4157 SE Brooklyn St, Portland, OR 97202

Are you...
* Relocating? How about landing in a great neighborhood that gives you a comfortable, centrally-based home while you search and explore?
* Remodeling? When will it ever end!? Since you must live elsewhere, how about a... brand-new unit that offers flexible timing, and owners who understand your challenges?
* Here on a work contract, with no local people you know? Want a quiet nest, a walkable neighborhood, or a base for exploring more of PDX and Oregon? How 'bout a sweet place that offers you the best of all these options?

Welcome to The Roost in the Richmond neighborhood! It's a great place to settle in and make yourself at home.
You're close to many neighborhood basics and fun options (more on that later), and you live near a couple who has done just what you're doing. We get it!

Our bright and sunny 1,100sf ADU downstairs has 2 Bed/2 full bath/2 parlors, plus a 2-cook kitchen and an outdoor patio and rain porch. It's all fresh and new construction. The Roost was uniquely designed for wonderful privacy and good storage, Come take a look.

Each parlor has double doors that open onto the central kitchen with island and dining room. Leaving the parlor doors open creates a nice daytime flow of 550sf. When needed, you can close the doors for more intimate, sweet private time in one parlor. Many folks have made one parlor an office or work space, and the other their living room. Friends can share more affordably but still have a whole studio suite to themselves. Parents and adult children have nice separation because of this design.

More particulars:
~ In the kitchen there are 2 full-sized fridges ( for when 2 friends are sharing the flat) and many personal shelves to stock when you shop. You have a range, microwave, dishwasher, plus all the typical small appliances for easy meal prep- there's even popped corn popper for movie-watching nights! The kitchen has some starter spices and supplies to let you begin cooking. Dining can seat 6, and your private parlor has a drop leaf table for more intimate dining if desired.

~ Each bedroom unit has a Queen bed with USB charging station, and a full bath (Yes it has a tub as well as a shower!) Each parlor has a sofa and seating, a TV, a desk for your computer and work needs, plus that drop leaf table, and lots of new grounded outlets for everything you need. No running extension cords to reach the few outlets in older homes. Soft carpeting throughout. And fast fiber Wi-Fi, of course.

And light, light, light! We built over-sized windows in the South-facing walls to let the light pour in, especially in our gray Portland winters. The building inspector who did our final inspection, who has seen thousands of ADUs and new construction sites, walked into the ADU and said, "Those are some big f..ing windows! " We're sure you'll enjoy them, too.

~ The ADU is fully insulated and comfy, with separate heating/cooling heads throughout. The massive insulation keeps down sound between floors, cools the ADU in our newly-hot Portland summers, and warms up quickly in chilly weather when needed.
~ We're creatives who live upstairs. We work in several media and fields, so naturally we've included a table in your parlor to work on creative projects, if you're so inclined. If you have one and are game to share, bring your portfolio; we'd love to see what you do.

~ Entry to the ADU is through a sunny patio that also has a covered rain porch, so you can sit outside in most weather. We all share the washer/dryer in the garage and we're also setting up a wet, messy creative work area back there to play in soon!

And you'll love this walkable neighborhood.

We looked for months, renting in many Portland neighborhoods ourselves and we ultimately chose the Richmond District and The Roost! It's on the sunny part of a residential street, with no arterial noise and traffic. Yet we're walking distance to both the Division/Clinton and Foster/Powell districts. Walk to grocery stores like Safeway and Natural Grocer, and have a Trader Joe's, a Fred Meyer, and a New Seasons just up and down the main arterial, Cesar Chavez Blvd.

The Division/Clinton (Richmond District) is one of the largest and most varied of Portland's neighborhoods. You'll have tasty food pods--hidden down alleys and behind stores--a useful hardware store, a wine seller, many coffee shops, a bakery, a beloved pie place, a donut shop, so many great restaurants and pubs, and two theaters nearby that pair their screenings with live events. There's a Powell's Bookstore not far, banks, clothing stores and thrift shops. Plus, art classes and a great craft school, public parks and the Creston pool within walking distance. Also, you can easily walk to ice cream, frozen custard, and gelato. (Ask us how we know!)

You'll be centrally located here with quick access to the East and West sides of the river. So, you can easily explore and play in the many neighborhoods of Portland. Or stay snuggled up at The Roost. In the Richmond, it's rare to find a rental unit that's not on a busy arterial. Yet here you can enjoy the quiet comfort of our residential street. Then jump into as much of the Richmond district goings-on as you wish. The choice is yours!

Walk to an express FX2 bus stop, and you can be in Downtown in minutes for all that offers. Make your world as large as you want it to be.

Logistics: There's no smoking or vaping on the property. We can only accommodate one small dog. We ask for a 60-day minimum but hope for a longer-term stay when there's a good fit and offer rent options for longer term stays. So, if your work contract is extended, we can be flexible. If you still haven't found that right place to buy, or your construction project runs longer than you expected, we feel your pain! Stay longer at The Roost.

And if you fall in love with Richmond and The Roost and just want to stay longer, or want to rent both suites, lets talk. Please bring yourselves and your passions to The Roost. We cant wait to meet you! Read More