Restoration help in Southwest Portland
Southwest is the hilly side of the city. Multnomah Village and Hillsdale anchor a network of neighborhoods that climb into the West Hills, and the water story is slope: rain that lands uphill travels downhill through soil, retaining walls, and whatever drainage the builder installed decades ago, until it meets a foundation.
The buildings
The mix runs from village-era homes with basements near the flats to midcentury hillside builds with daylight basements, and up to newer construction cut into steeper ground. Daylight basements are the signature: a lower level that's fully below grade on the uphill side and open on the downhill side takes water at the uphill wall every wet season if the drainage gives out.
The water
Slope runoff, failed footing drains, and retaining-wall weep problems account for most of the calls. The rest is the universal list: appliance failures, supply breaks, and crawlspaces that never fully dry.
The callback
The useful detail is where the water enters relative to the slope: uphill wall seepage is a drainage problem that a dry-out alone won't solve, and the crew covering southwest knows to ask which side of the house is wet.
Coverage
Multnomah, Hillsdale, Maplewood, Ashcreek, Collins View, South Burlingame, and the slope neighborhoods up toward Council Crest.