To get a glimpse of what's going on with real estate in your area, Patch brings you the rundown of some homes with an open door policy this weekend.
Address: 2123 Coolngreen Way, Encinitas
Neighborhood: Village Creek
Listing Price: $667,500
Listing Agency: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, John Olson
Bedrooms: 3
Bath: 2 full, 1 partial
Living Area: 1,972-sq-ft.
Year Built: 1978
MLS #: 110049079
Open House: Sat, Sept 10 and Sun, Sept 11, noon - 4 p.m.
Description: High and vaulted ceilings, kitchen skylights, a nicely manicured and spacious back yard, surrounding mountain and canyon views, and access to the Village Creek Recreation Center: this is a start to the list of features that await open house goers to this Encinitas listing.
Address: 258 Fraxinella Street, Encinitas
Neighborhood: Pacific Serena
Listing Price: $425,000
Listing Agency: Sea Coast Exclusive Properties, Lisa Wexhler
Bedrooms: 2
Bath: 2
Living Area: 1,517-sq-ft.
Lot Size: 3,920-sq-ft.
Year Built: 1970
MLS #: 110036831
Open House: Sun, Sept 11, starting 1 p.m.
Description: Upgraded indoor and outdoor spaces for the family who enjoys cooking and entertaining. This single-story home in Pacific Serena has an updated kitchen on the interior complete with high end cabinetry and plentiful counter space. Outside, find a BBQ and bar area for dinner parties on the patio.
Address: 2041 Oxford Avenue, Cardiff By The Sea
Neighborhood: Walking District
Listing Price: $1,299,000 - $1,339,000
Listing Agency: Sea Coast Exclusive Properties, Hedy Goldman
Bedrooms: 5
Bath: 4
Living Area: 2,400-sq-ft.
Lot Size: 0.12 acres
Year Built: 1975
MLS #: 110030869
Open House: Sun, Sept 11, 1-4 p.m.
Description: Opening its doors again on Sunday, this Walking District home boasts panoramic ocean views from interior and exterior spaces. With a layout currently spread across one level and two separate units, the home includes a private guest house with one bed and one bath.
Address: 833 Summerhill Court, Encinitas
Neighborhood: Summerhill
Listing Price: $519,000
Listing Agency: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Dalia Hirmez
Bedrooms: 3
Bath: 2 full, 1 partial
Living Area: 1,745-sq-ft.
Lot Size: 0.06 acres
Year Built: 1986
MLS #: 110038228
Open House: Sat, Sept 10 and Sun, Sept 11, noon - 4 p.m.
Description: Combined indoor and outdoor living in the Summerhill community of East Encinitas. This single family twin-home is a traditional sale that offers an eat-in kitchen with granite countertops for mornings on the go, or relaxed al fresco dining on the private back patio.
Address: 5202 San Elijo, Rancho Santa Fe
Neighborhood: Covenant
Listing Price: $4,995,000
Listing Agency: Prudential California Realty, K. Ann Brizolis
Bedrooms: 5
Bath: 5 full, 1 partial
Living Area: 8,573-sq-ft.
Lot Size: 2.05 acres
Year Built: 1991
MLS #: 110024297
Open House: Sun, Sept 11, 1-4 p.m.
Description: Just east of Encinitas in the Covenant community, this Spanish style home is characterized by a Mediterranean inspired design of flowing indoor to outdoor living. Exposed wood beam ceilings and a full outdoor kitchen with an Argentinean barbecue are a few notable features.
The benefit garage and bake sale is this Saturday, June 22 from 7 a.m. to noon at 1463 Golden Sunset…Read More Drive in San Marcos (San Elijo Hills). Here's the link to the event: http://encinitas.patch.com/groups/events/p/drake-center-garage-sale-to-benefit-autism-therapy-dog_3a2145e8
I wholeheartedly agree with the recommendation that folks read the initiative. When you read…Read More sections 6 and 9, you will see that Prop A sets a 30-foot or 2-story ceiling across the entire city, overriding lower height limits in many areas. The Downtown Specific Plan limits residences to 22-26 feet, as detailed on the DEMA website, so Prop A would actually allow the building of taller homes. It makes no exemptions or allowances for historic buildings like La Paloma, church towers or other structures over 30 feet high; the only exceptions are medical complexes and public high schools (see clause 6.2). Rebuilding or renovating (more than 50%) would require expensive public votes. Should the SRF be required to pay for an election to rebuild the Lotus Tower? Such contingencies are allowed for in our Historic Overlay Zone, which would clearly be overridden by Prop A. So is the Encinitas Preservation Association's plan to convert one of the boathouses to a museum. Again, Prop A would require an election (see section 4.1, clause e), which the EPA cannot afford. Prop A would thus favor large developers who have the money, time, lawyers and other resources to campaign for their project. How many nonprofits and small businessmen can afford to spend a minimum $30,000 just to get their project on a general election ballot (upwards of $300,000 for a special election like this one)? Yes, folks, please read the initiative, especially Section 9, which lays waste to anything that conflicts with it. That's why this has been dubbed Propzilla. I trust that most Encinitas citizens are smart enough to see that this meausre is deeply flawed, problematic and counter-productive. We can find much better ways to limit growth and preserve community character.
My YES on Prop. A sign was stolen yesterday. Other YES on Prop. A signs are disappearing. Yet…Read More another deceptive and untruthful mailer from the opponents of Prop. A was in my mail box. There's a shrillness and desperation in their opposition. They can't rely on facts and fair play. Polling data not looking good?
It just goes to show if Stocks or any of his puppets are involved, you will not hear the truth about…Read More this proposition. They continue to confuse the issue. Please do not throw your vote away to ruin our city and enhance the developer's pockets who do not care what they do to our beautiful Encinitas. Vote YES on PROP A!
How is this not a racist group with Hispanics in California at 14 million second behind whites at…Read More 14.8 million. We only need one chamber to represent all Californians.
Prop A will not control growth. It will make sure that BOTH the council and the public get to…Read More directly weigh in on the deals being brokered between big developers and the city. This won't end the indirect developer subsidies, but it sure will help.
Yes, it will help to slow growth, by making sure that the public approves raising height limits or…Read More upzoning, for developments over the parameters of a MAXIMUM of 30 ft. and two stories. Lower set height limits will not be repealed, because they are not in conflict with the initiative or the General Plan.
David Ahlgren's fear and speculation is not backed up by one single fact. He just raises the usual building industry "mantra" of alleged risks created by unnamed "unintended consequences."
Council's attempt at a preemptive ordinance does NOT guarantee that will be placed on the ballot in 2014, and does NOT eliminate other loopholes such as the "less-than-5-acre" exception, the "categorization of intensity of use" exception, and the height limit exception. The only loophole that Council's drafted ordinance affects is Council's ability to vote by a 4/5 supermajority on upzoing if it is done with respect to a "significant public benefit."
Not only is Council's recently drafted ordinance NOT guaranteed, in that a future Council could reverse it, if it is not enacted through a public vote, but also Council's attempt at preempting the "right to vote on upzoning and raising height limits initiative" DOESN"T eliminate the other loopholes that still exist in our General Plan, Policy 3.12., which exceptions I've spelled out, here.