Here we go again, we just took another listing in the gorgeous gated community of Brookside, and once again we have an incredible value for you!
This home at 448 Adelaide Glen is one of the finest homes built in this development. A plan 6, (the largest model in Brookside) is a 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath home on a huge lot of 18,200 feet!
This fabulous homes, set on the back side of a very private cul-de-sac, is situated with a south facing view, with extensive professional landscaping and built for a big family.
Brookside is a gated community adjacent to Reidy Creek Golf Course in North Escondido. Schools are close, with near brand new Reidy Creek Elementary just a couple of blocks up Broadway.
This original owner did extensive work on professional hardscape both in front and in back, and succeeded in creating a truly beautiful home worthy of a very discriminating buyer!
As you enter the home through the turret entry, you’ll find oversized 20″ tile throughout the downstairs areas. A gorgeous chef’s kitchen with beautiful cabinetry and granite countertops will please and excite 
your culinary skills. A giant island complete with storage and bookshelves along with double ovens, microwave and five burner cooktop. A nice long and functional butler’s pantry is adjacent.
As you wander to the family room, you’ll see the large custom cabinetry that houses the media niche and big screen tv. A patio door will take you out to the friendly and serene center courtyard, to enjoy a glass of wine or to read a book.
A formal living room creates another experience as does the large formal dining room. This home will handle a large group for any occasion.
There’s one large bedroom downstairs, with its own full bath and lots of privacy. A three car tandem garage and large laundry room complete the downstairs
The house seems to go on forever, as you travel upstairs. It’s actually a little over 3600 square feet!
The master is huge…giant…big! I’m running out of adjectives. A very large room with the master bath suite is truly impressive. His and her sinks, large soaking tub and separate shower with beautiful tile surrounds. Two walk in closets give you plenty of room for all the clothes and storage.
Three more bedrooms of great size and lots more upstairs, again too much to mention.
Meander out to the backyard and you’ll be amazed at this lot. Most of the homes in Brookside are on approximately 10,000 square foot lots. This home sits on 18,200 feet! The owner created an oasis with a large covered barbecue area with seating, a basketball area, putting green and concrete walkways.
The grounds have been landscaped professionally and beautifully by one of the areas better designers.
Watch our video tour of the home right here: Click to Watch the Tour!
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Twice a year, the street in front of our office is filled with tens of thousands of people. Every May and October, the City of Escondido holds it’s Street Faire, the second largest in all of California!
Our office at Windermere Exclusive Properties is located at the center of it all in the heart of downtown, and our agents participate along with our sister company CW Mortgage. Braving near 100 degree temperatures, over 600 vendors, lots of live entertainment and all types of food adorn the downtown streets.
Even though the faire is supposed to start promptly at 9am, folks are arriving looking for the latest in folding tailgating chairs, herbal remedy’s, getting the spine stretched by a bevy of chiropractors and searching for Fido’s latest dog collar.
The faire looked a little less crowed this year, and I
think there were a few less vendors than in years past. I take this as a sign of the economy today…
Many of the people who display their wares of offer services may have been driven out of business or have had to confine their street faire schedule to areas closer to home. The city says they expected 60,000 people, but my guess is that we may were two thirds of that.
It’s still great fun, and we meet lots of people who never knew our office was right on one of the busiest corners of downtown Escondido.
We offer cool water, candy and snacks, and of course have the requisite contests and giveaways, all in an attempt to get noticed and meet new folks who may need to buy or sell a piece of real estate this year. We
We break up the eight our day in shifts of 3 hours and hand out hundreds of our flyers. This year our flyer was focused on bank owned properties, or REO’s (Real Estate Owned) as they’re known to us. We’ve got a ton of them in Escondido…one of the hardest hit areas of North County; but there are some incredible deals here right now!
Lately, I’ve seen listings of 3 bedroom two bath homes on decent lots for under $200,000! This has been unheard of for quite some time and investors are cashing in on these deals by the dozen right now. I estimate that about 70% of our escrows open today are bank owned or short sale properties.
