We have known Jim & Donna Klinge for over a dozen years, having met them in Carlsbad where our children went to the same school. As long time North County residents, it was a no- brainer for us to have the Klinges be our eyes and ears for San Diego real estate in general and North County in particular. As my military career caused our family to move all over the country and overseas to Asia, Europe and the Pacific, we trusted Jim and Donna to help keep our house in Carlsbad rented with reliable and respectful tenants for over 10 years.
Naturally, when the time came to sell our beloved Carlsbad home to pursue a rural lifestyle in retirement out of California, we could think of no better team to represent us than Jim and Donna. They immediately went to work to update our house built in 2004 to current-day standards and trends — in 2 short months they transformed it into a literal modern-day masterpiece. We trusted their judgement implicitly and followed 100% of their recommended changes. When our house finally came on the market, there was a blizzard of serious interest, we had multiple offers by the third day and it sold in just 5 days after a frenzied bidding war for 20% above our asking price! The investment we made in upgrades recommended by Jim and Donna yielded a 4-fold return, in the process setting a new high water mark for a house sold in our community.
In our view, there are no better real estate professionals in all of San Diego than Jim and Donna Klinge. Buying or selling, you must run and beg Jim and Donna Klinge to represent you! Our family will never forget Jim, Donna, and their whole team at Compass — we are forever grateful to them.
That section of Carmel Valley gets backed up on surface streets getting to the 56 which is also backed up. Too bad developers don’t see to have to build out the infrastructure to support all the people. They don’t even have a real grocery store there! (Just Trader Joe’s) Wonder where all the Mello roos are going?
What kind of discounts are you seeing from Pardee for new construction? They seemed to be selling it pretty aggressively.
The school district just decided that the $40mm in mello roos isn’t enough for the $50mm needed to build a new school. The 44 homes in Vista Santa Fe will attend Solana Santa Fe. Tough for our kids in the Crosby to have play dates with class mates all the way in PHR. Should be interesting to see how the houses sell when they get released.