April 2014

Found 26 blog entries for April 2014.

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Beach Cities Real Estate agent Kimberly Kramer has closed escrow today on a La Jolla ocean view estate home located in the Muirlands communities where she represented the buyer in this real estate transaction.  6016 Avenida Chamnez, La Jolla was originally listed for $2,895,000 and successfully closed escrow on 4/30/2014 for $2,602,000.  The large estate home featured three levels of living space with floor to ceiling glass as pictured below.  Situated in the upscale Muirlands area which is well known for it's dramatic ocean view and large estate properties.  6106 Avenida Chamez was built in 1994 and featured a total of 5 bedrooms, 4 baths with an estimated 4,900 square feet of living space.  The home was on the market for a total of 93 days and featured

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A Carlsbad Palisades home has just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Veronica Ortega who represented the tenants in this rental transaction.  The home at 4628 Driftwood Cir was located in the Carlsbad Palisades community and featured two bedrooms, two baths with 1,389 square feet of living space.  Built in 1977, the single level town home was offered an end unit location and situated on a private street that opened to a greenbelt and leased for $1,775 a month.  The residence features a large living room with brick fireplace, parquet wood flooring and a small outdoor patio area.  The retro kitchen features wood cabinetry and combination stove and microwave.  The home came with a an attached 2 car garage and offered views of the greenbelt from

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A Rancho Santa Fe home has just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Veronica Ortega who represented the tenants.  The property located at 15303 Via Simpatico was not officially on the market but leased as a private transaction for $3,900 a month as a long term rental.  The upscale residence featured three bedrooms, two baths with 2,243 square feet of living space.  Located in the Alcala De Rancho Santa Fe gated community in Whispering Palms, the two stroy Spanish style town home was uilt in 1998 the home had been nicely upgraded that included an attached 2 car garage. 

The Whispering Palms is a great neighborhood that is located within walking distance to the Morgan Run resort and country club.  The community is under a homeowners association

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A Niguel Vista condo in Laguna Niguel, California has just been listed for sale by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Lidia Raven.  The unit is located at 29766 Sea Shore and is on the market for sale for $300,000. The condo features two large bedrooms, one bath with it's own private balcony with city light views.  The kitchen in this unit has been nicely upgraded with stone counter-tops and white cabinetry.  The breakfast nook located off the Kitchen are opens to the family room with lots of light coming from the doors that lead out to the patio.  The condo comes with washer/dryer hook-ups and a one car assigned parking space.

The Niguel Vista condo community is located off Alicia Pkwy near Crown Valley Pkwy in Laguna Niguel.  The community offers one and

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A Monarch Hills condo in Dana Point, California has just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Wendy Kersh who represented the tenants.  The property located at 48 Corniche Dr #K leased for $1,550 a month as a long term lease.  Located in the gated community of Ritz Pointe, the one bedroom one bath condo was built in 1995 and featured 732 square feet of living space.  The condo was located on the penthouse location with ocean views from the patio area.  The condo was highly upgraded and featured a secondary patio, washer, dryer and refrigerator in the lease price. 

The Monarch Hills condo community is located in the upscale Monarch Beach area and features a guard gated entrance, clubhouse and community pool and spa as pictured below.  The

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A Forster Ranch home in San Clemente, California has just sold and Sam Smith of Beach Cities Real Estate who represented the buyer.  The home closed escrow yesterday on 3/23/14 for sold $780,000.  The home was originally on the market for $799,000 and sold within 30 days of being on the market.  Located in the Flora Vista neighborhood in Forster Ranch, the residence offered a open floor plan with combined living and kitchen room spaces with a total of four bedrooms and a formal dining room, living room and attached 3 car garage.  One of the highlights of the home was the wonderful vaulted ceilings and the floor to ceiling windows that let in a lot of natural light.  The gourmet kitchen offered top of the line appliances with granite counters and a center

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A Beach Road home in Dana Point, California has just been co-listed for lease by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Sam Smith and Joy Cuda of Beach Properties.  The home at 35261 Beach Road is available for lease at $25,000 a month. The two story home features a total of 3 bedrooms with 2,777 square feet of living space.  The home comes completely furnished with two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and dining room located on the downstairs level.  The homes on beach road are located directly on the sand so your backyard is the sandy beach.  Upstairs features a huge over-sized Master Suite area with an upgraded Master Bath and a bonus living room that is located above the garage area.

