where to find my dream house?

[teacherSD]

[quote=SK in CV]

Just a block away from where I lived. I loved that neighborhood. Good elementary school. I have nothing positive to say about the middle school or high school, which is why I moved.

When I lived there, I never ran into an agent I trusted. I’m sure there are some good ones. I just don’t know who they are.[/quote]

I recently moved into Poway and my kids (not yet in elementary school) will eventually be going to the same middle and high schools as that neighborhood. Do you mind sharing what you didn’t like?

Also, I had similar experiences with Poway realtors. I used a realtor who usually works farther west than Poway and we were consistently frustrated by the Poway listing agents. I’m sure there are good ones but I didn’t encounter them.

I did research for about a year before we bought and narrowed down our search to a specific neighborhood so we didn’t necessarily need a Poway expert as much as we needed a real estate expert.

[SK in CV]

[quote=teacherSD]
I recently moved into Poway and my kids (not yet in elementary school) will eventually be going to the same middle and high schools as that neighborhood. Do you mind sharing what you didn’t like?

[/quote]

As I said, my kids’ experience in elementary school was fine. One was at Painted Rock, the other at Chapparal. (Keep in mind this was 14 to 19 years ago, things may have changed.) But both kids had problems at Twin Peaks. Kids were cliquey, bigoted and intolerant. My son was downright strange (still is, for that matter) wasn’t into sports, and got picked on relentlessly. Complaints were ignored, which pissed me off to no end. My daughter was into sports, but also into working as hard as she could in class. So she also felt that she didn’t fit in. (apparently cool kids don’t get A’s) Son did one year at Poway High and hated it, so we moved. I was really skeptical that the switch to Torrey Pines would make much difference, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A group for everyone and everyone fits in, even the weirdest kid. He was just a slightly above average student in Poway, but excelled at TP. We moved 10 years ago, I’ve heard recently from friends that still have kids there that things haven’t changed much.

[SK in CV]

[quote=teacherSD]
I recently moved into Poway and my kids (not yet in elementary school) will eventually be going to the same middle and high schools as that neighborhood. Do you mind sharing what you didn’t like?

[/quote]

As I said, my kids’ experience in elementary school was fine. One was at Painted Rock, the other at Chapparal. (Keep in mind this was 14 to 19 years ago, things may have changed.) But both kids had problems at Twin Peaks. Kids were cliquey, bigoted and intolerant. My son was downright strange (still is, for that matter) wasn’t into sports, and got picked on relentlessly. Complaints were ignored, which pissed me off to no end. My daughter was into sports, but also into working as hard as she could in class. So she also felt that she didn’t fit in. (apparently cool kids don’t get A’s) Son did one year at Poway High and hated it, so we moved. I was really skeptical that the switch to Torrey Pines would make much difference, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A group for everyone and everyone fits in, even the weirdest kid. He was just a slightly above average student in Poway, but excelled at TP. We moved 10 years ago, I’ve heard recently from friends that still have kids there that things haven’t changed much.

[SK in CV]

[quote=teacherSD]
I recently moved into Poway and my kids (not yet in elementary school) will eventually be going to the same middle and high schools as that neighborhood. Do you mind sharing what you didn’t like?

[/quote]

As I said, my kids’ experience in elementary school was fine. One was at Painted Rock, the other at Chapparal. (Keep in mind this was 14 to 19 years ago, things may have changed.) But both kids had problems at Twin Peaks. Kids were cliquey, bigoted and intolerant. My son was downright strange (still is, for that matter) wasn’t into sports, and got picked on relentlessly. Complaints were ignored, which pissed me off to no end. My daughter was into sports, but also into working as hard as she could in class. So she also felt that she didn’t fit in. (apparently cool kids don’t get A’s) Son did one year at Poway High and hated it, so we moved. I was really skeptical that the switch to Torrey Pines would make much difference, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A group for everyone and everyone fits in, even the weirdest kid. He was just a slightly above average student in Poway, but excelled at TP. We moved 10 years ago, I’ve heard recently from friends that still have kids there that things haven’t changed much.

[SK in CV]

[quote=teacherSD]
I recently moved into Poway and my kids (not yet in elementary school) will eventually be going to the same middle and high schools as that neighborhood. Do you mind sharing what you didn’t like?

[/quote]

As I said, my kids’ experience in elementary school was fine. One was at Painted Rock, the other at Chapparal. (Keep in mind this was 14 to 19 years ago, things may have changed.) But both kids had problems at Twin Peaks. Kids were cliquey, bigoted and intolerant. My son was downright strange (still is, for that matter) wasn’t into sports, and got picked on relentlessly. Complaints were ignored, which pissed me off to no end. My daughter was into sports, but also into working as hard as she could in class. So she also felt that she didn’t fit in. (apparently cool kids don’t get A’s) Son did one year at Poway High and hated it, so we moved. I was really skeptical that the switch to Torrey Pines would make much difference, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A group for everyone and everyone fits in, even the weirdest kid. He was just a slightly above average student in Poway, but excelled at TP. We moved 10 years ago, I’ve heard recently from friends that still have kids there that things haven’t changed much.

[SK in CV]

[quote=teacherSD]
I recently moved into Poway and my kids (not yet in elementary school) will eventually be going to the same middle and high schools as that neighborhood. Do you mind sharing what you didn’t like?

