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Updated July 27 2008 –

We still want to move closer to our kids school, but summer is coming to an end, and we’re just about ready to give up. After coming down over $70,000, here’s our last pitch before we just stay where we are.

We’re priced well below neighboring competition, after starting at $425,000, and we have now lowered it for the very LAST TIME to just $355,000.

• 3283 sq. ft.
• 4 bedroom, 4 bathrooms (2 full baths w/ tub &shower and 2 half baths)
• Living room, and formal dining room off kitchen
• Second family / TV room off kitchen
• Vaulted entry with hardwood floors
• Open staircase maximizes shared light
• kitchen nook plus kitchen dining counter
• ANOTHER giant family room downstairs
• A 700 square foot shop (or office space)
• Rooms for everyone with room to spare!

20×14 kitchen updated in 2006 with marmoleum flooring & new cabinet pull-outs

Tiled cook island with Jenn-Air range & breakfast nook overlooking the treed backyard

Family room adjoining kitchen features cozy wood-burning fireplace with tile surround & lovely oak mantle plus door to second upper deck with view to Vancouver Wa.

Sunken living room with 1/2 circle window & vaulted ceiling with exposed beam & architectural interest

Formal dining room in decorator colors with chair rail & angled doorways

20×14 family room on lower level features bay windows plus 2 doors to back patio

20×14 unfinished shop area with room for your projects

Master suite features double doors, private balcony deck overlooking treed backyard, walk-in closet & ceiling fan ~ Bath features tiled soaker tub with tree view & tandem tiled sinks

Exterior features
Good sized lot backs to private greenspace with views of lush greenery
Peek-a-boo views of downtown Portland Oregon from upstairs
Great outdoor living space with lower patio plus upper deck & private master balcony deck ~ All decks sealed in 2006 ~ 25-year transferable guarantee
Fenced backyard ~ Landscaped with pretty rock & moss pathways
Attached 2-car garage

$425,000 – updated May 2008 to $361,000 updated July 2008 – $349,900 (with no realtor consideration)

Well I guess we’re not moving, which is just as well I suppose. We really do love the house, and other than getting a manufactured home from J & M Homes, I’m not sure we could afford anything else since we’d have to take so little for our house.

Even though it’s easier to get a mobile home loan than a traditional mortgage, there would be nowhere to put it in the neighborhood where we want to live anyway. Actually, maybe once the kids move out, we should just get a park model and put it on a small piece of land somewhere. They’re pretty cool!

This house is just going to be too big after they’re gone, so maybe we’ll find some small house plans to build on a piece of land somewhere, or even live in a Hawaii condo all year long, or at least while on vacation for a few months of the year.  I guess it doesn’t matter now, ’cause we’ll be here for quite a while the way the economy is headed…

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