8625 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97219

There's a special place in SW Portland where the city gives way to narrow streets and proud Doug Firs threaded with trails through the Jensen and Foley-Balmer natural areas. This isn't an urban landscaped city lot. This is land — the kind you walk in the morning with coffee in hand. You'll wander back with muddy boots and a handful of something that reminds you Marshall Park is your backyard. Built in 1942, it's aged the way the good ones do. Three plus bedrooms, two full baths stacked neatly on two separate levels ready made for roommates, tenants, friends and family even those who tend to overstay. Separate entrances, spacious rooms laid out for easy entertaining and three season outdoor living. Connected by a breezeway — a small, old-fashioned kindness on a chilly February morning — the garage, fully rebuilt and reimagined into a shop ready for all manner of hard work or hobbies. The work that often goes unnoticed is already done; newer roof, fresh paint, vinyl windows and a newly...