Your Guide to Buying a Home in Tustin, CA

Buying a Home in Tustin, California

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Tustin is located in Orange County

From its inception in 1870 as an agricultural community growing and packing much of the region's citrus, walnuts and apricots, to today's Tustin, a multi-faceted business and residential center in central Orange county, this city of 95,000 has made its mark. Located approximately 45 miles from Los Angeles and home to a variety of high tech companies, service providers, shopping centers and housing options. Tustin has managed to preserve a certain intimacy born of its small town roots. Young couples many of them Tustin natives, return to the City to purchase homes and to enroll their children in the well-regarded local school district. Long-time residents remain, downsizing from larger homes to some of the City's smaller residential options.

People who know this area well sometimes refer to Tustin as "The City of the Trees." Although a variety of trees are responsible for this nickname, this is a distinctive quality of the area which dates back centuries, actually to the time of the early Spanish explorers. The first Europeans in Orange County came with the Portola Expedition in 1769. This expedition, which had two padres (including Father Juan Crespi) and a small contingent of the army, set out north to establish the string of missions throughout California. (Father Serra, who was in charge of this project, was not along on this expedition, remaining in San Diego to establish the mission there.) A few years later, the early Spanish Grijalva scouting party (The Anza Expedition, 1776) identified the area from Santiago Creek to Red Hill as El Alisal, the Sycamore Grove. At that time, the land was dotted with massive, white-barked sycamore trees. It is of some note that three of the massive trees still exist, although today they are on private property.

Today, almost all the orchards are gone; now Tustin is an urban area. However, if you know where to look, you can still see signs of the City's proud history. Historic old buildings, some dating back to the 1880s, are maintained in "Old Town" on Main Street and El Camino Real. The museum shows a living history of those times gone by. And there's more: three trees yet remain of those original massive sycamores. And finally, everywhere lining the streets, one still sees trees, trees and more trees in Tustin, The City of Trees.

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The Tustin Ranch Golf Club championship 18-hole Ted Robinson designed course offers private caddie service, a unique and popular amenity at this golf course in Orange County. Experience breathtaking scenery, sparkling lakes and cascading falls at Tustin Ranch, consistently voted one of the "Best Orange County Golf Courses" by the readers of the Orange County Register. In addition, Tustin Ranch is a 4-Star recipient of Golf Digest Magazine's "Places To Play ".

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