I would be buying in a later phase, so the SDGE power lines would not be a problem for me. I don’t think we would want to be in one of the houses right on Camino del Sur, however.

I haven’t spent much time in the move-in ready homes but that is interesting about the materials. Are the move-in ready homes for Valencia any better?

For us, it is still a toss-up between Carleton and Valencia.

If we are in Valencia, I would not want to be in one of the homes right across from a townhouse. In Carleton, I would not want to have Camino del Sur right behind the house. We like some things about the floorplans in each. The yards in Valencia are a little larger.

Regarding Verrazzano, we are also considering it. However, I am not a huge fan of the alley entrance (back garage) and courtyards in lieu of yard. The demographic there seems more of a mix of older and younger people, whereas Del Sur seems to be mostly young families. I like the trees and overall landscaping in Verrazzano. I really like the look of some of the more traditional homes with front garages around the perimeter of the development, but most zillow puts most of those at 900K to 1M+.

Almost ALL of the resales in Del Sur are of the alley-entrance type, and most have a much lower square footage, so we have not considered these.

We have tried many times to like 4S Ranch, but so far, we haven’t liked it much. We have mostly looked at the North side, and something about that view coming in (thousands of houses, row after row) is not appealing. The streets are wider, but it also feels kind of empty.

Regarding Brightwater, it looks like the plan 1 starts in the $830,000 range, so at least 100K to 150K more than plan 2 of Carleton and Valencia. For that reason, we have not looked at it.