The Courtyards at Hidden Crest is a small Aho Construction neighborhood of townhomes and a short row of detached homes on the east side of the Salmon Creek area, just off NE 72nd Avenue in unincorporated Vancouver. The plat was recorded in 2021 with 82 lots, and Aho has been building and selling there since.
As of October 2026, one new home is for sale: a finished three-bedroom end-unit townhome at 6723 NE 132nd St, listed at $549,000. It suits buyers who want a new home with a garage and a yard of their own for less than a new detached house nearby, and who'd like to be a few minutes from I-205 and a new county park. The reason to look is the ownership: these are fee-simple townhomes, so you own the lot, and the HOA is $346 a year rather than a monthly condo fee. This guide covers the home, the lender incentive, the schools, the rentals and apartments around it, and what we'd check before writing an offer.
Community overview
Builder: Aho Construction, a family-run Washington builder since 1987 (October 2026) Location: NE 131st Way, NE 132nd Way, NE 71st Pl and NE 132nd St, east of NE 72nd Ave; unincorporated Clark County inside the Vancouver Urban Growth Area, 98686 (October 2026) Status: One home left; Aho calls it the last townhome in the community (October 2026) Pricing: 6723 NE 132nd St listed at $549,000 (October 2026) Home sizes: The home for sale is 1,929 sq ft with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a loft and a two-car garage (October 2026) Homesites: 82 lots and two HOA tracts, platted in 2021 (October 2026) Lots: 2,885 sq ft on the home for sale (October 2026) HOA: Hidden Crest HOA, $346 a year for 2026, subject to change annually (October 2026) Schools: Battle Ground Public Schools: Pleasant Valley Primary, Pleasant Valley Middle, Prairie High (October 2026) Sales: The home itself is the sales address; appointments Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, and self-guided tours daily, booked online (October 2026)
The homes
The Courtyards has two kinds of homes. Most of the community is two-story townhome rows along NE 131st Way, NE 132nd Way and NE 71st Pl, built in 2021 and 2022, with inside units of about 1,625 and 1,881 square feet. Along NE 132nd St, the newest homes, built in 2024 and 2025, are detached two-story homes of about 2,240 to 2,530 square feet and a few larger end-unit townhomes of about 1,930 square feet. The home for sale is one of those end units.
The one home for sale (October 10, 2026):
- 6723 NE 132nd St (Lot 079): $549,000. End-unit townhome, 3 bed / 2.5 bath, 1,929 sq ft, 2,885 sq ft lot, two-car garage. It's finished and open for self-guided tours.
What's in it: the listing describes 9-foot ceilings on the main level, laminate plank flooring in the open living areas, a linear fireplace in the great room, and a kitchen with stained cabinets, quartz counters, a large island, stainless gas appliances and a full-height backsplash. A large stacking panel door opens from the great room to a covered patio and a low-maintenance backyard. Upstairs there's an open loft, a primary bath with a tiled shower and walk-in closets with custom shelving. It also has laundry cabinets, a high-efficiency heat pump, a garage door opener and an electric-car charger circuit.
What similar homes sold for. County records show the two end units on either side of this row selling close to this price: 6718 NE 132nd St at $550,900 (June 2025), 6722 at $561,900 (July 2025) and 6727, next door, at $550,000 (April 2026), each recorded at 1,930 square feet. The detached homes on the street sold for $669,900 to $730,000 in 2025 and January 2026.
Current incentive: up to $15,000 toward a rate buydown or closing costs, with loan applications received through December 31, 2026. On Aho's flyer, $13,000 comes from Aho and $2,000 from CMG Home Loans. The loan has to be with Aho's named CMG loan officer at settlement, the offer is for owner-occupied homes, and it doesn't apply to bond, HELOC or down-payment-assistance loans or combine with other offers. Aho asks buyers to show a CMG pre-qualification or proof of funds before moving forward on a home; using CMG is optional, but the incentive comes only with it. We'd price an outside loan alongside it so you can compare the total cost over the years you expect to keep the loan.
