Inauguration Day! Broker Tour

After watching President Obama get sworn in at Costello's Tuesday morning, we heeded our leader's advice and got down to work and we got excited about condos this week. Call us for more info or a private showing on these or any other properties.

Rough & Tumble
4732 SE Madison. 3BR/1BA. $340,000. This Hawthorne Craftsman has some big bold rooms crying out for a restoration. The floor plan is a little wacky with the upstairs access via the back bedroom and sun porch. It’s also got vinyl siding but newer mechanical updates (furnace & A/C). It has a driveway & carport, however, (precious commodity in Hawthorne) although with A Pizza Scholls just around the corner and New Seasons on the way, who needs a car? more info & photos

Good News/Bad News Cape Cod
4300 NE Prescott. 3BR/1BA. $299,900. Yes, it’s a busy street, near a busy intersection. But its wisely opened-up kitchen and sunny French doors out to a deck and oversized back yard go a long way toward forgetting that. In fact, it even has a very sizable, freshly-tilled organic plot ready for planting. The house nervously balances some intact charm (hardwoods, built-ins) with some budget remodeling choices (kitchen, bath) and tight-feeling spaces, particularly the living and dining rooms and 2 bedrooms. But since it’s priced under $300K and fairly close-in, we can’t squabble too much (more.) more info & photos

New Construction Day in SE: Stop 1
3971 SE Clay. 3BR/3.1BA. $449,900. For those who need more baths than beds, here’s one for the books. This new construction is really attractive from the outside and the little dead-end street is indeed sweet. Finding a master bedroom on the entry floor (across from the garage) seemed odd at first until we discovered 2 MORE master bedrooms upstairs, making this a very ideal roommate set up. The kitchen has nice Jenn-Air appliances that come with. More info & photos

Sweet Spot Vintage Condo
2208 NE Schuyler. 2BR/1BA. $350,000. One of four units in a nicer 1922 building, this ground floor unit has spacious bedrooms and a lovely sunroom, as well as a newly-remodeled bath with an eye to the period. Fireplace, hardwoods, laundry room, small but nice kitchen...tough to be very critical! Also very walkable to the best of Irvington along Broadway. more info & photos

Twilight Zone, yet Pleasantly So
6214 SE Lincoln. 5BR/3.1BA. $449,900. This 1996 built house sits in a row of 90s-built houses looking across a nursery field at a row of 40s-built houses right at the base of Mt. Tabor. This house was built on land formerly owned by the school district and is one of 6 houses built by a Benson High School trade program. The cabinetry in the house is actually made from old Benson Bleachers. The space is quite efficient with formal areas plus a great room & 5 bedrooms on the 2nd floor. The Brady Bunch could live here. more info & photos

Rose City Midcentury
5411 NE Broadway. 3BR/2BA. $369,900. We got very excited when we first walked in to this house. The living room is lovely, sunny, and roomy. Nice dining room and eat-in kitchen, too! Then the 2 main floor bedrooms & bath - lovely! Spacious! But then we went downstairs to see the other touted “full floor of living space.” By comparison, it was pretty disappointing. Marginal bath, no carpeting and minimal warmth. 70’s paneling, too. Ugh. Overall, we’d say $20K less (toward fixing up the lower level.) It’s a nice quiet neighborhood; this one could/should be a good deal for just under $350K. more info & photos

Division/Clinton Cool
2530 SE 26th Ave. $264,900-$479,900. We officially love these. There are 7 modern condos left in the Clinton Condominiums. Think sleek, green, and radiant floor heating. As if being beautiful and high quality aren’t enough, they are right upstairs from little T’s bakery and the yoga of love (http://thebhaktishop.com/). more info & photos

Criminally Violated Victorian
443 NE Tillamook. 4BR/3.5BA $399,999. This WAS a Victorian. Actually, it still is, on the outside. Walk in, however, and one is rather joltingly transported into new construction...(is there ANYTHING left?) The new house is very bland, but public rooms are large and some of the light fixtures are nice. The baths aren’t bad, either, but they aren’t memorable. Shiny black granite counters and the all-too-common stock maple cabinetry, sans hardware. All 3 BRs up are tiny, closets minimal. And did we mention that it’s next to commercial property that fronts MLK? Oh well. It is. more info & photos


Affordable Woodstock
6217 SE 47th Ave. 3BR/2BA. $259,900. We walked away thinking this seemed odd for a 40s house and then realized it was built in 1959. The 2nd bedroom feels like an add on and the 3rd is in the basement; however, this little house does have some good space for the money. Nice hardwoods, quiet street, walk to Woodstock, and the light was good too. more info & photos