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ParticipantOkay… Where to start…
Lets first talk about the home. I assume you are talking about the listing at 14247 Via Cabezon. This home is not priced to sell as indicated by the market time of 97 days. To put a focus on this little part of PQ, it is an interesting part. There is a very cool cul de sac (La Tortola Pl) that have a few homes that have exceptional size lots that span up the hill. One of them was for sale last year and it got scooped up quick. Other then that, the entire south face of that area that La Tortola runs down, including Cabezon and Benavente is kind of… regular PQ to me. Nothing out of the ordinary. As it winds around to the east (becoming Paseo Montril) it is slightly less desireable.
As the other poster noted there are other more desireable parts of PQ. There are other less desireable parts of PQ as well. Stay away from the northeast PQ. The desire for a big lot will be challenging in PQ depending on your definition of big. Much of PQ is standard tract home setups so the lots do not vary much. However due to the topography you may get a larger lot due to an up or down slope in the backyard. I had a couple of clients who have bought in PQ over the past year and 2 of them got some pretty nice sized lots.
PQ is served by the Poway school district so you are good to go with that satisfying your requirements. Price ranges for say a 2k sf home in the decent parts of PQ will range from 500k and go up. As discussed in the thread the “best” of PQ will be to the west boundary at Torrey Highlands. These homes are nice but not cheap and have MR fees. Park Village is a nice area as well and is pretty desireable. Lots of inventory around Stargaze off of Black Mtn Road as well.
If you came from a tight knit neighborhood PQ may or may not suit your needs. There are plenty of parks, and if you go down the canyon in Park Village, Penasquitos Canyon is fantastic. Great place to take the kids and I take mine there alot. Again, that neighborliness factor may or may not suit you and to be honest it will vary somewhat from micro area to micro area.
I am guessing that you relocated here due to you or your husbands job situation. My second guess is one or both of you either works in the Sorrento Valley or RB area? Perhaps I am wrong. At any rate given your needs (and I am just basing it on what you wrote) PQ, Sabre Springs, Scripps and maybe Carmel Mtn Ranch all may suit them. Tougher to find a bigger lot size in Sabre Springs or Carmel Mtn Ranch. Poway is also a possibility. Scripps is NOT part of the Poway school district unless you end up in Stonebridge. Not sure of your budget but it is not cheap over there and you have MR fees in there as well. If your commute is where I think it is Poway will add 10-15 minutes over say PQ. Rancho Bernardo is a possibility as well but again, a bit further out then PQ.
In the end it is hard to answer your question… Is it a good area? Yeah for the most part it is. Is it an ideal area for you? Not sure. It will be somewhat similar to where you are in Sabre Springs. I assume you guys are renting a home there. Neighborhoods can vary over a small area because they take on the personality of the residents. If you live on say a cul de sac of 10 homes and 7 of them have young kids then chances are that it is a bit tighter knit then if 3 of them did. Also demographics plays a bit of a role. Hope that was a bit helpful. If you have q’s on other homes just post and I will help out. I am sure you will get lots of suggestions here from all the posters.
ParticipantOkay… Where to start…
Lets first talk about the home. I assume you are talking about the listing at 14247 Via Cabezon. This home is not priced to sell as indicated by the market time of 97 days. To put a focus on this little part of PQ, it is an interesting part. There is a very cool cul de sac (La Tortola Pl) that have a few homes that have exceptional size lots that span up the hill. One of them was for sale last year and it got scooped up quick. Other then that, the entire south face of that area that La Tortola runs down, including Cabezon and Benavente is kind of… regular PQ to me. Nothing out of the ordinary. As it winds around to the east (becoming Paseo Montril) it is slightly less desireable.
As the other poster noted there are other more desireable parts of PQ. There are other less desireable parts of PQ as well. Stay away from the northeast PQ. The desire for a big lot will be challenging in PQ depending on your definition of big. Much of PQ is standard tract home setups so the lots do not vary much. However due to the topography you may get a larger lot due to an up or down slope in the backyard. I had a couple of clients who have bought in PQ over the past year and 2 of them got some pretty nice sized lots.
