Pasadena California is a beautiful place of which one can think of residence and if you are thinking about moving to Pasadena California but you are not sure where to look because it is pretty hard to get an idea just reading things online, well this blog will give you an idea about the different neighborhoods around this town, their home prices and what you can expect living there so you will know exactly where to look when you make your move to Pasadena.
So, let us explore the beauty and comfort of Pasadena living one by one-
1. Facilities
In Pasadena if one is looking for something smaller, more affordable with convenient access to freeway and daily necessities being probably interested in the multi-family neighborhoods further from old town Pasadena located just north and south of the 210 freeway and near major commercial streets like fair oaks and Colorado boulevard living in multi-family neighborhoods like mid-central Lamanda park north central olive heights, it feels a bit like living in a college town. They are busy during the weekdays but very quiet in the evenings and on the weekends, there is very little nightlife. Here at most places close at around 8 pm and very few places open past 11 pm. Major streets will have lots of small commercial and industrial shops that can cater to everyday needs, everything from automobile repair to barber shops to laundry services, supermarkets and a diverse selection of affordable fast casual restaurants with food from around the world you will never run out of food to eat.
2. Freeway
Here you will have easy access to the 210 freeway on ramps and several metro subway stations also called the gold line homes. In Pasadena there are mostly smaller only around a thousand to 1500 square feet and even this multi-family buildings, there are smaller around one to two stories with lot sizes between 50 to 60 feet wide. If you live in a condo or townhouse, you get sense of living in a house even though you are probably going to be sharing walls with other tenants depending on the area and how close they are to the more expensive single-family neighborhoods. You can expect to rent two-to-three-bedroom condos here from here from 2400 to 3200 a month. If someone is willing to buy those same two-to-three-bedroom condos, they will range from six hundred thousand dollars to eight hundred thousand dollars and if you would expect to buy single family homes here from the low seven hundred to nine hundred thousand dollars. If urban city living is more your thing or you need direct access to the 110 freeway to get to downtown Los Angeles, checking out neighborhoods around old town Pasadena like old Pasadena playhouse district Madison heights and around streets like orange grove near the south aurora neighborhood around south arroyo parkway is a good recommendation.
3. Restaurants
This is the closest you will get to big city living in Pasadena, you are going to be close to high-end bars boutique stores in old town and the paseo Colorado mall. There are lots of fancy restaurants here and you will still have access to groceries and places to buy you everyday items along south of royal parkway and lake avenue. You will also have easy access to 210 freeway and metro gold line stations.
4. Amenities
Now there are more large-scale apartment complexes here in Pasadena with the three plus story buildings owned by larger corporations. Rents and prices of these buildings tend to be more expensive here compared to other multi-family neighborhoods and really depends on the amenities and how luxurious the building complexes are, the price range for two-to-three-bedroom condos rent from between three thousand and forty-five hundred dollars a month and for two-to-three-bedroom condos sell from between 800 thousand to three million dollars. If you have a larger family need more house space or access the outdoor recreation space look further north from the freeway to neighborhoods by the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains for more mid-level 1500 to 3000 square foot single family neighborhoods, neighborhoods like daisy villa casa Grande bungalow heaven Muir heights and hastings ranch give you picturesque views of the San Gabreil mountains and you are really close to hiking trails recreational parks golf courses and dog parks, they look very similar to multifamily neighborhoods but everything from the buildings to the streets tend to be nicer cleaner and more well maintained unlike the multi-family neighborhoods. There are less streets with mom-and-pop commercial shops or apartments running through them you are also further away from the 210 ways, but you are still within a couple minutes’ drive away. Typically, you will see three-bedroom houses rent here from between 3500 hundred and 4500 hundred a month you will also see three-to-four-bedroom single family homes here sell for between nine hundred thousand and one a half million dollars.
5. Premium Neighborhoods
If money is not an issue and you want to live somewhere with exclusively or have something over the top like a panoramic hillside view or a five car garage, consider Pasadena’s most premium neighborhoods which include north arroyo by the rose bowl south of royal by the arroyo Saco trail areas further south of the 210 freeway by the city of San Marino like Oakdale San Pasquel chapman woods. These premium neighborhoods are like single family neighborhoods on steroids. Everything from the streets design landscaping architecture is fancier and bigger. There are lot widths from 100 to 200 hundred feet wide and the homes here are as large as 9000 square feet. The neighborhoods are not gated but the streets are wide and well maintained and very quiet they are further from the freeway subway stations and major streets have almost no commercial buildings mostly all single-family homes and many celebrities’ high-profile corporate managers and business owners live in these neighborhoods for rent and sky is the limit for the purchase prices here, depending on the property’s location size and history. Rent prices for four-bedroom homes rent for five to seven thousand a month but there are also eight-bedroom homes that rent for much more fixer homes here easily start from above one and a half million and most expensive homes here can reach beyond 40 million dollars.
6. Conclusion
Now these are just general statements about the city. One can find smaller 1500 square foot homes in the premium neighborhoods and there are a very small number of apartments in the single-family neighborhoods. But in general, this is what you can expect to see when you move out here are just a few things that you should be aware of before you move to Pasadena. One of the best parts about Pasadena is exercising around the city besides going to the parks and hiking trails, if you open the bicycle path filter on google maps you will find some epic routes that will make great bike paths jogging or dog walking routes. Just know that some of the streets have very limited street lighting and get really dark at night. So, be careful carry a flashlight and wear bright colors for cars to see if you exercise in the evenings. Also, the dog culture is in good quantum. Here you will see people walk dogs everywhere but be careful if you walk your dog after dark or early in the morning or leave them unattended in the yard. The next thing is if you frequently shop online, and you are moving into a house, or a townhouse style condo best recommendation is getting a ring doorbell or some kind of camera doorbell because one could experience package theft, and it is pretty difficult for police to do anything about it. It usually happens when we are not aware of the delivery and the packages are left outside overnight after one installs the camera doorbell, one is notified immediately of the drop packages, and then one does not have any instances of package theft.
I am a Commerce Graduate and Real Estate Consultant.