There is a four-bedroom home on a forested hill in Portland.
He wanted to turn it into a family home.
It has been renovated three times and is for sale for more than one million dollars.
When he bought a house in Portland, he was still in China. He was going to return and live with his family after making a bid.
An old friend of mine, who was an architect, came to look at the house for me instead. I decided to make an offer even though he didn't see it.
The Campbell residence is named after the architect who built it in 1966 for personal use. The house is located on the side of a hill in Portland's Sylvan-Highlands neighborhood.
The home was put up for sale for the second time. Property records show that the first time the house was purchased was in 2010.
The mid-price range of homes currently on the market in Sylvan- Highlands include Campbell Residence.
The house is for sale for more than one million dollars. He never got a chance to live in it due to work commitments.
I would come here and take calls for work. When my wife was diagnosed with cancer, she isolated herself for a while. We didn't live in the house proper because of all the different things that happened.
After purchasing a house, he extended his stay in China. He lived with his family in the Netherlands after the company moved him there.
The renovation timetable got pushed way out when we moved back from the Netherlands. We bought another home because we couldn't move in.
The house has been renovated three times over the last decade. Each time a different part of the house was renovated.
Maintenance and modernization were the focus of the renovations.
He said that nothing had been changed in the architecture. The owner before me did not maintain some of the basics.
The first round of renovations was done by his father.
"Though he's never done a general contractor role outside of my brother's house, he took over the renovations including water management and repairing some of the rails in the house." The building was built in the sixties. decks with no rails
The living room has a black steel fireplace and a new lighting system.
The kitchen was updated in the second phase of the renovation.
While Cain was living in Amsterdam, McKean and his father completed renovations on his house.
They painted the kitchen and the floors. The entire upstairs was renovated in the spirit of the original house.
The old kitchen was almost completely destroyed by his father.
They replaced the kitchen cabinets and countertops with new ones.
There is a wall of windows that overlook the greenery. The door goes to the patio.
The upper floor is partitioned into two parts by floor-to-ceiling windows. It's one of his favorite places in the house.
He said there was something about sitting in the living room with the kitchen and having glass on both sides. I've never seen a room like that before.
The last phase of the renovation was done on the lower floor, where all four bedrooms are located.
During this phase, the primary bedroom suite was completely renovated. The furniture was restored by hand.
The house has strong Japanese design influences that can be seen through the use of natural materials. There are large windows throughout the residence.
The bathroom, which is separated from the bedroom by a Vanity, was renovated to include a bathtub and shower area.
The residence has a bathroom on the lower floor.
The primary suite is second to none when it comes to the places that Cain likes the most.
There is a shower that looks out into the woods. You can spend a whole weekend in that bedroom.
The primary bathroom has a sliding door that leads to a patio.
The 1966 building design did not include a shelter.
The large rooftop deck was left completely exposed when the house was built. A shelter was added at the end of the exposed deck.
The shelter is similar to the original roof.
The house has been occupied by a few different people since the renovations began.
A film maker and his family leased the house after the first renovation. A friend of the filmmakers came to stay at the house. A family of four lived in the house until January when the property was going to be sold.
He said he was sad that he never lived in the house. It feels like you're in the woods when the sun is out. The space feels like magic.
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