Buying advice in North County

[sdcellar]

[quote=pjwal]There are 11 homes that will be built on the park. I’m assuming there will be a walkway of some sort, so outside of that the only pavement running beside the homes will be the back alley where the garage is (sans the two end “corner” lots that have a street rather than a home on one side). So, yeah…very unique not to have a named street running along any side of your home. We’re totally sold on the garage in back layout in general and I’ve begun to take a negative note of the large amount of cement sitting in front of the typical home.[/quote]Everything you say is right on the money and there are a lot of nice things about both the plan three and those particular lots. The one negative, beyond the small lot sizes (somewhat made up for by your bigass frontyard), is that the master bedroom faces the alley. It’s somewhat ameliorated by the fact that the garage roofline obscures the actual alley and a bit of the neighboring garage doors, but it’s not exactly my favorite master bedroom view. Definitely check it out and think about it if you haven’t because you’ll be there a long time.

Everything else, awesome. Park, interior courtyard, downstairs guest room, dining room off to the side, nice island. And for what it’s worth, the MBR problem is worse in the plan fours on the park.

[chrisM]

Hi, I’m afraid I am the one who snatched the home you too coveted. Funny, I wasn’t aware that I was offered 4k to change my mind… the one thing that did happened is, this very nice couple came to us at the end to congratulate us and to apologize for having made a comment they thought might have been perceieved as inappropriate (which truly wasn’t). Anyway, nice folks I’ll be glad to have as neighbors.

I don’t know if interest in Madeira is dwindling or not, but we did noticed a few people dropped off the priority ahead of us. I was expecting to be the 12th person called that day but I counted 9th (hence my hesitation before witing my name down, as I was wondering if I might after all have a reasonable shot at a plan 4 in later phases, something I had pretty much ruled out before the release). Bottom line, I figured out I’d rather stick with the italianate plan 3 on a nice corner lot I really liked, rather than waiting for an hypothetical plan 4 along the main road or a small park lot (41′ wide) with elevations I wasn’t thrilled about (the two 3s facing the park only come in the cottage style). It’s primarily about personel references, and you seem to have already given this a lot of thoughts.
That said, best of luck in your search!

[chrisM]

Hi, I’m afraid I am the one who snatched the home you too coveted. Funny, I wasn’t aware that I was offered 4k to change my mind… the one thing that did happened is, this very nice couple came to us at the end to congratulate us and to apologize for having made a comment they thought might have been perceieved as inappropriate (which truly wasn’t). Anyway, nice folks I’ll be glad to have as neighbors.

I don’t know if interest in Madeira is dwindling or not, but we did noticed a few people dropped off the priority ahead of us. I was expecting to be the 12th person called that day but I counted 9th (hence my hesitation before witing my name down, as I was wondering if I might after all have a reasonable shot at a plan 4 in later phases, something I had pretty much ruled out before the release). Bottom line, I figured out I’d rather stick with the italianate plan 3 on a nice corner lot I really liked, rather than waiting for an hypothetical plan 4 along the main road or a small park lot (41′ wide) with elevations I wasn’t thrilled about (the two 3s facing the park only come in the cottage style). It’s primarily about personel references, and you seem to have already given this a lot of thoughts.
That said, best of luck in your search!

[chrisM]

Hi, I’m afraid I am the one who snatched the home you too coveted. Funny, I wasn’t aware that I was offered 4k to change my mind… the one thing that did happened is, this very nice couple came to us at the end to congratulate us and to apologize for having made a comment they thought might have been perceieved as inappropriate (which truly wasn’t). Anyway, nice folks I’ll be glad to have as neighbors.

