Page 115 - SOD_2013_FinalFlipper-opt

103 www.StreetofDreamsPDX.com • 2013 NW NATURAL STREET OF DREAMS
2013 Advertiser index
The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan
Portland and Pamplin Media Group thank all
the advertisers for their support of this year’s
NWNatural Street of Dreams Magazine
to advertise in any of these upcoming publications, contact schadia newcombe today at 503-546-9881 or reach her via email at snewcombe@commnewspapers.com
Proud publishers of the HBA’s
official publications since 2006.
Proud publishers of the HBA’s
.
NewsHOME BUILDING
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN PORTLAND •JUNE, 2012
WHAT ’ S INSIDE THIS MONTH’ S ISSUE
By Jon Bell
For the HBAImagine being a single working
mother with three children, one
of whom has Rett Syndrome, arare neurological disorder that
affects speech and mobility and
requires constant care. Now
imagine being that single work-ing mother and living with your
family in a tiny, second-story
apartment infested with mold
and lacking any ADA accessibilityto accommodate a wheelchair.Ann Lund actually is that
single working mother and she
has lived that life for the past 11years.But come Saturday, June 8,
Lund’s living situation — and her
entire life, really — will undergoa remarkable transition. On that
day, Lund will receive the key to a
brand new, single-level, ADA-ac-cessible home in southeast Port-
land built by Neil Kelly as part
of Habitat for Humanity’s Home
Builders Blitz 2012.“For any family, having a safe
living environment that f its
their needs is important,” said
Therese DuBravac, a design con-sultant with Neil Kelly who has
worked on the home. “In a case
where there is a child with special
needs, it’s even more important.”Neil Kellyis one of four HBA
builder members participat-ing in the Home Builders Blitz, a
speed-building event that kicks
off a 7 a.m. June 2 and wraps
up less than a week later duringa dedication ceremony June 8.
The other HBA builder mem-
bers includeFish Construction
NWandSchumacher Custom Homesfor the Portland Blitz,
andMountainwood Homesfor
the Willamette West Habitat for
Humanity Blitz.The blitz is actually a national
event put on by Habitat for Hu-
manity. North Carolina builder
and longtime Habitat supporterTom Gipson started the push
back in 2002. For the event,builders and local trades contrac-
tors and suppliers donate labor
and materials and get the homes
built in a single week.“Even though times are tough
in the industry, having these
four local homebuilders and
their vendors be able to donateall their labor, time and services
is really a remarkable, amazing
thing,” said Sasha Davis, director
of communications for Habitatfor Humanity Portland/Metro
East.
This year’s blitz is shooting for
200 homes nationwide— includ-ing four in southeast Portland —
which will help 800 people es-
cape substandard housing. The
Portland homes will be built ina 45-lot subdivision near South-
east Division Street and South-
east 171 stAve., the largest Habi- tat site ever in Oregon. All will be
built to high standards of energy
efficiency.“We did (the Building Blitz) four years ago, and it was just a
great project to be a part of,” said
Harry Schumacher, president
of Schumacher Custom Homes.“To be able to do that for a fam-
ily that really deserved to have a
home was just very rewarding.”Compared to four years ago, Schumacher said it has been a
little more challenging this time
around for vendors and subs to
donate time and materials. Evenso, he said plenty of people have
been able to rally for the cause.Schumacher ’s home for the blitz this year will be a
1,400-square-foot, two-story
home with three bedrooms and
two full bathrooms. A similarhome usually takes about two
months to build, but Schum-
acher said the right planning and
a good dose of dedication andunderstanding from everyone
involved can get the home built
in the allotted seven days.
YOUR INDUSTRY, page 7 SUSTAINABILITY, page 14
Help Homebuyers shop
smarter
Are you looking for ways
to communicate the value of
energy-efficient features inyour new homes? Give buyers
a resource to help them shop
smarter withThe Smart Home- buyer Checklist, available from
Energy Trust of Oregon.
Density, Light Rail,
and Transit-Oriented
Development in PDX
For more than 30 years, Port-
land-area planners have pro-
moted a vision of dense urbandevelopment. In order to carry
out this vision, many different
regulatory and tax tools havebeen used.
UP FRONT, page 5
Divine 9 Chili Cook-Off,
benefiting PRO
From the streets of Dublin,to the mountains of Afghani-
stan, to the mythical realm
of Asgard, seven teams took
inspiration from all cornersof the universe to put on this
year’s Divine 9 Chili Cook Off.
Over 130 attendees enjoyed
the tastes, sights and soundsof this year’s event. FOUNDATION, page 6
Huge Success at
Foundation AuctionMore than 340 people
decked out in colorful feath-
ers, beads and masks cametogether on April 27 for the
Home Builders Foundation’s
15thannual benefit auction. The event grossed $98,000 for
the Foundation’s programs.
