A luxurious way of living is coming to Pasadena
This evening, I attended the grand opening of the Granite Park luxury private residence sales office in Pasadena. Many Pasadena real estate agents visited the sales office to get an inside look at the urban living, luxury condos being built on the corner of Lake and California.
Pasadena's Granite Park will offer 71 exclusive private residences with two to three bedrooms. Each one of these luxury Pasadena condos will have a large private terrace, some as large as 1,400 sq. ft. Each luxury residence is unique and no two are alike.
These exclusive private residences will feature:
The model struck me as being very dramatic and spacioius. Kitchen featured quartz countertops and stainless steel Viking appliances. And, of course, this luxurious complex is centrally located in South Lake shopping district.
Prices have not been set yet, but I was told that the Pasadena buyers will need to pay somewhere between $1 million to over $2 million for one of these luxurious residences.
If you are interested in getting more information about reserving one of these luxury condos, please call me at 626-627-7107 or email me at Irina@Irina4RealEstate.com and I will get you more information and set up a tour.
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Million Dollar Pasadena Luxury Homes List
My friend and one of the top realtors in Miami Beach luxury real estate market place, Ines Hegedus Garcia does a fabulous monthly post focusing on Million dollar luxury homes. Following in Ines's footsteps, Pasadena Real Estate blog will be doing a monthly post featuring Pasadena luxury properties. So without further ado, here's the August Million Dollar Sales for Pasadena.
Currently there are 94 Pasadena single family properties currently listed for $1,000,000 or above.
The highest listing is for $19,000,000 in the beautiful Oak Knoll neighborhood of Pasadena. Located at 2 Oak Knoll Terrace next to Langham Pasadena Hotel (formerly Pasadena Ritz Carlton.)
The lowest listing over $1,000,000 is listed for $1,058,000 - a 3 bedroom/3 bath home in North East Pasadena at 3145 San Pasqual. It is situated on 2.45 acres and has its own private art gallery.
There are 23 Pasadena luxury properties over $1,000,000 under contract (in escrow) now.
In August, there were 19 closed sales:
1. 3610 Shadow Grove, Pasadena - listed for $1,099,000 and sold for $1,075,000
2. 203 Columbia Street, Pasadena - listed for $1,650,000 and sold for $1,560,000
3. 435 Woodward Blvd, Pasadena - listed for $3,600,000 and sold for $3,250,000
4. 455 South San Rafael, Pasadena - listed for $5,750,000 and sold for $5,750,000
5. 466 Fillmore Street, Pasadena - listed for $1,349,000 and sold for $1,300,000
6. 430 Laguna Road, Pasadena - listed for $2,195,000 and sold for $2,305,500
7. 715 Lakewood Place, Pasadena - listed for $1,299,000 and sold for $1,299,000
8. 717 Heatherside Road, Pasadena - listed for $1,098,000 and sold for $1,033,000
9. 736 Arden Street, Pasadena - listed for $1,100,000 and sold for $1,035,000
10. 568 Rosemont Street, Pasadena - listed for $1,999,999 and sold for $1,900,000
11. 856 Vallombrosa Drive, Pasadena - listed for $1,175,000 and sold for $1,300,000
12. 965 Arden Road, Pasadena - listed for $2,795,000 and sold for $2,600,000
13. 1064 Linda Vista, Pasadena - listed for $2,095,000 and sold for $2,020,000
14. 835 Chula Vista Avenue, Pasadena - listed for $1,350,000 and sold for $1,230,000
15. 1220 Charles Street, Pasadena - listed for $1,350,000 and sold for $1,350,000
16. 1438 Ontario Avenue, Pasadena - listed for $1,100,000 and sold for $1,050,000
17. 1525 Glen Oaks Blvde, Pasadena - listed for $3,900,000 and sold for $3,500,000
18. 1645 Homet Road, Pasadena - listed for $1,249,000 and sold for $1,205,000
19. 1419 Edgehill Place, Pasadena - listed for $1,295,000 and sold for $1,200,000
If you are interested in Pasadena luxury million dollar condos and townhomes, there are 7 current condos for sale over $1,000,000 and one townhome that sold for over $1,000,000.
2023 Rosemont Avenue #4 in Pasadena sold this month for $1,050,000. This townhome was originally listed for sale at $1,100,000.
If you are ready to start your Pasadena luxury home search or would like to find a million dollar condo or townhome, please visit our home search page.
San Marino, Arcadia and La Canada school districts achieved highest academic performance scores in Califonria for 2008!
