coronado/la jolla/ rancho santa fe/ del mar

[investor]

Good advice. I was planning on renting in a different area each year to get a good feel of each area. I actually don’t mind HOA as they can minimize people who don’t keep up the outside of their place. Cookie cutter homes can be a negative though. I’m actually a liberterian and I trust big government everywhere to do what comes naturally to them and become overly intrusive into people’s life. Cali, unfortunatly, is a good example, in my opinion, of just that. (no schools buses in some areas, mandatory recycling, high taxes, no screening of students for citizenship so scant resources go to US citizens rather…). But, you take the positive with the negative in life…… The reason I think that I would like coronado so much is it has the village concept with good schools and smaller mom and pop stores. I stayed in la jolla a few years back and loved the sea side but did not like the busy roads and lack of a community feel. Blackhorse, in northern la jolla, looked interesting though. What do you folks think about the blackhorse subdivision?

[UCGal]

[quote=CA renter]SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck![/quote]

Does the covenant proper have gates? (Bearishgurl mentioned that). I thought that was covenant adjacent gated communities that had the gates (FBRanch, Cielo, etc.) I’ve been to a home that’s in the covenant that I didn’t have to go through gates to get to. (Maybe Jeeman can clarify this for me.)

The covenant does have architectural police (art jury) – but so does Del Mar proper… A lot of architects refuse to work in either area because the review process can add so much time to getting approval. The frustration levels aren’t always worth the fees. And the rules in Del Mar are very subjective… A design that doesn’t fit the style of a specific block will get rejected – but may be approved on a different site. (Modern among Tudors, for example, might be turned down – but 2 blocks away – it might be approved because the block has more diverse homes.) So some of the hassles of the covenant can also be found in Del Mar – at least as far as design/construction.

That’s not an issue if you’re buying something that you don’t plan to change.

[UCGal]

[quote=CA renter]SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck![/quote]

Does the covenant proper have gates? (Bearishgurl mentioned that). I thought that was covenant adjacent gated communities that had the gates (FBRanch, Cielo, etc.) I’ve been to a home that’s in the covenant that I didn’t have to go through gates to get to. (Maybe Jeeman can clarify this for me.)

The covenant does have architectural police (art jury) – but so does Del Mar proper… A lot of architects refuse to work in either area because the review process can add so much time to getting approval. The frustration levels aren’t always worth the fees. And the rules in Del Mar are very subjective… A design that doesn’t fit the style of a specific block will get rejected – but may be approved on a different site. (Modern among Tudors, for example, might be turned down – but 2 blocks away – it might be approved because the block has more diverse homes.) So some of the hassles of the covenant can also be found in Del Mar – at least as far as design/construction.

That’s not an issue if you’re buying something that you don’t plan to change.

[UCGal]

[quote=CA renter]SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck![/quote]

Does the covenant proper have gates? (Bearishgurl mentioned that). I thought that was covenant adjacent gated communities that had the gates (FBRanch, Cielo, etc.) I’ve been to a home that’s in the covenant that I didn’t have to go through gates to get to. (Maybe Jeeman can clarify this for me.)

The covenant does have architectural police (art jury) – but so does Del Mar proper… A lot of architects refuse to work in either area because the review process can add so much time to getting approval. The frustration levels aren’t always worth the fees. And the rules in Del Mar are very subjective… A design that doesn’t fit the style of a specific block will get rejected – but may be approved on a different site. (Modern among Tudors, for example, might be turned down – but 2 blocks away – it might be approved because the block has more diverse homes.) So some of the hassles of the covenant can also be found in Del Mar – at least as far as design/construction.

That’s not an issue if you’re buying something that you don’t plan to change.

[UCGal]

[quote=CA renter]SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck![/quote]

Does the covenant proper have gates? (Bearishgurl mentioned that). I thought that was covenant adjacent gated communities that had the gates (FBRanch, Cielo, etc.) I’ve been to a home that’s in the covenant that I didn’t have to go through gates to get to. (Maybe Jeeman can clarify this for me.)

The covenant does have architectural police (art jury) – but so does Del Mar proper… A lot of architects refuse to work in either area because the review process can add so much time to getting approval. The frustration levels aren’t always worth the fees. And the rules in Del Mar are very subjective… A design that doesn’t fit the style of a specific block will get rejected – but may be approved on a different site. (Modern among Tudors, for example, might be turned down – but 2 blocks away – it might be approved because the block has more diverse homes.) So some of the hassles of the covenant can also be found in Del Mar – at least as far as design/construction.

That’s not an issue if you’re buying something that you don’t plan to change.

[UCGal]

[quote=CA renter]SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck![/quote]

Does the covenant proper have gates? (Bearishgurl mentioned that). I thought that was covenant adjacent gated communities that had the gates (FBRanch, Cielo, etc.) I’ve been to a home that’s in the covenant that I didn’t have to go through gates to get to. (Maybe Jeeman can clarify this for me.)

The covenant does have architectural police (art jury) – but so does Del Mar proper… A lot of architects refuse to work in either area because the review process can add so much time to getting approval. The frustration levels aren’t always worth the fees. And the rules in Del Mar are very subjective… A design that doesn’t fit the style of a specific block will get rejected – but may be approved on a different site. (Modern among Tudors, for example, might be turned down – but 2 blocks away – it might be approved because the block has more diverse homes.) So some of the hassles of the covenant can also be found in Del Mar – at least as far as design/construction.

That’s not an issue if you’re buying something that you don’t plan to change.

[jeeman]

I have not seen any gated areas in the Covenant. I have seen them in Fairbanks Ranch and off of RSF Farms Road. Not sure about Cielo.

BG probably meant the intersection of Las Planideras and Via De La Valle. There is a sign there at the bottom of the hill that says: “Historic RSF”

Jeeman

[jeeman]

I have not seen any gated areas in the Covenant. I have seen them in Fairbanks Ranch and off of RSF Farms Road. Not sure about Cielo.

BG probably meant the intersection of Las Planideras and Via De La Valle. There is a sign there at the bottom of the hill that says: “Historic RSF”

Jeeman

[jeeman]

I have not seen any gated areas in the Covenant. I have seen them in Fairbanks Ranch and off of RSF Farms Road. Not sure about Cielo.

BG probably meant the intersection of Las Planideras and Via De La Valle. There is a sign there at the bottom of the hill that says: “Historic RSF”

Jeeman

[jeeman]

I have not seen any gated areas in the Covenant. I have seen them in Fairbanks Ranch and off of RSF Farms Road. Not sure about Cielo.

BG probably meant the intersection of Las Planideras and Via De La Valle. There is a sign there at the bottom of the hill that says: “Historic RSF”

Jeeman

[jeeman]

I have not seen any gated areas in the Covenant. I have seen them in Fairbanks Ranch and off of RSF Farms Road. Not sure about Cielo.

BG probably meant the intersection of Las Planideras and Via De La Valle. There is a sign there at the bottom of the hill that says: “Historic RSF”

Jeeman

[UCGal]

Thanks for the clarification, Jeeman.

[UCGal]

Thanks for the clarification, Jeeman.

[UCGal]

Thanks for the clarification, Jeeman.

[UCGal]

Thanks for the clarification, Jeeman.

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