Coursegold

[sryukon1]

Lorriem, I have lived in Coarsegold now for two years - I moved here from Ventura. Absolutely love it! Just like all of California the housing prices have increased here - but there are many options in the $350-$500,000 range on acreage. There are some condos at Bass Lake and double-wide mobile homes on acreage that sell for less. Also you can check out YLP, as BearBranch recommended.

[patharbison]

hi... we lived on Wells Rd., in Coarsegold for 15 years and just a few months ago moved to GA. We didnt sell our property. We have 8 acres there and we rent it out. CG is beautiful and above the fog most of the time and below the snow some of the time. There are four seasons. I would caution anyone going to YLP (Yosemite Lakes Park), first because of the CC &R's. There are lots of rules and regs. There are also a fair share of fires in YLP. All of Coarsegold's zip code is 91364... YLP is in Coarsegold. There is also Indian Lakes. Here YLP and Indian Lakes would be sub-divisions. There are several businesses in YLP, including a few markets, churches, daycare, barbers and such. If you go there check out the water. Coarsegold is not on public water. The homes have wells and septic tanks... no public sewer either. YLP has several wells to supply water... there have been occasions that they post not to drink the water and its been contaminated and then the residents have to wait days to weeks to have potable water. Water itself is an issue in Coarsegold. we had to replace our well the year before we left.... $13,000. and we only got 5 gal/min. The previous well was at 22 gal/min. Plus most of the water in CG smells like bad eggs... its sulfur. We were tolf the water is safe to drink, "potable", but we drank bottled water.... another expense.
Most of the people are pretty nice in CG. Its pretty much a white community. our grandbaby lives with us and he is mixed so we wanted him raised in a more diverse area.
So with the miserably hot summers, the availability of water questionable that just added to our reasons for leaving.
There is a new Indian Casino there so top names come to entertain and that opened the door to closer employment, instead of driving to Fresno, and drove property value up.
Our daughter rents our home, so we sill have our place.