Skyranch in Santee

[SkyRanchOwner]

Hobie, I don’t plan on posting any information on how much I paid for the house, the electric/water bill or anything that someone could look up and figure out who the owners are, how the house was paid for, etc.

If you’re looking to verify whether I own or not, you will have to take my word that I do own in Sky Ranch.

Sorry for many of you nay sayers out there, but I like Sky Ranch and I like Santee and I’m happy with my purchase.

I’m only posting on this site to inform those who are considering Santee and Sky Ranch, and why I bought. I’ve posted links to all the things that I’ve found out about the area to help people make an informed decision. Everyone can decide what is best for themselves.

Yet, you can’t say no one wants to live in Santee, because these homes are selling in Sky Ranch, people are moving here, and, against what you might think, they are happy here!

The schools aren’t as nice as Del Mar Unified or Poway Unified, but they are good public schools. I would have to say that the private schools are better, and I feel that, if you can afford it, it’s better to have the kids in private school when they are young. This is the best time to develop their value system and beliefs in what is right and wrong. By highschool, most of this is established in their core thinking. I would say, start the kids in private school early, then send them to public schools later, like in highschool, to see what the world is really like and to save money, if that is your concern. Private elementary school is much less than private high school.

Here is some API info:

http://school-ratings.com/cities/Santee.html – Santee

http://school-ratings.com/cities/Poway.html – Poway

http://school-ratings.com/cities/Del_Mar.html – Del Mar

http://school-ratings.com/cities/San_Marcos.html – San Marcos

http://school-ratings.com/cities/Chula_Vista.html – Chula Vista

http://school-ratings.com/cities/Carlsbad.html – Carlsbad

Overall, we like it here, and we hope many other people do too. Santee, again, won’t be for everyone, but it’s a nice place to live for all the reasons I’ve posted on in the past.

[Zeitgeist]

I think most of us believe you live there. You are far too passionate about your home to be a salesperson looking to make more sales. Quick question- are any of the lots on fill and if so, what kind of guarantee did the engineers make about the safety of the lots? A very, very long time ago, Santee was known for poor building and cracked slabs. Some of the Sky Ranch lots seemed like they were built on fill as opposed to the leveled off mountain top. Obviously, the damaged houses were not at Sky Ranch.

[Zeitgeist]

I think most of us believe you live there. You are far too passionate about your home to be a salesperson looking to make more sales. Quick question- are any of the lots on fill and if so, what kind of guarantee did the engineers make about the safety of the lots? A very, very long time ago, Santee was known for poor building and cracked slabs. Some of the Sky Ranch lots seemed like they were built on fill as opposed to the leveled off mountain top. Obviously, the damaged houses were not at Sky Ranch.

[Zeitgeist]

I think most of us believe you live there. You are far too passionate about your home to be a salesperson looking to make more sales. Quick question- are any of the lots on fill and if so, what kind of guarantee did the engineers make about the safety of the lots? A very, very long time ago, Santee was known for poor building and cracked slabs. Some of the Sky Ranch lots seemed like they were built on fill as opposed to the leveled off mountain top. Obviously, the damaged houses were not at Sky Ranch.

[Zeitgeist]

I think most of us believe you live there. You are far too passionate about your home to be a salesperson looking to make more sales. Quick question- are any of the lots on fill and if so, what kind of guarantee did the engineers make about the safety of the lots? A very, very long time ago, Santee was known for poor building and cracked slabs. Some of the Sky Ranch lots seemed like they were built on fill as opposed to the leveled off mountain top. Obviously, the damaged houses were not at Sky Ranch.

[Zeitgeist]

I think most of us believe you live there. You are far too passionate about your home to be a salesperson looking to make more sales. Quick question- are any of the lots on fill and if so, what kind of guarantee did the engineers make about the safety of the lots? A very, very long time ago, Santee was known for poor building and cracked slabs. Some of the Sky Ranch lots seemed like they were built on fill as opposed to the leveled off mountain top. Obviously, the damaged houses were not at Sky Ranch.

