Unique non traditional housing rentals Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA area (Dallas: insurance, loan)

[EnricoV]

The dogs aren't going to help, though.

[Minervah]

Yes, unfortunately, some compromises will probably have to be made. Usually though after someone has been living here for a time, they can come closer to the ideal they want to have. They can work up to better jobs that pay more for what they want and gather more contacts to find what suits them.

For example, there is no way I would have ever gotten my apartment in my neighborhood at the rent I am paying if I didn't know the landlord and his wife before I moved in. I was just about to be priced out of the neighborhood. So I can say from experience it's really true that often it's the contacts you make that can give you a boost once you are established if you have patience to start with a little less than you had hoped for.

[NWGirl74]

Originally Posted by turquoise1

Foster-Powell might be a good bet.

That was my thought too.

[turquoise1]

There are tons of cute bungalows there - a friend has a great three-bedroom two-bath one. And prices are still less expensive than closer-in areas.

[Steve Pickering]

A Bungalow .... Are you sure? Three Bedrooms and Two Baths?

This is an interesting read Bungalow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[pdxMIKEpdx]

I owned and lived in a two story, four bedroom, two bath bungalow with a finished basement and attic for twenty years in Portland's SE.....................

It looked just like this California Bungalow pictured in Steve's Wiki link, except the roof was pitched a bit higher allowing for a decent attic above the second floor bedrooms.

People could not believe how big the house was inside compared to the way it looked outside.



A Bungalow does not have to be tiny.

[Steve Pickering]

Most are falling down now even when painted to look good.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by Steve Pickering

Most are falling down now even when painted to look good.

Opinion or any facts to back up this statement?

[pdxMIKEpdx]

The Bungalow I lived in was built in 1907, well maintained and still going strong to this day.
You wouldn't believe the quality of the lumber used to build this house, compared to todays lumber quality.
There are several 9 foot 6x6 support timbers in the basement, straight grained and not a knot in them.
When I remodeled the kitchen I found some 6 foot long 1/2" thick x 12" wide planks that were the same way.
A whole wall built of them, covered by about 10 layers of wallpaper and paint.
(I don't know why that one wall was like that, every other wall in the house was lath and plaster.)

There must have been some huge old growth trees cut down to build that house a hundred plus years ago.
If that house ever gets torn down, there will be a fortune in reclaimed >100 year old lumber.

I drove by it the other day, and happened to see the new owners out in the yard and stopped to say hi.
They told me that they couldn't be happier with the house and it has been a blessing for them.
So I guess some of them are still doing OK.

In Steve's defense, I have seen quite a few of older Craftsmen and bungalow type houses that have been neglected for a while and are exactly like he describes.
Neglect one of those older houses in Portland's rainy climate, and within twenty years, it's a goner.
Somebody will either buy them cheap, remodel and flip them, or more typically, tear down the old house and stick a couple skinny rowhouses in.
I've seen a whole neighborhood street's ambience change when that happens.

And that's a fact, Jack!

[EnricoV]

A "few" is a completely different thing that "most".