Recent content by ahbrownell

Trolls are trolls. Don't waste your breath. :)

Personally, I really like Laguna Altura. The two negatives in my mind are lot size, and price. The location is actually pretty awesome IMO. Close proximity to the 405, 133, and 5 --- that's a perk to me. I wish there was a "woodbury towncenter" closer to the location - but if I had $200,000 for...

Great article. I found that informative and a great read. I forwarded it to 3 other people. Well done!

I actually have been thinking about the slow sales and lack of movement on the prices by TIC, and I think that since the closest comparable new homes are Stonegate and those are selling pretty well --- I think they are just going to wait until they finish selling in stonegate before having to...

Its currently just my wife and me (thus far), so I'd say 3-4 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms and a loft. We don't need a huge yard, but we do want a yard of some sort as we have a dog. Along those lines, proximity to coyotes would be a major negative (one of the reasons I'm thinking Laguna Altura and...

My wife and I are looking into finding a SFH or detached condo, or perhaps even an attached (1 common wall) if it was the right place. A helper poster mentioned Quail Hill as being way better than another Irvine neighborhood. This made me immediately wonder what other people on this forum think...

I was simply commenting on the tone and personal attacks. Saying something is bad is helpful, saying why it's bad is much more helpful. Making false statements just to be rude, seems well, troll-like. I'd expect that behavior from a bratty teenager with no social skills. I think a lot of...

Yep. Try more indietroll. Thanks for the response last page btw IHOwner, actual explanations for opinions. I'll need to go drive around LA, curious about the walled off feeling you describe. I find the proximity to spectrum and the 133, 405, and 5 freeways a major perk --- stonegate is sooooo...

::) Why are you trolling a real estate forum? The back to back hate posts are such a waste of everyones time... Sigh.

Well the two developments that meet most of our wants are sa Mateo and LA - We want: Detached SFH Backyard (we have a dog) ~$600k or less At least 3 bedrooms At least 2 full bathrooms Comparing San Mateo and LA - San Mateo is cheaper, but the location is less desirable. LA has a better...

Any word on pricing reductions at LA? My wife and I were looking into Sienna, but we were turned off by the high pricing + MR.

Ah, so if the builder has to pay the agent - that makes sense that they give the impression "you don't need an agent" --- they'd rather save that money. Thanks for response - many good nuggets in there.

I was curious if there is value in getting a Realtor when looking to purchase a new home. I've gone to a few of the new builders (Ipac, KB, Lennar, etc.) and I always get the impression that the sales reps don't want buyers to have anybody representing them. What is the general reason to have...

@the original poster... My wife and I have finally gotten to the point where we are saving money every month for our DP, and have just started looking around Irvine for a home (we been residents of the "The Village" TIC apartments for the past 3 years) but we've been confronted by this exact...