Got Trash, Portland? Meet the Bagster
Got trash? The Bagster might be your solution. For all intensive purposes the Bagster is a 8′ x 4′ x 30″ dumpster that would fit under your bed when not is use. Load it with up to 3300 …
Portland Real Estate Fixers and Rehab Projects
Once upon a Portland real estate market, fixer properties were hot commodities. They were easy to finance and the market allowed a lot, if not too much, forgiveness for what might be considered sub par remodels. Appreciation allowed …
Lead Based Paint Affects Portland Real Estate
On April 22nd, 2010 Oregon law changed regarding lead based paint. The standard earnest money agreement (offer between the buyer and seller) includes a contingency for the buyer’s right to conduct a lead inspection. Houses built before 1978 …
Portland Real Estate Remodeling
The cost versus value of remodeling is one of the major real estate questions that homeowners face. I wrote this post about the National Association of Realtors 2008 Cost Versus Value Report a couple of months ago. Hanley …
Home Improvement Show Lowers Ticket Prices to Auction Benefitting Make-A-Wish
Here’s a reminder that The Oregon Remodelers Association’s 34th annual Home Improvement Show auction event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon and southwest Washington is at 5:00PM this Thursday, September 24th, the first day of the show. …
Oregon Remodelers Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Oregon Remodelers Association‘s 34th annual Home Improvement Show auction event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon (and southwest Washington). The event is at 5:00PM on Thursday, September 24th, the first day of the show, like the …
Real Estate’s Dirty Laundry
I’m sure I wasn’t the first and I know I wasn’t the last since we just discovered the issue in a house we inspected: install a dryer vent when remodeling! Seems obvious that a laundry facility, a standard …
The Thanksgiving Housebeque
Since there were only four of us for Thanksgiving dinner this year, we decided that we’d have dinner out rather than having the traditional dinner and mess to clean up at home. Wildwood is only four blocks from …
A Kinder, Gentler City of Portland Permit Process
In Portland, most major (and some minor) projects require a permit. Do I need a permit? If you are doing the job yourself or are doing lots of things at once, it may make the most sense to …
Historic Fixer, Our Future Home
In the Portland market, we tend to think of fixers as being in the $200,000 range and under 2000 square feet. The buyers are usually first time homeowners or investors looking to “flip” the property for a profit …