Orchard Hills 4 - "The Summit" Updates

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GrowthStateofMind said:
Plumber I used told me his Newport clients have whole house RO systems, I guess they’re keen on risk mitigation.
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Irvine Ranch WD has the worst water quality per our plumbers though all of South OC has terrible water quality which leads to pipe corrosion and copper pinhole leaks - you can see the blue residue which we did when we did the PEX repipe and Halo 5 whole house water system after we sprung a leak in the kitchen ceiling. Highly recommend spending the $5K for the Halo. Water tastes awesome and it’s alkaline.
 
OCtoSV said:
Irvine Ranch WD has the worst water quality per our plumbers though all of South OC has terrible water quality which leads to pipe corrosion and copper pinhole leaks - you can see the blue residue which we did when we did the PEX repipe and Halo 5 whole house water system after we sprung a leak in the kitchen ceiling. Highly recommend spending the $5K for the Halo. Water tastes awesome and it’s alkaline.
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I got a whole house water conditioner system myself after seeing the annual water quality reports from IRWD as well as EWG tap water database info:
www.ewg.org

EWG's Tap Water Database: What's in Your Drinking Water?

Look up your local water system to find out which pollutants might be of concern, and find suggestions on the best kinds of home filters to remove those chemicals.
www.ewg.org www.ewg.org

Added Reverse Osmosis system in kitchen for drinking water as well.
 
An observation from my visit to the toll brothers model homes at the summit. Walking toward the front door to a model and a group of three were walking behind us. They split up and the woman ran up the driveway to go in ahead of us. Like split from the group and darted. We kind of laughed. But then it happened 3 more times, all different people. Keep in mind, that could be your future neighbor. Rude.
 
Imnotmoving said:
An observation from my visit to the toll brothers model homes at the summit. Walking toward the front door to a model and a group of three were walking behind us. They split up and the woman ran up the driveway to go in ahead of us. Like split from the group and darted. We kind of laughed. But then it happened 3 more times, all different people. Keep in mind, that could be your future neighbor. Rude.
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lol, maybe the first gets fat discount !
 
Imnotmoving said:
An observation from my visit to the toll brothers model homes at the summit. Walking toward the front door to a model and a group of three were walking behind us. They split up and the woman ran up the driveway to go in ahead of us. Like split from the group and darted. We kind of laughed. But then it happened 3 more times, all different people. Keep in mind, that could be your future neighbor. Rude.
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Black Friday sale at Irvine
 
Brookfield did a nice job on their floor plans.


How does plan 3 even with the adu and the marionette retreat give you 7 bed? I counted 6 bed.
 
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The prevalence of landfill fires is also increasing dramatically with the increase in improper disposal of lithium batteries (think cellphones, vapes, kids toys, etc) which causes huge air quality issues for anyone around a landfill....
 
Yesterday, I took my son to John Wayne Airport, and when we stopping at the Irvine and Sand Canyon intersection, around 8:30am, we could smell the landfill. The odor was strong, even inside the car.

On the other hand, I was at Hoag urgent care center at Woodbury last Wednesday, around 8:15am and didn't smell anything then.
 
GrowthStateofMind said:

If someone insisted on a newer home in Irvine at that price point, might as well see this comparable-sized home in Altair with 6 bedroom and 6300 sq ft lot that is further from the source of landfill smell.

Though it only has a 2-car garage for a 6 bedroom home? Cmon man 😂
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If you like to pay $20k a year for Mello-Roos, sure. That's $20k just for MR. Then you add another $50k for property taxes.
 
socalquest said:
Property taxes for new homes at The Summit running into the $60ks or 70ks per year total, no?
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I thought we were doing apples to apples comparison and not apples to oranges comparison. MR at Summit is around $5k while MR at Altair is around $20k. There is a $15k difference for a property that costs that same at Summit and Altair, specifically on at $5M. So let me lay it out for you.

$5M at Summit = total property taxes at $55k.
$5M at Altair = total property taxes at $70k.

If we go to the $6M comparison, then it gets worse since those $6M homes in Altair will probably have MR at $25k. Then there's a $20k difference.

MR at Great Park increases according to home size. The bigger the home, the more MR. MR in the rest of north Irvine is fixed, SG, EW, OH, and PS, are about $4k while Summit is about $5k.
 
CalBears96 said:
I thought we were doing apples to apples comparison and not apples to oranges comparison. MR at Summit is around $5k while MR at Altair is around $20k. There is a $15k difference for a property that costs that same at Summit and Altair, specifically on at $5M. So let me lay it out for you.

$5M at Summit = total property taxes at $55k.
$5M at Altair = total property taxes at $70k.

If we go to the $6M comparison, then it gets worse since those $6M homes in Altair will probably have MR at $25k. Then there's a $20k difference.

MR at Great Park increases according to home size. The bigger the home, the more MR. MR in the rest of north Irvine is fixed, SG, EW, OH, and PS, are about $4k while Summit is about $5k.
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How much is monthly HOA at Summit? Looks like Altair is $395/mo.
 
High MR at Great Park/Altair is to clean up the superfund site.

The choice is yours. Live below a landfill or live above a toxic dump.
 
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