Neighborhoods
Guides to the places we call home
Real, on-the-ground perspective on communities across Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties — written by people who actually live and work here.
77013 Desi Dr, Indian Wells — photographed for The Chavez Team at The Agency · Photo: Rick Sander
Where we work most
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
From the canals of Naples Island to the Cliff May ranches of Rancho Estates: a big, varied city with a real neighborhood feel.
Orange County
Cypress
A quiet, family-first city in northwest Orange County with tree-lined streets, strong schools, and an easy reach to both the beach and L.A.
Orange County
Los Alamitos
A small city with a big draw: the Los Alamitos Unified schools, Rossmoor next door, and a quiet, established feel.
Orange County
Huntington Beach
Surf City: the pier and Main Street, Huntington Harbour, Seacliff, and miles of tract neighborhoods a short drive from the sand.
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
From the canals of Naples Island to the Cliff May ranches of Rancho Estates: a big, varied city with a real neighborhood feel.
Los Angeles County
Lakewood
The original 'instant city': 1950s tract homes on tidy grids around Lakewood Center, with the 605 and 91 close and Long Beach next door.
Los Angeles County
La Mirada
A quiet planned suburb on the Orange County line: Biola University, the La Mirada Theatre, Splash! and the regional park, with 1950s–70s tracts and hillside streets.
Los Angeles County
Whittier
A historic Quaker town under the Puente Hills: Uptown Whittier, Whittier College, the Greenway Trail and Turnbull Canyon, with bungalows near Uptown and 1950s–60s ranches to the east.
Los Angeles County
Hollywood
The flats between Sunset and Santa Monica: 1920s bungalows and duplexes, courtyard apartments, the studios, and the hills at the end of every north-facing street.
Los Angeles County
Redondo Beach
South Bay beach living around King Harbor and Riviera Village, with a mix of townhomes and single-family streets.
Los Angeles County
Torrance
A large, established South Bay city of tree-lined tracts, Old Torrance, and the Hollywood Riviera.
Los Angeles County
Carson
Central South Bay, freeway-close, with mid-century tracts and newer townhome communities.
Los Angeles County
Manhattan Beach
The Strand, the pier and downtown — the middle beach city of the South Bay, on a walkable grid.
Los Angeles County
Hermosa Beach
One and a half square miles of beach city — Pier Avenue, the Strand, and walk streets behind them.
Los Angeles County
El Segundo
A small-town residential grid beside the aerospace and studio campuses, at the top of the South Bay.
Orange County
Orange County
Cypress
A quiet, family-first city in northwest Orange County with tree-lined streets, strong schools, and an easy reach to both the beach and L.A.
Orange County
Los Alamitos
A small city with a big draw: the Los Alamitos Unified schools, Rossmoor next door, and a quiet, established feel.
Orange County
Seal Beach
Old Town's Main Street and pier, plus College Park and the Hill — a small beach town that still feels like one.
Orange County
Huntington Beach
Surf City: the pier and Main Street, Huntington Harbour, Seacliff, and miles of tract neighborhoods a short drive from the sand.
Orange County
Garden Grove
Central Orange County, mid-century tracts on real lots, and some of the best food in the county along its main corridors.
Orange County
Anaheim
Far more than the parks: Anaheim Hills, the Anaheim Colony historic district, and the Platinum Triangle.
Orange County
La Habra
The north edge of Orange County on the L.A. line: mid-century tracts under the Puente Hills, the Children's Museum, and a city where our team has closed street after street.
Orange County
Buena Park
Knott's Berry Farm's hometown — and, away from Beach Boulevard, a quiet grid of 1950s–60s tracts between the 5 and the 91 with its own Metrolink stop.
Orange County
Fullerton
A college town with a real downtown: Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton College, the SOCO District, the Loop trails, and hillside and tract neighborhoods on every side.
Orange County
Irvine
A master-planned city of villages — Woodbridge's lakes, Northwood, Turtle Rock, the Great Park — tied together by greenbelts, trails, and the University.
Orange County
Brea
The north county's hill town: Downtown Brea and Birch Street, the Brea Mall, Carbon Canyon Regional Park, and homes that climb from 1960s tracts to the Olinda Ranch and Blackstone hillsides.
Orange County
Placentia
A quiet, mostly single-story city between Fullerton and Yorba Linda: Old Town Placentia, Tri-City Park, the Alta Vista area, and 1960s–70s tracts on tree-lined streets.
Orange County
Orange
Old Towne's Plaza and Chapman University at the center, 1950s–60s tracts around it, and the larger lots of Orange Park Acres and the Orange Hills toward Santiago Oaks and Irvine Park.
Orange County
Dana Point
South county's harbor town: Dana Point Harbor, Doheny State Beach, the Lantern District and Strands, with 1970s–80s condos and townhomes, Lantern Village, and the gated streets of Monarch Beach and Niguel Shores.
Orange County
Yorba Linda
The north county's hillside, larger-lot city: the Nixon Library, Yorba Linda Town Center, a hundred miles of equestrian trails, East Lake Village, and homes that climb from the 91 into the Chino Hills.
Orange County
Laguna Beach
Coves, canyon and galleries — a walkable art town on the coast, from Main Beach and Heisler Park up into Laguna Canyon.
Orange County
Newport Beach
Harbor city — the Balboa Peninsula and Island, the bay and its docks, Corona del Mar on the bluff, Fashion Island at the center.
Orange County
Costa Mesa
Inland neighbor of the harbor — Eastside and Mesa Verde streets, the 17th Street corridor, South Coast Plaza and Segerstrom Center at the north end.
Orange County
Laguna Niguel
A master-planned hillside city between the coast and the canyons — Laguna Niguel Regional Park, ridge trails, and association neighborhoods on every slope.
Orange County
Aliso Viejo
One of the county's youngest cities — Town Center at the middle, the Aliso Creek Trail through it, and Aliso & Wood Canyons at the back door.
Orange County
Mission Viejo
A large master-planned city around Lake Mission Viejo — curved streets, the Oso Creek Trail, and the Village shopping center at the middle.
Orange County
Rancho Santa Margarita
A valley city under the Saddleback foothills — RSM Lake and the Lago Santa Margarita beach club, Trabuco Canyon just up the road.
Orange County
San Clemente
The Spanish Village by the Sea — the pier and Avenida Del Mar, the beach trail, and Trestles at the south end of the county.
San Diego County
San Diego County
Chula Vista
South San Diego County's master-planned communities — Otay Ranch, Eastlake — and the older neighborhoods near the bay.
San Diego County
La Jolla
Bluffs, coves and the Village — San Diego's coastal center, wrapped around La Jolla Cove and Prospect Street.
San Diego County
San Diego
The city itself — downtown and the bay, Balboa Park, and the neighborhoods that ring them.
San Diego County
Encinitas
North county surf town — Moonlight Beach, the Highway 101 downtown, and five distinct communities behind it.
San Diego County
Carlsbad
Seven miles of coast, the Village, the Flower Fields, and planned neighborhoods behind the lagoons.
San Diego County
Oceanside
The pier, the harbor and a working downtown at the top of the San Diego County coast.
Let's Talk
Thinking about a move? Start with a conversation.
Call, text, or email — in English or Spanish. No pressure, just straight answers from people who live here.
77013 Desi Dr, Indian Wells — photographed for The Chavez Team at The Agency · Photo: Rick Sander