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It was a long and difficult close, with pitfalls at every turn. But with a willing couple who stayed calm, a lender that stayed on target and a title company that gave clarity to a muddy title we got there! My buyers initially thought they could qualify for a VA Loan which allowed them to […]
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Click HERE to watch the virtual tour! This remarkable home was designed and built in 1951 by Roscoe Hemenway, one of Portland’s preeminent architects. Hemenway, known for his Colonial Revival homes, designed this for the Theodore Wilcox family, and it is considered his finest work. The Wilcox family bequeathed the home to the Catholic Diocese […]
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Offered at $500,000, this lovely 1320sq ft condo has been my home for the past 5 years. I have seen The Williams Corridor change dramatically in that time. When I first moved in there was only one block of apartments and now there are more than I can count. A vibrant community has grown up […]
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Nearly 20 years ago I went to my first ever charity auction in Portland. I took my friend Erin, to the Montgomery Park building in NW Portland not really knowing what to expect. It was a fundraiser for The American Cancer Society, I had a friend who had donated to it, and so to support […]
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Years ago, I lived in Forest Heights (trying out for a quick minute living on the Westside and discovering in the process that I really am an Eastside girl!). I loved the drive up and down NW Thompson, and around NW Skyline; the views were always interesting and there was always some new construction to […]
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It’s been a very busy spring! Daria and I had lots of great deals and one difficult. It is always the difficult that hone your negotiation skills; trying your hardest to understand motives, reasoning and sometimes what appears to be complete lunacy. We were put through the mill but emerged better for it, deal intact […]
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Well, that was by all accounts the longest, coldest, snowiest winter we’ve seen in decades. I was really glad to have winter tires on my car, from November onward, and only now considering taking them off for my summer slicks. My motorcycle just got a set of knobbly tires for a summer of off-roading, starting […]
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Offered at $937,000 this beautiful contemporary home has a one bed ADU that brings $1600 per month in rent. Architect Jacob Chavez has designed a residence which is efficient, quietly sophisticated, and, simultaneously, extends an overall feeling of generosity, spaciousness & peacefulness. A circular plan around a central stair creates efficient use of square footage […]
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Last month we closed on my listing on NE 51st. It was a fast sale but not without its own drama in this really quick market. We listed the house late one Monday afternoon in readiness for the brokers tour that happens every Tuesday morning. The sign had gone up that morning and already I […]
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Today I am working with a dear friend, an artist, photographer by trade. I got to know her because a mutual friend posted on Facebook about a book she was trying to get printed via a Kickstarter campaign. I remember thinking ‘oh this is really interesting, I’ll back this project!’ and that’s how it began. […]
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