Highlands Village in Carmel Valley: need advice!

[sdrealtor]

FWIW I beleive Ashley Falls was the top school in county before all the new construction over the last 10 years.

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]FWIW I beleive Ashley Falls was the top school in county before all the new construction over the last 10 years.[/quote]

It changes all the time, frankly. Torrey Hills was in the #2 spot 2-3 years back in the district, and now it’s 2 from the bottom…

I seriously doubt it makes 1 iota of difference, frankly…Since all schools just teach to get good test scores these days anyway, and not really teach for the sake of teaching.

Corollary: if the kid is an idiot, it doesn’t matter how good a school he/she is anyway…LOL, that was mean. I shouldn’t say that.

The one thing I did notice about the quality of the schools, was the amount of parents volunteering. Sage/Ocean Air have a very large parent involvement. I suppose being this area has more of the “afluent” community in CV, it’s possible that more some of these families have a stay at home parent that can actually take the time to volunteer more… Just my guess, but it’s a guess.

Anyway, my kid already decided that when she grows up, she doesn’t want to be a doctor/lawyer/dentist/(insert your profession here) like her friend says…she wants to be a princess. Just fvcking great…Thank you Mattel from bringing us Barbie:)

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]FWIW I beleive Ashley Falls was the top school in county before all the new construction over the last 10 years.[/quote]

It changes all the time, frankly. Torrey Hills was in the #2 spot 2-3 years back in the district, and now it’s 2 from the bottom…

I seriously doubt it makes 1 iota of difference, frankly…Since all schools just teach to get good test scores these days anyway, and not really teach for the sake of teaching.

Corollary: if the kid is an idiot, it doesn’t matter how good a school he/she is anyway…LOL, that was mean. I shouldn’t say that.

The one thing I did notice about the quality of the schools, was the amount of parents volunteering. Sage/Ocean Air have a very large parent involvement. I suppose being this area has more of the “afluent” community in CV, it’s possible that more some of these families have a stay at home parent that can actually take the time to volunteer more… Just my guess, but it’s a guess.

Anyway, my kid already decided that when she grows up, she doesn’t want to be a doctor/lawyer/dentist/(insert your profession here) like her friend says…she wants to be a princess. Just fvcking great…Thank you Mattel from bringing us Barbie:)

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]FWIW I beleive Ashley Falls was the top school in county before all the new construction over the last 10 years.[/quote]

It changes all the time, frankly. Torrey Hills was in the #2 spot 2-3 years back in the district, and now it’s 2 from the bottom…

I seriously doubt it makes 1 iota of difference, frankly…Since all schools just teach to get good test scores these days anyway, and not really teach for the sake of teaching.

Corollary: if the kid is an idiot, it doesn’t matter how good a school he/she is anyway…LOL, that was mean. I shouldn’t say that.

The one thing I did notice about the quality of the schools, was the amount of parents volunteering. Sage/Ocean Air have a very large parent involvement. I suppose being this area has more of the “afluent” community in CV, it’s possible that more some of these families have a stay at home parent that can actually take the time to volunteer more… Just my guess, but it’s a guess.

Anyway, my kid already decided that when she grows up, she doesn’t want to be a doctor/lawyer/dentist/(insert your profession here) like her friend says…she wants to be a princess. Just fvcking great…Thank you Mattel from bringing us Barbie:)

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]FWIW I beleive Ashley Falls was the top school in county before all the new construction over the last 10 years.[/quote]

It changes all the time, frankly. Torrey Hills was in the #2 spot 2-3 years back in the district, and now it’s 2 from the bottom…

I seriously doubt it makes 1 iota of difference, frankly…Since all schools just teach to get good test scores these days anyway, and not really teach for the sake of teaching.

Corollary: if the kid is an idiot, it doesn’t matter how good a school he/she is anyway…LOL, that was mean. I shouldn’t say that.

The one thing I did notice about the quality of the schools, was the amount of parents volunteering. Sage/Ocean Air have a very large parent involvement. I suppose being this area has more of the “afluent” community in CV, it’s possible that more some of these families have a stay at home parent that can actually take the time to volunteer more… Just my guess, but it’s a guess.

Anyway, my kid already decided that when she grows up, she doesn’t want to be a doctor/lawyer/dentist/(insert your profession here) like her friend says…she wants to be a princess. Just fvcking great…Thank you Mattel from bringing us Barbie:)

[Coronita]

[quote=sdrealtor]FWIW I beleive Ashley Falls was the top school in county before all the new construction over the last 10 years.[/quote]

It changes all the time, frankly. Torrey Hills was in the #2 spot 2-3 years back in the district, and now it’s 2 from the bottom…

I seriously doubt it makes 1 iota of difference, frankly…Since all schools just teach to get good test scores these days anyway, and not really teach for the sake of teaching.

Corollary: if the kid is an idiot, it doesn’t matter how good a school he/she is anyway…LOL, that was mean. I shouldn’t say that.

The one thing I did notice about the quality of the schools, was the amount of parents volunteering. Sage/Ocean Air have a very large parent involvement. I suppose being this area has more of the “afluent” community in CV, it’s possible that more some of these families have a stay at home parent that can actually take the time to volunteer more… Just my guess, but it’s a guess.

