Carol Gilles Realtor
Beach Cities Online — Your Trusted South Bay Real Estate Resource Led by award-winning Realtor® Carol Gilles, Beach Cities Online is your one-stop destination for buying or selling homes across Torrance, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, and the greater South Bay area of Los Angeles.
With decades of local expertise, Carol helps buyers find their dream homes and sellers maximize their property value through personalized service, deep neighborhood knowledge, and proven results. Explore the latest MLS listings, discover detailed community guides, and get expert insights into the dynamic South Bay real estate market.
Whether you’re searching for a beachfront property in Redondo Beach, a family home in Central Torrance, or downsizing in Palos Verdes Estates, Carol Gilles and her team are here to guide you every step of the way.
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Carol Gilles is the most amazing realtor we have ever met in our lifetime! She has been helping us buy and sell property for many years. Whether you’re looking for an investment, A forever home or just curious about the market Carol should be your first go to! Carol is a knowledgeable, intelligent, professional, caring, understanding and kind hearted! She will fight for you! We bought our Forever home when the market was extremely competitive and there were at least 12 offers per home. The market for homes by the beach are always very competitive, but at the time we were buying it was more competitive then usual! We got our home because she was quick, efficient and made it happen.Carol Is Dedicated to Helping You Check All The Boxes
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MANHATTAN BEACH HAS NO SAND TO LEND!
JUST A NOTE: Manhattan Beach has let Malibu know for sure that their city can no longer get sand from Manhattan Beach as they have done in the past.
MORE HOMEOWNERS TIPS FOR A HAPPIER 2013
Tips:
#2-1 DRY OUT TOILET BOWL AND TANK:
Before I have to do any work on a toilet, I use a wet vac to suck out all of the water from the toilet bowl and tank. No more messes.
#2-2 ON RE-PLANTING GRASS SEED:
Put a window screen over a spot in your lawn that you’re reseeding and you won’t have to worry about birds eating the seeds.
#2-3 FIX A DRAIN CLOG:
The plumber couldn’t budge the clog in our upstairs bathtub drain, so he said we’d have to tear out the ceiling below in order to get at the pipe. But a contractor we know had another idea that made a lot more sense. He stuck the nozzle of a wet-dry vac into a roll of electrical tape to get a tight seal against the tub’s drain, and covered the tub’s overflow hole with a flexible rubber pad. Then he turned on the vacuum and, voilà: the clog was sucked out of the pipe, saving our ceiling—and our bank account.
#2-4 NO MORE STUCK OUTDOOR LIGHT BULBS:
Screw-in bulbs in outdoor fixtures can corrode and become stuck in their sockets over time and will often break when you try to twist them out. Rub Vaseline on the bulbs’ threads before screwing them in and you’ll never have a problem replacing the bulb when the time comes.
Are you ready to become GREEN in 2013?
Is GREEN POWER on your 2013 New Year Resolutions List? Learn more about being GREEN in 2013! Start the New Year GREEN! Join me and representatives from the South Coast Air Quality Management District and JPy Magazine for a presentation and discussion on how to live...
SOUTH BAY CITIES NAMES AND THEIR ORIGINS
How many of us have often wondered about the name of The South Bay town we live in and where it came from? Well, we’ll solve that problem for you. Here are some of the Origins for the names of some of the South Bay cities. As we find more, we’ll let you know.
* CITY OF HAWTHORNE: Named after the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne
* CITY OF GARDENA: This one is tuff as there are many different stories as to where this name came from but most agree that it came from “Garden Spot” which one of the original founders called it because it layed in a beautiful green and lush valley.
* CITY OF CARSON: Named after the son of the the developer of the South Bay who was also head of the Dominguez Water Corp., John Manuel Carson.
* CITY OF EL SEGUNDO: Named by the executives of Standard Oil in 1911 when they were searching for a location for their second refinery. In Spanish, El Segundo means second.
* CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH: Named in 1907, Hermosa means beautiful in Spanish.
* CITY OF LAWNDALE: The founder, Charles B Hopper named it that in 1905 after a Chicago suburb as a way of attracting more settlers from the east.
* CITY OF INGLEWOOD: The story says that a new resident of the area named Inglewood after the town he had just moved away from, his home town.
* CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH: Named by developer Stewart Miller after his hometown in New York
* CITY OF PALOS VERDES: Means “green sticks” in Spanish, and probably named after Canada de Los Palos Verdes, a wooded area near the current day Machado Lake in Harbor Regional Park.
* CITY OF REDONDO BEACH: Named after the nearby land grant ‘Rancho Sausal Redondo’ (“Ranch of the Round Clump of Willows”).
* WILMINGTON: Named by developer Phineas Banning after his home town of Wilmington, Delaware.
* SAN PEDRO: Named by Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino in honor of St. Peter.
Presenting the 2013 Torrance Rose Float! “Follow Your Dreams”
So how do we get from here .... to here... ....with the help of our VOLUNTEERS and SPONSORS and DONATIONS .... After many man-hours of fundraising and decorating, the CITY OF TORRANCE ROSE...
AES Power Plant – YES OR NO?
In March 2013, the residents of Redondo Beach, get to vote on an initiative -- Anti-Power Plant Initiative Qualifies for March Ballot The Power Plant Phase-Out Initiative which would disallow power generation on the AES property on Harbor Drive. Bill Brand, Redondo...