PQ is served by the Poway school district so you are good to go with that satisfying your requirements. Price ranges for say a 2k sf home in the decent parts of PQ will range from 500k and go up. As discussed in the thread the “best” of PQ will be to the west boundary at Torrey Highlands. These homes are nice but not cheap and have MR fees. Park Village is a nice area as well and is pretty desireable. Lots of inventory around Stargaze off of Black Mtn Road as well.
If you came from a tight knit neighborhood PQ may or may not suit your needs. There are plenty of parks, and if you go down the canyon in Park Village, Penasquitos Canyon is fantastic. Great place to take the kids and I take mine there alot. Again, that neighborliness factor may or may not suit you and to be honest it will vary somewhat from micro area to micro area.
I am guessing that you relocated here due to you or your husbands job situation. My second guess is one or both of you either works in the Sorrento Valley or RB area? Perhaps I am wrong. At any rate given your needs (and I am just basing it on what you wrote) PQ, Sabre Springs, Scripps and maybe Carmel Mtn Ranch all may suit them. Tougher to find a bigger lot size in Sabre Springs or Carmel Mtn Ranch. Poway is also a possibility. Scripps is NOT part of the Poway school district unless you end up in Stonebridge. Not sure of your budget but it is not cheap over there and you have MR fees in there as well. If your commute is where I think it is Poway will add 10-15 minutes over say PQ. Rancho Bernardo is a possibility as well but again, a bit further out then PQ.
In the end it is hard to answer your question… Is it a good area? Yeah for the most part it is. Is it an ideal area for you? Not sure. It will be somewhat similar to where you are in Sabre Springs. I assume you guys are renting a home there. Neighborhoods can vary over a small area because they take on the personality of the residents. If you live on say a cul de sac of 10 homes and 7 of them have young kids then chances are that it is a bit tighter knit then if 3 of them did. Also demographics plays a bit of a role. Hope that was a bit helpful. If you have q’s on other homes just post and I will help out. I am sure you will get lots of suggestions here from all the posters.
ParticipantOkay… Where to start…
Lets first talk about the home. I assume you are talking about the listing at 14247 Via Cabezon. This home is not priced to sell as indicated by the market time of 97 days. To put a focus on this little part of PQ, it is an interesting part. There is a very cool cul de sac (La Tortola Pl) that have a few homes that have exceptional size lots that span up the hill. One of them was for sale last year and it got scooped up quick. Other then that, the entire south face of that area that La Tortola runs down, including Cabezon and Benavente is kind of… regular PQ to me. Nothing out of the ordinary. As it winds around to the east (becoming Paseo Montril) it is slightly less desireable.
As the other poster noted there are other more desireable parts of PQ. There are other less desireable parts of PQ as well. Stay away from the northeast PQ. The desire for a big lot will be challenging in PQ depending on your definition of big. Much of PQ is standard tract home setups so the lots do not vary much. However due to the topography you may get a larger lot due to an up or down slope in the backyard. I had a couple of clients who have bought in PQ over the past year and 2 of them got some pretty nice sized lots.
PQ is served by the Poway school district so you are good to go with that satisfying your requirements. Price ranges for say a 2k sf home in the decent parts of PQ will range from 500k and go up. As discussed in the thread the “best” of PQ will be to the west boundary at Torrey Highlands. These homes are nice but not cheap and have MR fees. Park Village is a nice area as well and is pretty desireable. Lots of inventory around Stargaze off of Black Mtn Road as well.
If you came from a tight knit neighborhood PQ may or may not suit your needs. There are plenty of parks, and if you go down the canyon in Park Village, Penasquitos Canyon is fantastic. Great place to take the kids and I take mine there alot. Again, that neighborliness factor may or may not suit you and to be honest it will vary somewhat from micro area to micro area.
