more about the house

Still no pictures to post. But here are more details. The house is in Southeast Portland, between Holgate and Powell Street. It's about a fifteen-minute drive from our place now. There are two parks within ten blocks of the house. There are lots of grocery shoping options to choose from. Within 15 to 20 blocks (walking distance) there is a food coop, Trader Joe's, Nature's, New Seasons, Safeway, and three neighborhoods with coffee shops and places to hang out, including an alternative movie theater. Reed college, which is also nice to walk around since the grounds consist of fields and pretty old trees, is about 15 blocks away in the other direction. There are three buses that connect the neighborhood with points south, east, and downtown. There are lots of bike-friendly streets with wide bike lanes nearby too. The freeways can be accessed quite easily as well.

The only drawback is that there is a huge train yard just a couple of blocks over... which could get noisy. But so far, the two times I've been there I didn't hear any noise.

The house would, I guess, be classified as a bungalo. It's technically a one-bedroom house, but there is another room that can be used as an office or a child's bedroom. One has to walk through it to get to the other bedroom though, which doesn't seem like a big deal at this point.

The house is light and sunny, unlike our apartment now which hardly gets any direct sunlight since our windows face north. The floors are hardwood. The walls, as far as I remember, are painted a warm yellow, sage, and white. And as you will see from the picture I will post at some point, the house is painted mint green with red and white trim - one of my favorite color schemes!!!

There is a front porch and a basement with a washer and dryer hook-up. Yay! Now doing baby's laundry (not to mention our own) will be so much easier!

There is a cute little backyard with a compost bin, raised beds for veggies, herbs or flowers, there is some bamboo growing in the back yard and in front of the house (I love bamboo!). There are also fruit trees in the front yard. The landlord told us she wants some of the fruit when it's ripe. I guess we'll be nice and share.

All in all, I'm very excited to live in a house. Not too excited for the process of moving, but it will be worth it. I can't wait for that housewarming party we will have... sometime in November?