The neighborhood
Brea, block by block
Brea climbs. South of Imperial Highway the streets are flat and the driveways are simple. North and east it turns into canyon. Olinda Village on the northeast edge is custom houses on large, often multi acre lots looking out over Carbon Canyon, and the Blackstone and Olinda Ranch homes built since 2000 are three, four and five bedroom plans cut into the hillside. Graded driveways, retaining walls and long approaches decide where a truck can safely sit, so we walk the approach with you before anything leaves the house.
The other Brea is dense. Downtown around the Birch Street Promenade holds 62 loft apartments over the storefronts, along with townhomes and garden style houses, and the city put the parking in two structures behind the buildings, so loading happens from a garage rather than the curb. La Floresta, built out since 2013, adds a walkable village with community paths and the gated 55 and over section at Buena Vida. Our Orange County work is run by the San Diego operation on the California line, (858) 733-0775, and Brea sits where the 57 crosses Imperial Highway, which is how we time arrival around mall traffic.
30th StreetUniversity AveRay StreetMorley FieldBalboa Park