Lisa Foster and her husband moved into a newly built home in the Woodland Ridge community in Thurston two weeks ago. Coming from Southern California, they were looking for a more affordable home in a quiet neighborhood.
“Nothing could compare to what the value for the money here was,” the 65-year-old retiree told Lookout Eugene-Springfield.
Foster said they bought the three-bed, two-bath, single-story house on Holly Street for $479,000. The beautiful views are a plus, she said. The neighborhood in southeast Springfield overlooks rolling hills of the Willamette Valley.
“This same home would probably be a million dollars” in California, she said.
Hayden Homes, a Redmond-based development company, acquired the property in 2020 and began construction in 2021. It has built nearly 170 houses so far, and about 150 of those have sold. The development is nearing its halfway mark and is adding needed housing stock in the city…