Bordered by two canals, Lake Oswego's Blue Heron neighborhood offers an opportunity to live in a lakefront house served by some of the best schools in Oregon. "Everybody here has a boat," says Bob Brown, president of the Blue Heron Neighborhood Association. "It's been that way for a long time."
Brown says Blue Heron is going through a transition as new residents are replacing its older, single-story ranch-style houses and cottages with two-story contemporary houses. They're taking advantage of the fact nearly a third of the neighborhood's lots sit on the banks of the Blue Heron and Lake Oswego canals, both of which feed into Oswego Lake. But those living in the remaining two-thirds of the neighborhood's houses need not fret because they might have deeded access to a lake easement like Alder Point, where you can store your boat and put it in the water.
Lot sizes vary widely in Blue Heron, so you can choose between living right next to your neighbors on a 4,100-square-foot lakefront lot or in the middle of the forest on a 29,000-square-foot lot with plenty of privacy. These houses fetch anywhere from $850,000 to $3 million, regardless of whether they have lake access. They also sit on wide, sidewalk-lined streets that almost guarantee you'll have a good time trick-or-treating at Halloween. "We have good crowds," Brown says. He says more families with children have been moving into the neighborhood over the past 10 years -- a driving force behind the houses getting larger -- so "we've had a number of visitors each season, and it seems to be increasing, which is great."
The neighborhood's schools have a lot to do with the increasing number of families and children Brown's seen moving into the area. Blue Heron's students will start their K-12 careers at Westridge Elementary School, which is the third-best public elementary school in Oregon, according to Niche.com. From here, they'll move on to Lakeridge Middle School, the state's fourth-best middle school, and Lake Ridge High School, the state's second-best high school, according to Niche.com.
As a bonus, Blue Heron residents can also use the Lake Grove Swim Park – one of Lake Oswego's two swim parks -- because their houses were once part of the Lake Grove School District. They might also benefit from living in one of the 111 houses covered by the Blue Heron Homeowners Association, which grants them access to a private pool at the top of the hill.
Another benefit of this neighborhood is that it's close to some of Lake Oswego's most popular restaurants. Aji Tram's roast duck and teres major steak slider specials are only a mile away from most of Blue Heron's houses, so you don't have to travel very far to enjoy a good dinner out. The neighborhood is also less than two miles from the city's Boones Ferry Road corridor, where you'll find two grocery stores and local favorites like La Provence Boulangerie & Patisserie, Hop N Cork, and the Babica Hen Café. Head west from these restaurants, and you'll pass by an Interstate 5 interchange that's 12 miles from downtown Portland and the 500,000-square-foot Bridgeport Village Shopping Center in Tualatin. From great schools to lakefront houses on sprawling, half-acre lots, the Blue Heron neighborhood brings a lot to the table. That's why it's a great place to call home.
Erin Primrose
Real Broker
(360) 869-0587
70 Total Sales
1 in Blue Heron
$820,000 Price
Nick Shivers
Keller Williams PDX Central
(971) 232-4415
1,277 Total Sales
1 in Blue Heron
$1,463,845 Price
Tracy Wiens
John L. Scott Portland Central
(503) 782-1844
189 Total Sales
1 in Blue Heron
$1,010,000 Price
Judy Adler
Windermere Heritage
(503) 563-8450
102 Total Sales
3 in Blue Heron
$475K - $1.5M Price Range
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Lance George Marrs
Portland Modern Real Estate
(971) 350-2662
82 Total Sales
2 in Blue Heron
$1M - $1.5M Price Range
Patti Gage
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices NW Real Estate
(971) 255-5429
129 Total Sales
1 in Blue Heron
$890,000 Price
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On average, homes in Blue Heron, Lake Oswego sell after 75 days on the market compared to the national average of 52 days. The median sale price for homes in Blue Heron, Lake Oswego over the last 12 months is $2,100,000, up 51% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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