If you are like me, you probably think the port city of San
Pedro is nothing but an industrial port with huge cranes, shipping containers,
cruise ship docks and the like. But
no. The residential neighborhoods are
really nice and so is the housing stock.
Best of all, 3 bedroom 1600+ sf homes with ocean views are selling for under
$700,000. That’s not a typo.
I learned about San Pedro when I helped my clients JB and
Kristie buy a home there – we closed last week.
The residential neighborhoods grew up in the 1920’s on the hill above
the harbor. Most of the homes were built
for port workers. The port is still
quite active and there are lots of attractions around it, including a sailing
marina, Ports Of Call (several good restaurants), a huge brewery, and the
U.S.S. Indiana. Ports Of Call is being
gentrified to the tune of many millions of dollars – check it out in a year or
two.
Back to the housing stock.
Most of the homes seem very well maintained. The few we saw all had basements, which were
still being built in the 1920’s, and had layouts typical of the pre-war time
period. Didn’t see any mid-century
homes. With a couple exceptions, we also
didn’t see a lot of mansionization. The
most surprising thing for me was the ocean view at that (relatively) low
price. It took about 25 minutes to get
there from downtown L.A. – not a bad commute if you work on the west side of
town. This area is certainly some place
to consider for home buyers for the price, the view, and the housing stock.
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