Country Oasis in the City

1221 SE 80th Ave, Portland OR 97215

$425,000 : : 1704 sqft : : 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Bonus

1221 SE 80th Ave, Portland OR 97215

Offered at $425,000

Enchanting native gardens & smart mechanical upgrades await you at this Montavilla 2-level ranch. Fantastic opportunity with 2 bedrooms on the main and 2 rooms in the basement with a separate exterior door to the lush backyard patio. Professional energy upgrades will save you money--solar system, tankless water heater, insulation, thermal blinds & EV car charging outlet. Dreamy location near Mt. Tabor, Montavilla's quaint business district, MAX line & quick freeway access. Hike up Mt Tabor, enjoy the views, and then drop down to the weekend Farmer's Market to restock. Or pick your edible bounty from your own urban farm in your Audubon certified backyard. Bring the chickens because this coop is waiting for you!

FEATURES

Single Family Residence
Cape Cod Traditional Midcentury Home
Neighborhood: Montavilla
Built in 1951
3 bedrooms / 2 bathroom / 1 bonus / 0.11 acre lot size
Schools: Bridger Elementary & Middle / Franklin High

Energy upgrades galore! Audubon certified yard.

List of Improvements

• 2017 New Kenmore Elite bottom freezer refrigerator

  2017 Installed solar system 14 module 4.62KW photovoltaic system (Neil Kelly)

  2017 Electric car charger 220V exterior outlet at alley

  2017 Installed 50-year roof (GAF Timberline HD shingles)

  2017 Installed Navien NPE-180 Tankless water heater (Neil Kelly)

  2017 Installed thermal blinds

  2017  Neil Kelly home performance upgrades:

  • Blower door guided air sealing

  • Improved attic ventilation

  • Installed insulation damming covered with vapor permeable air barrier and R-27 fiberglass blown attic insulation

  • Installed rim joist insulation

  2015 Bathroom remodel

  2015 New sewer line

  2012 New Carrier gas furnace

  2009 Kitchen remodel

• Garden Delights:

• Audubon gold certification for native plant garden

• Brick garden patio and path 

• Flagstone pathway bordering native plant garden

• Spacious vegetable garden & arbor, fenced with 4x4 hog wire to support vertical plantings

• 2 Drip irrigation valve assemblies with Rain Bird timer allow for changeable custom drip layout

• Roomy Chicken coop (or dog run)

• Metal shed 10’ x 13’

• 18’ x 11’ Boat/Bicycle shelter, open on one side, clear corrugated roof. Great for garden parties.

• Edibles:

• Grape Vine (Candace)

• Asparagus

• Rhubarb

• Raspberries

• Apple (large sweet variety)

• Mint

• Trees & Shrubs

• Crabapple

• Japanese Snowberry

• Apple

• Snowball viburnum

• Harlequin Glorybower

• NW Native Trees & Shrubs:

• Cascara (a pollinator favorite)

• High Bush Cranberry

• Indian Plum

• Dogwood shrub

• Vine maple

• Flowering Currant

• Oregon Grape

• Mock Orange

• Red elderberry

• Evergreen huckleberry

• Serviceberry

• Pacific ninebark

• Perennials:

• Hydrangea

• Variegated California Lilac 

• California Lilac

• Iris

• Daffodil

• Tulips

• Peony

• NW native Perennials:

• Evergreen clematis

• Spirea

• Showy Milkweed (attracts Monarch butterflies)

• Maidenhair fern

• Sword fern

• Knickinick

• Native honeysuckle

• Nootka rose

• Pearly everlasting

• Penstemon

• Seaside daisy

• Snowberry

• Wild strawberry

• Lupine

• Douglas aster

• Scoulers corydalis

• Oxalis

• Western bleedingheart

• Oregon honeysuckle

• Graceful cinquefoil

• Checkermallow

• Goldenrod

• Nuttals sunflower

• Columbine

• Listing courtesy of Heather Lamkins, Think Real Estate