Best Family Areas for Low-$1Millions Budget

[yuhtey]

[quote=bearishgurl]
-war and peace-
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i think we’re doing just fine. by help, do you mean providing me with links to stuff that has me bashing my head on my steering wheel while on the 52 eastbound or 805 southbound at 5pm everyday?

edit: i forgot about “where the 15 meets the 8, down at old junction clog”

edit again: nobody cares about bing crosby anymore. he’s fucking dead. get over it, del mar.

[flyer]

For my last troll enabling post, I would just like to say that most of us here have the homes (and lives) we want, and, in all honestly, although we probably really don’t care if someone else gets the home (or life) they want or not, many of us have been kind enough to try to make suggestions, only to be met with rude comments, most of which have no, or very little basis in fact.

Fortunately, in the end, the final outcome of this situation will effect only you, not any of us, so feel free to take it or leave it.

[joec]

yuhtey, how much is your rent anyways?

[njtosd]

[quote=flu][quote=njtosd][quote=flyer]Interestingly, we don’t know any bitter people in CV. Many of them purchased their homes years ago and have either stayed or easily moved up to something bigger and better in the area or elsewhere.

More recently, a few friends and family purchased homes around San Diego, including CV, during the last downturn a few years ago, and are very glad they got in on that window of opportunity. We still have several rental properties there, and are very happy with the arrangement, so I’m just not seeing the bitterness in any way, shape or form.[/quote]

It’s a perception bias. People want to believe that those who they see as affluent are sad/bitter/superficial. They only real stereotype that I see is that a lot of the people in CV are a little anxiety ridden – which led them to work hard in school and at their jobs and earn enough money to pay for a higher than average priced house. One of my daughter’s friends makes herself do 50 push-ups if she gets a low A on an assignment. It’s a bit worrisome.[/quote]

I hadn’t thought about that. I ask my kid to do a few jumping jacks when shes dozing off or in dreamland and needs to wake up to finish her work. I don’t think I can do 50 pushups (yet)[/quote]

This isn’t imposed by the parents – it’s the kid who is mad at herself. She excels at everything but is still very self critical. I think you get couples who are both sort of neurotic who can give rise to (sometimes) even more neurotic kids. Assortive mating, as they say in the bio business.
I have never been able to do 50 pushups. Sigh.

[yuhtey]

[quote=flyer]For my last troll enabling post, I would just like to say that most of us here have the homes (and lives) we want, and, in all honestly, although we probably really don’t care if someone else gets the home (or life) they want or not, many of us have been kind enough to try to make suggestions, only to be met with rude comments, most of which have no, or very little basis in fact.

Fortunately, in the end, the final outcome of this situation will effect only you, not any of us, so feel free to take it or leave it.[/quote]

i’m sorry about that bing crosby dig. i don’t know what comes over me. like when i’m in vegas and steve wynn won’t stop going on and on about dean martin.

look bear girl. it takes months to find the right home. i will post links for your critique.

it wouldn’t have to be this bad – if i had my way i’d shove a 73-like toll road right up rancho santa fe’s ass. that ought to open up some development and growth.

[yuhtey]

oh bear girl,

please provide your comments on the following listing:

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/4915-Almondwood-Way-92130/home/4483114

a real CV stunner. if only my wife was in the film business i could afford a better place.

[FlyerInHi]

50 push-ups is nothing. Make sure to keep your body straight.

[Coronita]

[quote=yuhtey]oh bear girl,

please provide your comments on the following listing:

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/4915-Almondwood-Way-92130/home/4483114

a real CV stunner. if only my wife was in the film business i could afford a better place.[/quote]

Actually, now that I looked at the sales history, i see this particular house was sold on 2005 for $950k, so my guessimate was off.. 2005 was close to peak prices during that time (some places in CarmelV reached peak prices in 2006/7), but homes off of Almondwood peaked around 2005…. I think there were a couple of them that we looked at that were in the high $800k …..
Granted, I believe the buyer upgraded the interior because none of the original homes I think had this sort of interior. So that’s probably worth considerable money for some buyers who don’t want to upgrade themselves…

[Coronita]

[quote=yuhtey]oh bear girl,

please provide your comments on the following listing:

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/4915-Almondwood-Way-92130/home/4483114

a real CV stunner. if only my wife was in the film business i could afford a better place.[/quote]

HAHAHA $1.249m… I remember when I was buying, these places were going for $900-950k. And that was 1 year before the RE bubble. Those houses are right off I-56 and you can sometimes hear the noise…We passed on that and on homes in Palacio. Granted, we ended up buying another POS stucco box, but it certainly wasn’t anywhere near 1.3… Ouch…That’s not even Ocean Air or Sage Cage schools… I forget which school that is.