[an]

[quote=flu][quote=Hobie]Exactly. And will they take public transportation from Santee to LJ Country Day? And mom certainly is not driving from Skyranch to LJ 2x/day.[/quote]

I went through this right now with a my bosses, former bosses, 2 colleagues, 2 neighbors, and 1 friend.

Conclusion?

Most of them moved to an area with a better school district, because they couldn’t afford 12 years of private school for 2 kids (and these are double income, higher income families)…The remaining ones were very well off families: didn’t blink about shelling out $20-30k/year per kid, and aren’t thinking about trying to save $100-200k on a home purchase.

Disclaimer: I’m not a subscriber to this “overeducation” mentality…[/quote]
flu, lets do some comparison.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100018493-11351_Mustang_Ridge_Dr_San_Diego_CA_92130

vs

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100009996-6125_Castilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Similar sized homes, similar view (over estimation in favor of DH?), Santee’s lot is slightly bigger @17k vs 9k. DH HOA+MR = $203/month vs SR HOA = $342/month.

So for the sake of argument that these two homes are quite comparable in every way. Now, lets look at the price. $799k (list price) vs $1.465M (sold price). The $140/month more in HOA I think will be more than offset by the extra property tax you have to pay.

Now, lets assume you send your kid to LJCD @ $30k/yr (over estimation, it’s currently max out at $26k/yr) and you have 2 kids. Total cost of private education K-12 for 2 kids would be $720k. $720k + $800k = $1.52M. That’s slightly higher than $1.465M, but you’re sending your kids to LJCD vs Torrey Pine HS. I see comparing LJCD to Torrey Pine HS is like comparing TPHS to MMHS. They’re just in different league. A private school that’s not as good as LJCD (at least by reputation) but better than TPHS would be Cathedral HS in CV. I know someone who took their kid out of TPHS and put him/her into Cathedral. Tuition there is ~$13k/yr. So if you send your kids to Cathedral HS (and other cheaper private K-8) instead of LJCD, you can have 4 kids instead of 2. Also, a lot of the private schools I looked into for K-6 is <$10k/yr, w/ the exception of LJCD and the like. So, the numbers work out for me (SR + LJCD) = DH + public school. Did I run my numbers wrong?

[an]

[quote=flu][quote=Hobie]Exactly. And will they take public transportation from Santee to LJ Country Day? And mom certainly is not driving from Skyranch to LJ 2x/day.[/quote]

I went through this right now with a my bosses, former bosses, 2 colleagues, 2 neighbors, and 1 friend.

Conclusion?

Most of them moved to an area with a better school district, because they couldn’t afford 12 years of private school for 2 kids (and these are double income, higher income families)…The remaining ones were very well off families: didn’t blink about shelling out $20-30k/year per kid, and aren’t thinking about trying to save $100-200k on a home purchase.

Disclaimer: I’m not a subscriber to this “overeducation” mentality…[/quote]
flu, lets do some comparison.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100018493-11351_Mustang_Ridge_Dr_San_Diego_CA_92130

vs

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100009996-6125_Castilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Similar sized homes, similar view (over estimation in favor of DH?), Santee’s lot is slightly bigger @17k vs 9k. DH HOA+MR = $203/month vs SR HOA = $342/month.

So for the sake of argument that these two homes are quite comparable in every way. Now, lets look at the price. $799k (list price) vs $1.465M (sold price). The $140/month more in HOA I think will be more than offset by the extra property tax you have to pay.

Now, lets assume you send your kid to LJCD @ $30k/yr (over estimation, it’s currently max out at $26k/yr) and you have 2 kids. Total cost of private education K-12 for 2 kids would be $720k. $720k + $800k = $1.52M. That’s slightly higher than $1.465M, but you’re sending your kids to LJCD vs Torrey Pine HS. I see comparing LJCD to Torrey Pine HS is like comparing TPHS to MMHS. They’re just in different league. A private school that’s not as good as LJCD (at least by reputation) but better than TPHS would be Cathedral HS in CV. I know someone who took their kid out of TPHS and put him/her into Cathedral. Tuition there is ~$13k/yr. So if you send your kids to Cathedral HS (and other cheaper private K-8) instead of LJCD, you can have 4 kids instead of 2. Also, a lot of the private schools I looked into for K-6 is <$10k/yr, w/ the exception of LJCD and the like. So, the numbers work out for me (SR + LJCD) = DH + public school. Did I run my numbers wrong?

