The yellow door gives it away before you're even up the porch steps — this is a house that likes people. Behind the white picket fence on Willamette Boulevard, this 1911 bungalow solves a problem a lot of Portland searches run into: character and space, without picking one over the other. The porch alone makes the case: a spot for morning coffee or evening conversation, with St. Johns moving at its own unhurried pace around you. Neighbors walking dogs toward Cathedral Park, the light coming off the river, food carts and local spots a few minutes' in any direction. It's the part of North Portland people talk about like a secret, even though everyone who lives there already knows. …
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7649 North Willamette Boulevard
The yellow door gives it away before you're even up the porch steps — this is a house that likes people. Behind the white picket fence on Willamette Boulevard, this 1911 bungalow solves a problem a lot of Portland searches run into: character and space, without picking one over the other. The porch alone makes the case: a spot for morning coffee or evening conversation, with St. Johns moving at its own unhurried pace around you. Neighbors walking dogs toward Cathedral Park, the light coming off the river, food carts and local spots a few minutes' in any direction. It's the part of North Portland people talk about like a secret, even though everyone who lives there already knows. Inside, original details like the moldings, proportions, the kind of bones houses had when they were built to last all sit next to updates that make daily life easy. The kitchen has room to actually cook in, opening into a dining room built for dinners that run long. A flexible extra room covers whatever you need this year: office, nursery, guest space. Downstairs, an unfinished basement with laundry already in place is ready for a workshop, home gym, or storage. Then there's the lot. It's bigger than what you'll find on most blocks in this city, and that's where the real possibilities open up: raised beds and serious gardening, room for pets to roam, space to simply spread out or, longer-term, room to explore an ADU. The detached two-car garage adds even more of that rare thing: real storage, real workshop space, real parking. This is a house that hands you options instead of limits. Come see what you'd do with this gem.Backyard is currently a blank slate, AI generated photos of what the yard could be are included in this listing. [Home Energy Score = 5. HES Report at https://rpt.greenbuildingregistry.com/hes/OR10076861]