I am guessing that you relocated here due to you or your husbands job situation. My second guess is one or both of you either works in the Sorrento Valley or RB area? Perhaps I am wrong. At any rate given your needs (and I am just basing it on what you wrote) PQ, Sabre Springs, Scripps and maybe Carmel Mtn Ranch all may suit them. Tougher to find a bigger lot size in Sabre Springs or Carmel Mtn Ranch. Poway is also a possibility. Scripps is NOT part of the Poway school district unless you end up in Stonebridge. Not sure of your budget but it is not cheap over there and you have MR fees in there as well. If your commute is where I think it is Poway will add 10-15 minutes over say PQ. Rancho Bernardo is a possibility as well but again, a bit further out then PQ.
In the end it is hard to answer your question… Is it a good area? Yeah for the most part it is. Is it an ideal area for you? Not sure. It will be somewhat similar to where you are in Sabre Springs. I assume you guys are renting a home there. Neighborhoods can vary over a small area because they take on the personality of the residents. If you live on say a cul de sac of 10 homes and 7 of them have young kids then chances are that it is a bit tighter knit then if 3 of them did. Also demographics plays a bit of a role. Hope that was a bit helpful. If you have q’s on other homes just post and I will help out. I am sure you will get lots of suggestions here from all the posters.
ParticipantMolly if you just moved here do you mind if I ask whether you have been renting or not? Also what is driving you guys to search in PQ? Have you guys been here long and if so have you been renting and where have you been renting?
I will post some info on the Cabezon home in a few minutes?
ParticipantMolly if you just moved here do you mind if I ask whether you have been renting or not? Also what is driving you guys to search in PQ? Have you guys been here long and if so have you been renting and where have you been renting?
I will post some info on the Cabezon home in a few minutes?
ParticipantMolly if you just moved here do you mind if I ask whether you have been renting or not? Also what is driving you guys to search in PQ? Have you guys been here long and if so have you been renting and where have you been renting?
I will post some info on the Cabezon home in a few minutes?
ParticipantMolly if you just moved here do you mind if I ask whether you have been renting or not? Also what is driving you guys to search in PQ? Have you guys been here long and if so have you been renting and where have you been renting?
I will post some info on the Cabezon home in a few minutes?
ParticipantMolly if you just moved here do you mind if I ask whether you have been renting or not? Also what is driving you guys to search in PQ? Have you guys been here long and if so have you been renting and where have you been renting?
I will post some info on the Cabezon home in a few minutes?
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM in reply to: This news is good for those who haven’t bought, yet. #647522ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM in reply to: This news is good for those who haven’t bought, yet. #647593ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM in reply to: This news is good for those who haven’t bought, yet. #648179ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM in reply to: This news is good for those who haven’t bought, yet. #648316ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM in reply to: This news is good for those who haven’t bought, yet. #648640ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 9:39 AM in reply to: This news is good for those who haven’t bought, yet. #647392Participantsdr nailed it. You can never get the feel for anything online. This requires more legwork but not from your realtor, from you guys. Before we went to rent in Scripps we hung out at Jerabak and Cypress as well. We pretty much did the things he said but that was all for just renting and not even buying! We did the same for UC because my brother lives there and he really likes it. We found that to many of the neighbors had kids in high school rather then our kids age. Overall the neighborhood was a bit aged compared to what we wanted. Great location though. In the end a commute does not bother either of us compared to living where we think it is best. Now to bad we can’t find the home we really want to buy. I am okay there but my wife wants a more rural setting like some places out in Poway. Again, okay by me, longer commute but we can eventually get a bigger lot which is what we want for the kids and we can have alot of animals and stuff. Our needs and requirements are way different from the norm. Yours, from what I gather do not seem to be. Just use your instincts and trust your judgement and do the legwork. Your earlier post about knowing that a particular home is it, when you walk in, rings very true. If the neighborhood matches, then bingo you are done.
Don’t rush and don’t get to frustrated.
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