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Harmony Grove Village Real Estate | Escondido, CA

Harmony Grove Village Real Estate | Escondido, CAListings

Harmony Grove Village, Escondido is a 742-home master-planned village in unincorporated San Diego County, on three sides of the Harmony Grove Road and Country Club Drive crossroads. Harmony Grove Village homes carry an Escondido mailing address and ZIP 92029, the first homes sold in May 2015, and a separate 453-home Harmony Grove Village South was re-approved by the County in October 2025 and is in litigation.

The number that matters is the gap between asking and closing. Over the 90 days ending November 6, 2026, 3 Harmony Grove Village homes closed, from $1,032,500 to $1,400,000, and 2 of the 3 closed above list price, per CRMLS, while the one Harmony Grove Village home for sale on November 6 asked $899,000 for a smaller house and had sat 72 days.

This page covers where Harmony Grove Village sits, the stock, Harmony Grove Village South, fire, Mello-Roos, schools, what its homes cost against what sold, how fast they clear, the Escondido comparison, and how to buy without overpaying.

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Where is Harmony Grove Village?

Harmony Grove Village is in unincorporated San Diego County, west of the City of Escondido, on about 468 acres around the crossroads of Harmony Grove Road and Country Club Drive. The County’s February 7, 2007 approval describes the site as “approximately 468 acres” planned as “a new mixed-use rural village,” per the Board of Supervisors’ statement of proceedings. The village sits about 2.5 miles west of Interstate 15 and 2.6 miles south of State Route 78, per the County’s environmental impact report for the adjacent Harmony Grove Village South site.

The fixed points around Harmony Grove Village:

  • East: the City of Escondido limits
  • South: the Del Dios Highlands Preserve
  • West: the Elfin Forest community and the Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve on Harmony Grove Road
  • Government: unincorporated County land in the San Dieguito Community Plan area and Supervisorial District 3, with an Escondido mailing address and ZIP 92029

What kind of homes are in Harmony Grove Village?

Three things define Harmony Grove Village housing stock: a 2007 County plan, two builders, and homes built from 2014 on. The County approved the village for 742 homes and two acres of commercial use on February 7, 2007 under Specific Plan SP 04-003. Standard Pacific opened the first neighborhoods in May 2015 and Lennar followed in 2019; the 3 houses that closed between August 6 and November 6, 2026 were built in 2016 and 2017, per CRMLS.

The 3 recent Harmony Grove Village sales by feature:

  • Year built: 2016, 2016 and 2017
  • Living area: 1,922, 2,519 and 3,640 square feet
  • Lots: 3,920, 6,021 and 6,236 square feet, all 3 under 7,000
  • Two-story: 3 of 3
  • Solar and pools: all 3 listings mention owned solar; none mentions a private pool, and all 3 cite the community pool

What are the neighborhoods in Harmony Grove Village?

Harmony Grove Village’s named neighborhoods are Lusitano, Canteridge, Seabreeze and Andalucia, opened by Standard Pacific on May 30, 2015, and Contessa, opened by Lennar in May 2019. Two of the 3 closings between August 6 and November 6, 2026 named their neighborhood, per CRMLS:

  • Canteridge: 2640 Overlook Point Drive, 1,922 square feet, $1,032,500
  • Andalucia: 2946 Fledgling Drive, 3,640 square feet, $1,400,000

What amenities does Harmony Grove Village have?

Harmony Grove Village has seven community parks, two miles of multi-use trails and The Grove, the community pool and recreation center. Lennar’s 2019 release for Contessa lists “seven community parks, two miles of scenic multi-use trails” plus The Grove, with a future Village Center, an equestrian area and a dog park still planned at that date, per Lennar.

What is planned for the Harmony Grove Village Center?

The Harmony Grove Village Center site, the two-acre office and retail parcel at Country Club Drive, Country Living Way and Trailblazer Lane, is proposed for 27 live/work homes instead. The applicant, H Grove N K Investors LLC, proposes 27 live/work units of about 2,200 to 2,700 square feet with rear two-car garages under Specific Plan Amendment SPA-25-001, in public disclosure from October 16 to December 1, 2025, per San Diego County Planning & Development Services. No decision had been found as of October 19, 2026; a buyer counting on village retail should price the site as housing.