For the straight five years, San Marino California has the distinction of being in the top 5 rated California school districts. The scores are out and San Marino (SMUSD) has earned the highest Academic Performance Index (API) score in the state - 944 out of 1,000!
The API is a single number, ranging from a low of 200 to a high of 1000, that reflects a school's performance level, based on the results of statewide testing.
3 of the 5 highest performing California School districts are in the Pasadena area - San Marino, La Canada and Arcadia.
Here are the top California School Districts:
| School District | Academic Performance Index (API) |
| San Marino Unified School District (Los Angeles County) | 944 |
| Piedmont Unified School District (Alameda County) | 919 |
| La Canada Unified School District (Los Angeles County) | 917 |
| Manhattan Beach Unified School District (Los Angeles County) | 909 |
| San Ramon Unified School District (Contra Costa County), Arcadia Unified School District (Los Angeles County), and Palos Verdes Unified School District (Los Angeles County) | 904 |
Congratulations are in order to the students, teachers, administration and parents!
San Marino real estate and home values have always been driven by the success of its schools. Many potential San Marino home buyers are looking to buy in San Marino after doing an analysis of private school tuitions and investment in a San Marino homes.
With San Marino home prices holding steady, it's clear to see that schools are still the driving factor for many relocating families.
If you are interested in moving to San Marino, click here to see all available homes for sale in San Marino.
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Here are the actual API scores as posted on September 4, 2008:
| District '08 '07 Growth |
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| SAN MARINO UNIFIED | 944 | 938 | D | 6 | ||||
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| Carver Elementary | 963 | 966 | A | -3 | ||||
| Valentine Elementary | 947 | 941 | A | 6 | ||||
| Middle Schools | ||||||||
| Huntington Middle | 961 | 956 | A | 5 | ||||
| High Schools | ||||||||
| San Marino High | 921 | 911 | A | 10 | ||||
For a complete list of School Districts in Los Angeles County and their API scores, click here.
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Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Time: 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm Cost: $25 per ticket All proceeds go to local charities and Pasadena Foothill Association of Realtors scholarships. Tickets will be made available at the PFAR office at 1070 E. Green Street, Suite# 100 Pasadena, CA 91106. For more information, please call 626-795-2455. |
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This is one of the most fun ways to experience Old Town. Every year, more and more restaurants participate in this event. What a great way to learn about new Pasadena restaurants, visit the familiar ones and eat your way through Old Town.
Come on out and join me for this great evening of fun and food!
What makes a craftsman bungalow so special?
I was just reading Petrea Burchard's post about a Pasadena bungalow that she photographed and was reflecting on the fascination that many of us have over these beautiful bungalows that make Pasadena so special.
What draws us to these homes? Is it because they were so affordable and yet so beautiful? Most of the homes in the Bungalow Heaven historic landmark district literally came out of the box. In the early 1900s, you could buy a bungalow kit from Sears Roebuck if you lived on the East coast or on the West coast from The Ready Cut Bungalow Company. These bungalow kit homes were priced from as little as $650. Of course, the owners needed to throw in an extra $150 towards plumbing fixtures and a lot of sweat labor.
Or, is it because a lot of these Pasadena bungalows, also known as, California Bungalows, were built in the early 1900 when the Pasadena population was growing at an enormously fast rate? Pasadena's Bungalow Heaven saw its population quadruple to 45,000 in 1920 from 10,000 in 1900.
I think that our love for the Pasadena bungalow is simply due to the simplicity and beauty of the bungalows design - kit or no kit.
So what is a Bungalow kit home?
Rosemary Thornton, co-author of the book about kit houses answers:
"Kit homes were sold via mail order catalogs and shipped to the wanna-be homeowner in about 10,000 pieces. These complex do-it-yourself kits came with a 75-page instruction book that told you how all those pieces went together. Kit home companies promised that a man "of average abilities" could build his own kit home in about 30-90 days."
Can you imagine ordering your home on-line and then having to go through a 75-page manual and 10,000 separate pieces to put it together? To me, that is a monumental achievement!
So maybe, it's not only the charm of these Pasadena bungalows that have us enthralled, but the love and strength that it took to build them, to achieve that ultimate dream - a dream of homeownership, that keeps us in awe.
PS The photo above is a home on Holliston Avenue in Historic Highlands. It is not a kit box house. I just think it is one of the more beautiful craftsman homes in Pasadena. I've taken the liberty to post it here. I will be posting photos of California Bungalow homes in this post later.
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