[an]

[quote=flu][quote=Hobie]Exactly. And will they take public transportation from Santee to LJ Country Day? And mom certainly is not driving from Skyranch to LJ 2x/day.[/quote]

I went through this right now with a my bosses, former bosses, 2 colleagues, 2 neighbors, and 1 friend.

Conclusion?

Most of them moved to an area with a better school district, because they couldn’t afford 12 years of private school for 2 kids (and these are double income, higher income families)…The remaining ones were very well off families: didn’t blink about shelling out $20-30k/year per kid, and aren’t thinking about trying to save $100-200k on a home purchase.

Disclaimer: I’m not a subscriber to this “overeducation” mentality…[/quote]
flu, lets do some comparison.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100018493-11351_Mustang_Ridge_Dr_San_Diego_CA_92130

vs

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100009996-6125_Castilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Similar sized homes, similar view (over estimation in favor of DH?), Santee’s lot is slightly bigger @17k vs 9k. DH HOA+MR = $203/month vs SR HOA = $342/month.

So for the sake of argument that these two homes are quite comparable in every way. Now, lets look at the price. $799k (list price) vs $1.465M (sold price). The $140/month more in HOA I think will be more than offset by the extra property tax you have to pay.

Now, lets assume you send your kid to LJCD @ $30k/yr (over estimation, it’s currently max out at $26k/yr) and you have 2 kids. Total cost of private education K-12 for 2 kids would be $720k. $720k + $800k = $1.52M. That’s slightly higher than $1.465M, but you’re sending your kids to LJCD vs Torrey Pine HS. I see comparing LJCD to Torrey Pine HS is like comparing TPHS to MMHS. They’re just in different league. A private school that’s not as good as LJCD (at least by reputation) but better than TPHS would be Cathedral HS in CV. I know someone who took their kid out of TPHS and put him/her into Cathedral. Tuition there is ~$13k/yr. So if you send your kids to Cathedral HS (and other cheaper private K-8) instead of LJCD, you can have 4 kids instead of 2. Also, a lot of the private schools I looked into for K-6 is <$10k/yr, w/ the exception of LJCD and the like. So, the numbers work out for me (SR + LJCD) = DH + public school. Did I run my numbers wrong?

[an]

[quote=flu][quote=Hobie]Exactly. And will they take public transportation from Santee to LJ Country Day? And mom certainly is not driving from Skyranch to LJ 2x/day.[/quote]

I went through this right now with a my bosses, former bosses, 2 colleagues, 2 neighbors, and 1 friend.

Conclusion?

Most of them moved to an area with a better school district, because they couldn’t afford 12 years of private school for 2 kids (and these are double income, higher income families)…The remaining ones were very well off families: didn’t blink about shelling out $20-30k/year per kid, and aren’t thinking about trying to save $100-200k on a home purchase.

Disclaimer: I’m not a subscriber to this “overeducation” mentality…[/quote]
flu, lets do some comparison.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100018493-11351_Mustang_Ridge_Dr_San_Diego_CA_92130

vs

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100009996-6125_Castilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Similar sized homes, similar view (over estimation in favor of DH?), Santee’s lot is slightly bigger @17k vs 9k. DH HOA+MR = $203/month vs SR HOA = $342/month.

So for the sake of argument that these two homes are quite comparable in every way. Now, lets look at the price. $799k (list price) vs $1.465M (sold price). The $140/month more in HOA I think will be more than offset by the extra property tax you have to pay.

