Quality General Contractor in Marylhurst, OR

Marylhurst sits atop a wooded ridge in the northwest corner of West Linn, looking over the Willamette River from around 550 feet up. The quiet, meandering streets and steep, tree-covered lots ask a lot of any general contractor working here, since the ground rarely lies flat and the views are worth designing around. The best custom home builder for a lot like this reads the slope and the trees first, then shapes the house to fit them. We build new homes, take on additions, and handle full renovations across this part of West Linn, treating the slope, the trees, and the existing house as the starting point rather than an afterthought. Some owners want a single room reworked, others want to rebuild for the view, and both start the same way with us: a written scope and one team seeing it through. 

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A Local Builder for Marylhurst's Wooded Ridge

The terrain is the first thing we read on a Marylhurst lot. Moderate to steep slopes change where a foundation can sit and how water drains, and with Arbor and Robinwood Creeks running through the neighborhood, drainage is not something to guess at. The streets are narrow and winding, so we plan deliveries, dumpsters, and crew access before the first truck shows up. We have been a licensed general contractor in Oregon since 1996, and that time shows most on lots like these, where a flat-site approach simply does not hold.

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Mid-Century Homes and New Custom Builds

Much of Marylhurst was built in the 1950s, and ramblers and split-levels are still the common housing here. Construction Management & Design works throughout West Linn and the neighboring Lake Oswego and Robinwood areas, and we know these mid-century homes well: original wiring, aging plumbing, single-pane windows, and closed-off floor plans that owners want opened up. Alongside them, newer custom homes keep going up between the trees to capture the territorial and ravine views. Our resident designer, Colleen Mihalik, works through the plans, materials, and finishes before construction starts, and our CCB license (#112648), bonded and insured, stands behind every project.

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What We Build and Renovate Here

Our work covers the full span of residential construction, not a single service. In Marylhurst, that runs from a ground-up custom home to a second-story addition, a whole-home renovation of a dated mid-century house, or kitchen and bathroom updates that bring an older floor plan current. We also rework living rooms and fireplaces, finish basements, and build decks and covered patios suited to wet Oregon winters. Miles Koessler runs each project as your one point of contact, so the person who walks the lot with you at the start manages the schedule, the trades, and the budget at the finish. Our in-house design has taken multiple Street of Dreams awards.

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Steep Slopes, Creeks, and West Linn Permits

Most new builds and structural remodels in Marylhurst need permits through the City of West Linn, and we handle those filings as part of the job. Lots near Arbor or Robinwood Creek, or on the steeper parts of the ridge, can carry extra review around grading, drainage, and tree protection, and we sort that out early instead of mid-build. Because the neighborhood is quiet and close-knit, with homes set among the trees, we keep work hours and site cleanup in mind for the neighbors you will still see long after the project wraps.

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About Marylhurst, OR

Marylhurst is a small, heavily wooded neighborhood covering about 171 acres in the northwest corner of West Linn. It sits on a ridge above the Willamette River, bordered by the Skyline neighborhood to the north, Robinwood to the east, and Hidden Springs to the south. Highway 43 carries the area's traffic toward Lake Oswego and into the wider Portland metro to the north, while Marylhurst Heights Park and the surrounding creeks keep the setting green. The mix of mid-century homes and newer custom builds, set on sloped and view-facing lots, is a steady source of remodeling and new construction work here.