Homes with Character in Portland Oregon
$306,000 — 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath — 1810 SF
| Sunny, spacious, charming 1923 bungalow. Near hot new cafes like Luce, as well as Whole Foods, Laurelhurst Theater, Screen Door, 28th Ave, food carts and more. Light pours in! Beautiful hardwoods. Big kitchen & bedrooms. Bonus area in attic. Sunny garden spots. Buckman school! Bike-friendly cute detached garage on east side. |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 91 Days on Market
$250,000 — 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths — 2104 SF
| Urban retreat! Bright & open 1923 Bungalow w full porch in beautiful setting. Huge fenced yard w privacy & waterfall, sun & shade. Updated kitchen opens to deck. 3 bdrms, all up/2 baths. Wood flrs. New furnace, mostly dbl windows. Hip Foster-Powell offers parks, cafes, bikeways & live music. Continue updating this spacious bungalow to make it all your own. |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 7 Days on Market
$362,500 — 3 Bedrooms, 1.1 Baths — 2428 SF
| Mid Century Modern in Concordia near New Seasons & Kennedy School. Spacious and open living & dining with “Modern” details. Lots of light with big windows everywhere. Classic “racetrack” ceiling. Big party room w fplc. New high eff gas furnace. Storms. Patio (or inexpensively depave it for sunny garden!). Either Jefferson or Madison HS. |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 28 Days on Market
$272,000 — 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath — 2013 SF
| Beautiful Cape Cod with character. Hardwoods! Tucked away on charming street 6 blks from Roseway Theater & cafes (Pho Vinh & more!). Near parks & k-8 school. Updated kitchen opens to big, sunny yard w garden & privacy. Double living rm + formal dining. Spa tub & separate shower. Listing agent related to seller. Sqft includes 193sf garage. |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 3 Days on Market
$389,000 — 3 Bedrooms, 2.1 Baths — 1846 SF
| Tiny House + Big House! Amazing opportunity to get into Hawthorne/Belmont & Sunnsyside Env School! Legally rent out 1 house to make it affordable! Exceptionally bright, charming 1-level studio cottage (ADU), PLUS 3 bdrm 1.5 bath *fixer* bungalow with refinished wood floors, open stair, big kitchen & all 3 bdrms up. Updated furnace, roof, more. Walkscore 95! |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 160 Days on Market
Near cafes and shops, in the heart of the Belmont District. Perfect for frequent guests, rental, or home office.
Near Laurelhurst Park, the library and the Belmont and Hawthorne District cafes and Hawthorne New Seasons too!
Cottage plus fixer 3 bedroom bungalow. The big house has beautiful refinished fir floors. Great big kitchen ready for your re-visioning, with a vintage range. Three bedrooms, all upstairs. 1.5 baths.
Plus, reap the benefits of the utterly adorable guest cottage in the back (official ADU!), sunny deck, and garden. Contact me for showing information.
$410,000 — 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths — 2426 SF
| Bike-friendly Heart of Hawthorne retreat in Colonial Heights w attached garage/Artist studio. Fabulous organic gardens! Vintage oak floors w/inlay & built-ins. Lots of space! City views from upstairs skylight. Tremendous potential in tall bsmt. Beautiful built-in cedar sauna. Major upgrades include roof, central air, sewer, more. Near cafes, New Seasons! |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 71 Days on Market
$390,000 — 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths — 3057 SF
| Gorgeous craftsman bungalow 3 level. DUPLEX + 3rd kitchen & bath in bsmt. Near PSU, OHSU, New Seasons, new Max. Sunny 1200 sf main floor 2 bdrm w/fplc, wrap-around porch, hdwd, natural woodwk & built-ins. Lg bright loft-like upper flat. Easy restore to single family. Big yd w/garden.Garage. Seller is listing agent. |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 151 Days on Market
Beautiful 1913 craftsman duplex for sale. Natural woodwork! Hardwood floors and fireplace. Built-ins. Big kitchen in large main floor 2 bedroom flat. Sweet upstairs loft-like apartment too. And semi-finished basement with 3rd kitchen and bath.
Wraparound porch, garage, big back yard, and oversized garage.
Bike friendly and close to Brooklyn neighborhood cafes and Clinton Bike Blvd, People’s Food Co-op and New Seasons. Springwater Corridor and Esplanade too!
A few minutes to PSU/downtown, more. House next door is going to be beautiful–still in the design phase.
John McCutcheon will be playing live on my show on KBOO this Friday, 11/11/11.
