Every home tells a unique story. At Vetiver Street, storytelling is at our core, ensuring that each home is presented with meaning and engagement.

Shaped over time by those who have lived, built, and passed through, it carries a quiet sense of history, from its original maker to stories embedded in the land itself. Emerging unexpectedly from the forest, a Mediterranean home, an idyllic swimming pool and hot tub, a magical barn, and additional structures sit intentionally within an open clearing, offering a rare foundation for something more expansive. Here, days are guided by river, trail, and season, with a way of life rooted just beyond the front door. What emerges is not simply a home, but the beginning of a compound, a place meant to be experienced, returned to, and carried forward.

Designed by the architectural team of York and Yodgawa and originally built for H. Chik M. Erzurumlu, a structural engineer and longtime Portland State professor, this home reflects a clear understanding of how space, light, and structure come together over time. When his wife fell ill, an elevator was added to connect each floor and the garage, allowing them to remain in the home they had created together.

Mediterranean Revival homes are rare in Portland. Terracotta, plaster curves, windows proportioned for a warmer sun. The style carries the air of a permanent vacation, and this one had been sitting at the base of Mt. Tabor—a dormant volcano—for decades. Bones intact. Waiting. It took a particular eye and a particular conviction to see what it could become.