[quote=CA renter]SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.
It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.
Good luck![/quote]
Does the covenant proper have gates? (Bearishgurl mentioned that). I thought that was covenant adjacent gated communities that had the gates (FBRanch, Cielo, etc.) I’ve been to a home that’s in the covenant that I didn’t have to go through gates to get to. (Maybe Jeeman can clarify this for me.)
The covenant does have architectural police (art jury) – but so does Del Mar proper… A lot of architects refuse to work in either area because the review process can add so much time to getting approval. The frustration levels aren’t always worth the fees. And the rules in Del Mar are very subjective… A design that doesn’t fit the style of a specific block will get rejected – but may be approved on a different site. (Modern among Tudors, for example, might be turned down – but 2 blocks away – it might be approved because the block has more diverse homes.) So some of the hassles of the covenant can also be found in Del Mar – at least as far as design/construction.
That’s not an issue if you’re buying something that you don’t plan to change.
