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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Ponte Vista in San Pedro — Is this the one that will work?
Ponte Vista, a planned community to be built on the old Navy Housing land on Western Av, may be coming back to life after seven years on the chopping block. A new development team is proposing 1135 or 830 housing units. They are looking for comments from the...
Hawthorne Hits a Home Run With 360 Court Homes Completion
Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Can an older city in the heart of the south bay hit a home run with a new style standard of living and lifestyle? Yes, you can and Hawthorne has done it with the completion of the Lyons Homes complex called 'The Court', located on...
In Torrance it is Out With the Old – in With the New
This December another South Bay landmark will go the way of Marineland, Torrance and Vermont Dirve Ins and the infamous Ascot Raceway. El Camino’s Murdock Stadium is scheduled to be demolished. This local stadium opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1949.
The new facility with a price tag of $37.2 mil will be completed by 2014. The project is paid for by your school bond money.
HAWTHORNE’S OWN “SPACE X” CAPSULE RETURNS AFTER SUCCESSFUL FIRST TRIP
Hawthorne has been a forward looking community, heavily involved in the Defense and Aerospace business since way before World War II and continues to get headlines with it's newest Aerospace success story. Space-X, a fairly new company located in Hawthorne is destined...
COMMUNITY OF HOLLY GLEN, A HIDDEN JEWEL IN HAWTHORNE
Holly Glen is a somewhat hidden jewel within the city of Hawthorne. Holly Glen is located east of Aviation Blvd. and north of Rosecrans. It has it’s own school district (Wiseburn School District) and is almost a little town all to itself.
There are some beautiful single family homes here, many have been remodeled and renovated in recent years. Property here is highly sought after and few of the original single family homes are ever for sale.
The beautiful new Fusion Town Homes near 149th street, east of Aviation, has several plans available and are formidably priced. The location is just minutes away from the famous South Bay beaches, great shopping, entertainment, employment centers and close to all freeways.
A FEW SIMPLE WAYS TO SAVE ENERGY
Here are some surprising ways to save energy around your South Bay home:
1 If you place lamps in the corners of your rooms, the walls help to reflect light out into the room.
2 Use a laptop computer instead of a desktop. A laptop uses 1/3 less energy.
3 Dont switch to a plasma flat screen it uses much more energy than an LCD.
4 Put a blanket on your water heater and turn down the temperature a little. A water heater blanket can save anywhere from 4% to almost 10% on the average water heating bill.
5 Using an electric stove? Turn off the burner before your finished cooking as the burner stays hot for awhile after you shut it off.
6 Spin laundry more. Let your washer spin the water out of the laundry, even if you have to spin it twice, it will save energy use in the dryer. Some new washers can cut energy in half by eliminating the time required for the dryer to run.
7 Shut off your refrigerators ice maker and use an ice tray or two. A refrigerator ice maker increases your energy consumption up to 20%. When you use ice trays, there is no increase in energy use or costs.
8 Use your dishwasher, it uses 1/3 of the hot water that you would use if you washed your dishes by hand.
