Living in Lomas de Chapultepec I Sección

The I Sección is where Lomas de Chapultepec begins: at the Fuente de Petróleos roundabout, where Paseo de la Reforma crosses the Periférico, and up the first stretch of Paseo de las Palmas. Prado Norte and Prado Sur, its two residential spines, still hold colonial californiano houses from the original 1920s Chapultepec Heights project next to newer apartment buildings. For people looking to rent, this section offers something uncommon in western Mexico City: houses come up for rent about as often as apartments do, and the greenery of Bosque de Chapultepec sits just across the Periférico.

What to consider before renting

There is no Metro station in the colonia and public transit runs mainly along Paseo de la Reforma; living on Prado Norte or Prado Sur assumes a car. A good share of the apartments in the I Sección come furnished, handy for people relocating to the office corridor of Reforma and Palmas. Among the original colonial californiano houses of Prado Norte and Prado Sur, ask the year of construction and the state of the gas and electrical installations before signing. For a newer house, compare the houses in Bosque de las Lomas; for restaurants on foot, Polanco is just across the Periférico.