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Oceana is a group of senior
communities situated in the coastal city of
Oceanside, located between San Diego and Los Angeles
and just to the south of Camp Pendleton, the primary
Marine Corps base on the west coast.
This is an established, 55+ planned development that
dates from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and has 2,000
detached single family homes, duplexes, fourplexes
and a condo building with a
wide selection of floor plans (25) and prices.
It is also one of the few affordable retirement
communities in southern California.
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Comprised of twelve separate neighborhoods, each with an
HOA, clubhouse and a pool, virtually all Oceana homes are ground-level
and single story with white exteriors, flat roofs and exterior
entrances. Some residences have carports; others have
attached garages. The smallest homes, the fourplexes,
have from 650 to 950 sq. ft. and are priced from the high $100,000s
to the mid-$200,000s. The duplexes have approximately
1,000 sq. ft. and are priced from the mid-$200,000s. The
single family homes have between 1,300 and 1,500 sq. ft., two
bedrooms, two baths, a 2-car garage and are priced from the
$300,000s. Visit www.oceanaseniors.org for more information (largest
neighborhood's HOA site). Oceana also has furnished and
unfurnished rentals available
from roughly $1,200 a month.
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To some, the community may feel a little dated, but to others it may invoke
memories of southern California's heyday and feel very welcoming. It is a
well manicured place with lots of green spaces, and most homes have a view of
the surrounding valley, mountains or the ocean, which is about 10 minutes
away. HOA fees and association responsibilities, including roof
replacement, vary from neighborhood to neighborhood but are
generally $200 to $300 per month and include access to amenities, cable TV,
insurance, common area maintenance, trash pick-up, sewer, in some cases, water.
Residents of the largest and oldest neighborhood, original
Oceana, also receive a 25% discount on the Emerald Isle Golf Course adjacent to
Oceana. Annual real estate taxes are estimated to be 1.25% of the
purchase price. Oceanside (population 175,000) is the third largest city in
San Diego County and has a crime rate below the national average. It
appears in the background of the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun, and in 2005,
the Wall Street Journal named it as the top vacation home market in the
country. The climate is listed by the U.S. Climatological Service as the
mildest in the United States, and the city has been listed by the American
Medical Association as one of the healthiest place to live. Public
transportation, shopping, churches, restaurants are all nearby.
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