Homes for Sale in Buenaventura Gardens, Ventura

Buenaventura Gardens at a glance

• 282 units on record: HUD’s condo file lists Buenaventura Gardens condominiums at 3700 Dean Drive, ZIP 93003, and counts 282 condo units in the project. The site sits inside Ventura city limits, near South Mills Road and north of US-101.
• Incorporated in 1979: A City of Ventura association file names the corporation Buenaventura Gardens Condominium, incorporated May 30, 1979, the same HOA name HUD records. Use that exact name when you order HOA documents or read the title report.
• Pools on County permits: A 2024 Ventura County permit list for recreational health facilities shows a swimming pool permit and an additional-pool permit at 3700 Dean Drive. Ask where pool upkeep sits in the budget report.

Loans at Buenaventura Gardens

HUD’s FHA list shows an approval for Buenaventura Gardens that expired May 2, 2014, and no current one. As of 2026, FHA would insure a unit here only through a single-unit approval, which checks the project against part of HUD’s rules, among them the share of FHA loans, owner occupancy and the HOA’s finances. See FHA loans in Ventura County and Ventura home loans.

Conventional loans depend on the buildings too. As of 2026, Fannie Mae will not buy a loan on a unit where the project needs critical repairs, such as advanced physical deterioration, water intrusion, a failed mandatory structural inspection, or unfunded repairs over $10,000 per unit that should be done within 12 months. The lender must review any structural or mechanical inspection from the past three years, and a special assessment tied to a critical repair that is not fixed makes the project ineligible.

Buenaventura Gardens questions, answered

Which inspection report should I ask for first?

The latest balcony and walkway report. As of 2026, state law has the board order one at least every nine years from a licensed engineer or architect wherever a building holds three or more attached units, and the seller must give you a copy. Its first page lists the inspection date, how many elevated elements were checked and how many posed an immediate threat to occupants. Read it before your loan contingency ends.

Do City or County rules apply at Buenaventura Gardens?

City rules. The Census Bureau’s geocoder places 3700 Dean Drive inside San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, so City building, planning and code rules apply rather than the County’s. To compare nearby options, see Ventura condos for sale, Peppertree condos or every listing in Ventura homes for sale.