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What is Harmony Grove Village South?

Harmony Grove Village South is a separate 453-home project on about 111 acres sited about 400 feet south of Harmony Grove Road, planned to complete the fourth quadrant of the crossroads. The County’s environmental impact report describes five home types and about 5,000 square feet of commercial and civic space, per the Final EIR summary; the plan the Board heard in 2025 carried four acres of parks, two miles of trails and about 35 acres of biological open space, per Times of San Diego.

The Harmony Grove Village South timeline:

  • July 2018: the Board of Supervisors approves the project
  • October 14, 2021: the Court of Appeal finds the greenhouse-gas carbon-offset mitigation lacked objective criteria, per the Sabin Center’s case file
  • December 14, 2022: the Board rescinds the approvals under the court order, per KPBS
  • October 1, 2025: the Board re-approves the project unanimously after a hearing of nearly four hours, requiring additional brush clearance and a staff study of a secondary access route, per Times of San Diego
  • November and December 2025: the Sierra Club files a CEQA suit, and the Elfin Forest/Harmony Grove Town Council and the Endangered Habitats League file a second suit over access and fire review, per Times of San Diego

Is Harmony Grove Village South approved?

Yes. The Board of Supervisors re-approved Harmony Grove Village South 5-0 on October 1, 2025, after the Planning Commission’s unanimous recommendation on August 22, 2025, per NBC 7 San Diego. No construction start had been reported as of October 19, 2026, so a buyer in the original village should price the southern parcel as approved, contested and unbuilt.

Is Harmony Grove Village in a fire zone?

Yes. Harmony Grove Village is in the State Responsibility Area, where CAL FIRE holds wildfire protection responsibility, per the County of San Diego’s EIR for the adjacent Harmony Grove Village South site, and Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District Station 5 sits inside the village at 2604 Overlook Point Road. Times of San Diego reported in January 2025 that CAL FIRE designates the valley a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.

The May 2014 Cocos Fire burned 1,995 acres and its east flank moved toward Harmony Grove, per the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District’s incident log. It destroyed 25 structures at the Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association, per Times of San Diego’s May 22, 2014 report.

What the fire file means for a Harmony Grove Village buyer:

  • The station: Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District Station 5, serving the village since 2016 from a station completed in October 2020, with Engine 265 and Brush 265
  • The access question: opponents of Harmony Grove Village South cite a single evacuation route on Country Club Drive, per Times of San Diego; the County ordered a secondary-access study with the 2025 re-approval
  • The quote: an insurance quote inside the contingency period, with the fire hazard class the carrier applies
  • The brush: who clears the brush on the lot, settled inside the inspection contingency

Does Harmony Grove Village have Mello-Roos?

Yes. Homes in Harmony Grove Village carry County of San Diego Community Facilities District No. 2008-01 (Harmony Grove Village), formed June 25, 2008 over about 470 acres, with Improvement Areas 1 and 2 under distinct special-tax formulas, per the County Board of Supervisors’ September 2014 record.

The Mello-Roos district was still levied for fiscal year 2026-27: “the levies fund ongoing operations, maintenance, and services such as parks, stormwater facilities, fire protection,” per the state CEQA database. The special tax is set per parcel and improvement area; read the current tax bill for the exact figure.

What a Harmony Grove Village buyer reads before the offer:

  • The tax bill: the CFD 2008-01 line and which improvement area the parcel sits in
  • The HOA disclosure: Harmony Grove Village has a homeowners association; dues and the management company are on the listing’s disclosure
  • The carry: CFD plus HOA plus the fire insurance quote, added together before the price is set

Who provides water and sewer in Harmony Grove Village?

Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District provides potable and recycled water to Harmony Grove Village, and sewer runs through the village’s own water reclamation facility. The developer built the facility, designed for 180,000 gallons a day per Rincon’s 2017 state CEQA filing, and ownership transferred from the County Sanitation District to Rincon del Diablo effective June 1, 2019, per the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board.

What schools serve Harmony Grove Village?

