The biggest of our Portland neighborhoods, mostly single-story bungalows from before 1930 — rewiring, knob-and-tube replacement and panel upgrades for older Portland homes.
Rose City Park is the largest of the seven Portland neighborhoods on this site, with 3,553 homes, and most of them are single-story bungalows. 849 went up in the 1910s and 1,606 in the 1920s; 2,561 homes — 72% — date from before 1930. A further 814 homes, 23%, were built between 1930 and 1959, and only 172 since 1960. The median house dates to 1924 and covers about 1,646 square feet. That mid-century share is about half of Eastmoreland's, where the 1930s to 1950s houses are the largest group.
A bungalow runs every circuit through the attic or the crawlspace. That changes where the wiring goes and what it takes to reach it. For a rewire it is good news, because much of the run is accessible, and access is one of the biggest things that moves a rewire's price and timeline. For anyone finishing the attic or basement it is a warning, because the old wiring is exactly what the new rooms will be built around. The 1950s houses here are the other story: in a 1955 house the original 100-amp panel is still plausible.