Advice on 5bdrms in Carmel Country Highlands

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Eugene] . . . @yellowS2K, be sure to check 4-br’s as well. It’s not uncommon for a house to have 4 bedrooms + an office and yet be listed as “4/3” or “4/4”. E.g. here http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100071103-4403_Mistral_Pl_San_Diego_CA_92130%5B/quote%5D

Tiny lot backing into main drag, but no Mello Roos or HOA. Not bad, Eugene. Thanks for pointing out that the “office” is often not listed as a bdrm due to having no closet. There are several 4/4 and many 4/3 current listings in UC as well.

I want to add that many homes in UC have been completely remodeled and thus have new drywall in at least 2 out of 4 or 5 bdrms, which wouldn’t have any lead paint residue. Not sure if this is really an issue if the paint was washed with TSP at some point and painted over with latex (assuming lead paint was even initially used).

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
For the record, in my community mostly built in the last decade which has both MR and HOA fees is a very STABLE comunity of more than 1000 homes with very FEW distressed properties and 2 or 3 young children in almost every home UNLIKE the central located communities you seem to think are the only rational choice. The API scores of the school kids walk to are above 950 and there is no issue of it being impacted. Its walking distance to restaurants, stores, parks and markets and less than 5 minutes from beaches that are among the best in SD.[/quote]

Except that your “community” is a good distance north of the infamous 5/805 merge with pockets of “gridlock” beyond that that this young mother with an infant and 5-year old at home will have to “traverse” every day back and forth at a cost of one hour + of her time. Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up!

I never stated that UC is the only rational choice for EVERY buyer. But for buyers working within five minutes of there, it’s by far, one of the VERY BEST choices, IMO.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
For the record, in my community mostly built in the last decade which has both MR and HOA fees is a very STABLE comunity of more than 1000 homes with very FEW distressed properties and 2 or 3 young children in almost every home UNLIKE the central located communities you seem to think are the only rational choice. The API scores of the school kids walk to are above 950 and there is no issue of it being impacted. Its walking distance to restaurants, stores, parks and markets and less than 5 minutes from beaches that are among the best in SD.[/quote]

Except that your “community” is a good distance north of the infamous 5/805 merge with pockets of “gridlock” beyond that that this young mother with an infant and 5-year old at home will have to “traverse” every day back and forth at a cost of one hour + of her time. Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up!

I never stated that UC is the only rational choice for EVERY buyer. But for buyers working within five minutes of there, it’s by far, one of the VERY BEST choices, IMO.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
For the record, in my community mostly built in the last decade which has both MR and HOA fees is a very STABLE comunity of more than 1000 homes with very FEW distressed properties and 2 or 3 young children in almost every home UNLIKE the central located communities you seem to think are the only rational choice. The API scores of the school kids walk to are above 950 and there is no issue of it being impacted. Its walking distance to restaurants, stores, parks and markets and less than 5 minutes from beaches that are among the best in SD.[/quote]

Except that your “community” is a good distance north of the infamous 5/805 merge with pockets of “gridlock” beyond that that this young mother with an infant and 5-year old at home will have to “traverse” every day back and forth at a cost of one hour + of her time. Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up!

I never stated that UC is the only rational choice for EVERY buyer. But for buyers working within five minutes of there, it’s by far, one of the VERY BEST choices, IMO.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
For the record, in my community mostly built in the last decade which has both MR and HOA fees is a very STABLE comunity of more than 1000 homes with very FEW distressed properties and 2 or 3 young children in almost every home UNLIKE the central located communities you seem to think are the only rational choice. The API scores of the school kids walk to are above 950 and there is no issue of it being impacted. Its walking distance to restaurants, stores, parks and markets and less than 5 minutes from beaches that are among the best in SD.[/quote]

Except that your “community” is a good distance north of the infamous 5/805 merge with pockets of “gridlock” beyond that that this young mother with an infant and 5-year old at home will have to “traverse” every day back and forth at a cost of one hour + of her time. Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up!

I never stated that UC is the only rational choice for EVERY buyer. But for buyers working within five minutes of there, it’s by far, one of the VERY BEST choices, IMO.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
For the record, in my community mostly built in the last decade which has both MR and HOA fees is a very STABLE comunity of more than 1000 homes with very FEW distressed properties and 2 or 3 young children in almost every home UNLIKE the central located communities you seem to think are the only rational choice. The API scores of the school kids walk to are above 950 and there is no issue of it being impacted. Its walking distance to restaurants, stores, parks and markets and less than 5 minutes from beaches that are among the best in SD.[/quote]

Except that your “community” is a good distance north of the infamous 5/805 merge with pockets of “gridlock” beyond that that this young mother with an infant and 5-year old at home will have to “traverse” every day back and forth at a cost of one hour + of her time. Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up!

