[quote=sdrealtor]FWIW, the back gate of Crosby drops you off right near Santaluz and Del Sur. There is another way out than Del Dios.
Absolutely agree with everything you said about Santaluz. I guess its just not my style. I like to be closer to the beach and spend alot of time in the beach cities. I eat dinner in downtown Encinitas every Monday and Tuesday. Even if I could afford it, i just wouldnt want to be that far out but I certainly see the appeal it has to others who feel differently.[/quote]
Hey sdrealtor,
Yeah, definitely I agree with you it won’t be everyone’s style. Really, if I didn’t have any kids then my perspective would be different. But having young kids totally changes my perspective of things that are important.
I agree with you that if I had my druthers, I’d be closer to the beach. We really LOVE La Jolla and Del Mar. And we’re in a gorgeous property this week in Cardiff by the Sea that overlooks the ocean and really great. But we need at least 4 bedrooms (prefer 5 as we will most likely have another child in the future) and like modern style vs. classic and that’s almost impossible to find in other areas closer to the beach.
Carmel Valley no doubt has some beautiful homes and we’ll look there as well. But being super close to the beach isn’t something that ranks super high on our list but I totally agree with you that many people will have that same opinion as what you mentioned.
We’ve been out to Encinitas a few times and it was ok but I guess many parts of it still had a sort of blue collar feel to me in some areas we saw. Which isn’t bad in and of itself but living close to the beach isn’t super important to us.
I know one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and we all have different tastes. I’ve seen some posts on this forum where someone posted it was their “dream home” and I was like huh??? Some dream homes are on multi-acre lots, etc. I just don’t see the need to have a huge yard and not really important to me.
My list of importance is quality area in an excellent school district, great lifestyle and quality of life issues, safety, good feeling that the area will stay higher end long-term (15+ years). I got a good feeling from Santaluz from all of those standpoints.
Another thing I noticed is it was MUCH sunnier in Santaluz vs. La Jolla or the coastal area. You hear about this and don’t think it would be that much of a difference but we noticed this quite a bit. It was cloudy in La Jolla part of the day when it was totally sunny in Santaluz.
We also drove over to Poway to check things out over there and you can definitely notice an increase in temperature which is spot on target from what people on the board wrote.
