It's a house, it's a rowhome, it's a condo...it's SOLD!

March 28th, 2012 by Jaime Arb Haessig

Sometimes houses are like people, you just can’t check a box and expect a home to conform to one narrow description. Case in point, this property looks like a house, lives like a house, is attached to two more properties like a row home and has an HOA. Yes indeed, this is a condo and a stunning one at that. Sitting high above the street just block a little more than a block downhill to NW 23rd and a short uphill walk to watch the swift at Chapman school. So it’s no wonder with all this flexibility that the property sold very quickly with multiple offers. Here are the details:

* 2466 NW Overton Unit A * 1971 square feet * 3+ bedrooms and 2.5 baths * Attached single car garage * Completely updated in 2003 *

* Sale price $524900 *

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Lake Oswego Sixties Home For Under $300,000: 17653 Mardee Avenue $289,900

March 27th, 2012 by Lance Marrs

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Yes it is possible to get a home in the Lake Oswego Hood for under 300k. Great schools in a bedroom community a mere 20 minutes at most from downtown Portland. What is not to love!

Built in 1963 this home has much to offer: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors, big lot and indeed private. Nice open simple floor plan with large kitchen and eating area.

With just a little love ( some paint, freshen up the carpet perhaps and add a light fixture or 2 ) this home is a cocktail away from being move in martini ready.

Word to all mothers.

Happy Spring Break and what not.

Lance Marrs
Principal Broker
Cell: 503.701.5323
lance@livingroomrealtors.com
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Don't Blink or You'll Miss It!

March 27th, 2012 by Amber Turner

This charmer, just blocks from the Clinton/Division hub, was a scooped up within hours of hitting the market. The home sits on an oversized lot with an awesome detached, heated studio and great gardening space. Add to that the beautiful hardwoods, vintage touches and ample light make this one irresistable cottage. Updates include newer dishwasher and water heater, some new windows, new plumbing and subway tile in the bathroom, plus a new patio and patio cover. The 3 chickens and their coop are optional.

2632 SE Grant St., Portland, OR 97214

Listed for $329,900

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Amber Turner
Cell: 503.804.1261
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Recipe for One Perfect Hollywood Bungalow

March 25th, 2012 by Laura Wood

Recipe for One Perfect Hollywood Bungalow

Start with large helping of Bungalow goodies:
Front Porch for hanging out and waving to neighbors
Built-ins, Box Beam ceilings
Fireplace and hardwood floors

Add improvements for today’s living:
Open Kitchen, 3 full bathrooms, family room on main floor and family room in basement
Custom playhouse in fabulous backyard
Amazing walkability to grocery store, Farmer’s Market, Max, Restaurants and Coffee

Locate in perfect story-book neighborhood (no coincidence Beverly Cleary Elementary is located here)
Simmer for short period in incredibly hot Portland Spring Market and ….
One Perfect Hollywood Bungalow!
Don’t wait – too delicious to last.

2324 NE 43rd Ave
$524,900
3bed/3bath, Family Room & Finished Basement
2673 SF
RMLS #12245062

Open Sunday 3/25 1-3

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Laura Wood
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Just Listed - Adorable SW Vermont Hills Bungalow

March 24th, 2012 by Tracey Henkels

2 bed, 1 bath Vermont Hills Bungalow

This home has it going on! It is truly a little oasis in the woods of Vermont Hills. This adorable 2 bed, 1 bath bungalow offers a private and close-in SW location. The home is built on a beautiful, fully-fenced + oversized lot at the end of a dead-end street! Cozy living room with hardwood floors + romantic fireplace. The kitchen + bath have been tastefully updated. A large deck off kitchen the provides easy outdoor living. The covered front porch is picture perfect. You can just imagine having your morning coffee on the porch watching the birdies in the trees. Some other ammenities that this home offers is a huge 2-car gar, deluxe chicken coupe, brick pizza oven + raised beds. So here’s the cherry on top: There’s an unfinished daylight basement with great ceiling height. This basement could live more like a first floor when finished and double the size of the sqaure footage of this little gem!

Offered at $250,000

Address: 4001 SW Fairvale Drive, Portland, OR 97221

RMLS# 12181372

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Tracey Henkels
Cell: 503.715.6140
traceyhenkels@gmail.com
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3122 SW Maricara - Video Tour

March 10th, 2012 by Jillian

Click Here for Video Tour of 3122 SW Maricara

“This device isn’t a space ship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, forwards. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called a wheel, it’s called a carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels. Round and a round, and back home again. To a place where we know we are loved.” – Don Draper Mad Men, episode: The Wheel

Homes reflect so much of where we are in life in the moment, or where we want to be. Sometimes they reflect where we were or where we begin things. Homes are the largest platform most people can use visually, intimately, or professionally to convey whatever it is we want to convey. We also choose to retreat inside and feel safe within it’s shelter, so we work to make it safe and nurturing. We live our lives with variety that cannot be compared to our neighbors, friends, or colleagues, so home is the place in which we can truly be ourselves without concern for any such comparisons. Entering another persons home is an invitation into their world, it’s an honor that shouldn’t be overlooked or left without appreciation for that persons life. It can be such a gift; to help a person, couple, or family find the home they are looking for.

Details of listing Here.

Video Tour Here.