There’s roughly a $200-300k premium to be in the Carmel Country Highland area…That includes Carriage Run (which I know is not good enough for you), Saratoga (I remember when these were new construction around $950…We passed on those…Big mistake), Derby Hills (missed that one too, shucks), and Bridge Ridge…

There’s also the ones that are older like Lexington, Breakers (interesting styling), and if you want to be closer to Vons: Monticito with I think gives you a choice between Ocean Air and Sage canyon (my RE agent friend use to live in that division). And you have the division on the backside facing Saratoga (I forget the name of that, but that gives you access to Sage Canyon too)

You have a couple of homes in Torrey Hills (Sea Country, and La Strata, which gives you access to Torrey Hills E, which is a decent school plus the new preschool is there, making it really convenient if you plan on doing preschool->6th grade)….

Oh, there’s a large “luxury” townhome complex being built at the end of camel mountain road. It’s suppose to be a luxury 3000sqft “townhome”.

But if that doesn’t suit your need, go buy in Alta Del Mar…It’s only $2million… You earned it, you deserve it. And by golly…It’s dog gone good for you.

I’m really sorry you are buying right now. Wow… maybe I should put my home on the market. If I had only bought another one during the downturn.

[FlyerInHi]

For me, the fun of buying real estate is the fixing.
And the fun is the art of the deal. Buy something under maket and make it worth more. But that’s not to say now is a good time to buy in Carmel Valley.

IMO, very few houses are move in ready. If they’ve been fixed, they’re been done up in stages and there’s no flow within home.

The most beautiful house that I have seen in person (other than in magazines) is at a country club in Vegas. The woman and her husband are set designers. I learned from them. It’s the flow and the energy that counts. You will never get that from a so called move in ready house.

[Coronita]

I think one of my friends that relocated to the east coast has a home across the canyon where Saratoga is. We were taking about some of the $600k+ attached townhomes that at the time was being built at the end of Carmel Mountain Road. He was laughing about it because he was saying. Gee, that condo is how much I paid for my 3000sqft SFH. He has a pretty nice house. Currently, he’s renting it to an executive of a tech company for around $4900/month. I think his 30 year mortgage is around $2200/month, lol.

[Coronita]

[quote=FlyerInHi]For me, the fun of buying real estate is the fixing.
And the fun is the art of the deal. Buy something under maket and make it worth more. But that’s not to say now is a good time to buy in Carmel Valley.

IMO, very few houses are move in ready. If they’ve been fixed, they’re been done up in stages and there’s no flow within home.

The most beautiful house that I have seen in person (other than in magazines) is at a country club in Vegas. The woman and her husband are set designers. I learned from them. It’s the flow and the energy that counts. You will never get that from a so called move in ready house.[/quote]

There is no good deal in Carmel valley right now. The best deal you can get is to not get ripped off completely.

[FlyerInHi]

No good deal now…. But what if prices keep going up?

What if Asian buyers keep on buying for the schools? The API score have created monsters an enabling neurotic parents who will not settle for anything but the best for their kids.

Flu, I don’t have kids but I want to know about canyon sage. Why is that school better than the other ones nearby. I can understand wanting the best school

[yuhtey]

[quote=FlyerInHi]For me, the fun of buying real estate is the fixing.
And the fun is the art of the deal. Buy something under maket and make it worth more. But that’s not to say now is a good time to buy in Carmel Valley.

IMO, very few houses are move in ready. If they’ve been fixed, they’re been done up in stages and there’s no flow within home.

The most beautiful house that I have seen in person (other than in magazines) is at a country club in Vegas. The woman and her husband are set designers. I learned from them. It’s the flow and the energy that counts. You will never get that from a so called move in ready house.[/quote]

yeah, i’m struggling to find inspiration. i’m no designer but i think some of the architecture just won’t ever work without major reconfiguration. houses that are customized can be hit or miss and usually miss.

[yuhtey]

[quote=flu]

There is no good deal in Carmel valley right now. The best deal you can get is to not get ripped off completely.[/quote]

yes, and i’m happy with not getting completely ripped off. this will be a long term shack that will be lived in. i don’t care about short term cycles, at this point. it’s the right time to buy *for me*

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