Lake Elsinore, what do you think (San Diego, Orange: cul-de-sac, real estate market, crime)

[Cali68l79]

Been living in San Diego since March 1988. Ready to retire and sell my tiny town home (400K) for a gigantic 5 bedroom 2800 ft house in Lake Elsinore for 270-320K and have plenty of time to go boating. So (if you actually live there) please tell me the positives and negatives of Lake Elsinore. Been in the city for 20 years so isolation is not a detractor for me.

David

[Hazel Eyes]

My husband works there and he said there's a huge mosquito problem around where he works...My guess would be they were coming from that lake...Maybe someone will post that actually lives there...
Good luck..

[Cali68l79]

Just got back from a trip up to Lake Elsinore today..and a stop at the Casino.

Well around the imediate confines of the lake there a lot of older areas with old delapitated homes but if you go to the north side of the lake there, North Shore, McVicker Park Road there is a new deploment with a bunch of 2 story 2000-3000 sq ft homes going up the side of the mountain that are absolutely stunning. Just beutiful upscale neighborhood. None of the lowe end homes/ trailers I saw down by the lake. Talk about views of the lake Wow!! Now with that said, the detractors:
1. less than desirable areas around the lake
2. Wind...oh my God I thought it would blow the SUV off the road...didn't seem to be windy on the mountain homes, does the wind come in at night or is it just on the lake? Is that all year or just seasonal?
3. Wondering if the undesirables down by the lake migrate up to the upscale areas/ neighborhoods? ............crime rate?

David

[Jehanzeb]

Originally Posted by Cali68l79

Well around the imediate confines of the lake there a lot of older areas with old delapitated homes but if you go to the north side of the lake there, North Shore, McVicker Park Road there is a new deploment with a bunch of 2 story 2000-3000 sq ft homes going up the side of the mountain that are absolutely stunning. Just beutiful upscale neighborhood.

David

McVicker park and North Shore is close to Alberhill Ranch which is a master planned community right off the Lake St exit. That area you looked at will have million dollar homes built by K. Hovnanian when the real estate market gets back on it's feet (I am not holding my breath .


If you look at homes to the East side of the freeway, there are mostly new communities also. Lennar off Grand Ave. Tuscanny Hills and Canyon Hills off Railroad Canyon are also master planned communites and are very nice.

I have been living in Canyon Hills for about a year and like it here (moved from Mission Viejo). Very quiet neighborhood with friendly neighbors.

I think some of the builders here (Pardee, Pulte) are trying to sell their model homes so I am sure there are sweet deals to be had.

[maraw]

I live in a community called Tuscany Hills which is East of the 15 and LOVE it. The community is quite desireable with lake views on Canyon Lake and we have a community center that has a junior olympic pool, fitness club, etc. The homes are beautiful and the community is well cared for. We don't have problems with wind like they do on the lake. It feels quite upscale and is very quiet!!

[Beth56]

Originally Posted by Cali68l79

Just got back from a trip up to Lake Elsinore today..and a stop at the Casino.

Well around the imediate confines of the lake there a lot of older areas with old delapitated homes but if you go to the north side of the lake there, North Shore, McVicker Park Road there is a new deploment with a bunch of 2 story 2000-3000 sq ft homes going up the side of the mountain that are absolutely stunning. Just beutiful upscale neighborhood. None of the lowe end homes/ trailers I saw down by the lake. Talk about views of the lake Wow!! Now with that said, the detractors:
1. less than desirable areas around the lake
2. Wind...oh my God I thought it would blow the SUV off the road...didn't seem to be windy on the mountain homes, does the wind come in at night or is it just on the lake? Is that all year or just seasonal?
3. Wondering if the undesirables down by the lake migrate up to the upscale areas/ neighborhoods? ............crime rate?

David

I copied my post on another thread to put here:

"I don't know if they have cleaned up Lake Elsinore, but it was a garbage dump of a lake a few years ago. I spent years camping at and boating on the lake when I was a teenager. Later tried to bring my son to enjoy it and it was filthy. We weren't at the lake 5 minutes and he stepped on a broken bottle in the lake and had to take him to emergency for stitches. Even the hospital in town told us the city didn't do anything about the lake. Everyone was waiting for a lawsuit against the city to clean it up."

I used to hang out in this area but I don't think I would go back there unless some major clean up of the lake and the area happened. I know there are some nice built homes, but I would personally invest in another area. And yes it is very windy around the lake.

[Unkllars]

I second the comment about Canyon Hills new home developments. They are very affordable and offer great communities where good people have migrated for various circumstances. I receive the Realtor info from them, there really are some great deals to be had, as mentioned before

[sandiegan]

As a native San Diegan, Lake Elsinore is extremely hot. If you are not worried about not having things to do though, you can get a really nice house. There are some parts of Lake Elsinore that are not so nice as well (Lakeland Village is dumpy at best).

[mypawspa]

I lived in San Diego for 40 years and miss it very much. I made somewhat of a bad decision to leave San Diego for Orange County. The job market is great there, no lack of money but I got priced out of the area and then couldn't go back to San Diego, so I was forced to go to Lake Elsinore because it was affordable and now I just commute back and forth to Orange County for work. The only part of Lake Elsinore that is nice and upscale is Tuscany Hills, East of the 15 and the Canyon Lake area. I have a 5 bedroom, 3 bath home, 3200 sq ft, view lot of Canyon Lake, quiet cul-de-sac street, clean neighborhood, that I bought for $300K in 2008. It's now worth $240K but I don't care, the home is nice and the price will go back up. I just feel sorry for the fool that paid $630K for my home back in 2006. There are some great deals to be had, nice community, but jobs are not plentiful here. I don't get high winds or stink from the lake but I almost always have a nice breeze because my property is high on a hill.

[sarahkate_m]

Originally Posted by Beth56

I copied my post on another thread to put here:

"I don't know if they have cleaned up Lake Elsinore, but it was a garbage dump of a lake a few years ago. I spent years camping at and boating on the lake when I was a teenager. Later tried to bring my son to enjoy it and it was filthy. We weren't at the lake 5 minutes and he stepped on a broken bottle in the lake and had to take him to emergency for stitches. Even the hospital in town told us the city didn't do anything about the lake. Everyone was waiting for a lawsuit against the city to clean it up."

I used to hang out in this area but I don't think I would go back there unless some major clean up of the lake and the area happened. I know there are some nice built homes, but I would personally invest in another area. And yes it is very windy around the lake.

Ever since the flooding around 1980 it's gone downhill. There may be a nice "area" or two, but that's just gentrification. After living in SD, you'd be taking a step down, in my humble opinion.