Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, I don’t have unlimited funds. Although I can spend up to $4.5 million, I prefer to spend $3.5 million or less and pay a fair amount below asking in this market. That does not get you all that much in the nice parts of the Bay Area, not much at all. It gets you about 1/2 of what you can get in RSF.

For the record, while I recently owned an Aston Martin, I don’t own a Benteley, although I reserve the right to buy one if it fits in RSF. 😉

Del Mar Mesa? I think the Del Mar Medows/Grand Del Mar house we toured was in Del Mar Mesa? I thought it was overpriced for what you got compared to other houses I saw down there and the houses too close to eachother. The lot was about the right size though. Our minimum preference is 1 acre.

Traffic is one concern, particularly from Cielo. All one lane roades I noticed in RSF. I commute in off hours, so my bigger concern is for my wife when she is taking the kids places in RSF, going shopping, to the mall etc. We nixed La Jolla primarily due to traffic getting in and out. We nixed Del Mar because you get so much less sf/lot for the $$, although in some cases, the view/beach proximity had us really thinking. We need a large house on a large lot as we are a large family.

Speaking of which, where do people buy their groceries or go to the mall if they live in FBR, Cielo, Santaluz etc?