All in all, another great day downtown followed by relaxation. I even bought a couple of new shirts from a one of a kind surf shop. Stay tuned, as we’ll wrap up fall with another one in October!
We recently received the information below about a non-profit resource they can access.
It was given to us by a fellow Realtor, who serves on the Risk Management Committe with me at San Diego Association of Realtors, and I believe it is very good information to pass on to people who find themselves in this situation.
Organization: Community Housing Works
National Hot line: 1-888-995-HOPE or www.995hope.org
Local Contact: Francisco Gonzales, 619-282-6647
Monthly Home Clinics, Saturdays, sponsored by many non-profit agencies, such as Fair Housing Council, Springboard, etc.
Go to www.housingcollaborative.org for info and dates.
A former Vice President of SDAR, K. J. Koljonen, works at the Community Housing Works. She is VP, resource management. The web page for Community Housing works is www.chworks.org. It has two offices, one in San Diego at 4305 University, and one in Escondido, at 1820 So. Escondido Blvd.
If you need help or just plain old good information without obligation, please call us directly at 877-571-2289 or visit or Blog at www.HotOnSanDiego.com
Gee whiz…we’re having another community garage sale here in Brookside. Excuse me if I don’t seem too excited, it’s just that this has been going on twice a year each of the four years I’ve lived here. 
The first year we did this in Brookside, I thought it was a great idea (even though the founder and coordinator of this event is another local REALTOR team), but as the years have gone by and we are now on garage sale #9, I’m thinking this isn’t the greatest thing for our neighborhood.
You see, Brookside is a relatively small gated community of about 260 homes in North Escondido. When I bought my house here in 2003, brand new and all mine to put my personal stamp on, I was incredibly happy that we had the gates…not just anyone could enter our beautiful oasis.
It isn’t because I’m jealous of the benefits or recognition our fellow REALTOR gets out of this; it’s more because of the concern I have from all the traffic and disorganized chaos that occurs for six hours on our quiet streets. 
Even though it’s advertised in local newspapers to start at 8am, the professional G’salers are patrolling our streets with their pickups, flat-bed trucks, station wagons and anything else they can cram used items into while looking to get “first dibs” when the garage doors start ascending!
On many occasions in years past, when I had to get up early on my Saturday morning to dig up some useless items that have taking up space in my garage, I’ve practically been assaulted by these mad dogs on a mission for the latest used sofa. But what bugs me the most is that these folks get lots of time to peer into my garage or back yard and see what other “goodies” I may have….and this makes me uncomfortable. Call me paranoid, but you should see some of these folks.
My brother lives in another gated community in Rancho Bernardo, and I asked him what he thought about our Real Estate team sponsoring a garage sale in his gated neighborhood. He told me he would use another REALTOR to sell his home if I did!
As a former block captain I have heard about events that I don’t want going on in here. I think tomorrow I’m going to go around to all the neighbors and distribute our flyers and inform people they need to read my blog. I’m going to boycott the garage sale and keep my place buttoned up tight! That way I can sleep in and not worry about a potential burgler posing as a G’saler casing my personal abode!
Read more about Brookside at our other blogsite
Unlike other areas of Rancho Bernardo, 4S Ranch, and the Santa Fe Valley, the gated ColRich Homes communities of Bel Etage, Salviati and Savenna don’t have an overabundance of listings. In fact, these three communites have only a very few homes available at all.
What’s the reason you may ask? These neighborhoods of estate homes, built by Colrich just a few years ago have had very low turnover and virtually no owners currently testing the current market conditions. We took a look at the recent history of the developments and offer up the following.
Our group is seeing interested buyers looking in these three beautiful communities. If you are thinking of selling, please call us for our free, no obligation home valuation. We’re experts in the Santa Fe Valley and Rancho Bernardo in particular. We’re optimistic about the market in 2008, and you should be too! Please don’t hesitate to call us at 858-412-7870 for the latest updates.
You can also read more about these and other San Diego communities by visiting our other blog at
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