7425 SE Stephens St

Portland, OR. 97215 | MLS 22180107 | ACTIVE

ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO...

This cozy, updated home lives large in its stunning location on the eastern flank of Mt Tabor. Raised well off the street, the quiet and private front garden just outside the front door provides a meditative view of sometimes bashful Mt Hood.

As you enter, a solid wood front door opens directly to the finished wood floors of the living room, accented with dark wood and boasting a picture window view of the front garden. Here you may find a mix of allusions to the original style, with a modern, airy feeling unencumbered by excessive decoration or demising walls.

The entire interior has been repainted. The eye is naturally drawn across the room through a common area that serves for intimate dining on one side and has built-in office space to the other, coming to rest on the new kitchen. The spaces can function individually or as one great room, affording the opportunity for entertaining a larger group.

The beautiful kitchen has stainless appliances, quartz counters, and a deep profile Silgranit sink on an island that doubles as an additional prep area and a breakfast bar. There is a built-in oven, 5 burner cooktop with lighted hood, built-in dishwasher, and stainless fridge. The soft touch cabinetry makes a slight nod to French Provincial design, allowing for the whole effect to be sophisticated while maintaining a relaxed, informal style.

The kitchen forms the hub of the home and connects the interior with comfortable outdoor spaces. A double glass atrium door opens onto the expansive deck where friends and family can gather and there is room to seat a large group. Another door from the kitchen opens directly to the entrance of the large bonus area; over 300 square feet of finished and conditioned space for casual family living, games, parties, hobbies, studio, or spare room. Attached behind the bonus room is a cedar lined and well-lit shed for potting, tools, or general outdoor tinkering while avoiding the rain. The deck, bonus room and covered work area become extensions of the house as they flow from the kitchen and wrap around the outdoor space, connecting everything. Brick paths, a fire pit with surrounding crushed marble lounging area, a pergola, garden, and open space round out the amenities in the fenced back yard.

The principal bedroom and newly refurbished ensuite bath with tub/shower also has direct outdoor access through a glass slider to a sitting area on the deck. Two additional bedrooms are served in turn by the just-completed full bath and laundry center that features a custom marble tile “herringbone” floor and a large glass and marble tile shower.

Well cared for and skillfully upgraded, with a seller provided warranty, the house is ready for carefree living. Infrastructure is not a worry with new electrical service, new ecologically friendly on-demand hot water, new main electrical panel, double pane efficient windows throughout the house, as well as extensive replumbing, rewiring, and all new everything in the kitchen and laundry center/bath. Roof and gutters have been cared for and the HVAC is all but new, with regular inspection and maintenance.

This classic mid 20th century Portland home, with its charming traditional touches, has been recast for contemporary living, utilizing indoor/outdoor connections and maximizing the sense of space. Add to this the vibrant surrounding neighborhoods with eateries, shops, pubs, and services, plus the gem of southeast Portland parks, Mt Tabor, just 3 blocks from your door. A bike score of 93 and a major transit route with high frequency bus service just ¼ mile away wrap up the package for this coveted location. Urban living at its finest…

$657,500

Listing Price

3

Beds

2

Baths

1,368

Sqft

Residence

Year Built: 1955

Carport

Utilities

Heating: Forced Air

Cooling: Heat Pump

Taxes

Property Taxes: $4,764.30 (2021)

Schools

Elementary: Bridger

Middle: Harrison Park

High: Franklin

Upgrades and Improvements

2017

New Furnace and Heat Pump
New exterior hose bibs and misc. plumbing

2018

New security lock on front door
HVAC annual maintenance
Deck replacement and repair mahogany – Front and Back

2019

HVAC annual maintenance

2020

Landscape improvements
HVAC annual maintenance

2021

New kitchen complete and new appliances
New electrical service including 80% rewire
New on demand hot water – exterior mount
New plumbing for kitchen and baths

2021 (continued)

Roof, gutter clean and treat
Added non-potable rain catchment
HVAC annual maintenance
Landscape improvements

2022

New bath/laundry with marble tile
New skylights
New electric to Studio
Roof, gutter clean and treat
New floor in Studio w/insulation
New double pane windows in Studio
New convection heat in Studio
Principal bath improvements, tile floor
New all interior paint incl trim and ceiling (except kitchen and hall bath done prior)
New fire pit and circle
New door hardware and duct gratings

Permit Record

Mount Tabor Park

Year acquired: 1909
Size in acres: 176.04

History:
Portland's Mt. Tabor, a volcanic cinder cone, was named by Plympton Kelly, son of Oregon City pioneer resident Clinton Kelly, after Mt. Tabor in Israel, six miles east of Nazareth. In 1894, the city built two open reservoirs on the site (two other open reservoirs were built in 1911). By 1900, Portland's growing eastside population demanded park space; in 1903 landscape architect John C. Olmsted recommended the city obtain more land at Mt. Tabor. In 1909, the Board of Park Commissioners used voter-approved bonds to buy approximately forty lots on Mt. Tabor for $366,000.
Portland Parks Superintendent Emanuel Tillman Mische, who had worked with the Olmsted Brothers' landscape design firm in Massachusetts, developed a naturalistic design for the park. The plan included long flights of stairs, gently curving parkways, numerous walking trails, and a nursery yard. It also showcased native plants. In 1912, construction workers discovered volcanic cinders which were later utilized in surfacing the park's roads.
At the crest of the park is a bronze statue of Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Oregonian newspaper from 1865-1872 and from 1877 until his death in 1910. A gift to the city by Scott's widow, Margaret, and family, it was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum in the early 1930s while he was at work on his monumental sculpture of four American presidents on Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Cast by the Kunst Foundry in New York, it was unveiled in June 1933 with great ceremony.
In 2017, the Mt. Tabor Park summit restrooms were reopened after being closed for many years. Funding from the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond allowed critical improvements like new plumbing, electrical systems, sewer line, lighting, roof, seismic upgrades, and ADA accessibility improvements from Harvey Scott Drive to the ADA accessible restroom.