Believe it or not, I am going through some Santaluz withdrawl. I think the place gets a bad rap here and elsewhere and I will defend its honor every chance I get. Price distress and distressed owners do not make an area a bad place to live, just a risky place to own if you are a short term owner. If you are not, Santaluz is a great place to live and own and your water bill will be a fraction of what it will be in FBR.
FBR was my first choice after all. I am very partial to lush landscaping and the custom estates in FBR won me over, but we plan on making our slighlty used FBR home look a lot like a Santaluz Tuscan or Andalusian beauty. We plan to join the Santaluz clubs (assuming I can talk my wife into it of course.) Santaluz was a close second to FBR for me, at least emotionally.
For my wife there was a massive gap between FBR and any other place. It was a no brainer for her. Santaluz was once second on her list, but I think Diegueno Hills (which I loved too) pushed it to third on her list. The first time she visited FBR, she said “this is where I want to die.”
The first time I saw Santaluz, I was like, “what is with the dessert theme?” I think we react negatively at first to things that are different from what we are accustomed. But boy did it grown on me, maybe not enough to displace FBR, but I developed an affection for my state of mind everytime I visted the place. It is Tuscany revisited. So creative was its master plan, that it is unlike anythying else around. Everything grew on me in a land with tight restrictions on what can grow there. Even the circular (privacy first) custom lots. The homes were walks through Ovid for me on some days, Andalusia on others.
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That’s the one! The lake area at the base of their property looks like Central Park in NYC. Their pool clubhouse is bigger and nicer than most homes. And they are some of the kindest and most humble people you could ever hope to meet.
raptorduck
That’s the one! The lake area at the base of their property looks like Central Park in NYC. Their pool clubhouse is bigger and nicer than most homes. And they are some of the kindest and most humble people you could ever hope to meet.
raptorduck
That’s the one! The lake area at the base of their property looks like Central Park in NYC. Their pool clubhouse is bigger and nicer than most homes. And they are some of the kindest and most humble people you could ever hope to meet.
raptorduck
That’s the one! The lake area at the base of their property looks like Central Park in NYC. Their pool clubhouse is bigger and nicer than most homes. And they are some of the kindest and most humble people you could ever hope to meet.
raptorduck
That’s the one! The lake area at the base of their property looks like Central Park in NYC. Their pool clubhouse is bigger and nicer than most homes. And they are some of the kindest and most humble people you could ever hope to meet.
Slightly off topic. Since you'll be living in FBR with most likely ample garaged parking…Have you reconsidered bring down that RS4? The good news is unlike bimmers, there aren't too many RS's down here. And plus it is a excellent sleeper, as only discerning eyes really know what they are. I'm sure the socaleuro and SD audi euthusiasts would love to see you.
( Sorry, I know… always selfishly thinking about myself 🙂 )
Slightly off topic. Since you'll be living in FBR with most likely ample garaged parking…Have you reconsidered bring down that RS4? The good news is unlike bimmers, there aren't too many RS's down here. And plus it is a excellent sleeper, as only discerning eyes really know what they are. I'm sure the socaleuro and SD audi euthusiasts would love to see you.
( Sorry, I know… always selfishly thinking about myself 🙂 )
Slightly off topic. Since you'll be living in FBR with most likely ample garaged parking…Have you reconsidered bring down that RS4? The good news is unlike bimmers, there aren't too many RS's down here. And plus it is a excellent sleeper, as only discerning eyes really know what they are. I'm sure the socaleuro and SD audi euthusiasts would love to see you.
( Sorry, I know… always selfishly thinking about myself 🙂 )
Slightly off topic. Since you'll be living in FBR with most likely ample garaged parking…Have you reconsidered bring down that RS4? The good news is unlike bimmers, there aren't too many RS's down here. And plus it is a excellent sleeper, as only discerning eyes really know what they are. I'm sure the socaleuro and SD audi euthusiasts would love to see you.
( Sorry, I know… always selfishly thinking about myself 🙂 )
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