What We Prepare
The reserve study your association relies on.
In Oregon the reserve study is most often called exactly that. Our Reserve Fund Study is the same deliverable, prepared to recognized standards for the condominium and planned-community associations the state’s common-interest statutes apply to.
Every engagement starts with a full inventory of the association’s major common components, an on-site condition inspection, and a long-range funding forecast across multiple funding models. The result is a report a volunteer Board can read and act on, and one that holds up when an Owner, a lender, an insurer, or a prospective buyer reviews the association’s documents.
Reserve requirements in Oregon depend on how an association was created and governed, and they continue to develop. We prepare each study to the expectations that apply where your association sits, and confirm the specifics for your community as part of the proposal.
See the full Reserve Fund Study →Across the State
From the valley to the high desert.
Oregon spans coast, valley, and high desert, and reserve planning should not stop at the edge of the Portland metro. We work with associations across every region, with the on-site inspection scheduled in your area.
- Portland Metro
- Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham, and the surrounding suburbs, the state’s largest concentration of condominium and planned-community associations.
- Willamette Valley
- Salem, Eugene, Corvallis, and the valley corridor, from established mid-rises to growing planned communities.
- Central & Coastal
- Bend, Medford, and the coast, where seasonal weather and renewal timing both matter to a forecast.
Communities outside these centres are served the same way, remotely for most of the engagement, with the inspection scheduled on site. If your association is in Oregon, we can prepare your reserve study.
A Specialist Practice
A higher standard of reserve planning for Oregon.
We bring deep reserve-planning experience to associations across Oregon, prepared to the requirements that apply where your community sits.
- Standards-based. Studies prepared to recognized reserve-planning standards and to Oregon’s common-interest requirements.
- Remote-capable by design. Most of the engagement runs in a shared workspace, so distance and the border do not slow the work.
- Independent throughout. No ties to contractors or vendors, so the recommendations serve the Owners and no one else.
Common Questions
Oregon, specifically.
Straight answers on obligation, terminology, and reach for associations in Oregon, before you request a proposal.
Does our Oregon association need a reserve study?
Oregon’s condominium and planned-community statutes generally direct associations to prepare a reserve study and to keep it current. Which framework applies, and the exact timing, depends on how your association was created and governed. We confirm precisely what applies to your community as part of the proposal.
Why do you call it a Reserve Fund Study?
Reserve Fund Study is the name OurCastle uses for the deliverable across every region we serve. In Oregon it is most often called a reserve study; in British Columbia the same work is the Depreciation Report named by the Strata Property Act. The terminology follows the jurisdiction; the underlying work, a component inventory, a condition inspection, and a long-range funding forecast, is the same.
Can you work with an Oregon association remotely?
Yes. We prepare Reserve Fund Studies for associations across Oregon, from Portland to Bend. Most of the engagement runs in a shared workspace, with the on-site inspection scheduled in your area, so distance does not slow the work.
For Reference
Read the Oregon requirements for yourself.
The statutes and standards behind a reserve study in Oregon are public. Here are the primary sources we prepare to.