yuhtey, if you want “quality construction” of 2000 sf or more on a well-located bigger than city-standard lot in SD County (over 5K sf city, over 6K sf county) in your price range, you should be prepared to do some work on it after COE. Or be prepared to live in the home while working on one room at a time.
I think your posts are spot on except for a few caveats. Santee hasn’t been “Clantee” in over 20 years. There are likely few to zero 80+ yo longtime owners in CV as this area’s development originally broke ground in the mid-eighties. 60+ yo longtime owners …. yes … but a proliferation of 80+ yo longtime owners … uhh, no. Sorry you didn’t like the decor of the furniture of the listings you viewed in CV but those furnishings weren’t actually for sale :=0
I get the impression from your posts that you may have grown up in SD County, left at one point (for college and/or work) and are now considering returning here or already renting here (for work?) with kids in tow. If this is the case, where does the bulk of your family live? You will undoubtedly need their help with your kids and living more than 45 minutes away from them will make your lives hardscrabble when it doesn’t have to be … especially if both parents in your household work.
I agree with XBoxBoy. I think you would be most happy with a custom built home which is adorned with “real” hardwoods and travertine and the like. Age is entirely inconsequential! If you have 2 kids or less and your limit is 2 kids, then you don’t need more than 2000 feet to raise them in and could get by with 1650 sf if the lot is ample, imho. Within the City, these homes tend to be more expensive, hence you will need to lower your size expectations. Within the County (and most of its cities), I believe you could find a suitable custom home to buy, even on a 1/2 AC (or slightly larger) lot in your price range. It may very well need work but you don’t have to do all the work at once. The land will be all yours and you won’t have to constantly listen to your neighbor’s toilet flush or put up with their overflowing trash/recycle bins blowing into your yard on trash day. OR pay Mello Roos.
Out in the county, I would suggest you check out 92028, 92019 and 91902.
And for G@d’s sake, stay OUT of the PUSD! That District’s debt bomb will likely implode before all your kids get out of the public school system there. If you think the taxes + MR within the PUSD are high now, just wait! There are provisions within CA law enabling county assessors to raise taxes (in this case, add accelerated bond payments) to the ad valoream portion of each affected parcel’s tax bill (irrespective if it is located within a CFD … or not). See:
Future property tax hikes will undoubtedly affect resale value of homes within the PUSD, ESPECIALLY within those CFD’s which already have exorbitant MR (ex: Del Sur).
Expect a mass dumping of properties within the PUSD beginning three years BEFORE their (sub-prime) school bond comes due.
