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My husband and I lived here for a year. We rented a little guest house that was off Chapman. Everything is on septic and someone released a couple parrots years ago and now there is a whole population. Very LOUD birds! It does smell like horses, but that is what people live for there. I once saw...

I will get some pics up after the holiday. We are at the intersection of San Joaquin Hills and Newport Ridge Dr. West. It is in the Summit Community...the last one of our floor plan to rent in here was for $2850, but people have paid $3200. We have a killer deal that I would like to pass onto...

Hi All, I have not written anything in a while, but I thought I would throw this out there. My husband and I have to move for work...probably LA:-( But we have a fantastic condo we rent in Newport Coast for $2500/month. It is 1350sq/ft and in a gated community (of course). It is 2bd/3ba w/...

Major Schadenfreude: Nope not a peep. Although, I do hear garage doors that are not your own. But as for neighbor noise, literally none. I actually just met my neighbor behind me for the first time the other day...she was nice and surprised that I have a 6 mos. old because she claims to...

Yeah, I mentioned this unit a while back. We live in this community and it is not even worth 600K because the garage is detached from the unit. You have to walk to the other side of the fourplex to access your garage. Pretty crazy...other than that the community is great.

I have had much better luck with a private rental. We pay below $2500 and have a 2bd/3ba + loft (1400 sqft) in a Newport Coast gated community. I know it is not Irvine, but it is an Irvine Company community. Also, rented in Tustin Ranch...off of Pioneer and Patriot in the Cantada community for...

That's funny, I run everyday around that area...I bet we pass each other often. Look for a crazy lady pushing her jogging stroller up San Joaquin Hills, the one that doesn't have perfectly placed hair and matching running attire.

T!m, It is in The Summit, a community at the top of San Joaquin Hills on Newport Ridge Drive. Great community, but I think the swimming pool is filled with koolaid.

The first foreclosure went up for sale in my community this week. There was a nice sign placed out front "Bank Owned." Too bad they still want 729K for a two bedroom condo! My husband and I live in this same unit, not worth a penny more than 550K. A crazy guy in our complex just posted his condo...

I was just wondering if you guys were getting the emailed surveys requesting your input from the Irvine Company. My husband and I have received two and as a result got two gift cards for participating. One of the surveys was about intentions to buy...your income and such, but the other was...

Is this house in 92660 or 92657? Truly only 92657 is considered Newport Coast. There are signs indicating the Newport Coast boundaries on San Joaquin Hills and Newport Coast Drive. My husband and I thought that Bonita Canyon was Newport Coast, but were informed differently by our neighbors upon...

The sales woman told us to just show up. I don't think they are promoting it at all. It was a random invitation, but she told me to pass it along. Don't worry about not getting in, I don't think they would turn anyone away at this point...she almost let us walk through with people painting...

Yes it is free. It would be funny for some of us to show up and try to guess who each other are. I have a feeling not many other people will be there though. The sales person's face was absolute amazement that my husband and I walked in yesterday. Hope we didn't get her hopes up too high.

My husband and I decided to drive out to Portola Springs this afternoon and check out some of the stuff you guys have been discussing. Not impressed at all...but on the way out there were "Now Open" signs for Woodbury East's Celadon. We pulled up to a parking lot in which the paint had not...

I have come to realize that one of the first questions people want to ask me is where I live and if I own what I am living in. I know that the OC mentality has been scrutinized in the past on this blog, but I have experienced an increase in this question as of late. Many people in my generation...