JUNE 21, 2007

Renaissance Homes Opens 2nd Bend Neighborhood near Shevlin Park

BEND–Renaissance Homes has opened sales its 59-home $37.8 million Shevlin Pines here on Shevlin Park Road at NW Park Common Drive.

Homes in Shevlin Pines will run from 2,124 square feet with two or three bedrooms and two baths to to 3,551 square feet with four bedrooms and three baths with den and bonus room. There will be two homes with five car garages. Initial base prices run from $599,900 to $729,900 with additional pricing expected later for a few special lot situations. The neighborhood will have a swimming pool with bath house.

Renaissance expects the first move-ins late this year.

“This is a premier location on Bend’s west side. We were really pleased to get this piece of property because its right among some of Bend’s best neighborhoods with a treed ambience which should make it a very popular location,” said Renaissance President Randy Sebastian.

Sales will be handled from an unusual 3,800-square-foot log house which was being developed on the property by the former owner who was “spending a lot of spare time lovingly crafting this magnificent structure,” Sebastian said. It will be open 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday; Noon p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and closed Wednesday and Thursday.
Soaring, timbered ceilings and a floor to ceiling water feature will greet visitors to the sales office which is “unlike anything I’ve ever sold from,” said Renaissance Broker Michelle Gregg who will be handling sales at Shevlin Pines. When sales are completed the home will be sold.

Prior to opening sales, Gregg said, she’d been getting calls from people with homes in surrounding neighborhoods.

“This is one of Bend’s premier areas. There are a lot of very big homes here, often on relatively small lots, which means that they’ve got a neighbor very close-by. We’re dealing with 8,000 to 9,000 square foot lots–some up to 80 feet wide–and will be putting homes with smaller footprints on them meaning that people won’t feel so packed in,” Gregg said.
Because the property slopes, there will be some mountain views and Gregg said lot premiums ranging from $600 to $32,000 will be added to the base prices.

All homes will be built to Renaissance’ “Living Green” standards, a package of environmentally sound Earth Advantage and Energy Star building practices and materials. Renaissance was Oregon’s first major builder with a full-time director of builder science, responsible for overseeing and continually improving Renaissance’ Living Green materials and systems.

Additional information on Shevlin Pines is available from Gregg at 503-519-9208 or 541-948-0050, mgregg@renaissance-homes.com

Renaissance Homes is one of Oregon’s largest builders. Besides Bend, it currently has neighborhoods underway in Beaverton, Sherwood, Wilsonville, Forest Grove, southwest Portland, West Linn, the OGA golf course at Tukwila and Vancouver and Camas in southwest Washington.



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