I don’t know if interest in Madeira is dwindling or not, but we did noticed a few people dropped off the priority ahead of us. I was expecting to be the 12th person called that day but I counted 9th (hence my hesitation before witing my name down, as I was wondering if I might after all have a reasonable shot at a plan 4 in later phases, something I had pretty much ruled out before the release). Bottom line, I figured out I’d rather stick with the italianate plan 3 on a nice corner lot I really liked, rather than waiting for an hypothetical plan 4 along the main road or a small park lot (41′ wide) with elevations I wasn’t thrilled about (the two 3s facing the park only come in the cottage style). It’s primarily about personel references, and you seem to have already given this a lot of thoughts.
That said, best of luck in your search!

[chrisM]

Hi, I’m afraid I am the one who snatched the home you too coveted. Funny, I wasn’t aware that I was offered 4k to change my mind… the one thing that did happened is, this very nice couple came to us at the end to congratulate us and to apologize for having made a comment they thought might have been perceieved as inappropriate (which truly wasn’t). Anyway, nice folks I’ll be glad to have as neighbors.

I don’t know if interest in Madeira is dwindling or not, but we did noticed a few people dropped off the priority ahead of us. I was expecting to be the 12th person called that day but I counted 9th (hence my hesitation before witing my name down, as I was wondering if I might after all have a reasonable shot at a plan 4 in later phases, something I had pretty much ruled out before the release). Bottom line, I figured out I’d rather stick with the italianate plan 3 on a nice corner lot I really liked, rather than waiting for an hypothetical plan 4 along the main road or a small park lot (41′ wide) with elevations I wasn’t thrilled about (the two 3s facing the park only come in the cottage style). It’s primarily about personel references, and you seem to have already given this a lot of thoughts.
That said, best of luck in your search!

[chrisM]

Hi, I’m afraid I am the one who snatched the home you too coveted. Funny, I wasn’t aware that I was offered 4k to change my mind… the one thing that did happened is, this very nice couple came to us at the end to congratulate us and to apologize for having made a comment they thought might have been perceieved as inappropriate (which truly wasn’t). Anyway, nice folks I’ll be glad to have as neighbors.

I don’t know if interest in Madeira is dwindling or not, but we did noticed a few people dropped off the priority ahead of us. I was expecting to be the 12th person called that day but I counted 9th (hence my hesitation before witing my name down, as I was wondering if I might after all have a reasonable shot at a plan 4 in later phases, something I had pretty much ruled out before the release). Bottom line, I figured out I’d rather stick with the italianate plan 3 on a nice corner lot I really liked, rather than waiting for an hypothetical plan 4 along the main road or a small park lot (41′ wide) with elevations I wasn’t thrilled about (the two 3s facing the park only come in the cottage style). It’s primarily about personel references, and you seem to have already given this a lot of thoughts.
That said, best of luck in your search!

[pjwal]

chrisM, hello future neighbor :-).

To close this thread out, my wife and I did end up getting the model we wanted in Del Sur last weekend. The plan 3 right on the future Kristen Glen Park.

We also really liked the homes at Mirasol in La Costa Greens and especially the upper cul-de-sac some will be located at, but they already have a list for that and it’s not slated till late 2011. Also, we just love the neighborhood of Del Sur more than any other we have seen.

Every single buyer in our phase is a couple around our age range +/- 5 years. A couple two houses down from the previous phase are both fellow UCLA alma matter that graduated the same year as myself.

And today, the Del Sur facebook page announced the latest API scores for Del Sur elementary…954.

Thank you everyone for your advice. It really helped us stay more prudent and patient in our hunting.

Now, if you know anyone interested in a 1400 sq ft house/9000 sq ft lot in Rancho Ponderosa, please contact me ;-). (My apologies if that’s not good etiquette to advertise, I will remove if so)

~paul

[pjwal]

chrisM, hello future neighbor :-).

To close this thread out, my wife and I did end up getting the model we wanted in Del Sur last weekend. The plan 3 right on the future Kristen Glen Park.

We also really liked the homes at Mirasol in La Costa Greens and especially the upper cul-de-sac some will be located at, but they already have a list for that and it’s not slated till late 2011. Also, we just love the neighborhood of Del Sur more than any other we have seen.

