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‘Twas Meant to Be in Overlook

By Alyssa Isenstein Krueger, July 16, 2020

Josh and Evayn were referred to me by some great past clients of mine. We met for the first time via Zoom and we talked about the current state of the market and what to expect as a home buyer looking to purchase a home in close-in North or Northeast Portland. I explained how despite the pandemic, real estate was as busy as it’s ever been with nearly every good house getting multiple offers and almost always going over asking. Having caught them up to speed on the state of the market they were prepared for the worst, or at least prepared that it might take a while before they found the perfect house and had an offer accepted. We discussed what they were hoping to find, and they mentioned that they had seen a house listed in Overlook that seemed to check all their boxes. It had just gone pending so unfortunately that was off  the table as an option. Or was it?

We went through the available listings to select a few homes to see, and pickings were as slim as a dry noodle. They did find a few that seemed worthy of seeing, if only to get a sense of the kinds of houses on the market in their price range. We went on our first house seeking adventure, and they found one house that with a lot of imagination and sweat equity might work. As they were considering that house, lo and behold their dream house that they had told me about came back on the market. We zipped over there and saw it that evening to see it and it was as perfect in person for them as it was online. A sweet little 2 bedroom 1 bath mid-century on a dead-end street just a couple blocks from happenings on Interstate with a great fenced and private yard for their mutt Peabody and a stellar garage that is the perfect set-up for one day converting it into an ADU. The interior sported gleaming hardwood floors, fabulous paint colors in every room, a perfectly intact vintage mid-century kitchen and a huge laundry/storage/utility room.

The first time this house came on the market it had multiple offers and went for slightly over asking. This time around the seller was super motivated to get it back under contract and didn’t want to wait around for a pile of offers to maybe appear. We wrote up a great full price offer, submitted it right away and thankfully the seller was super motivated to get the house back under contract and accepted Josh and Evayn’s offer pretty quickly.  The previous buyer had already done the sewer scope, radon test and we had the tank information, so we scheduled the inspection and the house passed with flying colors. Everything else went smooth as butter and six weeks after we first met via Zoom, they had the keys to their new home in hand.

 

 

Alyssa Isenstein Krueger

Broker | OR

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