John writes a lot of activist songs, leaning fully to the left, though he has also been a prolific singer and songwriter of kids songs and spiritually tinged songs of the seasons. “Christmas in the Trenches” (from his 1984 album Winter Solstice) tells the story of the Christmas truce of 1914. Hail to the Chief is made up entirely of malapropisms from George W. Bush. I especially love his rhythmic and inspiring “Step by Step” (the longest march, can be won).
John appears live on the 11th at the Alberta Rose Theater.
Movin’ On runs from noon to 1:30 every Friday and features live and recorded folk, political, and women’s music on Portland’s only community radio station: KBOO, at 90.7 fm or streaming live at www.KBOO.FM
Laurie Sonnenfeld hosts most first and third Fridays and Don Jacobson hosts on most 2nd and 4th Fridays.
I’m hearing about 4.25% and 4.5% fixed rates. Today, Wednesday the 10th, I am hearing about rates for 30 year fixed loans with normal fees, under 4%. Even for investment purchases. Buyers who are able are moving forward with purchases to take advantage of the rates. Let me know if you want to know more. I can refer you to several reputable sources to get pre-approved for a purchase loan or a refinance. If you are self employed, the low rates will help you get financing. If you have to take an interest rate increase now because of credit or self employment, it won’t hurt as much because the starting rates are so low. If you’ve been considering buying a home in Portland Oregon, or a doing refi, call me. Now is the time.
I am hosting it at my place in SE Portland off Hawthorne. Details follow.
From Joanne: I’ve been leading these “Singing into Being” groups since 1991 for groups young & old, numbering from 1-100.
No experience necessary.
Free up your voice!
Samples of Joanne’s music. If you’re interested, please call or email me to reserve a spot. If the Sliding scale $15 – $20 is a barrier please contact me about attending at reduced cost. 503-750-1630.
You can hear Joanne with Jim Page on KBOO today on my folk show (Friday June 17). I’ll be interviewing them and they’ll play live!
And then, Jim Page and Joanne Rand in concert at Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont, Friday 6/17, 7 to 10 pm.
Friday April 1st — I welcome Howard Wade, a guitarist of nearly half a century, who shares his traditional fingerstyle blues, folk and ragtime. His influences include Rev. Gary Davis, Misssissippi John Hurt and Jorma Kaukonen. “The music we make tells the story of America. It’s not the story we were told in school. … It carries the hope, despair, love, hate, triumphs and tragedies of us all. It’s our job as musicians to honor the story and carry it forward.” –from www.HowardWade.com.
Howard performs Friday night April 1st at Artichoke Music’s Friday coffeehouse. For those of you who don’t know, Artichoke is a non-profit dedicated to acoustic music. They have a store, offer workshops and lessons and have a live performance space. Every Friday they host a coffeehouse with 5 or 6 up and coming musicians.
Friday April 15 — OMG It’s Peggy Seeger, in person, herself. Interview live by Michael O’Rourke and my co-host Don Jacobson (filling in for me that day). Friday night she’ll perform at the Folk Music Society Third Friday concert at St. Phillip Neri on SE Division. Saturday a workshop opportunity with the Folk Music Society. More later on this.
Friday April 29 — Nancy Curtin and Nancy Conescu bring a riveting program of live Irish music.
The forest service is proposing to privatize 27 remote and beautiful campgrounds in the Mt. Hood National Forest. The proposal includes privatizing Bagby Hot Springs, the only free hot springs in the area.
Bagby has had its share of problems, but I wonder if privatizing the places we go to relax is the best idea. Listen to a story about privatizing Bagby from OPB radio:
Here’s where you can go to email a comment to be included in the public record on this proposal.
To learn more about Mt. Hood National Forest actions and issues, check out BARK.
Deadline for public comment was February 14.
$461,500 — 3 Bedrooms, 2.1 Baths — 3690 SF
| Gorgeous Mid-Century w space to stretch out, inside & out. Character. Charm. Stunning pecan flrs. Lovely updated kitchen w island. Sunroom opens to huge outdoors. Large bdrms. Daylight lower fam rm & 2 more poss bdrms + ofc, shop or art studio, bath. Secluded 1/4 acre. Room to garden or build granny cottage. Quiet culdesac nr Clinton Bikeway & cool cafes |
Listed by: Laurie Sonnenfeld @ M Realty LLC
SOLD — 11 Days on Market
Stunning Mid Century Classic on 1/4 Acre Lot Near Bike Boulevard.
This house is lovely. Gorgeous pecan hardwood floors. Lots and lots of elbow room. Big bedrooms, and two more possible in the daylight lower level.
Big workshop just right for an art studio or work at home space, with a separate entrance. Or perhaps turn it into an in-law quarters. It already has a great bath.
This is my brand new website… welcome! It has a fancy new home search feature I hope you will enjoy. Thanks for dropping by.
–Laurie