The Beach Road area is the only place in Dana Point where you will find homes

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A Laguna Ocean Vista condo has just been listed by Cara Farley of Beach Cities Real Estate.  The property located at 21797 Ocean Vista #13 in Laguna Beach, California is now offered for sale at $1,168,000.  The condo is located in the Laguna Ocean Vista Condo community and features direct ocean views near the Aliso Creek Beach area.  The end unit offers two large bedrooms, two bath with views from almost every room in the residence.  The 1,700 unit features a large living room, formal dining room, attached 2 car garage and an ocean view Master Suite with it's own fireplace.  Both of the bathrooms in this unit have been remolded to a sleek contemporary style and offer a modern kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances.

The Laguna Ocean

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A Seascape Sur ocean front condo in Solana Beach has just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Kimberly Kramer who represented the tenants.  539 S Sierra #98 leased for $4,125 a month as a long term rental. The two bedroom condo feautred stunning ocean views the second you walk through the door with 1,470 square feet of living space.  The condo was originally listed for lease at $4,500 a month and offered views of the ocean from both the living and kitchen room areas.  The kitchen offered white washed cabinets wiht black tile counters. The unit came with 2 assigned parking spaces and leased after being on the market for a total of 61 days.

The Seascape Sur condo complex is located on the ocean front street of S Sierra in Solana Beach.  Condos

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A Dana Point beach front home has just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Mike Kashani who represented the tenants. The residence was located on the famous Beach Road street in Dana Point and leased for $6,800 a month as a long term lease with an option to purchase.  The three bedroom, three bath two story home featured 1,700 square feet of living space and was located directly on the sand.  The home came completely furnished with beautiful travertine flooring throughout the house.  A Gourmet kicthen offered custom cabinetry with top of the line stainless steel appliances and granite countertops.  The Master suite came equipped with it's own retreat reading room that took in the incredible views.  

Homes on beach road are built directly on the

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A Villa Mira condo hast just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Wendy Kersh who represented the tenants.  The unit located at 25881 Portofino #189, Laguna Niguel leased for $1,875 a month as a long term lease. The condo featured two bedrooms, two baths with a complete renovation to the kitchen and baths.  The gourmet kitchen featured granite counters, maple cabinetry and stainless steel appliances.  Dark hardwood flooring, custom doors, washer, dryer and refrigerator were included in the lease price.  The condo was only on the market for a short 28 days when it leased for the full asking price of $1,875.00.

The Villa Mira community is ideally located near the 73 and 5 freeway near Cabot Road.  From this location it's just minutes to the

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Congratulations to Michael Franco of Beach Cities Real Estate who just sold a Crystal Cove Newport Coast home as the buyer's agent. 134 Sidney Bay closed escrow today on 3/17/2014 for $2,550,000.  The home was located in the plush gated community of Crystal Cove and featured panoramic ocean and sunset views as pictured below.  The home was on the market for a total of 145 days and featured a tri-level home with 3 large bedrooms, 2 baths and 3,311 square feet of living space.  Franco's clients loved the close proximity to many of the local shopping and restaurants that can be found in the immediate Crystal Cove community.

This is the 2nd multi-million dollar plus sale for Franco in the past month.  Franco has demonstrated his ability to work the luxury

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An Upper Back Bay condo has just been leased by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Woody Marsh who represented the tenants.  20312 Cypress Street #1, Newport Beach was on the market for lease at $2,850 and leased for $2,450 a month as a long term lease.  Woody's clients were excited about renting this cute cottage style home that offered three bedrooms and one bath.  The home was located near the Upper Back Bay area in the Santa Ana Heights neighborhood which is ideally situated near the 73 freeway.  The property had recently installed new carpet and window treatments with a fenced in yard that offered space and privacy.  The unit was actually the front part of the house with a condo located in the front and back of the property. 

The lease price included a

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Congratulations to Sam Smith of Beach Cities Real Estate for putting a Rancho Carillo home in escrow as Smith represents the owner of the property.  10525 Verdugo Rd was listed just for just over 30 days when the buyer's offer was accepted.  The home was listed for $799,000 and featured a four bedroom ranch style home that came with its own barn and over 2 acres of land.  Ideally suited as a horse property with plenty of hiking and horse trails within the Rancho Carillo community.  The buyers are very excited about moving from the central Orange County area to this wonderful home in the country.

