Cedar Hills Movers

Cedar Hills, More Than an Address

Cedar Hills by the Numbers

Cedar Hills is an unincorporated Washington County community of approximately 10,000 residents, covering about 3.5 square miles between US-26 and the southern boundary of Beaverton. Washington County provides government services including road maintenance, permitting, and zoning. The Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District maintains parks and recreational facilities throughout the community.

The MAX Blue Line’s Cedar Hills station at Cedar Hills Boulevard provides direct service to downtown Portland in under 30 minutes. US-26 connects the community eastward to Portland and westward to the Coast Range and Hillsboro. The Nike headquarters campus in Beaverton is less than two miles south.

Cedar Hills Crossing anchors the commercial core and functions as one of the primary retail destinations for the southwestern quadrant of the metro area.

The History of the Community

Cedar Hills was developed beginning in 1948 by Pacific Realty Trust, one of the region’s major postwar real estate developers, as a planned residential community on former farmland west of Portland. The development was designed with curving streets, consistent setbacks, and a commercial center at its core, following the planning principles that shaped many postwar American suburbs.

The community sold quickly as returning veterans and their families moved into the new ranch homes and took advantage of GI Bill financing. Washington County invested in infrastructure to serve the growing population, and Cedar Hills filled in through the 1950s and 1960s as one of the most successful planned subdivisions in the Pacific Northwest.

The Cedar Hills name derives from the stands of western red cedar that covered much of the area before settlement. The Tualatin Hills that give the park district its name rise to the south and west, and the forested corridor along Beaverton Creek connects the community to a network of natural areas that have been preserved as the surrounding land developed.

What a Cedar Hills Move Actually Involves

Cedar Hills moves have a consistent character shaped by the mid-century housing stock.

Ranch homes and split-levels from the 1950s and 1960s often have side-entry or detached garages that position the truck access away from the front of the house. Loading routes through a side gate or around the back of the property are common. We identify this during the property assessment and plan the truck positioning accordingly.

Interior access in ranch homes is typically single-level, which is generally efficient. Split-levels and homes with finished basements add a stair dimension to the job. Older doorways in the original 1948-1960 construction tend to be narrower than contemporary standards, and large furniture pieces occasionally require disassembly for passage. We carry the tools for this and confirm any likely disassembly needs before the day.

Parking on the curving residential streets is generally available without the constraints of more urban neighborhoods. The main variable is matching the truck size to the driveway and street width at the specific property.

US-26 is the fastest route between Cedar Hills and downtown Portland, and the Sunset Tunnel bottleneck is the main timing variable for cross-metro moves. We plan transit windows for moves that require travel to the east side around the peak inbound and outbound congestion windows.