San Marino Living

This charming residential city that was originally part of an enormous land grant, given to the San Gabriel Mission by the King of Spain over 100 years ago.  

It is a community that is uniquely residential, with expansive properties, surrounded by  .....

.....beautiful gardens with wide streets, and well maintained parkways. Today, the community has become one of Los Angeles’ County most favored residential communities as well as a premiere shopping area within the valley.

San Marino is known as a small, upper middle to upper class, well educated community largely populated by professionals and their families. The city is primarily known for its immaculately preserved housing stock, its strict zoning laws, and its schools.

Most houses in San Marino were built in the 1940’s and earlier.  It was the “Beverly Hills” before the city moved west, towards the Pacific.

San Marino real estate options include single-family detached homes for sale, estate properties, condominiums, townhouses and land lots.  The houses are large, most with 3, 4, 5 or more bedrooms and average prices range from $400,000 to $1 million or more.

There are four public schools in San Marino: Valentine Elementary School, Carver Elementary, Huntington Middle, and San Marino High School. Southwestern Academy, a private college preparatory school, is also located in San Marino.

The city is divided into seven zones, based on minimum lot size. The smallest lot size is 9000 square feet, with many averaging over 30,000 square feet. Because of this and other factors, most of the homes in San Marino, built between 1920 and 1950, do not resemble the houses in surrounding Southern California neighborhoods (with the exception perhaps of neighboring Pasadena). San Marino has also fostered a sense of historic preservation among its homeowners.

San Marino homes are older, bigger and more genteel than those in other communities. No apartment buildings exist in the city.

Its high school consistently ranks as the highest API score among public high schools in California. All of its public schools are distinguished as California "Blue Ribbon" schools.

Spend a quiet afternoon strolling through the Los Angeles Arboretum where you can get up close and personal with beautiful peacocks as they roam freely about, or have a family picnic in one of the city's luscious green parks. Perhaps you prefer a day of shopping at Santa Anita Fashion Park, or an exciting afternoon of thoroughbred racing. Whatever your interests, rest assured San Marino is not only a city for shopping and gardens but a place where you will find fine schools for your children.

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