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Large solar-powered home community opens in Santa Fe Springs

By Tiffany Hsu
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Not far from downtown Los Angeles, Comstock Homes is opening what it claims to be the largest solar-powered home community from a single builder.

The Villages at Heritage Springs will take up 54 acres in Santa Fe Springs, and will include 384 residences once it is complete. For now, 18 single-family homes and 19 townhouses are for sale.

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Comstock Homes, the residential division of commercial real estate developer Comstock, Crosser & Associates, builds only in California.

The solar roof tiles on the Santa Fe homes, provided by San Jose-based SunPower Corp., could help lower homeowners’ power bills by up to 60%. The properties also feature dual pane windows, high-efficiency heating and air conditioning, tankless water heaters and energy-efficient lighting.

Townhomes in the gated community range in size from 1,390 to 1,910 square feet and cost between $385,000 and $457,000. Single-family homes are 1,763 to 2,166 square feet and priced from $485,000 to $576,000.

-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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