[/quote]

As I said, my kids’ experience in elementary school was fine. One was at Painted Rock, the other at Chapparal. (Keep in mind this was 14 to 19 years ago, things may have changed.) But both kids had problems at Twin Peaks. Kids were cliquey, bigoted and intolerant. My son was downright strange (still is, for that matter) wasn’t into sports, and got picked on relentlessly. Complaints were ignored, which pissed me off to no end. My daughter was into sports, but also into working as hard as she could in class. So she also felt that she didn’t fit in. (apparently cool kids don’t get A’s) Son did one year at Poway High and hated it, so we moved. I was really skeptical that the switch to Torrey Pines would make much difference, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. A group for everyone and everyone fits in, even the weirdest kid. He was just a slightly above average student in Poway, but excelled at TP. We moved 10 years ago, I’ve heard recently from friends that still have kids there that things haven’t changed much.

[Jazzman]

This is a pretty tasteless home. If I had the money, I’d be looking in Ranch Santa Fe. It’s where money and savoir faire are in more close proximity.

[Jazzman]

This is a pretty tasteless home. If I had the money, I’d be looking in Ranch Santa Fe. It’s where money and savoir faire are in more close proximity.

[Jazzman]

This is a pretty tasteless home. If I had the money, I’d be looking in Ranch Santa Fe. It’s where money and savoir faire are in more close proximity.

[Jazzman]

This is a pretty tasteless home. If I had the money, I’d be looking in Ranch Santa Fe. It’s where money and savoir faire are in more close proximity.

[Jazzman]

This is a pretty tasteless home. If I had the money, I’d be looking in Ranch Santa Fe. It’s where money and savoir faire are in more close proximity.

[zzz]

[quote=wanttobuy]Thanks, SK in CV. So you now moved to CV? Some says Inland is 10-15 degree hotter/colder. Any comments? What about price range? Any difference among these communities? Any info. will be appreciated. Or is there an agent familiar with the area to recommend? Thanks.[/quote]

I know the area a bit, having lived not too far from Poway at one point, but still cycle/hike near there. Its fairly isolated from just about anything but Walmart/Costco, etc. There’s no mall, no nightlife, not many good restaurants, and you’re a good 35 minutes from the coast. The people I know who live there do so because 1. they couldn’t afford to be closer to the coast 2. they wanted to live without the congestion..some parts feel like you’re in the country 3. they wanted a good school district

Basically, you have to drive to get anywhere if you live in Poway.

And yes, it can get very hot during the summers. You will need to run the air in your house as you are too far to get the coastal breezes. The tradeoff is you get more land. The wildfire risk is ever present.

It comes down to what you want in characteristics in a neighborhood.

[zzz]

[quote=wanttobuy]Thanks, SK in CV. So you now moved to CV? Some says Inland is 10-15 degree hotter/colder. Any comments? What about price range? Any difference among these communities? Any info. will be appreciated. Or is there an agent familiar with the area to recommend? Thanks.[/quote]

I know the area a bit, having lived not too far from Poway at one point, but still cycle/hike near there. Its fairly isolated from just about anything but Walmart/Costco, etc. There’s no mall, no nightlife, not many good restaurants, and you’re a good 35 minutes from the coast. The people I know who live there do so because 1. they couldn’t afford to be closer to the coast 2. they wanted to live without the congestion..some parts feel like you’re in the country 3. they wanted a good school district

Basically, you have to drive to get anywhere if you live in Poway.

And yes, it can get very hot during the summers. You will need to run the air in your house as you are too far to get the coastal breezes. The tradeoff is you get more land. The wildfire risk is ever present.

It comes down to what you want in characteristics in a neighborhood.

[zzz]

[quote=wanttobuy]Thanks, SK in CV. So you now moved to CV? Some says Inland is 10-15 degree hotter/colder. Any comments? What about price range? Any difference among these communities? Any info. will be appreciated. Or is there an agent familiar with the area to recommend? Thanks.[/quote]

I know the area a bit, having lived not too far from Poway at one point, but still cycle/hike near there. Its fairly isolated from just about anything but Walmart/Costco, etc. There’s no mall, no nightlife, not many good restaurants, and you’re a good 35 minutes from the coast. The people I know who live there do so because 1. they couldn’t afford to be closer to the coast 2. they wanted to live without the congestion..some parts feel like you’re in the country 3. they wanted a good school district

Basically, you have to drive to get anywhere if you live in Poway.

And yes, it can get very hot during the summers. You will need to run the air in your house as you are too far to get the coastal breezes. The tradeoff is you get more land. The wildfire risk is ever present.

It comes down to what you want in characteristics in a neighborhood.

[zzz]

[quote=wanttobuy]Thanks, SK in CV. So you now moved to CV? Some says Inland is 10-15 degree hotter/colder. Any comments? What about price range? Any difference among these communities? Any info. will be appreciated. Or is there an agent familiar with the area to recommend? Thanks.[/quote]

I know the area a bit, having lived not too far from Poway at one point, but still cycle/hike near there. Its fairly isolated from just about anything but Walmart/Costco, etc. There’s no mall, no nightlife, not many good restaurants, and you’re a good 35 minutes from the coast. The people I know who live there do so because 1. they couldn’t afford to be closer to the coast 2. they wanted to live without the congestion..some parts feel like you’re in the country 3. they wanted a good school district

Basically, you have to drive to get anywhere if you live in Poway.

And yes, it can get very hot during the summers. You will need to run the air in your house as you are too far to get the coastal breezes. The tradeoff is you get more land. The wildfire risk is ever present.

It comes down to what you want in characteristics in a neighborhood.

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