Actually ltsdd. The house that sold for $888,000 indeed is part of Santaluz. I know that Santa Monica isn’t within the gates of Santaluz (although realtors will try to argue that it’s part of Santaluz). Don’t forget about Lazanja Pass (you go under that bridge) that connects the other side and it indeed is within the gates of Santaluz.
And I do agree that homes really start out in the $1 million range. But we visited several homes on the other side and I still would rather own West of Camino del Sur vs. other areas like Carmel Valley at the $1 million range in areas like Pacific Highland Ranch.
Some realtors tried telling us that “Santaluz” consists of the neighborhoods of (1) within the gates of Santaluz; (2) Santa Monica; (3) Marisol; and (4) Verrazano. But the simple fact that only the members that live “within the gates” can buy into the Santaluz Hacienda Club (www.santaluz.com) to me shows that only those living within the gates live in “Santaluz”. JMHO.
Although I’ll say that we saw some beautiful homes in Verrazano but we just couldn’t find anything big enough for us. But I would much rather buy there vs. 4S Ranch or Carmel Valley as well.
For example, we saw several houses like this in Carmel Valley.
You can see they never were able to move it and took it off the market. Just look at a Google Map of the area and all the houses packed in.
There was a LOT of junk on the market earlier this year for sale. But there really wasn’t much inventory that I’d consider GREAT in great condition and truly move in ready. Most needed some type of renovations.
But all the properties that were in great condition and priced fairly all sold and aren’t on the market. There were several owners (especially in Carmel Valley) that were truly dreaming and their houses sit on the market forever or they took them off.
We kind of laughed after a while at some of the owners that had their homes for sale for literally years and years. It’s like they do NOT want to face reality.
We didn’t consider this one but there are many examples like this out there in Carmel Valley. Take a look at the sales activity and listing activity on them. Some for sale 3.5 or 4 years.
