SAN DIEGO --- Smart home buyers know that in today’s changing economic times buying a new home is truly an investment in the future.  Looking forward, rather than short-term, made sense for homebuyers like Dr. Carrie Chun and her husband, Matthew Waizmann, when they decided to buy a home at Bridle Ridge in Carmel Country Highlands.

“We can really see ourselves living here for an extended amount of time,” said Carrie Chun, M.D.  “After buying several homes and moving a few times, this is the first home we were really looking forward to buying because we are planning on staying here for the long term. Bridle Ridge is a nice, easy commute to work and having a home located on a canyon offers us a lot of privacy.  Bridle Ridge was just what we were looking for, both in size and price.”

Dr. Chun and her husband were also impressed with their new home’s layout and choice of options, as well as the ease of buying a new home from Pardee Homes.  “From the sales team to the on-site construction superintendent, everyone was very helpful,” said Chun.  “The sales staff was easy to work with, and the design center staff was especially helpful when it came to guiding us in making any number of decisions when selecting options.”

Priced from the low $800,000s, Bridle Ridge features spacious two-story homes with four to five bedrooms, three bathrooms and three-bay garages with square footage ranging from approximately 2,353 to 2,734 square feet. Flexible living choices make customizing easy, and include optional dens, bedrooms and master bedroom decks. Standard features at Bridle Ridge include stately entry foyers with ceramic tile flooring, dramatic ceilings, wood burning fireplaces, media niches, dining nooks (Plans 2 and 3), luxurious master bedroom suites with walk-in closets, and elegant master baths with deep soaking tubs and separate showers with clear glass enclosures. Gourmet kitchens have spacious food storage pantries and General Electric® appliances including a gas cooktop, 30” built-in microwave/thermal oven and a G.E. Energy Star® dishwasher.

Bridle Ridge offers homeowners a distinctive way of life, one that helps preserve the land and its precious resources while also making the home environment more comfortable and efficient with Pardee Homes’ exclusive LivingSmart® program of earth-friendly features designed to encourage conservation and the use of recycled or sustainable resources.  Standard and optional features include such choices as energy- efficient lighting, solar electric power and tankless water heaters.

In addition to being a LivingSmart® neighborhood, Bridle Ridge is a certified California Green Builder neighborhood, which means these homes offer significant improvements in energy efficiency, indoor air quality and comfort, on-site waste recycling and water and wood conservation.  California Green Builder homes are designed and built to exceed Title 24 standards by at least 15% and use at least 20,000 gallons less water than similar, newly constructed ‘non-green’ homes.

As part of the Carmel Country Highlands master-planned community, every homeowner at Bridle Ridge enjoys easy access to open space, hiking trails, nearby schools, parks and convenient shopping all in a coveted, coastal close location, adjacent to Carmel Valley and just minutes from La Jolla, UCSD and the beaches of Del Mar. The community is currently served by schools in the highly rated Del Mar Unified School District and the San Dieguito Union High School District.

For more information about Bridle Ridge go to www.pardeehomes.com or call (858) 847-9392. To visit the sales office and models from I-5, take 56 east and turn right on Carmel Country Road. Take another right on Carmel Mountain Road and then make a u-turn at Canter Heights Road and then go right on Furlong Place.