My husband and I love SEH. We don’t live there, we live close in Carlsbad, but our oldest goes to the preschool there and we have long debated if we should buy there. We finally decided not to because of the mello-roos and HOAs. Add those on to the payment and it becomes unaffordable for us. We toured Altaire and thought the houses and the views were great. We were not looking seriously because we can’t afford them, but we had no idea there were no mello-roos and such low HOAs. That’s amazing and if we could afford the neighborhood I am sure we would seriously consider buying.
We love new construction. However, due to budget we are actually in escrow on a short sale in Discovery Hills and we will have lots of work to do. Also, FYI my husband works at Scripps in La Jolla so he knows all about the commute. He says he has some co-workers who live in SEH too and they all say it’s not so bad.
