The buildling process has been completed at Pasture Way, located in the Park Place neighborhood in Oregon City. Soon, neighbors will hear the moving truck pull in and kids playing and riding their bikes as furniture is brought into the new custom home. The now quiet walls will be filled with laughter and joy, with plenty of time to get settled before the holidays. Welcome Home!
Personal Choices Unfold at Pasture Way
Posted by mattlewis on July 27th, 2010
While it is exciting to frame a new home and see the structure rise from the ground, there is nothing quite like seeing the paint, cabinets, and tiles fit into place. It is amazing how a coat of paint and some beautiful alder cabinets coated with a coffee stain can brighten up a room! I have always enjoyed looking through the personal choice selections of a new pre-sale home, but the excitement begins when they are being installed. Each buyer is allowed to select their personal choices (i.e. cabinet styles and stains, granite, flooring, paint), which gives each new home its own personality. In this Garrette Custom Home, the interior is painted and the cabinets are installed. I am looking forward to seeing the remaining selections fall into place. Within the next two weeks, we will begin to install all of the fixtures and put on the final touches. I can’t wait to see what the home looks like when it is finished!
Songbird Homesite – 34
Posted by mattlewis on July 15th, 2010
The foundation is poured and we are ready to start construction on our very first Pacific Crest with a daylight basement in Songbird. I can’t wait to see this framed. It is sure to be another beautiful home in our neighborhood. Only 1 daylight home site remains! Better hurry this won’t last long…
Songbird Homesite 13
Posted by mattlewis on July 15th, 2010
Recently sold and we should have a permit any day. We are building an Overture, same plan as the model home. Our home buyers are getting married in just 2 weeks. They are planning a honeymoon in September and can’t wait to move in to their fabulous new home when they return.
Songbird Homesite- 39
Posted by mattlewis on July 15th, 2010
…We started the process to build this home as a Designer Home, but in less than 1 week it sold. There will be a brand new beautiful home by the holidays, on this land you see photographed. This neighborhood is selling out fast! The great schools and location are unbeatable. Only a few home sites remain!
Another feasibility study completed, new home to start soon:
Posted by mattlewis on July 9th, 2010
Garrette Custom Homes has just completed its latest feasibility study. This 5 acre piece in Clark County had a variety of things to assess: Power development, wetlands, septic installation, and road placement to name a few. The next step will be to pick the plan and meet with our interior designer to customize their new home.
Miller Crossing Lot 7 Reaches Construction Stage
Posted by mattlewis on June 29th, 2010
Garrette Custom Homes has completed the permit review process for Miller Crossing lot 7 in Vancouver. With the permit in hand, let the construction phases of this future home begin.
The phone call to our excavator has been answered with another well dug crawl space. Next up, building the foundation of this Sheridan plan, one of PLH’s Premier series homes. This Sheridan will feature the recently reconfigured 4 bedroom plan.
For the next 2 weeks the focus of this project will be getting the foundation poured and ensure that all the utilities are provided for before the actual framing process begins.
Pasture Way Reaches Back End
Posted by mattlewis on June 25th, 2010
The new home Garrette Custom Homes is building on Pasture Way in Oregon City has unrolled the back end of the schedule. The string of inspections required before insulation have been signed off and the insulation has been installed. The siding company only has a half day of work left before the home will be completely sealed off from the elements. Despite several beautiful days, we never know when the rain will come again. Stocking drywall will come next as we begin to work on the interior finishes. While the front end of the schedule is exciting (framing, plumbing, etc.), the back end is where the excitement starts to build. Colors and finishes will begin to blend until the home is complete. August 23rd is the slated completion date for the project.
Posted by mattlewis on June 23rd, 2010
According to Forbes the Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton Statistical Area is one of the top 10 areas recommended to go from renting to buying.
Heres an excerpt
Quality of Life, at a Discount
Portland, Ore., makes our list for much the same reason that San Francisco does: It’s a picturesque, culture-driven city with good local services and amenities. The city is still not particularly cheap for buyers–but it’s cheaper than normal.
A family hoping to put down roots there would normally pay a 62% premium to go from renting to buying. In the third quarter of 2009, however, that premium shrank by 16 percentage points. At the same time, Moody’s Economy.com anticipates that home prices will jump 19% over the next five years. That’s partly because, like San Francisco, Portland has strict government limitations on building and a coastal location that keep sprawl in check.
“Portland has one of the most controlled environments in the country in terms of development rights,” says Stuart Gabriel, director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. “Those supply constraints will push prices up.”
For more information visit:
http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/21/buying-versus-renting-lifestyle-real-estate-homes_slide_9.html
Garrette Custom Home Reaches Completion
Posted by mattlewis on June 15th, 2010
Oregon City’s Park Place neighborhood will have 3 new residents within the next few weeks. Garrette Custom Homes recently completed construction on this home. With the Certificate of Occupancy on its way, the new homeowners will be able to switch their focus from following construction to loading the moving truck.
This home offers a large home on a huge lot backing up to a greenway and a creek. The options selected in this home include a covered patio, two-story great room with a full masonry fireplace, as well as a tiled shower in the master bathroom.
Owning a new home is exciting, and we would like to extend a warm welcome to the newest member of the Garrette Custom Homes family.