See BLITZ/ page 12
Tour Urban Timberworks
Learn about the diverse array of
wood products that come from
Portland’s “urban forest” andhow you can salvage, mill or
procure materials with UTW.
—See page 14
Out and About
NW Natural Street of Dreams is
shaping up inside and out with
unique outdoor living and land-scaping elements.
—See page 11
HBA members build four homes
in a week for deserving families
Habitat for Humanity’s June 2-8 Builders Blitz brings out the best in us By Gordon Root,
2012 HBA President
From
The Top
Have no fear,
Spring is here!
The signs of new life are all
around us; new home sales areup, sales of existing homes are
up, foreclosure filings are down
48 percent and we are at an as-
tonishing five year low of 4.7months of inventory — hard to
imagine, six months ago.
Surprising? Not really. All indi-
cators have been pointing towarda pent-up demand. There is a lot
of talk about “sustainability” but
how about “unsustainable?”
Nationally, we require approxi-mately 1.2 million new homes per
year to keep pace with births, im-
migration and divorce. For fouryears, we have only been build-
ing 340k to 360k homes per year,
which is unsustainable.
I have said that what the mar-ket needs to recover is for inter-
est rates and/or home prices to
increase. In the Portland Metro
Area, we now have had six con-secutive months of increased
sales prices. We are seeing in-
creased traffic and sales in every
price range and housing choice.Does this mean we are in for a
large increase in sales prices? No.
Appraisals, driven by historical
sales to determine “fair marketvalue” is what drives financing,
and the ability to obtain financ-
ing is what drives the market.That being said, we are heading
for an acute shortage of buildable
lots. Over the last four years the
creation of lots has all but groundto a halt. Historically, it takes 1.67
to 1.93 years to take raw land
through the entitlement process
to buildable lots. Even with ane-mic new home construction, the
absorption of lots has far out-
paced their creation. So we are in
for a crises in available lots.Based on the above, I’ll go on
record with the bold prediction
that we are going to experience
a 20 percent increase in finishedlot prices over the next three to
five months. Granted, it is an in-
crease from the artificially lowprices at which the lots cannot be
replicated, but nonetheless, it is a
significant increase.
So what does this mean tothe price of newly constructed
homes? Many feel the reason
new home construction accounts
for only 6.6 percent of the currentmarket is because of a shortage
of new homes to choose from!
Habitat shares the plans with the community at SE 171st and Division.
AArOn GOrin PLAstiC
sUrGerY [19]
GorinPlasticSurgery.com
503-692-7222
ALAn MAsCOrd desiGn [83]
mascord.com
800-411-0231
ALPine MOrtGAGe
[inside Back Cover]
alpinemc.com
503-718-9800
AMeriCAn BArnWOOd
FLOOrinG [50]
madeinoregontwice.com
503-956-6510
ArtistiC stOne desiGn
[27, 71]
ArtisticStoneDesign.com
503-804-8820
BAsCO [4, Back Cover]
bascoappliances.com
503-226-9235
BeLLA CAsA [95]
bellacasa.net
503-222-5337
BernArd CUstOM HOMes [6]
BernardCustom.com
503-860-6218
BiG sKY LAndsCAPinG [36-37]
bigskylandscaping.com
503-257-9275
BLiss rOOFinG [50]
blissroofing.com
503-653-6100
BUGAtti’s [102]
bugattisrestaurant.com
503-636-9555
CALiFOrniA CLOsets [45]
californiaclosets.com/Portland
503-885-8211
CeLeBrAte! CAterinG [62]
celebratecateringpdx.com
503-603-4516
CHOWn HArdWAre [8]
chown.com
800-452-7634
CHris LArsOn reALtY [59]
larssonrrealty.com
503-989-6123
COMMUnitY FinAnCiAL/
BAnner [53]
BannerBank.com
877-936-4800
