Tract guide · Shadow Oaks, Thousand Oaks

Tract 1526

Tract 1526 carried Shadow Oaks west in 1963. It was recorded on August 15, 1963, under the name of its owner, Trans-World Financial Co., and Janss Investment Corporation also signed. The survey was made for Portrait Homes, Inc. County parcel records count about 105 homes.

Mostly documented: the name and location are confirmed; some details rest on a single source.
Updated October 16, 2026 · Corrections: send a correction

At a glance

Tract 1526 quick facts

Also called	Trans-World Financial Co.
Neighborhood	Shadow Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Builder	Trans-World Financial Co. and Janss Investment Corporation (owners of record); surveyed for Portrait Homes, Inc.
Built	1960s (map recorded August 15, 1963)
Homes	about 105 (county parcel records)
Home types	Single-family homes; assessor living areas mostly 1,791–2,383 sq ft
Lot sizes	median about 10,200 sq ft (county parcel records)
Streets	Feather Avenue, Hendrix Avenue, Oberlin Avenue, Gainsborough Road, Camino Manzanas, Thames Street, Knowles Street
Tract map	Ventura County Tract 1526: recorded 1963 (37 MR 60), about 64 acres
Gates	Not gated
HOA	No active HOA. The City of Thousand Oaks HOA map lists the former Central Thousand Oaks HOA, which covered Tracts 1391 and 1525 among others, as disbanded, and recent sales records show no HOA dues. (neighborhood association)

Highlighted: the recorded tract map (county GIS). Another guide also covers this whole recorded tract. Other outlines are neighboring tracts in Shadow Oaks.

About

About Tract 1526

Its streets include Feather, Hendrix and Oberlin avenues, Gainsborough Road, Camino Manzanas and parts of Thames and Knowles streets, and Redwood Middle School is next door on West Gainsborough Road. The assessor's house sizes repeat the Shadow Oaks plans. Local maps of Shadow Oaks generally take in the Feather Avenue, Thames Street and Gainsborough Road blocks, but not always the Oberlin Avenue and Camino Manzanas blocks.

Schools

Schools for Tract 1526

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.

Part of

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.

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