By Living Room Realty, March 27, 2019
Who has a baby? I have a baby. Anyone who has or has had a baby knows you quickly get to the point where they are moving, moving EVERYWHERE. Every obstacle just becomes an added level to the game of “How do I get around this, over this, or how do I eat this?” So when you find a home with space (like a lot of space) for all the crawling, walking and kids stuff, and it’s within eye sight of a newly remodeled Instgrammable kitchen, it’s like breathing a deep sigh of relief as you enjoy your second (third?) cup of coffee.
Kristen and Andrew first moved to Portland about a year ago for Andrew’s medical residency program and shortly after welcomed their first baby. They were living in a cute apartment in Concordia and loved the neighborhood and being able to walk to Alberta Park, but their space quickly felt smaller and smaller as there daughter grew bigger and bigger. They knew they didn’t want to spend money on rent any more and wanted to invest in a home.
While they had an idea of the neighborhoods they wanted to be in, they also knew their limitations and prioritized a home that was more or less in move-in ready condition, because after all who has time renovate when you have a new baby? With very little inventory at the beginning of 2019, they saw how crazy the Portland housing market could get when only one out of every 15 homes that came up in inner Northeast Portland had some charm and was move-in-ready. Rather than continually wait for the inventory to improve and the chaos to subside, or settle for a home that needed a lot of work, they decided to look a little farther East and quickly found a recently remodeled and spacious older home with a big yard and in a quiet neighborhood that was still walking distance to a great park. Now they have plenty of space for all members of the family to roam, including the cat who apparently has a thing for running up and down stairs.
Congratulations Kristen and Andrew!
