What is the Status of Del Sur?

[sdrealtor]

PC,
Good advice but skip the tankless water heater. Just spoke with a very good plumber/friend with a client who is buying a custom home near the beach and he recommended against one.
SDR

[LostCat]

Are there any good sites on how to make your house more energy efficient? I know you have insulate all the pipes, buy energy efficient utilities, insulate the walls, don’t flush after I crap, etc.. but are there any how to books or any agencies out there that can run an assessment on your house and tell you exactly what you need?

Del Sur did have some pretty cool solar electricity systems in the Pardee homes. They really tired to make it like Kensignton, but it didn’t really turn out that way. maybe in 60 years or more it will feel more like it. Only bad thing is your commute and the distance you’ll live from everything and the cost of energy is going to be out of control. bad long term investment, but good short term if you are going to have kids and you want them to go to good school. The Mellaroos is worth it vs paying for a private school.

[CardiffBaseball]

If you want San Dieguito schools there are plenty of places in Encinitas and La Costa with no Mello Roos. Oh wait, Del Sur is not Carmel Valley but Poway schools right?

Me I just hate the yards with just about any new development.

[LostCat]

I am into the small yard thing only because of the amount of space a larger lot consumes. We American’s have gotten into this mind set that bigger is always better. If we keep building houses with huge ass yards, we’re going to have to commute from Murrieta to SD to have a place with a yard. O wait, we already do that. It’s just not smart planning when it comes to making a sustainable environment. America has built itself into one of the biggest wholes in the world. It will be interesting to see how we dig ourselves out. I’d much rather have a small yard, like Abby Road in England, and then have a central place where I can go hang out, feel safe, and see other people living. People just need to get it out of their heads that they need all this space to live. Not that I am moving to Del Sur anytime soon, but they do have great parks. And that’s where you should enjoy your open space playing time and dog crapping.

[gn]

For those who have been to Del Sur. I’d like to ask you a few questions:

– How “dense” is it compared to 4S Ranch ?
– Most SF homes in 4S Ranch has a decent size yard (in my opinion). Are the yards in Del Sur much smaller ?
– When BobbyD said “… those folks are so arrogant”, were you refering to the sale people ?

Thanks very much,
GN

[sdcellar]

gn–

Density’s a tough call, but I’d say so far it’s generally more dense due to the generally smaller lot sizes. It doesn’t look too bad, but they’ve still got a lot of building to do. I looked at the master plan a while ago though and I seem to recall that they will have a significant percentage of smaller lots (< 5000 sq. feet)

Yards are generally smaller than in 4S Ranch. Small fronts and small backs. In 4S, it seems like a lot of places at least have one or the other. I have noticed that some of the newer places in 4S seem to be tending toward smaller yards as well however.

Arrogant sales people– It’s like any other place, some are arrogant, some are nice, some are great, some suck. Depends on who you get and the day you come by. I can tell you that they’ve had some turnover. For one development it helped, for another, it was just a different bad sales person.

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