I’m sure I wasn’t the first and I know I wasn’t the last since we just discovered the issue in a house we inspected: install a dryer vent when remodeling! Seems obvious that a laundry facility, a standard washer and dryer requires: A power source for both machines (appropriate electricity and possibly gas). Hot and… Continue reading Real Estate’s Dirty Laundry

The Oregon Remodelers Association‘s 34th annual Home Improvement Show auction event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon (and southwest Washington).  The event is at 5:00PM on Thursday, September 24th, the first day of the show, like the rest of the show, is at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland (not the Expo Center).

Here’s a reminder that The Oregon Remodelers Association’s 34th annual Home Improvement Show auction event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon and southwest Washington is at 5:00PM this Thursday, September 24th, the first day of the show. Like the rest of the show, is at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland (not the Expo… Continue reading Home Improvement Show Lowers Ticket Prices to Auction Benefitting Make-A-Wish

The cost versus value of remodeling is one of the major real estate questions that homeowners face.  I wrote this post about the National Association of Realtors 2008 Cost Versus Value Report a couple of months ago. Hanley Wood has a much more regional tool for the cost versus value of projects.  The link is… Continue reading Portland Real Estate Remodeling

On April 22nd, 2010 Oregon law changed regarding lead based paint.  The standard earnest money agreement (offer between the buyer and seller) includes a contingency for the buyer’s right to conduct a lead inspection.  Houses built before 1978 may have been painted with lead based paint.

Once upon a Portland real estate market, fixer properties were hot commodities.  They were easy to finance and the market allowed a lot, if not too much, forgiveness for what might be considered sub par remodels.  Appreciation allowed for some leeway if the buyer was planning on holding the property as well.  Today’s market doesn’t… Continue reading Portland Real Estate Fixers and Rehab Projects

Got trash?  The Bagster might be your solution.  For all intensive purposes the Bagster is a 8′ x 4′ x 30″ dumpster that would fit under your bed when not is use.  Load it with up to 3300 pounds of just about anything nonhazardous and call to have it picked up.