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Her First Home Renovation

By Living Room Realty, January 30, 2020

I Want to Fix Up an Old House

Tasa first reached out to me in 2018. She had seen some of the work I’ve done, and expressed a deep interest to buy and renovate a house. She also “warned me” she had no home renovation experience outside of her own, but as a professional home stager, she had design sense.  Had work was second nature to Tasa, and that she had a successful janitorial business for over 20 years helped.

That said, we started off on the journey to get Tasa ready to take on a renovation project. From finding a funding source, to vetting contractors, we went through many of the ins and outs of house flipping.

The Modern Kenton Ranch

Nine months later we found this sweet Portland ranch in the Kenton neighborhood. Because she was skeptical at first, Tasa passed it up. While it was a smaller size house, which was appropriate for her first project, it was still in pretty rough shape. It was certainly rougher than what she was looking for. After weeks of searching, I asked her if she would reconsider the Kenton house. We went back for another look, and something changed. All of a sudden she was ready to go, and this time around Tasa knew this was the renovation for her.

And so it was.  We wrote that offer. Her offer was the only one, and the sellers accepted. While I knew she had it in her, I was impressed every step of the way. Her quality job and dedication was distinct, and she spent almost everyday at the house until the renovation was complete, including her birthday. She expressed to me that taking this leap was something she had talked about for 10 years. I’m very proud, and it’s been a privilege to work with her. It’s not a surprise that she’s already onto her next renovation. That one will be coming soon in Milwaukie, Oregon.

 

 

 

Interested in other home renovations, check out this Portland Farmhouse I restored in the Montavilla neighborhood here.

Bobby Curtis
Principle Broker
Licensed in Oregon
Licensed Contractor
CCB# 215071
503-502-3066

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