The Workshop & Detached Garage: 220V Power for Every Project

What does the workshop and garage situation look like at 1111 SW Coronado St? The property pairs an attached two-car garage with a detached garage and workshop that was wired in 2019 with a dedicated 50-amp sub panel and 220V power, which makes it one of the more genuinely useful workhorse spaces you will find attached to a forest-side home. For buyers who weld, woodwork, run heavy tools, or plan for an electric vehicle charger, this is the kind of detail that separates an ordinary house from a property built for how you actually live.

A Detached Workshop With Real Electrical Capacity

Most Portland homes offer standard 120-volt garage outlets, fine for power tools and string lights but limiting for serious work. The detached shop at 1111 SW Coronado St is different: in 2019 a new 50-amp sub panel with 220V power was installed, the same class of service that feeds an electric oven or a dryer. What does that unlock? A 220V circuit runs the big toys on the wish list: a MIG welder or plasma cutter, a full-size table saw or dust collector, a pottery kiln, a compressor that refills in seconds, or a Level 2 EV charger that recharges overnight instead of over two days. It also means the circuit is rarely the bottleneck when you plan a project, which is the quiet gift of the whole outbuilding.

Room for Every Kind of Project

A workshop is only as good as the space around it, and this one sits beside a greenhouse in a quiet corner of the property, with the attached two-car garage at the house for everyday storage. Gardeners can run a potting bench, seed flats, and a small kiln for ceramics without crowding the house. Woodworkers get sawdust isolation: nothing about the interior living space reads like a lumberyard. Tinkerers and restorers keep a project car, dirt bikes, or a canoe under cover. And for the sustainability-minded, a 220V shop makes it straightforward to plan for a Level 2 EV charger, so recharging becomes part of the nightly routine instead of an errand.

The Bigger Picture: Two Tax Lots and Room to Grow

The garage and workshop sit on a rare nearly 3 acres that span two tax lots, so there is land around every building, from the terraced garden beds to the winding footpaths through the firs. That setting changes what "storage" means: plenty of room for a landscape trailer, firewood, garden equipment, and building materials, with the greenhouse nearby for year-round starts. For a deeper look at what nearly 3 acres on two tax lots means, see our guide to two tax lots of privacy and serenity, and the full timeline of upgrades that includes the 2019 electrical work and the new roof and exterior paint.

Questions to Ask About Any Outbuilding

Buying a home with a workshop is exciting, but every outbuilding deserves a short due-diligence list. Ask what electrical work was permitted and whether there are permits and records you can review, confirm the sub panel serving the shop, and check the workshop's insulation, lighting, and drainage since a damp shop is a hard place to keep steel tools happy. Ask your home inspector to look at the detached structure's roof, foundation, and wiring connections. And when it comes to how you plan to use the space, from a kiln to an EV charger, a good agent will help you think through capacity and any city requirements before you commit.

Why the Workshop Matters to Buyers

Outbuildings rarely headline a listing, but they quietly determine how far a property carries the hobbies, side projects, and daily logistics of a household. The combination here, a 220V-capable detached shop plus an attached two-car garage plus a greenhouse on nearly 3 wooded acres, is genuinely unusual in SW Portland. If that kind of utilitarian flexibility sounds like your version of a dream home, come see it in person.

Contact Danielle Bade to schedule a tour of 1111 SW Coronado St and see the workshop, the greenhouse, and the nearly 3 acres of forest for yourself.