Portland Maps - A great resource for buyers in the Portland area

​While in the process of purchasing a home, the Grover Team often refer our clients to the Portland Maps website. (https://www.portlandmaps.com)
 
There is so much useful information on the website, every buyer should become familiar with it. You can look up when the last permit was pulled on the property and crosscheck that with anything you find in the inspection report or what the sellers have disclosed. 
 
 
Portlandmaps.com has made it very easy to do neighborhood research online.  For example, there are maps of Portland showing real time airplanes and helicopters flying over the city.  By clicking on the airplane icon it gives you the flight number, the height of the plane, whether it’s coming or going etc.  Pretty much anything you would want to know about an airplane.


There are is also a “Noise complaint map” with a dot for every location someone complained to the city about noise.  (And a noise variance map as well.) They mostly fall into loud music, a machine, or constructions sounds early in the morning or late at night.
 
Other categories you can quickly look at are Geologic Hazards, crime maps, and marijuana applications.  Maybe not something you need to know, but fascinating none the less.  (West side, you’re not doing your share.)
 
Other things you can find on Portlandmaps.com are street sweeping schedules, locations of trees, locations of flashing pedestrian lights, (West side, you’re not doing your share!) and the progress of pet projects like Springwater salmon recovery.
 
In short, every buyer should do their research before purchasing a home and Portland Maps is an amazing resource. 

If you're in the market for a new home, get in touch with our buyer's agent, Ana Linden - 503 964 0617