[quote=njtosd][quote=yuhtey]having a family in a condo is like eating a bowl of nails for breakfast every day.
i like the idea of going cheaper, fixing up, and then doing private school. if only i had any patience.
update: plenty of garbage coming online in CV. or, if you prefer, there are some more “90’s tract palaces” getting listed. my lord, doth reach one’s arm out thine window and touch thy neighbor’s 90’s cardboard home.
i get the feeling Le Bourgeois in CV are in for some price reductions if they want to move product. must be a slow month for the chai knee buya[/quote]
Do you want to vent your opinions or actually get info? My sense is that you are frustrated that you can’t get what you want where you want it.[/quote]
I like Carmel Valley haters. I wish there was more of them, so more people would GTFO so I could buy a bigger place at a more reasonable price. Like I said before, must be too many walls and lizards. And any day now, I’m sure there will be 40-50% price correction just like nay-sayers predicted would happen back in 2008-9…Oh wait, never mind….
SD Realtor, remember that townhome Crest Del Mar that was sold around $620k back in 2005-6? One almost identical to it just closed at $645k recently. Yup, even condos are selling above peak.
I’m use to paying a lot for a stucco box. In the bay area, you pay a lot for a really old house that the builder didn’t even bother to finish with stucco, and left it looking like unfinished wood panels, at $600+ a square foot.
So please, just ignore the seasoned professionals in this area, the convenience factor, the schools, etc. You’re right. It’s expensive and overpriced to live here, and probably not something you really want to do.
Your kids will grow up to be weak and sensitive, especially since the school district implemented recess rules like no playing tag during lunch, no football, no full court basketball, no stealing the basketball in a game, two hands on parallel bars, no sitting on the grass, no cart wheels on the grass, no handstands, etc, etc,etc. Because obviously, kids will get hurt.
And you don’t want to be pestered all the time with donating to the DMSEF or the PTA…Donate this, donate that, donate this… Or you don’t want to get so fed up with it that you end up living in Carmel V and send your kids to private school like in LJ Country Day or Bishop M, like many people do.
And we really dont want any more snotty people in this area. There are already enough snotty, pretentious people in this area, and we don’t like competition to see who can be even more snotty and pretentious. You know, the difference between us old money versus a lot of the “new money” that we just don’t get. We like conformance. We like our “old money” families of doctors, lawyers, dentists, and engineers with a boatload or stock options that can enjoy the rest of their lives “resting and vesting”. Why? Because we enjoy seeing doctors/lawyers/vested stock option holders trying to one-up each other into seeing just how high people are willing to bid up home prices. And now, with 3 out of 5 buyers being asian in this area, it brings “one-uping” to an entirely new level. For your first $1million, bring cash or go home. Anything else above that, yeah sure, take out mortgage.
And frankly we’re sick and tired of seeing people pay an arm and leg for a house, and then seeing them park the shittiest car on the driveway and filling their homes with the cheapest furniture from Ikea. Dude, if you’re going to pay over a $1million for a home, at least park a decent car on the driveway. Not your run of the mill toyota corolla or honda civic. What is this? Mira Mesa???? That’s the one thing I like about Carmel Valley, BMW’s are a plenty like Honda Accords.
Carmel Valley, where a “need” is a BMW or Porsche and a “want” is a Ferrari, and where 9 year olds have the latest iPhone’s and worry about if they are going to get a GoPro camera for christmas, and that’s if they did well at their swim meet in their private swim class, and soccer game in their private league, and instrument recital with their private instructor.
Pay no attention to those that rave about the commute convenience. It’s overrated. 10 minutes to Sorrento Valley during peak hours. Pff. Lie…It’s closer to 12 minutes…. Going to Rancho Bernardo. That will totally suck… 19 minutes during peak hours, limited by how many tickets you can budget into your yearly allowance on 56 and 15. Yeah, pay no attention to stop and go traffic in the opposite 56 west traffic inbound in the morning, I’m sure that’s just an anomality. Carlsbad? Sucks even more 22 minutes during peak morning time…Oh, just ignore the I-5 southbound nearly crawling to a stop around 8-8:30 in the morning….Again, commute times are overrated. Besides, if you live in Carmel Valley. What job? You work? Pffff…I thought anyone who is anything is semi-retired!
So yeah, GTFO and find a home elsewhere.
As some suggested, I’m sure El Cajon and Chula Vista are much better buys for the money. You might get shot once or twice, but with the money you save, you can buy a BMW X5 Protection with bullet resistant windows and light armor, as you transport your kid(s) to the private school 40-45 minutes out of the area everyday for the next 15 or so years. And think about how much money you will save!