Three schools serve Harmony Grove Village: Bernardo Elementary, Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences and San Pasqual High School, per Lennar’s 2019 Contessa release and the County’s environmental impact report for the adjacent Harmony Grove Village South site. Harmony Grove Village sits in the Escondido Union School District and the Escondido Union High School District, per that report, which places the three schools about 4.7, 2.9 and 7.8 miles from the site, in that order. Confirm the schools for a specific Harmony Grove Village address with the Escondido Union School District’s school site locator before you write an offer that depends on a school.

What is near Harmony Grove Village?

Harmony Grove Village sits between a 784-acre nature reserve and a 2012 hospital. Four fixed points within the valley and the city next door:

  • Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve: 784 acres with about 11 miles of trails, trailhead at 8833 Harmony Grove Road, open from 8 a.m. to about 30 minutes before sunset and closed on Red Flag Warning days, per the Olivenhain Municipal Water District, which manages it
  • Palomar Medical Center Escondido: 2185 Citracado Parkway, an 11-story hospital opened in 2012, per Palomar Health, with 306 licensed beds on the state’s HCAI profile
  • Escondido Creek Conservancy: more than 7,000 acres protected along the creek over more than 35 years, per the Conservancy
  • Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association: a 13-acre camp in an oak grove, formed and incorporated in 1896, per the Association

Frequently asked questions about Harmony Grove Village

Is Harmony Grove Village in Escondido or San Marcos?

Harmony Grove Village is in neither Escondido nor San Marcos. It sits on unincorporated San Diego County land west of the Escondido city limits, and its developer described it in 2015 as “between Escondido and San Marcos,” per Standard Pacific Homes. County government, not a city council, governs it.

When was Harmony Grove Village built?

Harmony Grove Village was approved in 2007 and built from 2014 on. The County approved the plan on February 7, 2007, the first four neighborhoods opened for sale on May 30, 2015, Lennar’s Contessa neighborhood opened in May 2019, and more than 700 homes had been built by January 2025, per Times of San Diego.

How many homes are for sale in Harmony Grove Village?

One Harmony Grove Village home was for sale on November 6, 2026, per CRMLS, asking $899,000 after a cut from $925,000. The live grid on this page shows listings across ZIP 92029, which takes in the village and the land around it, so its count runs higher.

Can you buy in Harmony Grove Village for under $1,000,000?

Yes, on one listing, though no recent sale did: the one Harmony Grove Village home for sale on November 6, 2026 asked $899,000 after a cut from $925,000, a 1,873-square-foot Lusitano plan on Riding Trail Drive, per CRMLS. None of the 3 Harmony Grove Village closings between August 6 and November 6, 2026 came in under $1,000,000; the lowest was a 2016 Canteridge house of 1,922 square feet on Overlook Point Drive at $1,032,500.

Does Harmony Grove Village have an HOA?

Yes. Harmony Grove Village has a homeowners association, and its parcels also carry the County’s Community Facilities District No. 2008-01 special tax. Dues and the management company are on the listing’s HOA disclosure; the special tax is on the tax bill.

What ZIP code is Harmony Grove Village?

Harmony Grove Village’s ZIP code is 92029, with an Escondido mailing address. All 3 Harmony Grove Village closings between August 6 and November 6, 2026 and the one active listing on November 6 carried ZIP 92029, per CRMLS.

Who built Harmony Grove Village?

Two builders built Harmony Grove Village: Standard Pacific Homes, which built and opened the first four neighborhoods on May 30, 2015, and Lennar, which built Contessa and opened it on May 25, 2019 from a sales office at 2924 Gait Way, per Lennar’s 2019 release.

How far is Harmony Grove Village from I-15?

Harmony Grove Village is about 2.5 miles from I-15. The County’s environmental impact report for the adjacent Harmony Grove Village South site places the crossroads about 2.5 miles west of Interstate 15 and 2.6 miles south of State Route 78; the drive runs east on Harmony Grove Road toward Escondido.

Pressure-test a Harmony Grove Village offer before you write it

This is not a conversation about touring. It is about whether the number you plan to write is anchored to the closings on this page or to the asking prices, and whether the carry, the special tax, the dues and the fire premium, is in the number or outside it. That is where Harmony Grove Village buyers keep or give away five figures a year.

Book a buyer strategy consult and leave with a price band for the neighborhood you want, the carry added up, and the four fire-and-access checks already run. Or call 310-409-7242.

Next move: send the address. We will pressure-test it.

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