A cedar fence fits both halves of Beaverton: it blends with the weathered wood on older blocks, and it takes the stain colors HOAs on newer streets ask for.
On the older blocks around West Slope and Central Beaverton, most neighbors already have wood fences gone silver with age. A new cedar fence starts out reddish, then weathers toward that same gray, so in a few seasons it sits comfortably beside them. If you want it to match sooner, a stain after the boards dry evens things out.
On the newer streets, the question is usually style, not wood. Good-neighbor cedar fences look finished from both sides, which matters when one line backs three different yards. Horizontal cedar boards suit the cleaner look of homes from the last 30 years. Many Beaverton HOAs name the stain color, and we match it.
Under the boards is where a fence lasts or fails. West-side winters keep the ground wet for months, so each cedar fence we build sits on posts rated for ground contact or galvanized steel, with gravel under them and a kickboard keeping the cedar boards off the soil.