4009 SE 48TH AVE

Portland, OR 97206

OPEN HOUSES: Sat 11-1pm, Sun 1-3pm. Want the historic house charm without the old house headaches!? The Blue Star farmhouse is calling in her next stewards! Lovingly tended over decades by artistic & magical humans, this spacious Creston-Kenilworth farmhouse radiates warmth and creativity amongst her greenery. Three usable levels with plenty of elbow room your polycule, art studio, guests, & dinner parties. The butt math is mathing in this incredibly spacious kitchen, atypical for a home of its age. Mz. Blue Star has all the charm and gravitas of a vintage Portland dollhouse without the money-pit pains of a century-old home. All the updating has been taken care of for you! All you have to do is pop a squat on the front porch swing and sip your morning brew.Sunlight spills across wood floors & freshly updated spaces flow beautifully. The whole place feels deeply loved & connected to the earth where it stands. Lush front & back gardens filled with mature trees, native plants, flowers galore, & productive grapevines ready for picking! Newer roof, gutters, & siding, major interior enhancements, updated electrical, newer windows, reinforced foundation & brand new deck show proof of loving care. And who doesn't like a big deck? No sad gray flipper energy here! Prime location gives leafy neighborhood calm plus easy access to the best of SE. Parks, cafes, vintage shops & community spaces are woven into daily life — the kind of neighborhood where folks still wave from porches & run into friends on the way to coffee.This home is soulful, sturdy & deeply Portland in the best possible way. In the words of Portlandia’s poem (our civic Goddess, not the TV show): “Home is the journey we make. This is how the world knows where we are.” Blue Star House stands ready & waiting to welcome you home.

Listing courtesy of Sean Brochin of Portlandia Properties, LLC (503) 349-3680



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