Just off Portland Street in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, lies the entrance to the sought after successful community of Portland Hills. Masterfully designed to integrate gently descending streets with natural surroundings, this exceptional community offers home sites of gorgeous views of the Portland Valley, the Dartmouth skyline, to peaceful wooded tranquility on the shores of Morris Lake. It is an extension of the communityof Portland Estates along Portland Street(Route 207). One of the municipality's new bus rapid transit, The Link, routes has a terminus in PortlandHills.Designed for those who want to live in an upscale neighborhood with all the amenities near at hand but who still enjoy an active lifestyle with public lake access, tennis & basketball courts, sports fields, and multiple trailways to be enjoyed.The sought-after neighborhood is still expanding with the recently added extension of Bellbrook, addition of Pebblecreek, & soon to be available extension of Cherrywood.These newly added areas also offer Natural gas as an option.
Being a mixture of families & retirement living, Portland Hills offers many amenities all within walking distance, including but not limited to gyms, shopping, restaurants, bars, spas, physio clinics, yoga, car washes & more.
Another reason for its popularity is that many of the homes feed into the Portland Estates Elementary School, a P-3 school built in 2000.Owned & operated by Scotia Learning, PEES offers programs from grade Primary through grade 6.The school community is a very active & supportive one rich in diversity & opportunity.The school offers several musical & physical educational opportunities as well as The Power Play Program, a voluntary student asset development program aimed at grades 5 & 6.Pees believes in the strong link between home & school is critical to a child’s learning. Other schools for the area include: Bel Ayr Elementary, Ellenvale & Eric Graves Junior Highs, & Prince Andrew High School. For more information on all schools within the Halifax Regional School Board, please visit http://www.hrsb.ns.ca .
If you would like more information regarding Portland Hills, homes being built in Portland Hills, or homes for sale in this terrific neighborhood, please call ( 902 )497-1217. In the mean time, feel free to visit our website at http://www.MervEdinger.com.
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