First-time homebuyer, Corinne, showed her marvelous taste through this major remodel of her 1950's bathroom. Imagine an old mint-green bathtub, leaky faucets and rotted shower wall, scratched cabinets and enamel-worn sinks - to this! Congratulations Corinne, on both your new home and bathroom. It looks fantastic!
Agent Sarah Moon Lunde of the PDX Green Team handed over the keys to another happy couple for their gorgeous SE home this week! Annie & Eric now have plenty of room for working from home while their two kitties - Scooter & Maddie Girl- race up and down the many fun staircases! But best of all is the magical outdoor space, both front and back, where Annie can apply her extensive community gardening experience, while Eric relaxes to the sounds of the water features as he swings from the hammock under their lovely covered deck. Another perfect pairing of house & clients!
Urban Nest Buyer's Agent Rachel Day assisted her first time home Buyer in her purchase of an adorable home in NE Portland. During her client's Inspection, the Inspector unearthed an original square nail from when the house was built in 1886! He thought it was worth keeping, and gave it to Rachel to gift to the soon-to-be home owner. Rather than just hand it to her client, Rachel decided to get crafty and secure the nail next to a photograph of the house. Now it can be displayed on the wall for all to see and enjoy! You nailed it, Rachel Day!
When Tina Schafer's client, Nicole, decided it was time to say goodbye to the home she had cherished for the past 18 years, it was bittersweet. She and her partner lovingly prepared the home for sale and were rewarded with five offers from Buyers vying to become the new owners. Nicole was extremely touched to learn that the Buyer who purchased her home is a professional puppeteer and handcrafted a thoughtful gift basket for her, which she was able present in person on closing day!
We wish Nicole a hearty congratulations and well wishes for her next exciting adventure!
In the world of Real Estate transactions there can be many bumps in the road. Especially when selling one house to buy another. It's a delicate balance of timing and luck, but sometimes it all comes together, as if by design. That's how it was for Agent Wren Shiffler's darling clients, Ross & Rachel (Yes, they get the Friends joke, all the time.) when they decided to sell the only house their boys had ever known and move into something with a little room to grow.
Their house in the King neighborhood sold in just four short days, for more than asking price, to a woman that works at Oregon Tradeswomen, which is just two blocks away from the house. Talk about a perfect match! While the market has plenty of investment buyers that might have seen an opportunity to clear the lot and build new, this Buyer will be restoring it to original condition. So Ross & Rachel could rest assured their old family home was going to be in good hands and seek their next abode.
As it turns out, their timing was perfect, because they found their new home and were under contract the very next week. Thanks to the reasonable Seller, and having all their ducks in a row, the transaction went through without a hitch, and just like that they were in their beautiful new home, one perfect for their growing family.
Moving from the only home they'd ever known, the boys were understandably trepidatious at first, but the new house has carpeting upstairs that they love to tumble around on and they will each have their own bedroom, and a bigger garden. Philo, was already on his way to becoming a master of climbing the tree in their new front yard within an hour of the family receiving the keys. And the boys are excited to be only a block away from Lents Park!
"I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED working with this sweet family!! Pretty much a dream deal!....Wonderful clients, super smooth transaction, pretty much all of it damn near perfection. I think these guys must have stored up a lot of good karma - everything went their way, beginning to end. It was such a pleasure to work with them."--Wren Shiffler
One last thing, because of the move they had to leave behind a beloved jasmine plant, affectionately refer to as Jazzy, at their old house. Agent Wren Shiffler remedied that by presenting them with a Star Jasmine plant for their new yard, as one of their housewarming gifts. They're calling it Jazzy Jr.