Now, lets assume you send your kid to LJCD @ $30k/yr (over estimation, it’s currently max out at $26k/yr) and you have 2 kids. Total cost of private education K-12 for 2 kids would be $720k. $720k + $800k = $1.52M. That’s slightly higher than $1.465M, but you’re sending your kids to LJCD vs Torrey Pine HS. I see comparing LJCD to Torrey Pine HS is like comparing TPHS to MMHS. They’re just in different league. A private school that’s not as good as LJCD (at least by reputation) but better than TPHS would be Cathedral HS in CV. I know someone who took their kid out of TPHS and put him/her into Cathedral. Tuition there is ~$13k/yr. So if you send your kids to Cathedral HS (and other cheaper private K-8) instead of LJCD, you can have 4 kids instead of 2. Also, a lot of the private schools I looked into for K-6 is <$10k/yr, w/ the exception of LJCD and the like. So, the numbers work out for me (SR + LJCD) = DH + public school. Did I run my numbers wrong?

[an]

[quote=flu][quote=Hobie]Exactly. And will they take public transportation from Santee to LJ Country Day? And mom certainly is not driving from Skyranch to LJ 2x/day.[/quote]

I went through this right now with a my bosses, former bosses, 2 colleagues, 2 neighbors, and 1 friend.

Conclusion?

Most of them moved to an area with a better school district, because they couldn’t afford 12 years of private school for 2 kids (and these are double income, higher income families)…The remaining ones were very well off families: didn’t blink about shelling out $20-30k/year per kid, and aren’t thinking about trying to save $100-200k on a home purchase.

Disclaimer: I’m not a subscriber to this “overeducation” mentality…[/quote]
flu, lets do some comparison.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100018493-11351_Mustang_Ridge_Dr_San_Diego_CA_92130

vs

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-100009996-6125_Castilla_St_Santee_CA_92071

Similar sized homes, similar view (over estimation in favor of DH?), Santee’s lot is slightly bigger @17k vs 9k. DH HOA+MR = $203/month vs SR HOA = $342/month.

So for the sake of argument that these two homes are quite comparable in every way. Now, lets look at the price. $799k (list price) vs $1.465M (sold price). The $140/month more in HOA I think will be more than offset by the extra property tax you have to pay.

Now, lets assume you send your kid to LJCD @ $30k/yr (over estimation, it’s currently max out at $26k/yr) and you have 2 kids. Total cost of private education K-12 for 2 kids would be $720k. $720k + $800k = $1.52M. That’s slightly higher than $1.465M, but you’re sending your kids to LJCD vs Torrey Pine HS. I see comparing LJCD to Torrey Pine HS is like comparing TPHS to MMHS. They’re just in different league. A private school that’s not as good as LJCD (at least by reputation) but better than TPHS would be Cathedral HS in CV. I know someone who took their kid out of TPHS and put him/her into Cathedral. Tuition there is ~$13k/yr. So if you send your kids to Cathedral HS (and other cheaper private K-8) instead of LJCD, you can have 4 kids instead of 2. Also, a lot of the private schools I looked into for K-6 is <$10k/yr, w/ the exception of LJCD and the like. So, the numbers work out for me (SR + LJCD) = DH + public school. Did I run my numbers wrong?

[Zeitgeist]

Nice comparison AN of the houses and the private schools. I think you helped make the argument that the fans of Santee have been trying to make. It still gets down to what is most important to people and for many of them it is obvious that where they live means almost as much to them as how they live or maybe it means more.

[Zeitgeist]

Nice comparison AN of the houses and the private schools. I think you helped make the argument that the fans of Santee have been trying to make. It still gets down to what is most important to people and for many of them it is obvious that where they live means almost as much to them as how they live or maybe it means more.

[Zeitgeist]

Nice comparison AN of the houses and the private schools. I think you helped make the argument that the fans of Santee have been trying to make. It still gets down to what is most important to people and for many of them it is obvious that where they live means almost as much to them as how they live or maybe it means more.

[Zeitgeist]

Nice comparison AN of the houses and the private schools. I think you helped make the argument that the fans of Santee have been trying to make. It still gets down to what is most important to people and for many of them it is obvious that where they live means almost as much to them as how they live or maybe it means more.

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