Portrait Homes Unit No. 1
Portrait Homes Unit No. 1 is the northeast corner of Shadow Oaks, recorded as Tract 1391-2 on June 8, 1962. Portrait Homes, Inc., whose officers also signed for Shadow Oaks Development Company, filed the map with members of the Janss family as fellow landowners. It holds about 104 homes.
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Portrait Homes Unit No. 1 quick facts
| Also called | Tract 1391-2 |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Shadow Oaks, Thousand Oaks |
| Builder | Portrait Homes, Inc. |
| Built | early 1960s (map recorded June 8, 1962) |
| Homes | about 104 (county parcel records) |
| Home types | Single-family homes; assessor living areas mostly 1,791–2,182 sq ft |
| Lot sizes | about 8,900–10,400 sq ft (county parcel records) |
| Streets | Suffolk Avenue, Norwich Avenue, Norman Avenue, Kirk Avenue, Warwick Avenue, Janss Road |
| Tract map | Ventura County Tract 1391, Unit 2: recorded 1962 (33 MR 80), about 33 acres |
| Gates | Not gated |
| HOA | No active HOA. The city's HOA map lists the former Central Thousand Oaks HOA, which covered Tract 1391, as disbanded. |
Highlighted: recorded Tract 1391, Unit 2 (county GIS). Other outlines are neighboring tracts in Shadow Oaks.
About Portrait Homes Unit No. 1
Suffolk Avenue has the most houses, and the rest are on Norwich, Norman, Kirk and Warwick avenues and Janss Road. The 2,085-square-foot plan is the most common size in county assessor records, and lots run about 8,900 to 10,400 square feet.
Schools for Portrait Homes Unit No. 1
School attendance areas
Conejo Valley Unified School District
On CVUSD's attendance-boundary map (updated July 27, 2026), this tract's recorded outline falls in:
- Elementary: the tract's outline spans Acacia Magnet School for Enriched Learning and Aspen Elementary School, so it depends on the address
- Middle: Redwood Middle School
- High: Thousand Oaks High School
These come from the district's own data, not from this site. Assignment goes by address, and districts change boundaries and run choice and transfer programs. Confirm with Find My Assigned School, or check an address here.
Shadow Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Shadow Oaks is a neighborhood of about 650 early-1960s homes in central Thousand Oaks, west of Moorpark Road and south of Janss Road. Shadow Oaks Development Company and Portrait Homes, Inc. recorded its core, Tract 1391, in three units during 1962. Adjoining tracts recorded in 1963 and 1964 on Janss Investment Corporation land repeat the same floor-plan sizes.
Other tracts in Shadow Oaks
Homes for sale near Portrait Homes Unit No. 1
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Where these facts come from
- Ventura County recorded map: Tract 1391-2, Portrait Homes Unit No. 1 (33 MR 80) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS - parcels in Tract 1391-2 — maps.ventura.org
- City of Thousand Oaks GIS - HOA layer (Central Thousand Oaks HOA, disbanded) — gis.toaks.gov
- Ventura County GIS — Record Maps (recorded tract maps): Tract 1391 — maps.ventura.org
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