Rental Search Criteria — Alex (Vancouver WA)¶

Version 1 — 2026-07-17. Defaults set by Peter; refine after Alex's first pass. Anything marked (v1 guess) needs confirmation.

Who / why¶

Alex (Peter's brother-in-law) lives in Vancouver, WA and needs to move. One kid. Wants a yard, values walkability, wants a nice house — decent condition, not a dump.

Location¶

• Primary: Edgewood neighborhood, Vancouver WA. Per the City of Vancouver's Edgewood Neighborhood Action Plan, the official boundaries are Grand Blvd (west), E 5th St (south), Blandford Dr (east), and Mill Plain/Edgewood Dr (north) — central Vancouver, zip 98661. The pipeline's core bbox approximates this: lat 45.615–45.640, lng −122.655 to −122.615, padded to catch the adjacent Edgewood Park neighborhood (NW of Vancouver Heights, SE of Rose Village).
• ⚠️ Open question for Alex: an earlier note placed "Edgewood" in NE Vancouver (~NE 65th–88th Ave × Fourth Plain–63rd St — that's the Walnut Grove/Orchards direction, not the official Edgewood). The pipeline uses the official central-Vancouver boundary. If Alex means the NE area, CORE_BBOX in run_pipeline.py is a one-line change.
• Fallback zones: target zips 98661 (central/east incl. Edgewood), 98662 (NE), 98664 (Bagley Downs/Ellsworth) classify as "adjacent"; 98684 (Cascade Park) plus 98663/98665/98682 classify as "extended." Everything else is filtered out.
• Authoritative neighborhood boundaries: Clark County GIS neighborhood association layer.

House¶

• Type: single-family house or townhouse with a yard. No apartments, condo complexes, multi-family with shared yard, or room/roommate listings.
• Beds: 3+ (kid gets own room + guest/office).
• Baths: 2+.
• Yard: any private outdoor space; description mentions of yard/fenced/patio surface as a green "yard" badge. Redfin's rental feed doesn't carry lot size, so the ideal lot ≥ 4,000 sqft check is manual for now.
• Condition: "renovated / updated / remodeled / modern" description signals surface as an "updated" badge — a soft ranking signal, not a filter. Photos are the real test.

Rent¶

• $2,500–$4,500/mo (v1 guess — Vancouver WA SFR rentals mostly sit in this band; Peter to confirm with Alex). Below-floor listings get flagged rather than trusted — sub-$2,500 "houses" are often back units or rooms.

Walkability¶

• Prefer Walk Score ≥ 50. Redfin's rental feed doesn't include Walk Score, so check manually at walkscore.com/WA/Vancouver — central Vancouver (incl. Edgewood, near Mill Plain corridors) generally scores far higher than the NE suburbs, which is one reason the official Edgewood location works in Alex's favor.

Sources¶

• City of Vancouver — Edgewood Neighborhood Action Plan (boundaries)
• Clark County GIS — neighborhood association boundaries
• Walk Score — Vancouver WA
• Vancouver WA neighborhood guide
• Listing data: Redfin rentals search API (see run_pipeline.py).