[quote=Halifax]We ended buying a home in Marston this morning. The MR are high but in line with most of Del Sur. The only other new construction in Del Sur for homes 4000+ sqft seems to be in the lakes and the hoa fees of 400-500 are worse with comparable MR. The only way we could see to avoid high MR was to consider a home in a more established community like Bel Etage but the sellers wanted somewhat unreasonable amounts for their homes (1.3-1.4 million) which really weren’t well updated for the most part. I know that we will need to add another 150k or so to update the backyard but its not like existing homes are substantially cheaper in the end. inventory still sucks and whats available isnt that great. We lost out on 4-5 offers to cash buyers as well. We liked Stonebridge in Scripps Ranch but it really does feel out of the way, although some friends don’t mind.
The lots for the models are small but the available lots were quite large. Our purchased lot is 13k square feet which is perfect for us. It’ll be between 2 parks and overlooks a canyon which is extra nice. They’re also going to landscape the front yard which saves a couple of bucks.[/quote]
Congrats. That’s the perfect sized lot. Anything higher than your water bill and landscape bill start to get overwhelming. Although I can see someone planning on building a casita in the back would prefer that 1/2 acre lot.
Given how much the builders have spiked up the asking price in Stonebridge, the cost of the new homes between Del Sur and Stonebridge are essentially equivalent. Except for the MR. But if you pay it off, then it’s no longer a big deal. Didn’t someone mention the payoff in Del Sur runs about 70k? Thats just 10k more than Stonebridge.
The Lakes is technically not part of del sur. More of the Crosby’s step-sibling. The benefit of the Lakes is they do not have to use the lowly “92127” zip. 🙂
