Skyranch in Santee

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Submitted by sunny88 on March 1, 2009 - 12:43am

The homes at Skyranch in Santee are very "reasonably" priced compared to other new homes in San Diego and there is no Mello Roos. I would like to see if anybody in this forum has bought a home in this development or if anybody has an opinion if they are a good value. Also, will home prices in Santee go up faster than other parts of SD?

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flu wrote:AN wrote:sdrealtor
Submitted by AN on June 26, 2012 - 12:23am.

flu wrote:
AN wrote:
sdrealtor wrote:
Even more disconcerting, I have noticed an abundance of lizards. Every time I stride out of my far flung McMansion I see hoards of Western Fence lizards scrambling to find sanctuary in the bushes.

At least your McMansion have walls sdr. I'm stuck in my lizard infested TRACT homes and no walls.
At least it has air conditioning and a front and backyard with real grass.

I need A/C because I live in an area that unbearable w/out it. I don't get the luxury of ocean breeze like you do. I also don't have real or fake grass in the back yard. Also, real grass is overrated. You have to deal w/ weeds and mowing :-/

svelte wrote:I can safely say
Submitted by AN on June 26, 2012 - 12:27am.

svelte wrote:
I can safely say this cuz no one owns - or even has a deposit - on any of these yet, but wow are those some bizarre layouts.

I totally agree. Man, those must be the worst floor plan I've ever seen.

svelte wrote:SkyRanchOwner
Submitted by UCGal on June 26, 2012 - 8:40am.

svelte wrote:
SkyRanchOwner wrote:
The Crescent Heights floor plans with pictures are now posted on the Lennar site:

http://www.lennar.com/New-Homes/Californ...

2930 sq. ft. to 3648 sq. ft., view site homes.

Offering One-Story, Two-Story and Lennar's Next Gen - The Home Within a Home

I can safely say this cuz no one owns - or even has a deposit - on any of these yet, but wow are those some bizarre layouts.

Let's start with Residence 2 (which is the first one they list, followed by Residence 1 ??). I'd be miffed before I even walked in...it is a 4 car garage but it is double-tandem! I tell ya, the last thing I want to do is jockey cars around to get my favorite ride out for the day. It would make me grumpy. Then what's with the narrow layout on a 2900 sf home? It feels like a row house! I want some shoulder room if I'm buying a house that big! Also a lil confused as to why there is an office but no LR, though I suppose you could use the office as a LR. Do people not want LRs any more?

Now for Residence 1, which is the second house shown. Single story, 3 car tandem. Still a lil grumble about the garage, but let's go in. Open door. There's a BR. There's another. And yet another. !! You pass 3 bedrooms and then comes the DR. Wait, where's the LR? That's right, there isn't one. And the BRs really couldn't be used as one without knocking out a wall. Next!

Residence 3. Next Gen. They probably mean 2 generation, cuz there is no way you'd buy this house without a relative wanting to use the part of the house that is partitioned off. And the garage entrance is on the opposite side of the house as the front door. Is there an alley? If not, I'm not sure how that's gonna work. Let's go in. DR...nook...FR...BR...garage. No LR? Not even something you can convert into a LR? And this is the 3600 sf big bomber!

Maybe these would work for some families. Maybe times they are a'changin and I'm stuck in the 00s. Maybe I should have a glass of wine and shut up.


I was intrigued by the floorplans for the Next-gen thing. After all, we built a casita in our backyard to house my senior in-laws. But I agree - the floorplans are weird.

Residence 2 - I figure the 4 car garage is so that people can have all the crap/junk in their garage, and still fit in 1 car... maybe 2. Lets face it - most folks don't use their garages for autos... They use them to store junk they're too lazy to throw out. They leave their valuable asset (car) outside, and keep boxes of "stuff" that wouldn't bring $300 at a garage sale in their garage. I agree with you about the lack of living room. You need to have two spaces - one for the adults, one for the kids and their toys/stuff.

Residence 1 - what's with walking past all the private spaces (bedrooms) to get to the public spaces. That is just bizarre. And the next-gen option is not a separate apartment - it's entered through the main hall. And leaves the rest of the house just as a 2 bedroom. I also don't like how bathroom 2 acts as the powder room for guests. I don't know about other folks kids - but my kids are not the tidiest in their bathrooms.

Residence 3 - this one is interesting with the next-gen space at the front. It can be entered by the resident from the 3rd bay garage or from the front porch entrance. (Not from inside the house.) But the side entry (on the side opposite the garage) is weird and will confuse visitors looking for the front door. I've never been a fan of hidden front doors. Sure the family will enter through the garage... but unless they don't have friends and never entertain - it's annoying. The bonus room is nice - this way the family room can be claimed by the adults - and the kids can be relegated to the bonus room for their toys/video games/etc.

