The Enclave Neighborhood Guide | Dublin

The Enclave is one of the smallest new-construction pockets in East Dublin, and that's the whole story here. Tim Lewis Communities built just 48 homes at the corner of Tassajara and Fallon Roads, right at the base of the foothills where Dublin runs out of flat land and the Tassajara Valley starts climbing. It's the kind of community you could drive past without noticing — one street, tucked in among a cluster of other small developments like Fallon Crossing, Bella Monte, and Silvera Ranch — and for a certain buyer, that intimacy is exactly the appeal. Forty-eight homes isn't a master plan; it's a pocket.

The homes went up in 2017 and 2018, which makes them some of the newer single-family product in this part of Dublin — and the community sold out, so today it trades entirely as resale. Tim Lewis built four two-story floor plans, each named for a California landmark — Baker Beach, Mt. Diablo, Golden Gate, Angel Island — and they're substantial homes. Plans start around 2,700 square feet and run up from there, with four bedrooms plus a flex space that buyers configured as a fifth bedroom, an upstairs loft, or a formal dining room, all with two-car garages. These were positioned at the higher end when they were new, with the kind of finishes — quartz, upgraded cabinetry, real hardwood — that Tim Lewis is known for.

Here's the honest trade-off, and it's the thing to go in with your eyes open about: the homes are big, but the lots are not. They average roughly 4,500 to 5,000 square feet, which is compact for a home of this size — you're getting a lot of house on a modest footprint. If a wide backyard is high on your list, this won't be the neighborhood. But the lots that command a premium here are the ones that back to the creek running behind the development, and the view lots that look out over the natural open space toward the hills. Several of the homes were built with what Tim Lewis called a "California Patio" — an indoor-outdoor deck — specifically to take advantage of those views. If you can land one of the open-space or creek-backing lots, that's the version of this neighborhood worth chasing.

Location is a genuine strength, with one caveat. You're at the far northeast edge of Dublin, so you're a little further out than the central neighborhoods — but you're minutes from the Fallon Gateway and Persimmon Place shopping, an easy shot to the I-580/I-680 interchange, and a reasonable drive to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART stations for commuters. Internal walking trails run right out to the open space, which is the payoff for being tucked against the foothills. The caveat is simply distance: this is an end-of-the-map location, and depending on where you work, that drive matters.

A couple of things to verify before you get attached to a specific home. Schools first — and this is important in this exact corner of Dublin. The Enclave was originally marketed to Amador Elementary, Fallon Middle, and Dublin High, but it sits right where Dublin Unified's attendance lines have moved more than once: Cottonwood Creek K-8 opened just down Fallon Road in 2018, and Emerald High opened its permanent campus more recently, shifting high school assignments across East Dublin. Don't rely on the original builder materials — verify the current elementary, middle, and high school by the exact parcel address with the district before you write an offer, because out here it genuinely varies block to block. Second, confirm whether there's an HOA and what it covers against the current MLS listing; a small community like this often carries a modest association for the trails and shared landscaping, but you'll want the real number in writing.

If you're weighing The Enclave against the other small Tassajara Valley pockets, or trying to figure out which lots actually back to open space versus which just sit interior, that's the kind of street-level detail I can walk you through.

— Rebecca Rook, Living Tri-Valley | Compass