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I?m on my third last home ;D

Wow you can see how the home being built behind looks right down into your business. Zero privacy whatsoever. We're used to it on the sides nowadays in Irvine but the back as well? You wouldn't even be able to enjoy being outside. That alone would make me pass on it.

Hard to justify dropping that much coin for that small of a lot, regardless of the size of the house itself :o

We came into a cancelled contract on our previous home and I negotiated 40k in design center credit. They tend to give design center credit because price reductions would be more alarming for previous, current, and future buyers.

Sounds completely unbiased ::) To each his own, but they obviously have very sound judgement selecting UCLA imho. 8)

Pretty pricey for Oak Creek per square foot, getting into QH territory. Maybe a good deal if they stuffed $250k beneath the floor-boards. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/7-Hawk-92618/home/4746501

I would think Quail Hill Vicara or Sienna homes check a lot of the boxes (views, single loaded, hillside, etc). But maybe too far from the 5 if that is important to you.

It was a pocket listing ie. not on the MLS. Realtors will then put it on the MLS after it's under contract as a way to attract clients.

$279 is not bad for Orchard Hills. Quail Hill is $240 or so without the guard gate. As a comparison Turtle Ridge is guard gated and nearly $500, and I believe Hidden Canyon is nearly $400 also guard gated.

$4000+/sq ft. I'd put this in the WTF category!  ;D https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/Julep-at-Parasol-Park/Residence-2X/home/135959126

350k would get you about a third of this yard, if you know what I mean. I'm guessing $1M+ also, like HC.

Love the Groves. Beautiful topography, very peaceful and quiet. Our 2nd new build so we knew what we were in for ie. construction noise, dust, etc. More and more happy we bought here.

Investors probably are diversified on many levels. Maybe some homes in the IE for cash flow, some in Irvine for appreciation. Also likely to have other investments ie. stocks, ETFs, bonds, etc. Investors arrange their baskets to hedge for changes in the economy, and also with different goals to...

Standard flooring (carpet and tile) will need to be torn up and replaced. Essentially no landscaping. Also I know the exterior colors are pre-plotted but boy that chocolate/espresso brown really stands out in the surrounding sea of beige/tan stucco exteriors.

Doesn't take much to get us excited in Irvine.