms, kitchen and family room with slider to private stone patio. Large master with ensuite bath and walk in closet. Double attached garage! Loft area over family room perfect kid’s nook or play space. Neighborhood builder’s own home, sturdy construction and well maintained. Pretty yet low care landscape.

OFFERED AT $685,000

3 BEDROOM | 2 BATH | 1952 SQFT

MLS# 22448825 | TAXES: $7,042.30

The Heartbeat of Woodstock

Posted on by Living Room Realty

5710 SE 45th Avenue

Portland, Oregon, 97206

You can’t beat this location of this mid-century ranch on a spacious double-corner lot. Leave your car at home and walk everywhere! This custom home was built by the Gray family (Stark Vacuum legends) in 1956 and has only been occupied by only two owners in its 70-year history. Enjoy mid-century style with modern comforts like an updated kitchen and bathrooms and laundry on the main floor. The finished basement doubles the living space with two bedrooms and one bathroom. Perfect for guests, multi-generational living, a home gym AND work from home. Additionally, the basement includes a wood shop, pool table, bar and extra storage. Original owner Harold Gray, built an oversized attached garage to hold his two precious MGs as well as the family car. Outside you’ll enjoy the beautiful landscaping designed by NW Water Gardens featuring plentiful lush perennials giving you an abundance of privacy. The pool provides relief from the summer heat and a fabulous feature for entertainment and exercise. This home features cedar siding, fresh paint, new water heater, central AC, forced air, and both gas burning and wood burning fireplaces. The double lot offers a spacious yard and includes a built-in propane barbeque and fire pit. Invite all your friends and family over… it’s party time!

OFFERED AT $989,000

5 BEDROOM | 3 BATH | 3,700 SQFT

MLS# 21437324

Woodstock Wonder!

Posted on by Aryne + Dulcinea

Woodstock Wonder!
Open today!!!

6409 SE 60th Avenue, Portland, OR 97206

OPEN TODAY
SATURDAY 10/16
FROM 12 – 3PM
$459,000

  2 BEDROOM | 1 BATH |  1,175 SQ FT
MLS #21123996 | TAXES: $3,032

Step into this bright and cheerful home PLUS fantastic NEW detached space with ADU potential! Main house features 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, spacious kitchen with eat-in nook, separate laundry room, large front yard with excellent sun exposure and back yard perfect for entertaining. The detached second building includes a home office, studio and potter’s shed. Updates in the last 5 years: paint, flooring, foundation & framing upgrades, roof and gutters, doors, windows, drainage and dry well.  Biker’s paradise score 97! Walk score 73!

PLEASE SEE LISTING FOR COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES.

WHAT’S AROUND – WANT TO GO FOR A WALK? A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN SOUND FUN? NEED TO GRAB SOME GROCERIES?

  • Super Torta
  • Brentwood City Park
  • Bergerac
  • Bridge City Pizza
  • Brentwood Community Gardens
  • Heart Coffee
  • Ate-Oh-Ate Grill
  • Hidden East Tavern
  • Starlight Knitting Society
  • FAT Cupcake
  • Woodstock Park
  • Cloud City Ice Cream
  • Woodstock Farmers Market
  • Delta Cafe
  • Prince Coffee
  • New Seasons
  • Safeway
  • Otto’s Sausage Haus
  • Nudi
  • Multnomah County Library – Woodstock Branch
  • Laughing Planet
  • El Gallo
  • Advantis Credit Union
  • Grand Central
  • Mehri’s Cafe and Bakery

HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS + FEATURES:

GENERAL INFO
Dark brown hickory laminate flooring in living room and hallway – 2018 Radon test measurement .8 piC/L – 2017
Double paned vinyl frame windows
Knob and tube removed from attic insulation – 2017
Fenced yard, garden and beautiful landscaping
Cozy front porch and open patio in the backyard
Newer paint in kitchen and dining nook
Dedicated laundry room behind kitchen – washer & dryer convey with sale

STUDIO & OFFICE
Original garage was converted to office and studio space w/ closet – 2019 Light oak, high end laminate flooring in studio & office
Double paned vinyl frame windows in studio
Studio – newer door with window and built-in blinds
Office – single French door, windows on each exterior wall Garden shed accessed from outside of building
Electrical sub-panel for studio & office

ROOF/GUTTERS/DOWNSPOUTS
Composition roof installed by Rainbow Roofing – 2015 Gutters and downspouts installed with roof – 2015