Every single buyer in our phase is a couple around our age range +/- 5 years. A couple two houses down from the previous phase are both fellow UCLA alma matter that graduated the same year as myself.

And today, the Del Sur facebook page announced the latest API scores for Del Sur elementary…954.

Thank you everyone for your advice. It really helped us stay more prudent and patient in our hunting.

Now, if you know anyone interested in a 1400 sq ft house/9000 sq ft lot in Rancho Ponderosa, please contact me ;-). (My apologies if that’s not good etiquette to advertise, I will remove if so)

~paul

[pjwal]

chrisM, hello future neighbor :-).

To close this thread out, my wife and I did end up getting the model we wanted in Del Sur last weekend. The plan 3 right on the future Kristen Glen Park.

We also really liked the homes at Mirasol in La Costa Greens and especially the upper cul-de-sac some will be located at, but they already have a list for that and it’s not slated till late 2011. Also, we just love the neighborhood of Del Sur more than any other we have seen.

Every single buyer in our phase is a couple around our age range +/- 5 years. A couple two houses down from the previous phase are both fellow UCLA alma matter that graduated the same year as myself.

And today, the Del Sur facebook page announced the latest API scores for Del Sur elementary…954.

Thank you everyone for your advice. It really helped us stay more prudent and patient in our hunting.

Now, if you know anyone interested in a 1400 sq ft house/9000 sq ft lot in Rancho Ponderosa, please contact me ;-). (My apologies if that’s not good etiquette to advertise, I will remove if so)

~paul

[pjwal]

chrisM, hello future neighbor :-).

To close this thread out, my wife and I did end up getting the model we wanted in Del Sur last weekend. The plan 3 right on the future Kristen Glen Park.

We also really liked the homes at Mirasol in La Costa Greens and especially the upper cul-de-sac some will be located at, but they already have a list for that and it’s not slated till late 2011. Also, we just love the neighborhood of Del Sur more than any other we have seen.

Every single buyer in our phase is a couple around our age range +/- 5 years. A couple two houses down from the previous phase are both fellow UCLA alma matter that graduated the same year as myself.

And today, the Del Sur facebook page announced the latest API scores for Del Sur elementary…954.

Thank you everyone for your advice. It really helped us stay more prudent and patient in our hunting.

Now, if you know anyone interested in a 1400 sq ft house/9000 sq ft lot in Rancho Ponderosa, please contact me ;-). (My apologies if that’s not good etiquette to advertise, I will remove if so)

~paul

[pjwal]

chrisM, hello future neighbor :-).

To close this thread out, my wife and I did end up getting the model we wanted in Del Sur last weekend. The plan 3 right on the future Kristen Glen Park.

We also really liked the homes at Mirasol in La Costa Greens and especially the upper cul-de-sac some will be located at, but they already have a list for that and it’s not slated till late 2011. Also, we just love the neighborhood of Del Sur more than any other we have seen.

Every single buyer in our phase is a couple around our age range +/- 5 years. A couple two houses down from the previous phase are both fellow UCLA alma matter that graduated the same year as myself.

And today, the Del Sur facebook page announced the latest API scores for Del Sur elementary…954.

Thank you everyone for your advice. It really helped us stay more prudent and patient in our hunting.

Now, if you know anyone interested in a 1400 sq ft house/9000 sq ft lot in Rancho Ponderosa, please contact me ;-). (My apologies if that’s not good etiquette to advertise, I will remove if so)

~paul

[sdrealtor]

Congrats on the new home. I’m sure you’ll have no problem selling your RP house. when does the new house close?

[sdrealtor]

Congrats on the new home. I’m sure you’ll have no problem selling your RP house. when does the new house close?

[sdrealtor]

Congrats on the new home. I’m sure you’ll have no problem selling your RP house. when does the new house close?

[sdrealtor]

Congrats on the new home. I’m sure you’ll have no problem selling your RP house. when does the new house close?

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