How a house becomes a new owner's home

Every home has a personality that reflects its owner. As a case in point, I found it interesting to watch the changes to this house near the Fallbrook Golf Course. I know the place well, as it was our home until about l0 years ago — and it recently changed owners when the couple who purchased it from us moved back to the East Coast.

In 1992 we brought our own taste into play with a new mailbox at the entry, courtyard walls and a detached garage and potting shed complex on the uphill side of the double garage. Later changes were modifications of our landscaping to include flower gardens in rais...