INFORMATION ABOUT MENIFEE LAKES OUR TOWN IS A MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY THAT BEGAN LIFE IN 1989. THE TOWN IS COMPRISED OF 1853 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ONE APARMENT ENCLAVE.OUR OWN FIRESTATION ON MENIFEE ROAD IS OPERATIONAL. SEVERAL FAMILY SECTIONS SURROUND THE GOLF COURSE TOO, AND SOME ABUT THE 35-ACRE MAIN MENIFEE LAKE. THE LAKE IS USED FOR FISHING (STOCKED REGULARLY), SAILING, CANOEING, KAYAKING AND PEDAL BOATING. BIKE AND WALK PATHS AND EXERCISE STATIONS SURROUND THE LAKE. SWIMMING IS ALLOWED ONLY IN THE BEACH AND SWIM CLUB LAGOON ADJACENT TO THE LAKE AND A FIVE-ACRE PICNIC PARK ON THE EAST BAY. THE ASSOCIATION FEE FOR THE TEN FAMILY SECTIONS (EXCLUDING ANDULUSIA) IS ABOUT $45 MONTHLY. OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS ABOUT 7000 FULL-TIME STUDENTS AND IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF ALL AREAS OF OUR TOWN OF A LIFETIME.' SHOPPING IS ALSO AN EASY WALK FROM MOST AREAS, AS IS THE MAIN LAKE. THE SPORTS PARK HAS BALL AND SOCCER FIELDS, TENNIS COURTS, BASKETBALL, TOT LOTS AND A COMMUNITY CENTER. A COMBINATION VALLEY WIDE/MENIFEE SCHOOL DISTRICT GYM FOR BASKETBALL, INDOOR SOCCER, ETC. IS ADJACENT. OUR GOLF COURSE IS SEMI-PRIVATE AND GREEN FEES RUN FROM $49 TO $85 WITH A RIDING CART. MANY FAIRWAYS BORDER FOUR SEPARATE LAKES. THE COURSE WAS DESIGNED BY NOTED TED ROBINSON AND CONTAINS A HUGE TWENTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE. SCHOOLS FOR YOUR CHILDREN (OR FOR RESALE PURPOSES) ARE VERY GOOD, AND CHILDREN CAN ATTEND CLASSES-- PRE-SCHooL THROUGH COMMUNITY COUEGE- WITHOUT LEAVING TOWN. PROPERTY TAXES IN MENIFEE LAKES ARE REASONABLE AT THE ASSESSED VALUE OF YOUR HOME. INCLUDED IN THE PROPERTY TAX IS A MELLO-ROOS SPECIAL TAX OF ABOUT $700 TO $900 WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE IN THE 2011-12 TAX YEAR. A VALLEY-WIDE RECREATION FEE IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. MENIFEE LAKES IS LOCATED ABOUT 75 MILES FROM LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO, FROM NEARBY MOUNTAIN RESORTS BIG BEAR AND IDYLLWILD--75 AND 40 MILES RESPECTIVELY. THE PALM SPRINGS AREA IS ABOUT 55 MILES DISTANT. MURRIETA AND TEMECULA CITIES ARE JUST 12 AND 15 MILES TO THE SOUTH WITH THEIR HUGE REGIONAL AND LOCAL SHOPPING CENTERS. OUR SEMI-REGIONAL COUNTRYSIDE MARKETPLACE SHOPPING CENTER, NOW OPEN, INCLUDES A SUPER TARGET, LOWES, KOHLS, BEST BUY, AND MANY OTHER NATIONAL STORES AND RESTAURANTS. THIS MALL IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 215 OFF NEWPORT ROAD AND HAUN ROAD. ALMOST EVERY DAY WE ARE COOLED BY A SOUTHERN OCEAN WIND, AND CONSEQUENTLY WE HAVE VERY LITTLE SMOG HERE. WEATHER IS TYPICAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND RAINFALL AVERAGES ABOUT 10 INCHES YEARLY. I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON MENIFEE LAKES. YOU ARE WELCOME HERE! RAY BERRY Office 951-679-2554 Cell 951-252-4385 Toll Free 800-339-2187 Fax 951-679-3444
Menifee Lakes Community
Scroll through the lovely scenes of this special community, which include Menifee Lakes Country Club at the public golf course, the spring time blossoms on the trees at the Beach Club, The Lakes, and Mount San Jacinto Community College - Menifee Campus. All are shown here. Photography courtesy of Ray Berry, a Menifee Lakes real estate residential specialist and a local resident since the community first started in the late 1980s.
To contact Ray go to the "Agent Roster" on the home page left side bar.
AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2008 MENIFEE HAS BEEN INCORPORATED AS A CITY IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. THE MENIFEE LAKES DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF THE MENIFEE VALLEY WHICH WAS NAME FOR AN 1880'S FARMER AND PROSPECTOR, LUTHER MENIFEE WILSON.
THERE IS ONE SENIOR COMPLEX CALLED PALMILLA WHERE SEVERAL STREETS BACK UP TO OUR 36-HOLE GOLF COURSE. THE SENIOR AREA HAS THEIR OWN ASSOCIATION POOL, SPA AND CLUBHOUSE, WITH A MONTHLY FEE OF ABOUT $100 THAT INCLUDES TRASH PICKUP.
11/2008