What do you all know about Fallbrook?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Bunny: We bought our place in 2003 for $425k. It is 3,300sf on 1.2ac. I mention this because there are a significant number of owners in Fallbrook that are like me: They purchased early in, or prior to, the boom and are sitting on a decent hunk of equity. Selling therefore doesn’t become such a pressing proposition as it would for someone who is upside down and saddled with a bad mortgage. This is just opinion, so please treat it accordingly, but I think there are more people in Temecula and Murrieta in this fix than in Fallbrook. Again, sheer guesswork, but that feels right.

That being said, I do know there are people here that are in trouble, and that the situation is getting worse. Quite a few of the properties that are for sale are dropping their prices, and “Bank Owned” sign toppers are becoming more prevalent. As I mentioned earlier, you’re not going to hurt yourself by waiting.

During the boom, our place went as high as $800k, before settling back down into the $600s. There are people out there that are really treating the bust as nothing more than a blip, and they absolutely refuse to listen to reason. Until cold, hard reality gives them a sharp one upside the head, they’ll keep believing a turnaround is right around the corner.

[pizzaman]

Bugs
I did a test last summer, I drove from south Temecula (79 South) to Mission Road in Fallbrook and the temperature dropped 12 degrees, roughly 1 degree for every minute I drove. About that time we started talking about maybe moving there. Interesting to note, it takes me the same time to get from Hwy 79 in Temecula to Mission Rd as it does to get to my house in west Murrieta. (13 minutes).

Allan / anyone have any comments pro/con about Peppertree Park or Shady Grove in Fallbrook.
KB Homes has dropped the size and price of homes in Shady Grove quite a bit in the last year.

[pizzaman]

Bugs
I did a test last summer, I drove from south Temecula (79 South) to Mission Road in Fallbrook and the temperature dropped 12 degrees, roughly 1 degree for every minute I drove. About that time we started talking about maybe moving there. Interesting to note, it takes me the same time to get from Hwy 79 in Temecula to Mission Rd as it does to get to my house in west Murrieta. (13 minutes).

Allan / anyone have any comments pro/con about Peppertree Park or Shady Grove in Fallbrook.
KB Homes has dropped the size and price of homes in Shady Grove quite a bit in the last year.

[pizzaman]

Bugs
I did a test last summer, I drove from south Temecula (79 South) to Mission Road in Fallbrook and the temperature dropped 12 degrees, roughly 1 degree for every minute I drove. About that time we started talking about maybe moving there. Interesting to note, it takes me the same time to get from Hwy 79 in Temecula to Mission Rd as it does to get to my house in west Murrieta. (13 minutes).

Allan / anyone have any comments pro/con about Peppertree Park or Shady Grove in Fallbrook.
KB Homes has dropped the size and price of homes in Shady Grove quite a bit in the last year.

[pizzaman]

Bugs
I did a test last summer, I drove from south Temecula (79 South) to Mission Road in Fallbrook and the temperature dropped 12 degrees, roughly 1 degree for every minute I drove. About that time we started talking about maybe moving there. Interesting to note, it takes me the same time to get from Hwy 79 in Temecula to Mission Rd as it does to get to my house in west Murrieta. (13 minutes).

Allan / anyone have any comments pro/con about Peppertree Park or Shady Grove in Fallbrook.
KB Homes has dropped the size and price of homes in Shady Grove quite a bit in the last year.

[pizzaman]

Bugs
I did a test last summer, I drove from south Temecula (79 South) to Mission Road in Fallbrook and the temperature dropped 12 degrees, roughly 1 degree for every minute I drove. About that time we started talking about maybe moving there. Interesting to note, it takes me the same time to get from Hwy 79 in Temecula to Mission Rd as it does to get to my house in west Murrieta. (13 minutes).

Allan / anyone have any comments pro/con about Peppertree Park or Shady Grove in Fallbrook.
KB Homes has dropped the size and price of homes in Shady Grove quite a bit in the last year.

[temeculaguy]

Actually Pizza, I checked the weather channels website and ran the averages, Fallbrook is quite a bit cooler than even your one day sample. There are always hot days or hotter than average years but the Average high temp in July and August is only 82 compared to Temecula’s 98 for those same months. Where the weather station is in relation to a town can swing it a couple of degrees as well.

One thing not mentioned about the brook is the fire danger. There is a benefit to multi lane roads and tract homes. Be sure wherever you look in Fallbrook that there is a fire hydrant very near your house, communities at an elevation without a natural water supply can have trouble during fire season (ask Ramona) and this county burns down every four years, so be wary in your selection if you are looking far from town in the hills.

