Buying in Jardines del Pedregal

Apartments are the minority story in Jardines del Pedregal, a colonia built around Barragán's señorial houses on lava rock, but a handful of low-rise buildings do sell here, usually on the colonia's edges where blocks meet Periférico and Avenida San Jerónimo. Buying a flat here trades the wide private garden for the same address, mature trees and walled quiet. Prices sit high, below the colonia's houses but above apartments for sale in Guadalupe Inn, the neighbor to the north where you'll find far more flats to compare.

What to consider before buying

Since apartments are scarce inside the colonia, it's worth comparing against neighbors that have more of them before committing: Guadalupe Inn and apartments for sale in San Ángel both give you a real spread to weigh. Ask which way a unit faces, since the Pedregal's low buildings sit among tall walls and mature trees that shape light through the day. And if what you actually want is the garden and the volcanic-rock setting, the houses for sale in Jardines del Pedregal are the reason the colonia exists.