Rancho Carillo is a quiet residential gated neighborhood in the rural area outside San Juan Capistrano, California.  Located approximately 30 minutes from the

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Congratulations to Beach Cities Real Estate agent Don Gisler for succesfully selling a Costa Mesa home located in the Hall of Fame community as Gisler represented the buyer.  The property located at 3120 Kerry Lane sold for $615,000 and closed escrow on 4/14/2015.  The home was located in the Hall of Fame neighborhood and featured four bedrooms, two baths with 1,803 square feet of living space.  Situated on a large 8,712 square foot lot, the home offered a large front and back yeard with fruit and tropical trees.  The home featues a large kitchen with white cabnittry and a breakfast bar with hardwood flooring and laminate counters.  The living room offered a stone fireplace with lots of natural light with a small dining room area.  The owner has renovated

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A Mesa Verde home located at 1873 Tahiti Dr in Costa Mesa has just sold for $850,000 by Beach Cities Real Estate broker Don Gisler who represented the owners.  The property was on the market for a total of 51 days and went under contract after being on the market for just 2 weeks.  This was a tremendous deal since the home was being sold "as-is" as the home needed to be fixed up.  Situated on the ocean side of the 405 freeway the 5 bedroom home offered 2,583 square feet of living space and located approximately 20 minutes to the beach.

The area is well known for attracting golfers as the popular Mesa Verde Country Club is located just steps from this location.  The Mesa Verde neighborhood is very well established with many homes built in the mid 1960's

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A West Torrence home has just gone into escrow by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Sam Smith who represents the buyer.  The luxury town home built in 2002 is located at 5590 190th and listed for sale at $635,000.  The large three bedroom unit is located directly across the street from Redondo Beach and features 1,642 square feet of living space.  The tri-level condo features a 3 car garage and laundry on the first level with direct garage access.  The second level features two guest bedrooms with a large Master suite with luxury Master Bath with separate shower and jacuzzi tub.  Upstairs features a huge living room with a gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances and granite counters.  

Since the unit is located as an end unit the condo offers lots

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A Rancho Santa Margarita condo in the Tijeras Creek Villas community has just been leased by Erycka Sanchez of Beach Cities Real Estate who represented the tenants.  79 Via Ermitas, Rancho Santa Margarita was a one bedroom, one bath condo that leased for $1,450 as a long term lease.  Even though the condo was small with only 668 square feet the unit has high vaulted ceilings which gave the illusion of extra space.  In addition, the condo offered a nice fireplace, living and dining room with it's own private balcony.  A 1 car detached garage came with this rental that was only on the market for a short 15 days.

The Tijeras Creek Villas is a nice resort that is located next to the Tijeras Creek Golf course in the Rancho Santa Margarita area.  The complex

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A Rancho Carlsbad home has just been listed by Beach Cities Real Estate agent Kimberly Kramer who is the listing agent for the property.  The home is located at 3469 Don Lorenzo Dr in Carlsbad and is on the market for lease at $1,700 a month.  The Rancho Carlsbad area is a gated senior community for those older than 55 years old.  These are manufactured homes that offer close proximity to the Rancho Carlsbad golf course and approximately 15 minute drive to the beach.  3469 Don Lorenzo features 2 bedrooms, 2 baths with 1,440 square feet of living space.  The home has a nice covered porch as pictured below as well as an open floor plan that combines both the living room and kitchen area.

One of the nice features of this property is the large Master suite

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A Marina Hills home in Laguna Niguel, California has just been leased by Mike Kashan of Beach Cities Real Estate agent Mike Kashani who represented the tenants.  The property located at 21 Fluerence leased for $2,600 a month.  The home was located in the Encore neighborhood and featured two bedrooms, two baths with 1,600 square feet of living space.  Hardwood flooring, gourmet kicthen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances and dark hardwood cabintery were just some of the highlights of this home.  The location was ideally located ajdacent to the Encore community pool.  The condo was on the market for a total 42 days.

The Marina HIlls community is one of the most desirable places to live in the Laguna Niguel area.  The area has many communities