We met Carli & her beautiful sidekick Claudia back around in 2015 and were looking for land at that time in the Portland Metro Area for her to build her own tiny home. Carli comes from a family of doers, makers and earth shakers. Her parents have built their own homes so Carli’s standards for her home were very high, plus she is a minimalist and knew she didn’t need a big home to make her happy. Since nothing was coming up that fit what she had envisioned she took a break for a few years. We kept each other in our lives and celebrated personal victories along the way. The thing that we began to see more and more in Carli was a warrior’s spirit in a sweet and caring capsule.

When she wasn’t making beautiful jewelry and hanging with her friends and Claudia she was fighting animal abuse and standing up for what she is so passionate about, raising awareness about animal injustice all over the world.

Then last year Carli reached out and mentioned that her housing situation may be changing and that she would like to start looking again at what was on the market, and then sent me this beauty:

A new construction tiny home within the Portland Metro Area!

When we went to tour it, it checked so many of the boxes of what Carli mentioned would be essential to her and Claudia, but there was also a lot of details to this project that were not smoothed out from the seller. So, we found ourselves in limbo for many months and trying to piece together the answers to the many questions we had about this home to make sure it was in deed a good fit and investment for Carli and Claudia.

After we placed together a few essential pieces of information we needed Carli took the plunge and reserved the unit to put her in first position once the home officially was registered with the state, still knowing that it was still uncertain that she would be able to be the owner of the property.  When the state finally recognized the home, there were 2 other buyers that bid over what Carli had reserved the unit for and were trying to bump her out of 1st position. We put our heads together and fought back without overbidding to ensure that she didn’t loose this spot and in the end Carli prevailed over her competitors.

We found ourselves officially in contract and began our inspections and though there was definitely a lot of back and forth with the seller over the items that needed to get corrected, Carli again prevailed and the journey of getting her dream home finally became a reality today. After 15 years of dreaming of her very own tiny home, I was so honored to be able to deliver her the keys to her very own tiny home.

Carli, I can’t tell you how impressed and proud of you I am for standing your ground and achieving this dream.  I can’t wait to see the special touch your put on this beauty and am looking forward to our many adventures to come.