Celeste Gilles

Since 1996 Celeste has been selling and marketing luxury homes along the Orange County Coast. During her 20+ year career she has developed a strict set of standards for client service and results. She believes the hallmark of her success is her natural ability to communicate successfully with all types of people, and she is most proud of the long-lasting relationships she has forged with her clients and of the respect she has earned from her colleagues. Celeste started her career working with an industry icon at Coast Newport Properties, moved to the groundbreaking brokerage of Strada Properties in 1999, and today she continues to leverage her real estate skills on behalf of her clients at Villa Real Estate.

In addition to selling real estate, Celeste is active in the arts community of Laguna Beach as a member of the Board of Directors of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, which also lends her involvement with the Laguna Beach Arts Alliance. She is passionate about art and how it relates to the community, particularly plein air art and the promotion of the landscape painting heritage in Laguna Beach. Celeste was born and raised in Newport Beach, graduated from the University of Southern California, and has lived in North Laguna with her husband, who grew up in Emerald Bay, since 1998. They have two middle-school aged boys and they all love the surf, sun and sanctuary that is abundant in their little seaside town.