ABOUT

Jason has a long and storied path as a builder. He discovered his passion for the craft late in life while working on Germany’s first permitted two-story straw bale house built entirely with hand tools under a Master Carpenter of the Guild. He got there after traveling for years by ground through the Andes and then across Eurasia from Indochina to Turkey where he transitioned to biking, sleeping under bridges and volunteering at intentional communities from Greece to Paris before flying to West Africa to learn drum carving with Ga and Ewe artisans.

After working as an itinerant handyman in Paris, it was his weird (as in fate) to finally find his true home in marvellous 2004 Portland. He apprenticed as a ecobuilding Framing Carpenter for Coho Construction’s advanced framing subcontractor for one year then moved to manage the upkeep of 100 rental homes for a Property Management company before starting his own General Contracting company in 2006.

Over more than twenty-five years in the field, his initial focus on historic home restoration has shifted to contemporary remodels and basement / backyard ADUs in unison with Portland as it strives to meet its urban density goals. Now he continues to evolve making cozy luminous spaces that add value to real estate and create low-maintenance, efficiently thoughtful additional homes for Portlanders to thrive in.