[temeculaguy]

Actually Pizza, I checked the weather channels website and ran the averages, Fallbrook is quite a bit cooler than even your one day sample. There are always hot days or hotter than average years but the Average high temp in July and August is only 82 compared to Temecula’s 98 for those same months. Where the weather station is in relation to a town can swing it a couple of degrees as well.

One thing not mentioned about the brook is the fire danger. There is a benefit to multi lane roads and tract homes. Be sure wherever you look in Fallbrook that there is a fire hydrant very near your house, communities at an elevation without a natural water supply can have trouble during fire season (ask Ramona) and this county burns down every four years, so be wary in your selection if you are looking far from town in the hills.

[temeculaguy]

Actually Pizza, I checked the weather channels website and ran the averages, Fallbrook is quite a bit cooler than even your one day sample. There are always hot days or hotter than average years but the Average high temp in July and August is only 82 compared to Temecula’s 98 for those same months. Where the weather station is in relation to a town can swing it a couple of degrees as well.

One thing not mentioned about the brook is the fire danger. There is a benefit to multi lane roads and tract homes. Be sure wherever you look in Fallbrook that there is a fire hydrant very near your house, communities at an elevation without a natural water supply can have trouble during fire season (ask Ramona) and this county burns down every four years, so be wary in your selection if you are looking far from town in the hills.

[temeculaguy]

Actually Pizza, I checked the weather channels website and ran the averages, Fallbrook is quite a bit cooler than even your one day sample. There are always hot days or hotter than average years but the Average high temp in July and August is only 82 compared to Temecula’s 98 for those same months. Where the weather station is in relation to a town can swing it a couple of degrees as well.

One thing not mentioned about the brook is the fire danger. There is a benefit to multi lane roads and tract homes. Be sure wherever you look in Fallbrook that there is a fire hydrant very near your house, communities at an elevation without a natural water supply can have trouble during fire season (ask Ramona) and this county burns down every four years, so be wary in your selection if you are looking far from town in the hills.

[temeculaguy]

Actually Pizza, I checked the weather channels website and ran the averages, Fallbrook is quite a bit cooler than even your one day sample. There are always hot days or hotter than average years but the Average high temp in July and August is only 82 compared to Temecula’s 98 for those same months. Where the weather station is in relation to a town can swing it a couple of degrees as well.

One thing not mentioned about the brook is the fire danger. There is a benefit to multi lane roads and tract homes. Be sure wherever you look in Fallbrook that there is a fire hydrant very near your house, communities at an elevation without a natural water supply can have trouble during fire season (ask Ramona) and this county burns down every four years, so be wary in your selection if you are looking far from town in the hills.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Excellent point about the fires, especially in light of what just happened this year. You also forgot to mention that, in addition to the lower temps, we in Fallbrook are smarter and more physically attractive. =)

Pizza: KB is taking it in the shorts on that mini development. They are pushing those houses very strongly, and getting minimal (if any) response. As far as Pepper Tree Park goes, I live in the Pepper Tree area, slightly behind the development of the same name. What sort of information are you looking for?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Excellent point about the fires, especially in light of what just happened this year. You also forgot to mention that, in addition to the lower temps, we in Fallbrook are smarter and more physically attractive. =)

Pizza: KB is taking it in the shorts on that mini development. They are pushing those houses very strongly, and getting minimal (if any) response. As far as Pepper Tree Park goes, I live in the Pepper Tree area, slightly behind the development of the same name. What sort of information are you looking for?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Excellent point about the fires, especially in light of what just happened this year. You also forgot to mention that, in addition to the lower temps, we in Fallbrook are smarter and more physically attractive. =)

Pizza: KB is taking it in the shorts on that mini development. They are pushing those houses very strongly, and getting minimal (if any) response. As far as Pepper Tree Park goes, I live in the Pepper Tree area, slightly behind the development of the same name. What sort of information are you looking for?

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Excellent point about the fires, especially in light of what just happened this year. You also forgot to mention that, in addition to the lower temps, we in Fallbrook are smarter and more physically attractive. =)

Pizza: KB is taking it in the shorts on that mini development. They are pushing those houses very strongly, and getting minimal (if any) response. As far as Pepper Tree Park goes, I live in the Pepper Tree area, slightly behind the development of the same name. What sort of information are you looking for?

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