About San Diego's University Heights

A Brief History:

Adjacent to Normal Heights, Hillcrest and North Park, University Heights is a neighborhood which boasts some of the best vistas and neighborhoods in Metro San Diego. Founded in 1888 by a group of businessmen attempting to create a "university area" to draw real estate investors and residents alike. Unfortunately real estate in San Diego went into a depreciated trend (sound familiar?) and plans to build a major university and neighborhoods all but halted.

In 1899 the forerunner of SDSU started here (a State Normal School or Teachers Training Annex), but eventually moved east in 1931 to it's location now in what's now know as San Diego's: The College Area (92115); hence the name "University Heights".

In April 1997 the University Heights sign was dedicated to the neighborhood.

The images & photos of ostriches appear throughout the community, on the sign, statues, etc. This is because in 1939 John D. Spreckles invited the the owner of the Coronado Ostrich Farm to open in UH at Mission Cliffs Gardens; a 40 acre garden attraction with incredible Mission Valley views, used to exist here until 1929. It was commissioned by John D. Sprecles who hired John Davidson to design & build this local attraction. Long gone now, the garden is a subdivision of homes in the neighborhood that enjoy fantastic views of Mission Valley & Mission Bay. The original river rock walls that surrounded Mission Cliffs Gardens still exist in the neighborhood today, as well as the original gated entrance and the street name: Mission Cliff Drive.

Local Business Today:

Park Blvd. (one of the main drags, especially near the Adams Ave. intersection area) in University Heights and it's dotted with an eclectic mix of shops, boutiques, and artist's studios, cafe's and “mom & pop”-businesses that add to the old world charm of this great neighborhood.

Rosie Lees British Foods & Teas Shoppe for those that crossed the pond and miss a taste of home.

El Zarape's famous Scallop and Lobster Tacos! Great Mexican Food!

Soltan Banoo Eclectic Persian Cuisine is one of the top Persian Restaurants in town! You can also find hand made middle eastern jewelry there too!

Park Blvd. Artworks building-design and custom fabrication shops like Michael Borrelli Design: furniture, art, cabinetry, hardware,etc.

Barber Shop Barber of Seville with George Figaro who's "old school" trained to cut & shave.

Attractions:

One of the great attractions beyond the shopping & dining in this neighborhood is a local favorite:

Trolley Barn Park located on Adams Avenue, just east of Park Boulevard. Full Mission Valley views are enjoyed from this vantage point and it's a great place to picnic, play with the kids or take in one of the free concerts on most Friday evenings during the summer. The park gets it's name from the fact that University Heights used to have one of the many street car public transit systems and as you guessed, the barn where they were repaired & maintained was orginally located here. “What a view to work by”!

More to come...

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To buy or not to buy, that is the question???

Take if from me, don't believe everything you see or hear on TV.  Why can I say that wish such authority?  Well, I use to be a television news producer with one of the major networks--and believe me, the news skews, and objectivity is hard to achieve. 

Many first time buyers tell me they want to wait to buy a home because of all the doom and gloom they see on TV.  We'll, I'm here to tell you, it's not all bad, especially in San Diego. 

Yes, our county has been hit hard in the housing crisis, many of our neighbors have lost their home and still many more will lose their homes.  The housing market isn't going to recover any time soon.  That's about the only thing the news has gotten right.  

So what's a first time buyer in San Diego to do??  Well, buy a home of course.  Why?? The reason is simple.  In some parts of our county it's cheaper to own a home than it is to rent.  That's right ! The price you are paying now to rent a home or an apartment could be a little less or exactly what you're paying in rent.  

I know what you're thinking, well, if I buy and it costs the same to rent, why would I move and buy something when it's not going to affect my monthly budget.  Well, first of all, when you buy, you'll be building equity.  When you buy a home it's like a forced savings acccount for yourself.  The longer you own the home and pay down the pricipal and interest the more equity you build. It's a win!  

Secondly, as a first time buyer, you get to take advantage of many loan progams and down payment assistance programs that are available to you.  There are programs available to first time buyers where you can come in with as little as 3% down and have all your closing costs paid for.  There are  also loans where you can actually borrow money to make repairs to the house.  

The city of San Diego has downpayment assistance programs as well as other cities around our county.  It's another win! 

So what are you waiting for?  You'll probably never see another housing market like this.  Let's gear up and get you into your first home.