Eastside: Alameda | Eastmoreland | Irvington | Laurelhurst
Westside: West Hills | Lake Oswego | Forest Heights | West Linn | Stafford | Dunthorpe | Beaverton | Bull Mountain | Northwest
Acreage Properties: NW Skyline | Cooper Mountain | Parrett Mountain | Oregon City | Stafford
Portland executive and luxury properties on the Westside are found in almost every city and area. I have included the areas with the largest volume of homes above the $700,000 price range. Other than the West Hills over-looking downtown Portland, most of the areas contain newer homes built within the last 20 years and reflecting the NW traditional style. Burnside Road and later Hwy 26 divides the northwest from the southwest area.
The Westside has rolling hills and mountains with homes built to accommodate the topography. You will find homes built in and among the trees, homes with views, homes with decks over looking green spaces but no backyards and homes built among natural preserved developments.
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The West Hills contain the neighborhoods of Portland Heights, King's Heights, Council Crest, Arlington Heights and Willamette Heights in the Southwest and Forest Heights in the Northwest. Someone once said that Portland's West Hills was Boston's Nob Hill without the dress code. The Southwest Hills areas were built before the 1920's by Portland's elite, with many homes on narrow winding streets, overlooking downtown Portland with Mt. Hood views. Many folks prefer to live here for the classic architectural style of homes, quality of education and close proximity to a vibrant downtown Portland.
Click to EnlargeHistoric, winding up and down streets, smaller lots, short jaunt into downtown, good schools, old money, could describe the SW Hills. You won't find a local coffee shop just around the corner but it's just a short 2-5 minute drive into the Nob Hill area for shopping, restaurants and services.
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SW - West Hills |
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The schools within the SW Hills are:
Ainsworth Elementary
Chapman Elementary
West Sylvan
Lincoln High School
Click to EnlargeForest Heights is located on the backside of the West Hills looking into the Tualatin Valley. The area was built along a ridge 4-5 miles from downtown and many of the homes have views of the coast range to the West. This 600 acre neighborhood, with 1,980 homes, began 17 years ago and is almost built out as of today. Development restrictions have resulted in a virtual cornucopia of building styles from contempary to traditional- with no two homes looking precisely alike. Forest Heights sits next to Forest Park and includes about 200 acres of woods and parks, within the development, set aside for common space. There are also more than 7 miles of walking trails throughout.
The homes in Forest Heights are built in the hills; which provide some interesting foundations.
Click to Enlarge One side of the street can have a home on an almost level lot with a backyard and across the street a home with a 3 story foundation and decks for a backyard.
A majority of the homes have green space around and a backyard for children.
The area also has a town center for basics and a shopping mall within 5 minutes. The trip downtown is about 10-15 minutes and a decent 20 minute commute to the high tech area.
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Forest Heights |
Forest Heights |
The schools within Forest Heights are:
Forest Park Elementary
West Sylvan
Lincoln High School
Lake Oswego is considered one of the finest residential areas in Oregon. Although its just eight miles from downtown Portland, Lake Oswego is not your typical bedroom community. The thriving city of 35,000 is centered around the 403 acre lake of the same name, and bordered by the Willamette River offering great views and great walks. Lake Oswego just recently renovated their downtown area with a European square.
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This has driven up the costs of homes closest to the downtown area and given the entire city a new community meeting and shopping area. Lake Oswego is surrounded by Tyron State Park to the north, the Willamette River to the east and farmland to the south. I-5 borders the north side of Lake Oswego and offers an easy commute to Portland or the airport. Of course, Lake Oswego is also known for its properties surrounding the Lake and some of the best schools in the state.
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Lake Oswego |
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Lake Oswego School Information:
Lake Oswego School District
Lake Oswego School Boundaries (opens a PDF map)
West Linn
Click to Enlarge is home to about 25,000 residents and is one of the fastest growing communities in the Portland metro area. While other cities have few new developments, West Linn still has some vacant land available for new construction. Most of the executive and luxury homes are concentrated in the hills above the Willamette River with some homes offering mountain or river views.
Click to EnlargeWest Linn has a small town center for basic shopping and two large malls just 20 minutes away. There is also the historic West Linn that sits along the Willamette River. When I think of West Linn I think good schools, children, new homes, well kept neighborhoods and parks (17 dedicated to neighborhoods).
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West Linn |
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The West Linn School District also includes Wilsonville to the south.
Click to EnlargeDunthorpe is only a couple of minutes north of Lake Oswego and 5 miles from downtown Portland. Dunthorpe is an affluent suburb of Portland where extravagant manors sit within a canopy of green next to Tyron State Park.
Click to EnlargeHedges line the winding streets with long driveways leading to historic or a few new construction homes. Children in Dunthorpe attend the highly acclaimed Riverdale Schools, which serve this small enclave of homes.
Seclusion, privacy with a feeling of a week-end retreat are just some of the amenities to living in Dunthorpe.
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The schools within Dunthorpe are:
Riverdale Elementary
Riverdale High School
Beaverton is the first city heading west out of Portland. High-tech began in Beaverton with Tektronix and then spread out along the Sunset Highway (Hwy 26) towards Hillsboro. 
Click to EnlargeWith a population nearing 90,000, Beaverton is becoming more diversified, more dynamic and more densely populated than Portland, yet it doesn't look at all like a city. Beaverton is central to most destinations within the metro area. Shopping is done in town centers located next to neighborhoods and malls such as Washington Square. Newer homes abound on Cooper Mt. with views and tall fir trees.
Click to EnlargeMurrayhill neighborhood, located on Cooper Mt., has many executive homes in a beautiful planned community. Shopping, walking trails, homes built in and among fir trees and neighborhood schools make Murrayhill one of Beaverton's most desirable neighborhoods.
Beaverton is known for its highly performing school district and innovative programs with magnet schools, such as the Science and Technology, Science Academy, Arts and Communication and language emersion schools.
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Bull Mountain area in Tigard has an abundance of executive homes in developments lining Bull Mountain Road. 
Click to EnlargeOriginally, the area was a farming area with Christmas tree farms, berry farms and hazelnut farms, just to name a few. Development began with large properties of 2-5 acres and estate size homes. As the area began to see more demand for housing the lot sizes decreased to half acre lots. The largest development on Bull Mt. is Hillshire with some expansive views to the east and Mt. Hood.
Click to EnlargeToday, we see a shift away from building on larger lot sizes as demand and state land use planning guidelines are implemented but there are still areas with executive and luxury homes.
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Bull Mountain |
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Bull Mountain is in the Tigard-Tualatin School District.
Located on the north side of Hwy. 26 and in the heart of the silicon corridor, are the neighborhoods of Bauer Oaks, Bauer Creek Estates, Bauer Woods, Burton and Hartung Farms. Developed on flat farmland, the streets are tree-lined winding cul-de-sacs filled with kids and soccer balls. 
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The homes in these areas are located in Washington County with a Portland address and children attend the Beaverton School District. This area has seen growth and most of Beaverton's new schools are located in this area. Ideally situated close to the high tech core and a short commute into downtown Portland, with the MAX system close by, make this an area of continued growth.
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The Northwest Suburbs are in the Beaverton School District
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