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Aho Construction is a family-run Washington home builder that has been building since 1987, and it says it has built in Vancouver for more than three decades. In Clark County it's currently selling at Falcon Pointe in Orchards and River Bend in Battle Ground, and it also builds in Quincy, Moses Lake and West Richland. Aho's published warranty is a limited one-year warranty on materials and workmanship, plus a 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty: two years on major systems and ten years on structural defects. Its sales staff are salaried rather than commissioned, and its Self Tour system lets you verify your identity online and get an entry code to see the home on your own, including evenings and weekends.
Schools
The Courtyards is in Battle Ground Public Schools. We checked the addresses on NE 132nd St against Clark County's attendance-area maps, and they match the builder's listing:
| Level | School | Grades | Drive from the home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary | Pleasant Valley Primary, 14320 NE 50th Ave | Pre-K–4 | 1.9 mi, 5 min |
| Middle | Pleasant Valley Middle, 14320 NE 50th Ave | 5–8 | 1.9 mi, 5 min |
| High | Prairie High, NE 119th St at NE 117th Ave | 9–12 | 3.1 mi, 7 min |
The primary and middle schools share a campus, which keeps drop-off simple for families with kids in both. If this home interests you, let us know and we'll confirm the assignment for the address with the district's Transportation and Boundaries office. We found no announced boundary changes for 2026–27 and no new schools planned nearby.
Battle Ground's operations levy has failed in recent elections, and a replacement levy (Proposition 11, about $1.76 per $1,000 of assessed value) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. The result affects both school programs and your tax bill, so we'd look at it before you commit.
Inside the community
Aho describes the setting as tree-lined, with open space, paved walking trails, playgrounds and parks, and mountain views. The community has two common tracts owned by the Hidden Crest HOA, and it sits next to the older Hidden Crest neighborhoods to the north and west, which were platted in phases between 2017 and 2019. There's no clubhouse, pool or gate.
The HOA is the Hidden Crest HOA, at $346 a year for 2026. Aho doesn't publish what the dues cover, the management company or the CC&Rs. For a townhome, we'd want to see how exterior maintenance, roofs, shared walls and insurance are handled, along with the rules on parking, fences and rentals, before you sign.
Parks and outdoors nearby
- Curtin Creek Community Park: 2 minutes, 0.5 miles; Clark County's new 16-acre park on NE 72nd Ave, with an inclusive nature-themed playground, pickleball and futsal courts, sports fields, a picnic shelter, walking paths and restrooms. The county's grand-opening mailer is dated May 2026.
- Gaddis Wetlands Natural Area: 5 minutes; a county greenway next to Curtin Creek
- Greyhawk Park: 6 minutes; play equipment, swings, a sport court, a multiuse field and trails
- Pleasant Valley Park: 6 minutes; a county community park with a shelter, field, picnic tables and trails
- Vista Meadows Park: 9 minutes; play area, shelter, field and trails
- Salmon Creek Regional Park and Klineline Pond: 14 minutes; a lifeguarded swimming beach in summer, fishing and trails (parking fee)
Getting around
Drive times from the home in free-flowing traffic; rush hour adds time, especially at the bridges. You leave the neighborhood on NE 131st Way to NE 72nd Ave.
- I-205 at Padden Parkway: 2.8 miles, 5 minutes
- I-5 at NE 78th St: 5.2 miles, 10 minutes
- Glenn Jackson Bridge (I-205): 9.0 miles, 14 minutes
- Interstate Bridge (I-5): 9.8 miles, 16 minutes
- Portland International Airport: 14.0 miles, 23 minutes
- Downtown Vancouver: 9.4 miles, 18 minutes
- Downtown Portland: 17.3 miles, 30 minutes
Transit is thin here. Clark County's transit maps show no C-TRAN stop or route within about a mile, so plan on driving for most trips.
Daily life
- Groceries: Costco on NE 84th St (5 minutes), WinCo Foods on NE 119th St (6), Safeway on NE 63rd St (7)
- Coffee: Hearth Coffee on NE 72nd Ave (2 minutes)
- Healthcare: The Vancouver Clinic Salmon Creek on NE 139th St (9 minutes), Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (10), PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (15)
What it costs to own
- Jurisdiction: the address says Vancouver, but the community is in unincorporated Clark County, inside the Vancouver Urban Growth Area. Police service is the Clark County Sheriff, and fire service is Clark County Fire District 5, served by Vancouver Fire.