But all in all - the floorplans have a lot of wasted space with small 'sub-halls" leading to bedroom doors or bathroom doors, or hidden storage closets... Those sub-halls are a waste.

My 1960's 2020 sf house is more functional than these homes.

FWIW focus groups have been
Submitted by sdrealtor on June 26, 2012 - 2:37pm.

FWIW focus groups have been telling builders to get rid of living rooms for at least the last decade. Then again if I didnt have a living room where would I put my ping pong table?

sdrealtor wrote:FWIW focus
Submitted by flu on June 26, 2012 - 2:41pm.

sdrealtor wrote:
FWIW focus groups have been telling builders to get rid of living rooms for at least the last decade. Then again if I didnt have a living room where would I put my ping pong table?

You have room for a ping pong table... Now I feel bad...again...

sdrealtor wrote:FWIW focus
Submitted by UCGal on June 26, 2012 - 2:51pm.

sdrealtor wrote:
FWIW focus groups have been telling builders to get rid of living rooms for at least the last decade. Then again if I didnt have a living room where would I put my ping pong table?

In your backyard of course. (That's where ours is... made sure we got an outdoor rated one and a cover for it.)

It helps me keep my mind off
Submitted by sdrealtor on June 26, 2012 - 2:54pm.

It helps me keep my mind off the rabbits

UCGal wrote:sdrealtor
Submitted by sdrealtor on June 26, 2012 - 2:58pm.

UCGal wrote:
sdrealtor wrote:
FWIW focus groups have been telling builders to get rid of living rooms for at least the last decade. Then again if I didnt have a living room where would I put my ping pong table?

In your backyard of course. (That's where ours is... made sure we got an outdoor rated one and a cover for it.)

Too windy and it would kill my fun. I have a combo living room/dining room. I always put my opponenet on the dining room side. That way they have to dodge the cheap builder grade chandileer that hangs down. LOL

sdrealtor wrote:FWIW focus
Submitted by AN on June 26, 2012 - 3:00pm.

sdrealtor wrote:
FWIW focus groups have been telling builders to get rid of living rooms for at least the last decade. Then again if I didnt have a living room where would I put my ping pong table?

It seems like a lot of people don't want them anymore. Personally, mine gets used all the time. I sit there to stare outside. When I have family over, some people will be in the family room watching TV while others are chatting in the dining room and others are chatting in the living room. Because they're not all in one open space, you don't have to talk over each other. My brother's house (built in 2012), although it's only 100 sq-ft smaller than mine, no way can hold the kind of party mine get. No way can he fit a table that can sit 14-18 people or have room for that many people to sit.

AN wrote: . . . My brother's
Submitted by bearishgurl on June 26, 2012 - 4:49pm.

AN wrote:
. . . My brother's house (built in 2012), although it's only 100 sq-ft smaller than mine, no way can hold the kind of party mine get. No way can he fit a table that can sit 14-18 people or have room for that many people to sit.

Could it be because your brother's house has a lot more walls? :={

bearishgurl wrote:AN wrote: .
Submitted by AN on June 26, 2012 - 4:59pm.

bearishgurl wrote:
AN wrote:
. . . My brother's house (built in 2012), although it's only 100 sq-ft smaller than mine, no way can hold the kind of party mine get. No way can he fit a table that can sit 14-18 people or have room for that many people to sit.

Could it be because your brother's house has a lot more walls? :={


Funny thing is, NO. He has less wall (hard as it may seems, since I live in Mira Mesa, where we suppose to not have any wall). Actually, he has NO interior wall on the first floor (except to enclose a powder room).

Happy New Year Everyone!
Submitted by SkyRanchOwner on December 31, 2012 - 10:59pm.

Happy New Year Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Sky Ranch is doing well! The new, Lennar, Crescent Heights homes are selling and all but 1 on a recent phase is sold out. The last plan 2 in this phase is selling at approx. $605,000. Also, the HOA assessment has been reduced recently to $223 per month. Also, as a reminder, there is no Mello Roos here.

SkyRanchOwner wrote:Happy New
Submitted by flu on December 31, 2012 - 11:23pm.

SkyRanchOwner wrote:
Happy New Year Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Sky Ranch is doing well! The new, Lennar, Crescent Heights homes are selling and all but 1 on a recent phase is sold out. The last plan 2 in this phase is selling at approx. $605,000. Also, the HOA assessment has been reduced recently to $223 per month. Also, as a reminder, there is no Mello Roos here.

Until SkyRanch is really 15 minutes from LJ I don't think most people care.

15 min. if you go 80 mph.
Submitted by Butleroftwo on January 1, 2013 - 1:45pm.

15 min. if you go 80 mph. Google has it calculated at 47 mph and 26 min. to the Cove.

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