Any deals on coastal condos?

[SD Realtor]

austinkid –

I would suggest perhaps that you maybe spend some time here in town renting for a few months before making a decision on where to buy. The communities are really quite different. The UTC condo country is not anywhere close to a coastal life although technically it is only a few miles away. Conversely Carmel Valley is quite nice but again, it is not a coastal life style. The original condo brought up in this thread is off of Carmel Valley Road, but it is in a location at the far far far west tip of Carmel Valley and I didn’t check but may be Del Mar by zip. The fact that you are not familiar with areas like this would alert me to caution you that getting a sense of the county coastline is a good idea before committing a few hundred thousand to the purchase of a condo.

[Happs]

Good point about the apartment complexes along Sierra Avenue. A lot of them are too close for comfort to the bluff and will require expensive seawalls in the future. One can only imagine the assesment for each unit in those complexes. The age and unexpected maintenance costs of the complexes brings about high periodic special asessments for electrical, roofing, balconies etc. All this and most of the units aren’t even occupied full time, so the two week a year and part time residents are subsidizing the full timers who probably don’t put much wear and tear on the complex at all since they’re the cranky and conscientous type.

The beach below these complexes is one of the best in North County in my opinion and the access is superb. Sierra does need to be cleaned up a little but in a way those trailer parks do remind me of when Solana Beach used to be a sleepy beach town. I hope it remains relatively low key in the future.

[Happs]

Good point about the apartment complexes along Sierra Avenue. A lot of them are too close for comfort to the bluff and will require expensive seawalls in the future. One can only imagine the assesment for each unit in those complexes. The age and unexpected maintenance costs of the complexes brings about high periodic special asessments for electrical, roofing, balconies etc. All this and most of the units aren’t even occupied full time, so the two week a year and part time residents are subsidizing the full timers who probably don’t put much wear and tear on the complex at all since they’re the cranky and conscientous type.

The beach below these complexes is one of the best in North County in my opinion and the access is superb. Sierra does need to be cleaned up a little but in a way those trailer parks do remind me of when Solana Beach used to be a sleepy beach town. I hope it remains relatively low key in the future.

[Happs]

Good point about the apartment complexes along Sierra Avenue. A lot of them are too close for comfort to the bluff and will require expensive seawalls in the future. One can only imagine the assesment for each unit in those complexes. The age and unexpected maintenance costs of the complexes brings about high periodic special asessments for electrical, roofing, balconies etc. All this and most of the units aren’t even occupied full time, so the two week a year and part time residents are subsidizing the full timers who probably don’t put much wear and tear on the complex at all since they’re the cranky and conscientous type.

The beach below these complexes is one of the best in North County in my opinion and the access is superb. Sierra does need to be cleaned up a little but in a way those trailer parks do remind me of when Solana Beach used to be a sleepy beach town. I hope it remains relatively low key in the future.

[Happs]

Good point about the apartment complexes along Sierra Avenue. A lot of them are too close for comfort to the bluff and will require expensive seawalls in the future. One can only imagine the assesment for each unit in those complexes. The age and unexpected maintenance costs of the complexes brings about high periodic special asessments for electrical, roofing, balconies etc. All this and most of the units aren’t even occupied full time, so the two week a year and part time residents are subsidizing the full timers who probably don’t put much wear and tear on the complex at all since they’re the cranky and conscientous type.

The beach below these complexes is one of the best in North County in my opinion and the access is superb. Sierra does need to be cleaned up a little but in a way those trailer parks do remind me of when Solana Beach used to be a sleepy beach town. I hope it remains relatively low key in the future.

[Happs]

Good point about the apartment complexes along Sierra Avenue. A lot of them are too close for comfort to the bluff and will require expensive seawalls in the future. One can only imagine the assesment for each unit in those complexes. The age and unexpected maintenance costs of the complexes brings about high periodic special asessments for electrical, roofing, balconies etc. All this and most of the units aren’t even occupied full time, so the two week a year and part time residents are subsidizing the full timers who probably don’t put much wear and tear on the complex at all since they’re the cranky and conscientous type.

The beach below these complexes is one of the best in North County in my opinion and the access is superb. Sierra does need to be cleaned up a little but in a way those trailer parks do remind me of when Solana Beach used to be a sleepy beach town. I hope it remains relatively low key in the future.

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