What I don’t like about bay park is the fact that very few houses have a useable back yard.
I love the area and the views and the location, but the houses on the hill with a view all have decks, not yards, in the back with no room for a front yard either.
If you get down into the flatter part, you get a yard, but no view, and the neighborhood starts to degrade a bit as well. The ‘hood by Bay Park elementary is pretty good. That may offer the best in terms of nice neighborhood and a useable lot.
Some of the canyon properties there (I’m thinking by February street, if I recall) are really nice, though likely pricey. We have toured some of these homes as part of the Clairemont Garden Tour. On had a full acre and a view. It was awesome.
4plexowner, as usual, gives an interesting perspective about the 2017 peak which sounds reasonable to me.
I think I would prefer UC to Bay Park, but I’m not hooked on an ocean view. I think prices may be comparable between the two, with the trade-off being views versus space.