Danville Neighborhoods Close To Downtown

"Close To Downtown" may be a less than acurate description for this section of Danville Real Estate but it serves as a repository of information about Danville homes and neighborhoods that don't sit comfortably in any of the other geographic sections.

Within walking distance can be found numerous condosminium, townhome and patio home developments. Examples are Danville Green, Danville Townhomes and Danville Oaks. There are also some small developments of single family detached homes near to Danville but with space being at a premium, lot sizes are necessarily small. Stoneybrook, constructed in the 1990s, is an excellent example of this kind of development.

Moving a little further out there is a lot more variation. There are a number of neighborhoods that were developed in the 1970s and 1980s such as Woodbine, the similarly named Woodmont and a little further out along Diablo Road, Leander Hills.

The area around El Cerro and El Pintado also has an extremely wide range of properties, many of them older custom homes or homes that have been remodeled beyond all recognition. Here can also be found newer architect designed homes, often built on lots that were previously occupied by older more modest homes.

One of the more recently built developments, near the junction of Diablo Road and Green Valley Road, is Hidden Valley, an understandable popular 1990s neighborhood of large single family homes in a paricularly secluded location. For once, the name of the subdivision is 100% accurate. This really is a Hidden Valley. Set among roling hills, the design of the homes is pleasing to the eye and the whole area feels open,spacious and modern.

Green Valley Road leads out towards Stone Valley Road, on the Alamo border, so one may anticipate that this would be one of Danville's more expensive areas. In reality, one of Danville's oldest neighborhoods, Cameo Acres, which backs up to Diablo Country Club, is situated here, and this is surprisingly one of Danville's most affordable places to live.

Cameo Acres dates back to the 1950s when buidling codes were far less rigorous than today so it is understandable that homes here may be of rather poorer quality of construction than in other parts of Danville. Nevertheless, many of these homes have been either demolished and rebuilt or remodeled to such a standard that little remains of the original. Today, a drive through Cameo Acres reveals what appears almost to be aneighborhood of individual properties from small cottages to large individual residences.

Further out along Diablo Road from Green Valley, one is heading out towards Diablo Country Club, often referred to as simply "Diablo", a highly exclusive and upscale area in its own right, with tear-downs selling for over $1 million and homes valued over $10 million being commonplace. This is without doubt, the most exclusive address in the area and has the added benefit of providing a true Country Club environment, although not gated, with a high quality restaurant, excellent golf course and a club house.

Moving on from Diablo, and passing the entrance to Mount Diablo State Park, after a number of smaller developments on the right-hand side, one reaches Magee Ranch, also on the right, a highly desirable 1990s development by Broadmore and a significant number of custom home lots. Customhomes in Magee Ranch have sold for over $2.5 million and this is one of Danville's most sought after neighborhoods.

Beyond Magee Ranch, Diablo Road leads to the various Blackhawk Neighborhoods and from there to Camino Tassajara towards the eastern end of Camino Tassajara.