2849 Rocky Ridge Av SE, Salem, OR 97306

When the owners spend five years pouring themselves transforming a house into their dream, the result stops you in your tracks. This Battle Creek Heights home on a private dead-end street has been elevated throughout: custom woodwork, beautiful floors, upgraded maple cabinetry, slate tile backsplash, arched details inside. Outside, an "empty lot" became a curated sanctuary: Japanese maples, roses, raised beds, pergola arbor, and a private back deck built for Oregon summers. Gated driveway, RV-ready parking. The property reveals itself in layers the longer you explore. A sprawling wood terrace sheltered by mature tree canopy creates an outdoor room where mornings and evenings simply disappear. Lush lawn, colorful perennial borders, and stepping stone paths wind through what was once completely bare ground, transformed by years of passionate skilled planting. Then the infrastructure takes over. A 24x36 detached professional woodworking shop with concrete floor, soaring 13-plus-foot...