he Oregon Coast is renowned for wind-
swept shores marked by huge craggy
rocks, fr-forested clifs and rolling sand
dunes. In gentler weather, people fock to
the beach to fy kites, surf the waves and
walk their dogs. When fall and winter
storms surge, tumultuous ocean drama unfurls. On the
Neskowin coastline, a house perfectly positioned to show-
case this scenic locale had been marooned by severe fre
damage, until two real estate investment partners decided
to buy and rescue the 7,200-sq.-ft. home.
One of the partners, Bill Purple, is also a licensed
Realtor and owner of Home Facets, a general contracting
company based in Beaverton, Ore., which performed
the renovation. Te fre had created a 20-ft. hole in the
house's center and extensive smoke damage through-
out. Demolishing the house to build new might have
seemed an obvious choice but that created restrictive
zoning issues.
"Nowadays, you can't build a new oceanfront house
that large without purchasing multiple lots," explains
Purple. "Te large size was a real value thanks to the grow-
ing popularity of possible fractional ownership, where
multiple families/owners buy one property together,"
explains Purple. "It also had a lower level, and federal
restrictions no longer allow building a new oceanfront
house with a basement."
TURN THE TIDE
Purple and his team stripped the house down to the bare
studs to get rid of the smoke smell and take better advan-
tage of its location. Te property is separated by a rocky
point to the south and a river that fows to the ocean to
the north, creating a virtually private beachfront. Te
former layout's poorly placed interior walls obscured the
coastline's panorama, and small windows further nar-
rowed potential sweeping views.
Because the fre may have been caused by an electrical
fault, it made sense to remove all electrical wiring, and
Rescue
mission
A complete
renovation
revives a
castaway
home with
a front-row
view of
the Pacifc
Ocean
By KJ Fields
T
COMPANY INFORMATION
Home Facet LLC,
Beaverton, Ore. Homefacets.com
Employees: 1
Average annual revenue:
$1.2 million
Annual remodeling projects:
40-50 (renovations, cabinets
and countertops)
Residential: 95 percent
Commercial: 5 percent
Single-family: 90 percent
Multifamily: 10 percent
Design/build: 5 percent
PROJECT INFORMATION
Surf Road,
Neskowin, Ore.
Completed:
December 2013
Square footage: 7,216
Project cost: $1.19 million
PROJECTS: Design Solutions
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