Yes very fun talking about this niche little market and I am glad I finally made an account here after reading these chats for 10 years or so.
I was disappointed with the lot size of some of the due west facing 1 Channel houses as well profhoff. We didn’t get a Plan 2 (bigger ranch plan) or Plan 3 and just ended up biting the bullet and moving fully west of 5 but east of the 101 where it is walkable and close to our favorite eats in funky town but a bit quieter than living west of 101. Our house is sub 3000sf but that is fine for us.
sdr we were original LCO residents so I am embarrassingly familiar w the plans and lots though we didn’t adore living in LCO for many reasons most of which have to do with the fact that we didn’t have elementary age kids when we lived there, we really wanted Encinitas or a more mature/smaller/less sterile La Costa tract, and that we didn’t end up liking our lot or plan though we got a killer deal. Those Centex and Davidson center courtyard plans in the “OG” Oaks are lovely and I also like the Arroyo Vista courtyard plan that has a master down.
I think LCV where you are sdrealtor feels infinitely closer to shopping and dining that I personally frequent and the leasing people screwed the La Costa Town Square shopping center with odd stores and generally meh restaurants. Also disappointed by Arterro homes that of course, we considered remembering the Davidson/Starboard hype in the Oaks. 2015 me was not willing to pay low 1mms to back to the butt end of a Super Vons and hear road noise on minuscule lots especially coming from the Oaks and being indifferent about the area.
We actually considered buying the former model of the Arroyo Vista center courtyard plan when it came up for sale in 2015. It had a blank canvas yard to hardscape and drop in a pool. We backed away because we recalled from our Diegueno and OPE days that all the parents park on that entry Arroyo Vista street to drop off and pick up their kids and we are too OCD to handle someone’s big Suburban parked in front of our house 2x a day 5x a week. I think that house resold recently. Embarrassed to have followed all these communities closely but it’s so interesting to see the area change and a memory trip to recall past purchases/offers/etc.
