Eastlake is not a separate city: it is a master-planned community inside Chula Vista. Construction began in 1986, when the first neighborhood opened alongside the Eastlake Village Center and the Eastlake Business Center, and the city annexed Eastlake Greens — 830 acres with an 18-hole golf course and schools — in 1989. Strictly the name belongs to the community built around its man-made lake, though many people use it for most of the east side along SR 125.
The golf course, now Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake, is a Ted Robinson Sr. design that opened in 1991. Eastlake High School opened in 1992, and the Olympic Training Center — today the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center — opened here in 1995 beside Lower Otay Reservoir. In 2013 Eastlake Little League won the American Championship at the Little League World Series.
For a buyer the questions are the planned-community ones: what the HOA dues cover, whether there is a second association, and what the Mello-Roos figure is for that address. They change the monthly number more than people expect, and Edgard — whose brokerage, Premier Properties, is on Fenton Street in Eastlake — works them out before you make an offer.
Buying in Eastlake: what people ask first.
Is Eastlake its own city?
No. Eastlake is a master-planned community inside the City of Chula Vista, so city services, taxes and addresses are all Chula Vista.
What should I check on an Eastlake home?
The HOA dues and what they cover, any second association, the Mello-Roos amount on the tax bill, and — if the house has solar — whether the panels are owned or leased.
People looking at Eastlake usually look at these too.
- Planned community · Chula Vista Otay Ranch Walkable villages, newer homes and the Town Center. Read the guide →
- Planned community · Chula Vista Rolling Hills Ranch Hillside streets, canyon open space and Montevalle Park. Read the guide →
- City · South Bay Chula Vista From the bayfront to the planned communities east of the 805. Read the guide →
San Diego County looks like one market from a distance and it is not. East of the 805 in Chula Vista the houses are newer, the streets were planned, and the questions are about HOA dues, Mello-Roos and which school the address feeds. Out in El Cajon and Rancho San Diego the lots are bigger, the views run down the canyons, and the questions are about the roof, the solar, the slope and what it costs to insure. Buying the right house means asking the right questions for that side of the county — and selling one means answering them before a buyer has to ask.
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Edgard Espinosa, Premier Properties