Santa Monica

Santa Monica may well be one of the World’s most well known beach areas. Santa Monica is located in Los Angeles California. Set along three miles of the Pacific Ocean beachfront Santa Monica offer some of the most pleasant climates you can experience anywhere all year long. Santa Monica has been featured in many movies & television shows.

Santa Monica is near Malibu & trendy Beverly Hills. Santa Monica offers amazing beach’s & fine dining. Residents enjoy clean air, it’s own school system, local government fire & police department. Santa Monica also offers a 22-mile long beach bike path & the always crowded famous Adelaide stairs for work out enthusiast. With all Santa Monica has to offer it is still only 20 minutes away from Downtown LA.

Santa Monica real estate is divided into several different areas.

North of Wilshire zip code 90403 consists of apartment buildings, condominiums & single family homes. Price ranges start at $500,000 for a condo & can go up to $3,500,000 for a new construction house located on the college streets.

The Montana area often referred to as North of Montana is zip code 90402 & is without doubt some of the most desirable real estate in all of LA. Homes are fairly close together on sidewalk streets. Lot sizes range from 7500 square feet for a tear down selling at $1,700,000 to a 9000 square foot lot with a new construction house on it for $4,500,000 in between there are two story 1920’s Spanish & Traditional homes ranging from $2,000,000 to $3,500,000.

Both North of Wilshire & North of Montana residents are able to send their children to the some of the finest public schools in Los Angeles.

Schools & Education

Santa Monica offers seven public elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, all of which belong to the Santa Monica –Malibu Unified School District

North of Montana & North of Wilshire elementary schools include Franklin & Roosevelt elementary

Lincoln middle school & Santa Monica high school.

Shopping on Montana Avenue

Montana Avenue offers some of the best shopping in Los Angeles there are upscale boutique stores, book stores, furniture stores & even a cooking store. Montana Avenue is home to the Aero theater a restored art deco movie house that plays classic to modern day films. If your hungry there are several cafes & restaurants. Sweet tooth enthusiast can enjoy Sweet Lady Jane a famous cake & pastry shop now on Montana Avenue. Coffee lovers can frequent the many coffee houses on every corner of Montana Avenue.

South of Wilshire

In Sunset Park zip code 90405 there are many luxury condominiums & quaint smaller homes built in the 1940’and 1950’s. The schools offered there are also excellent.

Grant & McKinley elementary.

Residents enjoy Ocean Park Boulevard where you will find little boutiques stores & restaurants. Ocean Park boulevard & it’s surrounding homes has an old home town feel about it. Santa Monica has its own airport and some homes in Sunset Park are affected by plane noise.

Homes prices range from the $800,000 for a little tear down to the $2,500,000 for a new construction home. Lots are different sizes & location to the airport determines the values.

Santa Monica also offers private schools:

Crossroads

New Roads school

Concord high school

Pacifica Christian high

Living in Santa Monica is perfect for anybody looking for a beautiful location & easy access to Downtown LA & Malibu. It offers gorgeous neighborhoods, perfect climate & many things to see & do. Many celebrities & entertainment people are proud to make Santa Monica their home.