River Front Living

March 9th, 2012 by Laura Wood

A million dollar view for $184,900. Sit on the deck and enjoy the river, the wildlife and the feeling of always being on vacation. Huge custom sliding doors guarantee that your river view is the first thing you see when you walk in the door. The living room is light-soaked even on gray winter days. The first floor is an open room concept with a gas fireplace in the living room, hardwoods in the dining room and tons of built-ins for storage. The master has a walk-in closet and there’s even a cute little office space under the stairs, not at all Harry Potterish. And most importantly – I’ve got to say Portlanders need to get over themselves about Milwaukie. Just stop. This condo is next to the Waverly Country Club, a stone’s throw away from Sellwood. And while you’re throwing stones you can toss one and hit the new Max Station that’s going in Milwaukie. You’ll be so connected you won’t know what to do with yourself. Here’s my advice: sit on the deck and enjoy a cup of coffee and a million dollar view, learn how to kayak, have breakfast at Grand Central and feel superior to those Portland friends who didn’t discover Milwaukie until it was too late.

1500 SE Lava Drive Milwaukie OR RMLS#12334846

Come visit me at the open house this Sunday, March 11th 1-3pm. Park in any of the non-covered spaces. We’ll have cupcakes!

2 bed/1.1 bath
1182 sf
$184,900 taxes $2227.01
HOA $200/mo (water, garbage, sewer, exterior maintenance, insurance)
Small 21 unit complex. Only 7 have river view!

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Laura Wood
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love me for who i am. i am beautiful. i am 3905 ne holman.

March 6th, 2012 by Lance Marrs

3905 ne holman has a new owner.

the new owner is happy.

happy because 3905 ne holman is so beautiful. so wonderful. so holman.

every now and then again a house like holman presents itself and one can only hope that if they are a buyer looking for a holman, that they are working with a living room realtor who gets it.

get connected.

word.

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Lance Marrs
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Classic Portland Bungalow with Modern Flow & Perennially Hip Location

February 26th, 2012 by Hope Beraka

I think one of my favorite things about the IFC show Portlandia is that it makes me nostalgic for the nineties. You know the show opening song, “The dream of the nineties is alive in Portland…”? Well boys and girls, settle in as we take a trip down memory lane to the intersection of 35th and Hawthorne. A time before gastro-pubs, confit and classic cocktails. It was Coffee People not Stumptown, Hippies not Hipsters, street music and sidewalk artists and all manner of freaks and geeks. In other words, the origins of Portlandia, and in my opinion the epicenter was Hawthorne Boulevard.

Fast forward to 2012 and what we find is a Hawthorne Boulevard grown up, like its neighborhood residents, with a great blend of divey and upscale and no shortage of musicians, artists and free thinkers. We also have the then unknown rise of Clinton/Division; an incredible and gradual transformation of a long stretch of commercial into one of the City’s most concentrated collections of fantastic eateries and home to local grocer New Seasons Market. I guess it’s all just Portland’s way of saying Location, Location, Location.

Over and over in my business, I see people make their housing choices by neighborhood. Some are pulled to a specific type of architecture in one neighborhood, some to the century old street trees in another neighborhood, but nearly all talk about walkability and access to good coffee, food and drink, groceries and a good park.

Today I’m writing about a property that combines the best of all these amenities with the quality of early 1900s bungalow architecture on a quiet corner lot with west and south sun exposure. Wood floors and unpainted woodwork remind us of the home’s origins and a generous open floor plan provides us with how we really live in today’s world. Don’t miss out. Catch the Sunday Open House 2/26/12 from 12-3pm.

See you there.

Offer Price: $389,900

1936 SE 35th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214

2 bedrooms | 1.5 baths | approx 2700 sqaure feet including basement

large upstairs bonus room is easy third bedroom

schools: abernethy | hosford | cleveland

mls: #12283671

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Going, Going, Gone! Another Duplex Goes Pending with Multiple Offers

February 21st, 2012 by Jaime Arb Haessig

As a child who grew up with an auctioneer for a father, I am quiet familiar with the reaction from the crowd when a highly desired item is announced to the crowd. They tighten towards the item for sale, asking questions in rapid fire, there’s always one or two who can’t contain their enthusiasm and quickly bid in hopes this with thwart others. Listing this Boise-Elliot duplex was a flash back in time. Buyers swarmed, most of who are investor ready to take advantage of the low mortgage interest rates and the high rental rates. The current inventory is extremely low for quality investment plexes in desirable neighborhoods. I’ve heard rumor of other plexes that hit the market the same week having gone 50-75k OVER asking price! These stories bring back imagines of auctions and eager buyers fighting for that final bid.

After just three short days on the market, I sat down with a very happy seller to present not one but four offers all over asking price! I helped her dissect the offers one by one to fully understand the terms that make each offer slightly different although all offers were quite good, there could only be one winning bid. If only I had three more of these duplexes to sell…So if you’re a seller and you’ve been thinking maybe it might be time to sell your multifamily plex property, give me a call, I would be excited to do my best and recreate the events of the past week. There really are some childhood flashbacks worth reliving.

List Price: $299,900 *** built in 1906 *** $1235 annual taxes*** 2 Units both 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom, approximately 730 sq ft. renting at $900 and $975/month.

Updates include: new sewer, new commercial grade hot water heater, newer furnaces, updated bathrooms and kitchens, insulation blown in between ceiling of lower unit and floor of upper, and gas clothing dryer.

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