The Gables is a small 56-unit townhome community built in 1989, tucked off Stonedale Drive in west Pleasanton across from Stoneridge Townhomes and minutes from Stoneridge Mall. Contemporary homes around 1,500 sq ft with two-car garages, woodburning fireplaces, and greenbelt views.
The Gables is one of those small, easy-to-miss communities that's worth knowing precisely because it's small: just 56 townhomes tucked off Stonedale Drive in west Pleasanton, directly across from the larger Stoneridge Townhomes. If you're after a low-maintenance home in an unbeatable commute-and-shopping location — and you don't mind that homes here come up only occasionally — it deserves a spot on your list. Here's the picture.
The Gables sits in west Pleasanton off Stonedale Drive, across from Stoneridge Townhomes and a short hop from Stoneridge Mall, the Hacienda Business Park, and the I-580/I-680 interchange, with the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station nearby. That location is the headline: you're minutes from major shopping, dining, employers, and the freeways, which makes this one of the more commute-friendly corners of the city. It's also part of a cluster of well-located townhome and condo communities in this pocket — The Gables, Stoneridge Townhomes, and Gold Creek among them — so it's worth being clear about which one you're actually looking at when a home pops up here.
The Gables is a community of contemporary-style townhomes built in 1989. With just 56 units, it's genuinely a pocket community — and the homes are consistent in scale, generally around 1,500 square feet, which puts them in comfortable midsize territory for a townhome. Expect two-car garages with additional guest parking, a woodburning fireplace in the living room, and, for many homes, greenbelt views that give the setting a green, open feel rather than looking onto another building. Because it's a smaller, older community, individual homes vary in how much they've been updated, so finishes are worth looking at on a unit-by-unit basis.
The Gables is a homeowners' association community — managed, as of recent records, by Associa Northern California — with monthly dues that cover the upkeep of the common areas and greenbelt. As with any HOA, exactly what the dues cover, how much they run, and whether any special assessments are in play changes over time, so I pull the current figures and the CC&Rs straight from the MLS and the association documents before you write an offer rather than rely on a published estimate. In a small community like this, the health of the HOA and its reserves is especially worth a close look.
The Gables falls within the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD). Because this part of west Pleasanton has been served by different schools depending on the exact address — and assignments can shift over time — I confirm the designated elementary, middle, and high school by parcel with PUSD before a buyer commits, rather than rely on a general neighborhood label. If schools are central to your search, that's the first thing we verify.
The thing to understand about a 56-unit community is supply: homes here simply don't come up often, and when one does, it can move quickly. That makes it all the more useful to know the community ahead of time — which homes back to the greenbelt, how the floor plan lives, and what recent sales (here and in the neighboring townhome communities) actually tell us about value.
Whether The Gables is exactly what you're after or you're comparing it against Stoneridge Townhomes, Gold Creek, and the other options near the mall, I'd be glad to help you understand what's moving and what it's selling for. Knowing how the HOA factors in and how these small communities compare makes a real difference. That kind of street-level detail is where I can genuinely help.
— Rebecca Rook, Living Tri-Valley | Compass
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