Califronia’s Home Builders using more Solar
As Jimmy Ayala, Division President of Pardee Homes San Diego, leads me through a series of model homes at his company’s new development, he explains that this master-planned community is both a vision of the future, as well as the last of its kind. The project in the booming East County area outside San Diego, Weston might be one of the region’s last housing developments done at this scale. A co-development between TRI Pointe Homes and Pardee, this project was a decade in the making, owing to challenges securing permits and arranging parcels. As Ayala takes me through a series of homes, ranging from the $500,000s to the high $700,000s, all decorated with bright contemporary decor and lots of outdoor furniture, he also explains how Weston represents California’s future, specifically a turn towards increased solar power.
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