FOUNDATION & DRAINAGE
8’ – 10’ dry well installed in the back yard between concrete patio and lilac tree.
5 downspouts installed w/ gutters lead to dry well, 1 downspout leads away from home Newer vapor barrier in crawlspace
Foundation is fully supported by newer cement columns, wood beams and posts Newer skim coat around outside of foundation

HVAC
Brand new central AC unit – 2021 Forced air heating, gas furnace – 2009

PLUMBING
Interior water lines and bathroom waste plumbing replaced – 2014
Clean sewer line at purchase. One section of sewer line was replaced during foundation repair – 2017

About Us: Over the course of their professional partnership, Aryne + Dulcinea have helped hundreds of clients prosper in their new lives. During this time, they have prided themselves in their top-notch selling abilities, with homes outperforming market standards, consistently exceeding list price while most of their listings sell in under 7 days. Whether you’re looking to buy or sell, Aryne & Dulcinea will work in collaboration to guide you in investing in your future and reaching your real estate goals.

Sale Fails Can Be a Buyer’s Best Friend!

Posted on by Erika George & Kari McGee

If you are a buyer or a buyer’s agent in 2021, you just may come to love the words SALE FAIL.  Buyers are being put through the wringer this year but we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeves in this competitive market and one of them is to hawk the multiple listing service for properties that have gone back on the market after a sale fail!

Properties that have had a sale fail can be easy prey for a smart Buyer because these frustrated Sellers usually are very motivated to just get it done!  Plus, Sellers often have copies of the previous Buyer’s home inspection reports and while all that property information can be a bit daunting right out of the gate, it also allows Buyers and their agents to quickly access the major issues of a property, make a plan, and hit the ground running.

Enter Mike and Beverly.  Like most first-time home buyers, Mike and Beverly had taken it on the chin for more than a few offers. Mike and Beverly just wanted a house.  Mike and Beverly honestly would have been happy with pretty much any house with four walls at one point!  Mike and Beverly are handy and were willing to do work; a lot of work.  How could it be so hard?

And then we saw those gorgeous words ‘back on the market’, followed closely by the holy grail:  ‘sale fail’ for 15215 SE Harrison St.  We knew we had a shot if we moved quickly.  We requested the inspection reports which Mike and Beverly reviewed with a contractor.  That gave them the confidence to be able to waive the inspection contingency in full and bam, Mike and Beverly were under contract on a house that not only had four walls-  It was lovely!  15215 SE Harrison had a big sunny yard, a spacious, hip mid-century floor plan, and warm hardwood floors.  There is definitely room in the spacious, level lot to build that ADU for Mom, and to create community in a way that only homeownership affords.

We are so happy for Mike and Beverly who never lost hope, never gave up, and patiently waited for the right home to appear.  We are so in awe of the privilege that we were given to help these two wonderful folks find their first home.

To learn more about how to use sale fails to your advantage, and other Buyer tricks we have up our sleeves, give us a call!

Kari & Erika:  HouseLovePDX

971.322.6612

 

 

 

First Time Buyer gets America’s Home Grant

Posted on by Robin Hakeman

First time buyer gets America’s Home Grant!

It’s not everyday that a first time home buyer can become a home owner thanks to a grant program. However, that is exactly how my client joined the real estate market. She was fortunate to qualify for the America’s Home Grant through Bank of America, which offers closing cost assistance of $7,500. The credit can be used towards non-recurring closing costs, (think title insurance and recording fees), and to buy down the interest rate on the loan. My buyer closed on her home this week with $0.00 in closing costs and a 30 year, fixed-rate mortgage at 2.75%!! The icing on the cake? The funds she received do not need to be repaid to the bank!

One caveat of the program is that the subject property must be in a low to moderate income tract. Each home is run through the bank’s system to check the income tract. Some qualify and some do not, meaning you are limited to certain areas of Portland. The competition for these homes can be fierce. After making an offer on a property that received 10+ offers within 1 day, my client was discouraged.

Thankfully, this summer turned out to be the height of the selling season and homes were coming on the market left and right. A home on the outskirts of Montavilla came on the market and it was perfect for her. It met the Bank’s requirements so we went to see it. The house has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, a lovely living room & updated kitchen. There is a back deck and a small yard. The attached garage is perfect for her car and storage. Thanks to America’s Home Grant, my client was able to beat out the other offers and offer over the asking price. This could not have happened without the closing cost assistance she was given.

As an agent, it is important to know the options for your clients so they are able to get into a home. This is a single woman, on her own becoming a HOME OWNER!!! I am so proud to have helped her through this process. If you or someone you know would like to learn more about how to become a home owner, contact me today! Congratulations to my awesome client – she now owns her own special piece of Portland.