Tag: old portland home

Beautiful Piedmont FourSquare

Posted on by Shannon Dooley

Do not miss this beautiful Piedmont FourSquare! This house has timeless style with all of the modern updates you want. The main level is perfect for family living or entertaining and the kitchen is a chefs dream. Bedrooms and laundry are upstairs (dream!) as is a 3rd floor walk up attic with tons of potential! The basement has a fully separate living area w/kitchenette, 4th nonconforming bedroom, bath, and its own W/D. Deck and large yard for soaking up the summer sun, and an oversized garage with electric, water, gas is waiting for you and your projects.

I hope this blog post finds you well. These are strange days for sure and I hope you’re keeping sane and healthy while maintaining social distance. If there’s something you need please don’t hesitate to reach out, as long as I’m well I’m happy to help where I can. I don’t leave the house unless I’m armed with my mask, gloves and sanitizer – there’s non messing around over here!

Match Made in Rose City Park!

Posted on by Shannon Dooley

Occasionally a house built in 1912 needs a little love and it takes just the right person to give it all they’ve got. In this case I got to play matchmaker for my client and we found just the right place for her. Already armed with a Master’s degree she found a passion in old homes and is now a student again and working on her degree in Historic Preservation. She commutes to Astoria weekly and learns about window restoration, stained glass, plaster repair, and so much more. Really, there are few people as perfect to bring this house back to it’s full glory. I am so excited to see the “after” pictures when she is done – it is going to be amazing.

She once shared a favorite quote by an unknown source that really resonates with me, “Old buildings are not ours. They belong, partly to those who built them, and partly to the generations who are to follow us.” May we all be good stewards of the old buildings and keep the history of our city alive.