I never stated that UC is the only rational choice for EVERY buyer. But for buyers working within five minutes of there, it’s by far, one of the VERY BEST choices, IMO.

[Eugene]

[quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works near the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

[Eugene]

[quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works near the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

[Eugene]

[quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works near the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

[Eugene]

[quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works near the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

[Eugene]

[quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works near the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Eugene][quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works in the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

But for them at least it makes sense to look at this option. For most engineering types who work in the triangle or in Sorrento Valley, rush hour commute to UC is quite horrible. And even a regular hour commute is not pleasant. I recall checking out a house on Scripps Street a couple of years ago. It took me 15 minutes to get there door-to-door (3 miles as the crow flies). During rush hour, that could be 30+ minutes.[/quote]

Eugene, I know the red lights on those wide UTC intersections are long and they turn red again fairly fast. That’s why I stated a 5-10 mins commute to/from SFR’s in UC. But you’re right, the buyer would have to work on the south end of the campus to get to/from in this time frame.

Do you know any details about funneling those throngs of young workers with families onto the 56 westbound in the morning?? Is it two vehicles per green (blinking light) on the fwy entrance ramp(s)? If so, what is the time frame to UCSD from Carmel Country Ranch (new development), in your estimation??

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Eugene][quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works in the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

But for them at least it makes sense to look at this option. For most engineering types who work in the triangle or in Sorrento Valley, rush hour commute to UC is quite horrible. And even a regular hour commute is not pleasant. I recall checking out a house on Scripps Street a couple of years ago. It took me 15 minutes to get there door-to-door (3 miles as the crow flies). During rush hour, that could be 30+ minutes.[/quote]

Eugene, I know the red lights on those wide UTC intersections are long and they turn red again fairly fast. That’s why I stated a 5-10 mins commute to/from SFR’s in UC. But you’re right, the buyer would have to work on the south end of the campus to get to/from in this time frame.

Do you know any details about funneling those throngs of young workers with families onto the 56 westbound in the morning?? Is it two vehicles per green (blinking light) on the fwy entrance ramp(s)? If so, what is the time frame to UCSD from Carmel Country Ranch (new development), in your estimation??

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Eugene][quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works in the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

But for them at least it makes sense to look at this option. For most engineering types who work in the triangle or in Sorrento Valley, rush hour commute to UC is quite horrible. And even a regular hour commute is not pleasant. I recall checking out a house on Scripps Street a couple of years ago. It took me 15 minutes to get there door-to-door (3 miles as the crow flies). During rush hour, that could be 30+ minutes.[/quote]

Eugene, I know the red lights on those wide UTC intersections are long and they turn red again fairly fast. That’s why I stated a 5-10 mins commute to/from SFR’s in UC. But you’re right, the buyer would have to work on the south end of the campus to get to/from in this time frame.

Do you know any details about funneling those throngs of young workers with families onto the 56 westbound in the morning?? Is it two vehicles per green (blinking light) on the fwy entrance ramp(s)? If so, what is the time frame to UCSD from Carmel Country Ranch (new development), in your estimation??

[bearishgurl]

[quote=Eugene][quote]Living in UC, she can literally come home at lunch and spend 45-50 mins at home and get back to her pkg space at UCSD before her “hour” is up![/quote]

At lunch, yes, assuming she lives near the Regents exit and works in the south end of the campus. In the evenings, IIRC the Gilman onramp is metered, 5 south from Genesee to Gilman is congested, and 5 to 52 ramp is stop and go, so it can take a while to get home. For the same money I’d rather commute to Carmel Valley from UCSD than to UC.

But for them at least it makes sense to look at this option. For most engineering types who work in the triangle or in Sorrento Valley, rush hour commute to UC is quite horrible. And even a regular hour commute is not pleasant. I recall checking out a house on Scripps Street a couple of years ago. It took me 15 minutes to get there door-to-door (3 miles as the crow flies). During rush hour, that could be 30+ minutes.[/quote]

Eugene, I know the red lights on those wide UTC intersections are long and they turn red again fairly fast. That’s why I stated a 5-10 mins commute to/from SFR’s in UC. But you’re right, the buyer would have to work on the south end of the campus to get to/from in this time frame.

Do you know any details about funneling those throngs of young workers with families onto the 56 westbound in the morning?? Is it two vehicles per green (blinking light) on the fwy entrance ramp(s)? If so, what is the time frame to UCSD from Carmel Country Ranch (new development), in your estimation??

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