- Utilities: Clark Public Utilities for water and power; Clark Regional Wastewater District for sewer. The home has a heat pump plus gas appliances.
- Property tax: the 2026 levy for this tax code area is $6.442 per $1,000 of assessed value, about $3,540 a year on a $549,000 assessment. That rate includes only Battle Ground's technology levy; if Proposition 11 passes, expect roughly $1.76 more per $1,000, or about $970 a year at this price.
- HOA: $346 a year for 2026.
- Impact fees: paid by the builder at permit and built into the price. Our custom homes guide compares fees across the county.
What's changing nearby
The land around the Courtyards is zoned for higher density, and several apartment projects are approved along its street out. Across NE 131st Way, the county approved the 84-unit 68th Avenue Apartments (its first phase was approved as The Hamlet at Curtin Creek in 2024) and, in April 2026, the 48-unit LOTI Apartments next door to it. The 72-unit Leilani Pointe Apartments on NE 129th St is still in county review, and a 136-unit second phase of Jailen's Pointe Apartments on NE 126th St was approved in 2024. Along NE 72nd Ave, the 22-lot Manzura Townhomes was approved in 2024.
On the single-family side, Kirysiah Glen (32 lots, on NE 132nd Way to the west) was approved in April 2026, and smaller subdivisions are in review on NE 129th St. A commercial short plat at NE 119th St and NE 72nd Ave is on hold. NE 72nd Avenue between NE 122nd and NE 133rd Streets appears on the county's six-year transportation improvement program, though we didn't find a published scope or schedule.
What to check before you buy
- Who your neighbors are. County records show most of the townhomes on NE 131st Way, NE 132nd Way and NE 71st Pl owned by a few companies, and many have been advertised for lease. That can be a plus for a quiet, well-kept street, and it also means more turnover than an owner-occupied row. Reach out and we'll get the HOA's rental rules and budget in front of you, and find out how exterior upkeep is enforced on rented homes.
- Apartment construction on your street out. Expect construction traffic on NE 131st Way while the approved apartments are built. Drive it on a weekday morning, and we can pull the county permit status for each project so you know what's next.
- One home, no choice of lot. This is the last Aho home here, so the comparison is with the same plan on the resale market. The end unit next door sold for $550,000 in April 2026; we'd use that and any active resales to judge the price.
- The incentive conditions. The $15,000 depends on using Aho's named CMG loan officer and doesn't work with bond or down-payment-assistance loans. If you're using one of those programs, tell us and we'll find out what Aho will do on price instead, with an outside lender's quote to compare either way.
- The HOA documents. We'll request the CC&Rs, budget, reserve information and management contact, and confirm what the $346 covers for an attached home.
- The school levy. Watch the November 3 result; it affects both Battle Ground programs and your tax bill.
- Inspections. New homes still have defects. A licensed inspector before closing, and again before the one-year warranty ends, keeps fixes on the builder.
How we help here
At the Courtyards, we start by pricing the one home against what's actually traded: the end units on either side that sold for $550,000 to $561,900, and any resales of the same plan on the market when you're looking. We pull the county records on the apartments across NE 131st Way so you know what's approved and when, and we get the Hidden Crest HOA documents in front of you early, with the rental rules and what the dues cover for an attached home. We run the CMG offer against outside lender quotes so you can see which costs less over the years you'll keep the loan. We coordinate the licensed inspections before closing and before the one-year warranty walk-through, and if you'd also like to see detached homes nearby, we line up Aho's Falcon Pointe and the communities around Curtin Creek in the same afternoon.
Before you commit to anything, you'll have a written Engagement Proposal with the exact scope and fee.
Also looking nearby? See Royal Glen, half a mile south with the same schools, Aho's Falcon Pointe in Orchards, Salmon Creek Ridge, and the full Vancouver new-construction page.
Last updated: October 2026