a real CV stunner. if only my wife was in the film business i could afford a better place.[/quote]
HAHAHA $1.249m… I remember when I was buying, these places were going for $900-950k. And that was 1 year before the RE bubble. Those houses are right off I-56 and you can sometimes hear the noise…We passed on that and on homes in Palacio. Granted, we ended up buying another POS stucco box, but it certainly wasn’t anywhere near 1.3… Ouch…That’s not even Ocean Air or Sage Cage schools… I forget which school that is.
There’s roughly a $200-300k premium to be in the Carmel Country Highland area…That includes Carriage Run (which I know is not good enough for you), Saratoga (I remember when these were new construction around $950…We passed on those…Big mistake), Derby Hills (missed that one too, shucks), and Bridge Ridge…
There’s also the ones that are older like Lexington, Breakers (interesting styling), and if you want to be closer to Vons: Monticito with I think gives you a choice between Ocean Air and Sage canyon (my RE agent friend use to live in that division). And you have the division on the backside facing Saratoga (I forget the name of that, but that gives you access to Sage Canyon too)
You have a couple of homes in Torrey Hills (Sea Country, and La Strata, which gives you access to Torrey Hills E, which is a decent school plus the new preschool is there, making it really convenient if you plan on doing preschool->6th grade)….
Oh, there’s a large “luxury” townhome complex being built at the end of camel mountain road. It’s suppose to be a luxury 3000sqft “townhome”.
But if that doesn’t suit your need, go buy in Alta Del Mar…It’s only $2million… You earned it, you deserve it. And by golly…It’s dog gone good for you.
I’m really sorry you are buying right now. Wow… maybe I should put my home on the market. If I had only bought another one during the downturn.