terrie COx - re/MAx eQUitY
GrOUP [21]
USA-Relocate.com
888-888-8284
CUstOM AUdiO videO [98]
503-638-9106
deCCA HArdWOOds [44]
deccahardwood.com
503-233-8533
deCOstA PrOPerties [44]
decosta-properties.com
503-702-0856
diLUssO HOMes [97]
dilussohomes.com
503-489-8865
direCtOr’s MOrtGAGe [69]
directorsmortgage.net
503-636-6000
eAGLe desiGns [57]
eagledesignspdx.com
503-251-9101
eAstBAnK APPLiAnCe [13]
eastbankappliance.com
503-954-1192
enerGY trUst OF OreGOn/
PeCi [29 ]
energytrust.org/smarthomebuyer
866-369-7878
FArnsWOrtH desiGn [81]
troyfarnsworth.com
503-692-0777
Fireside distriBUtOrs [80]
firesidepdx.com
503-684-8535
tHe FixtUre GALLerY [26]
TheFixtureGallery.com
503-620-7050
GArrisOn HULLinGer
interiOr desiGn [99]
garrisonhullinger.com
971-255-0326
GArY’s vACUFLO [68]
garysvacuflo.com
503-775-5461
GeOrGe MOrLAn PLUMBinG
sUPPLY [24]
GeorgeMorlan.com
503-771-1145
GLOBe LiGHtinG [ 65]
GlobeLighting.com
503-639-8816
tHe HAssOn COMPAnY/tHe
LAUe teAM [ 14]
hasson.com/
503-212-5034
HeritAGe sCHOOL OF desiGn
[ 29]
HeritageSchoolofInteriorDesign.com
503-292-3343
intrePid MArBLe [ 40]
intrepidrocks.com
800-235-6112
JOHn L. sCOtt [ 3]
JohnLScott.com
JOUrnAL GrAPHiCs [ 35]
journalgraphics.com
503-790-9100
KOeBer’s [63 ]
koebers.com
503-671-1901
KPAM [71]
kpam.com
503-223-4321
LeWis AUdiO [ 92]
lewisav.com
503-538-1190
Line OF stYLe [ 75]
lineofstyle.com
503-210-5659
LisAC’s FirePLACe
& stOve [ 2]
lisacsfireplaces.com
503-261-1000
MAinLY CABinets [ 47]
mainlycabinets.com
503-625-7799
MiLGArd WindOWs [104]
milgard.com
MiLWAUKie LUMBer [50 ]
milwaukielumber.com
503-654-5417
MOUntAinWOOd HOMes [98]
mountainwoodhomes.com
503-746-7338
nAnA WALL [87]
nanawall.com
800-873-5673
nAnCY GreGG - reALtY trUst
[ 18]
realtytrust.com/nancygregg
503-720-6117
nOrtHWestern MUtUAL [ 89]
wadegarber.com
503-445-5438
nv HOLden PHOtOGrAPHY [71]
nvholden.com.com
971-645-9559
nW nAtUrAL [7. 39]
nwnatural.com
800-422-4012
nW nAtUrAL APPLiAnCe
Center [35 ]
nwnaturalappliances.com
503-220-2362
nW nAtUrAL street OF
dreAMs 2014 [101]
hbapdx.org
503-684-1880
nW rUGs [5]
nwrugs.com
503-682-7847
OLsOn & JOnes [15]
olsonandjones.com
503-224-7467
OreGOn ePisCOPAL
sCHOOL [63]
oes.edu
503-246-7771
OreGOn tiLe & MArBLe [77 ]
oregontileandmarble.com
503-231-0058
PAMPLin MediA GrOUP
[Bottom this page]
portlandtribune.com
503-546-9881
PArr LUMBer [80]
parr.com
866-214-7277
PAUL sCHAtZ FUrnitUre [51]
PaulSchatzFurniture.com
503-620-6600
POrtLAnd reMOdeL [20]
portlandremodel.com
503-244-3525
PreMier MOrtGAGe/
stUArt sAndOr [62]
PrmMtg.com
503-636-5600
renAissAnCe HOMes
[inside Front Cover & page 1]
Renaissance-Homes.com
503-636-5600
riCK’s FenCinG [68]
ricksfencing.com
503-669-0795
ridGeCrest HOMes [34]
ridgecresthms.com
503-246-8808
rieGeLMAnn’s APPLiAnCes
[11 ]
riegelmanns.com
503-665-4158
rOddA PAint [34]
roddapaint.com
rOOM serviCe [12 ]
GoRoomService.com
503-598-7380
nAder sABAHi - re/MAx
eQUitY GrOUP [29, 99]
nadersabahi.com
503-495-4986
sPOrt COUrt OF OreGOn [ 14]
sportcourtoforegon.com
503-246-2914
stAndArd tv & APPLiAnCe
[insert, between pages 8 & 9]
StandardTVandAppliance.com
503-777-3377
stOne BridGe HOMes
[insert, between pages
40 and 41]
stonebridgehomesnw.com
503-387-7577
stOne nW [51]
stonenw.com
503-723-7730
sUBUrBAn dOOr COMPAnY
[71 ]
suburbandoor.com
503-692-0180
tiFFAnY desiGn GrOUP LLC
[93 ]
tiffanyhomefurnishings.com
503-855-4763
ttM deveLOPMent [9]
TTMdevelopmentCompany.com
503-224-6200
West LAKe deveLOPMent
GrOUP [10-11]
WestLakeDevelopment.com
503-708-1056
Western PACiFiC BUiLdinG
sUPPLY [47]
gowestpac.com
503-224-9142
WFG nAtiOnAL titLe
insUrAnCe [9]
wfgnantionaltitle.com
503-353-9975