by Catherine Sherman | Jun 14, 2018 | Unique Homes
More than one billion people are living without shelter across the globe. New Story - a nonprofit building homes in the developing world - is reminded of this problem every day. “We would go and look at where kids were being born into tents with mud and sewage that...
by Catherine Sherman | Mar 26, 2018 | house of the week, Unique Homes
A home sold to a woman 10 miles down the road in dusty, grass-up-to-your-knees Montana. She paid $125,000 to put it in her backyard. But it wasn’t your typical prairie-land homestead - it was a double shipping container. While upcycled homes have been popular for some...
by Catherine Sherman | Mar 6, 2018 | tiny homes, Unique Homes
Sometimes you just have to go for it. A few years ago, Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley moved from a condo in Portland to 388 square feet in rural Oregon. Their house, a 40-foot-high fire lookout, doesn’t have a street address or a bathroom. And the nearest neighbor is...
by Catherine Sherman | Feb 20, 2018 | Home selling, home staging, Listings, Tips & Advice
Your bags are packed, you’re ready to move and the last thing you want to do is follow your agent’s advice about putting time and money into your listing photos. But if you don’t, your photos could prevent the home from selling quickly. Consider...
by Catherine Sherman | Jan 22, 2018 | tiny homes, Unique Homes
Our boots sloshed around in the mud. It was a dreary Pacific Northwest day filled with slate-colored clouds and the feeling it could downpour any minute. After several “pardon mes” and “coming throughs,” we got the tripod inside and forgot about the looming storm. We...