Recent content by tentative

As a BR resident, I am working under the premise that any escapees are unlikely to want to fight gravity and will instead run downhill . . . ;)

Hire. An. Inspector. The builder will likely be very proactive and eager for you to identify cosmetic issues.  You will all walk around happily with blue tape and mark paint splotches and scratches.  They'll say, "We'll have our guy come in and touch this up right away."  And, try as you...

Ha!  Ok, this one brought me out of lurker land. We had tons of tiny millipedes the first two winters at our new home in Portola Springs.  By the the third winter, they were gone.  Couldn't do anything other than sweep them up after they dried out and died. Our whole tract also had issues with...

I'll echo the comments about Steven and also highly recommend Biltrite.  We were one of the first two residents of Las Ventanas, and Steve's inspection was a real eye-opener. I should note that we were actually very happy with how TM handled the process from sales though to the first year of...

We are using KS at our home in Las Ventanas.  We have not started work yet, but they have been great through the design process.  They are currently working on their 2nd home here in LV, and we've seen there work over in Woodbury, which was excellent. Also found their price to be very...

I posted our experiences being on the of the first two residents into LV here http://www.talkirvine.com/index.php?topic=2033.msg27352#msg27352  - but also realized that may have been buried in that other thread. As I write this, I am sitting in my living room downstairs with my back to the...

You're right to be concerned.  It has been one of our biggest issues since moving into our new home in Las Ventanas.  DO NOT ASSUME THE POST OFFICE WILL KNOW.  Even after the developers contacted them, we continued to have issues.  We had a piece of certified mail sent from within Irvine take...

OK, I will also jump in here, despite my initial hesitancy (hence the username).  Las Ventanas has been a hot topic. My fiance and I are proud to be Las Ventanas trailblazers, being one of the first two homes in.  We also worked with USCTrojanCPA, and I can only echo all the positives that he...