Oregon Home | 49 of attractive, quality homes; somebody who would engage in conversation, solve problems creatively and make them feel like they were part of the team. During their search, they visited a Renaissance Homes open house in Lake Oswego. Founded by Randy Sebastian in 1984, Renaissance Homes has become one of the region’s most wellknown builders of luxury homes over the past four decades. Renaissance Homes is now also focusing on custom homes and is sought after for its streamlined building process and promise to deliver the best-built homes for its clients. Sullivan, a West Linn native, knew of Renaissance Homes simply from growing up here, but she was also familiar with the builder’s participation in the NW Natural Street of Dreams. Michael Lutz, a broker for Renaissance Homes, was working the open house when Sullivan and Williams visited. He connected with the couple, who shared with Lutz some of the vision for the home they had in mind for themselves. “He was so kind and so welcoming, and just let us know they were here for us,” Sullivan says. “When we left, we were like, ‘This is what we are supposed to do.’” Sullivan and Williams worked closely with the team at Renaissance Homes to make their home a reality. Renaissance Homes offers clients the choice to select one of its award-winning plans from its extensive collection, or clients can work with Renaissance Homes’ architectural design team to create a custom home plan. Many clients opt to select a plan from the Renaissance collection and make personal modifications to it, which is exactly what Sullivan and Williams did. “That was something we didn’t know you could do,” Sullivan says, “but it was a game-changer.” That meant flipping the layout, adding a dog shower in the garage (the couple has five dogs) a door in the bedroom that opens to the outside and a pocket door for the en suite bathroom in the guest room. They also worked in an extra closet in one of the bedrooms and a fireplace in the primary suite. The team at Renaissance Homes was able to help Sullivan and Williams bring their ideas for what they wanted into reality. “The communication was fantastic,” Williams says. “They were so good at understanding what we were saying even though we may not have been good at saying it. They interpreted and translated what we wanted and just did a great job of helping us find what we wanted.” What the couple also appreciated about Renaissance Homes was the company’s efforts to keep the project within — and
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