Harbor from 3rd floor balcony

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Location: Port Orford, Southern Coast, Oregon, USA (Between Bandon & Gold Beach on Southern Oregon Coast)

Accommodations:  Single-Family House, 2 Bedrooms + Convertible bed(s), 2 Baths (Sleeps 4-6)

COUPLES OR EXECUTIVE RETREAT - ADULTS ONLY

This three-story, twelve-year-old home can serve as a vacation rental for one or two couples or as the hub for an executive retreat. Retreat participants can stay in a motel with excellent ocean view rooms just a one-minute walk away.

The house was built to take maximum advantage of the views. The second floor consists of a living area with a thirty-foot vaulted ceiling. Standing at the island in the kitchen, you have an unobstructed view of the harbor and the sea. Each of the two bedrooms has a window with a view of the sea and windows with views of the town. The third floor comprises the master bedroom suite, with its own bathroom and balcony. The view from one of the chairs on the balcony, overlooking the living area below, the dock, the harbor, the sea, and the mountains has immense value, but not a price.

The first floor of the building houses a small local business -- it is just a few people working on computers, there is no traffic in and out of the building, so it will not intrude on your enjoyment of the vacation rental.

The amenities define the expected technology of an executive retreat, and go well beyond. There are two separate home theatre systems, a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital system with in-wall speakers in the master bedroom and a 7.1 channel system in the living area. This system goes beyond state-of-the-art and defines a new audiophile paradigm. There are seven 12-inch professional speakers (each with woofer and concentric compression driver tweeter) mounted between rafters that are four inches thick and 18-inches deep on 24-inch centers. These are supplemented and augmented by eight in-wall speakers by Klipsch and B&W.

There are also two floor-standing, full-range speakers for the side channels driven by Lexicon’s proprietary Logic Seven output, which includes LRF, CEN, LRS, LFR, and SUB. The inputs into the Lexicon AV processor include S-VHS VCR, DVD, CD, and nearly 500 channels of digital satellite programming, including east and west coast feeds of ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and PBS.

Also included are all the HBO, Showtime, and IFC premium networks. These eight separate channels are fed to 15 channels of amplification, ranging in rated output from 100 to 1000-watts per channel. The system can achieve continuous sound pressure levels 20 dB above Dolby reference levels and peaks that would damage the cilia of the inner ear, leading to hearing loss, so guests use any level above Dolby reference (an indicated 0 dB on the Lexicon) at their own risk.

The programming from the master satellite receiver is provided to each of the four TVs in the house by internal coax feed. Digital satellite programming is also provided in the master bedroom and second bedroom, on a separate satellite receivers, for a total of three.

The workmanship and materials are custom grade. It is decorated in colors of the sea and beach, with thematically appropriate art. The furniture is comfortable, but hardly upscale.

If this description resonates with your heart and mind, you will feel as if you designed and built it. It will feel like home.

We bought the lot for our intended retirement home in 1986, after years of looking for just the right property on the Oregon Coast. Our home was constructed in 1995 by one of the three or four best custom contractors on the coast.

The current residents of Port Orford can be divided into those people who grew up in the area and are working in the fishing, retail, and service industries, a later-arriving group of artists and craftspeople, and the fastest growing group of retirees from everywhere. This group has bought land in the past and now is building retirement homes, some exceeding a million dollars in construction costs.

The intentional residents have come because of relatively low land acquisition costs, the evolving culture, but mostly for the views - without question the finest on the Oregon Coast; favorably comparable to Big Sur and Mendocino County.

Our house faces due south, with views of the mountains meeting the sea. The views directly east are those of the only natural deep-water harbor south of Newport. Whales stop in our front yard (about a 100 horizontal and 30 vertical yards to the sea) twice a year. But all year, in all weather conditions, the fishing and crabbing fleet of Port Orford have their boats lowered from the dock by crane into the harbor in the morning and hauled up, with their catch, to the waiting dock and seafood processing plant.

Because the wind comes from the south, there are few foggy days. There are days of horizontal rain, commonly driven in the winter by 100 knot winds. In February of 2002, sustained winds of 142 knots were recorded. Yet the house is safe and sheltering. You hear the wind, you see the massive waves breaking over the jetty, but nothing penetrates this incredibly strong house.

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• Amenities
  • Air Conditioning
  • Linens Provided
  • Off Street Parking
  • Parking for RV/Boat/Trailer
• Beds
  • Queen Bed
• Entertainment
  • Cable/Satellite TV
  • DVD
  • VCR
  • CD Player
  • Stereo System
  • Jetted Tub in Bath
• Kitchen
  • Full Kitchen
  • Cooking Utensils Provided
  • Refrigerator
  • Dishwasher
  • Microwave
  • Ice Maker
• Outdoor Features
  • Balcony
• View/Location
  • Oceanfront
• Communications
  • Telephone
• Other Amenities
  • Central Air Conditioning
• Suitability
  • No Pets Allowed
  • Not Suitable for Children
  • Smoking Not Allowed
• Activities (on site and nearby)
  • Golf
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
  • Restaurants
  • Rafting
  • Boating
  • Shelling
  • Swimming
  • Snorkeling/Diving
  • Windsurfing
  • Biking
  • Mountain Biking
  • Cross Country Skiing
  • Wildlife Viewing
  • Hiking
  • Fishing
  • Hunting
  • Rock Climbing
  • Cinemas/Movie Theaters
• Other Activities
  • Jet Boating up the Rogue River on working mail boats

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$160/night (two-night minimum)
$960/seven-day week (three-week maximum)
Add 7% state and local lodging tax

Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.

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