Anyway, my kid already decided that when she grows up, she doesn’t want to be a doctor/lawyer/dentist/(insert your profession here) like her friend says…she wants to be a princess. Just fvcking great…Thank you Mattel from bringing us Barbie:)

[carli]

LOL…well, at least she won’t spend years stressing herself out (and draining your bank account) trying to get some advanced Princess degree.

[carli]

LOL…well, at least she won’t spend years stressing herself out (and draining your bank account) trying to get some advanced Princess degree.

[carli]

LOL…well, at least she won’t spend years stressing herself out (and draining your bank account) trying to get some advanced Princess degree.

[carli]

LOL…well, at least she won’t spend years stressing herself out (and draining your bank account) trying to get some advanced Princess degree.

[carli]

LOL…well, at least she won’t spend years stressing herself out (and draining your bank account) trying to get some advanced Princess degree.

[lepetitangel]

Hi SDrealtor,
Thanks for your advice. We actually looked at a home in Sausalito this past weekend. It’s about 1700+sqft with a tiny yard (the owner put all concret so it didn’t feel like a yard) and it’s asking for ~$650K. I wonder who’s gonna pay that price for it.
I think Sausalito does have a better location than Highlands Village (being close to the elementary school). However, we didn’t like the floorplan cuz the masterbedroom was super small and guest parking is pretty hard (there’s firelane everywhere in the community). The HOA is about $120 and so is the mello-loos. For highland village I won’t get any yard but I’m getting the indoor space of 2000+sqft, and with HOA of $290+$85-mello-loos, I have a common kid play area and amenities, etc.

I guess one of my question is that:
once you have kids, is it really that important to have a yard and be in walking-distance to schools? 🙁 I do prefer a SFH but just cannot afford one. (I don’t think any of them is getting close to $600K).

But again I think my best bet now is just to keep on looking and see what’s available.

One thing though, there doesn’t seem to be too many distressed properties or short-sale in CV (for SFHs). Do you find that true?

[lepetitangel]

Hi SDrealtor,
Thanks for your advice. We actually looked at a home in Sausalito this past weekend. It’s about 1700+sqft with a tiny yard (the owner put all concret so it didn’t feel like a yard) and it’s asking for ~$650K. I wonder who’s gonna pay that price for it.
I think Sausalito does have a better location than Highlands Village (being close to the elementary school). However, we didn’t like the floorplan cuz the masterbedroom was super small and guest parking is pretty hard (there’s firelane everywhere in the community). The HOA is about $120 and so is the mello-loos. For highland village I won’t get any yard but I’m getting the indoor space of 2000+sqft, and with HOA of $290+$85-mello-loos, I have a common kid play area and amenities, etc.

I guess one of my question is that:
once you have kids, is it really that important to have a yard and be in walking-distance to schools? 🙁 I do prefer a SFH but just cannot afford one. (I don’t think any of them is getting close to $600K).

But again I think my best bet now is just to keep on looking and see what’s available.

One thing though, there doesn’t seem to be too many distressed properties or short-sale in CV (for SFHs). Do you find that true?

[lepetitangel]

Hi SDrealtor,
Thanks for your advice. We actually looked at a home in Sausalito this past weekend. It’s about 1700+sqft with a tiny yard (the owner put all concret so it didn’t feel like a yard) and it’s asking for ~$650K. I wonder who’s gonna pay that price for it.
I think Sausalito does have a better location than Highlands Village (being close to the elementary school). However, we didn’t like the floorplan cuz the masterbedroom was super small and guest parking is pretty hard (there’s firelane everywhere in the community). The HOA is about $120 and so is the mello-loos. For highland village I won’t get any yard but I’m getting the indoor space of 2000+sqft, and with HOA of $290+$85-mello-loos, I have a common kid play area and amenities, etc.

I guess one of my question is that:
once you have kids, is it really that important to have a yard and be in walking-distance to schools? 🙁 I do prefer a SFH but just cannot afford one. (I don’t think any of them is getting close to $600K).

But again I think my best bet now is just to keep on looking and see what’s available.

One thing though, there doesn’t seem to be too many distressed properties or short-sale in CV (for SFHs). Do you find that true?

[lepetitangel]

Hi SDrealtor,
Thanks for your advice. We actually looked at a home in Sausalito this past weekend. It’s about 1700+sqft with a tiny yard (the owner put all concret so it didn’t feel like a yard) and it’s asking for ~$650K. I wonder who’s gonna pay that price for it.
I think Sausalito does have a better location than Highlands Village (being close to the elementary school). However, we didn’t like the floorplan cuz the masterbedroom was super small and guest parking is pretty hard (there’s firelane everywhere in the community). The HOA is about $120 and so is the mello-loos. For highland village I won’t get any yard but I’m getting the indoor space of 2000+sqft, and with HOA of $290+$85-mello-loos, I have a common kid play area and amenities, etc.

I guess one of my question is that:
once you have kids, is it really that important to have a yard and be in walking-distance to schools? 🙁 I do prefer a SFH but just cannot afford one. (I don’t think any of them is getting close to $600K).

But again I think my best bet now is just to keep on looking and see what’s available.

One thing though, there doesn’t seem to be too many distressed properties or short-sale in CV (for SFHs). Do you find that true?

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