My two cents on Stonebridge after living here for 6 months:
– Overall we like it. We decided on Stonebridge after looking for over an year. 6 months after moving in we don’t have buyer’s remorse
– View is very good for many houses. Our house is open to canyon- nice views of Sun rising. Lots of lights. No complaints. I agree with Navydocs comments
– Density is very low in Stonebridge. So noise and polution level is not a concern relative to other similar areas. Actually Stonebridge should be better than other areas
– For us distance from Pomerado or I15 was a question mark before we moved in. We picked a house which is relatively closer to Pomerado (0.8 mile). My office commute is to Mission Valley. Getting to I15 takes on average 8 min (I go to work at 6 am)
– The comments about Powerline view or close to Stonebridge Pkwy are fair points- but that are already factored in price. For like-to-like house, price is cheaper for Powerline view and back-to- road ones. We considered a house that backed to Stonebridge Pkwy. We could hear the cars travelling when doors/ windows open. Then we found one without road noise- so it was easy decision for us..
– Coyote bothers me. I saw one just outside my fence two days ago. Did not like that. I have high nets on my fence.
– Heat seems to be not of overly concern. Last two hot days was managable with open windows and fans. I wanted to check if we can leave without AC..
– As you all know fire hazard is a concern. Getting home insurance was a pain. We almost dropped out of escrow because of that. It still concerns me that majority of insurance companies don’t inusre these houses for obvious and right reason of high chance of wild fire
– Houses are nice, lots are large enough, quality of construction for our house is great.
– Nobody likes Mello- Roose, but you can factor that in price. Same house in South of Pomerado is ~100k higher price since those are withour MR
This forum was very useful for me to make decisions. Hope my inputs help you to make decisions…
