Recent content by hibutachan_IHB

The reason I doubt the $325 is when built out was because the sales rep told my friend in exactly the same tone as you decribed above when she bought San Carlos at PS (same builder), but ended up my friend is paying $50 more every month now. That's the way it is and they're not trying to lie...

I believe the mello roose of any new villages in Irvine is a fixed dollar amount (about $400-500/mo), and the tax rate is fixed at 1.04% of the purchase price. Therefore the cheaper the new homes sale price gets, the higher in percentage (has to be more than 2% for those condo units) it comes...

Pricing for Ivy at Woodbury East had come out which is lower than predicted, starting at mid 300s rather than high 300s. The largest plan is around LOW 400s. WOW

I would suggest to go rent for few years and decide where to to buy in Irvine after you are familiar with the city, schools and neighborhoods. It's not the matter of how the market is or will be, but make sure you know well in the area before you reside. I believe there are tons of apartments...

At this time, Woodbury is more like a developed village and you see people jogging around the neighborhood at 9pm everyday. PS is not as busy as Woodbury of course just because it's not developed yet and probably will take another 10 years to see its real village look. I would suggest to wait...

Woodbury East seems to starts sooner than my expectation, although the village is at a convenient location to freeways, town center, spectrum...but there is the 133 toll road behind = freeway next to it, does it seem as a big minus to all of you?

True if you calculate by $/sq.ft., but the cruel fact is where are the extra 200k coming from?? Why can't builders build smaller units at $284/sq.ft...if so, I'll grab it without a doubt.

Well still about 15K more than my budget. I got the last plan E from San Carlos, but comparing to Paloma, there is no patio nor balcony except the courtyard sharing with neighbors. Just the mello roos on the northside of PS is about 1K higher than the southside PER YEAR. According to these...

Thanks for all your opinions. I'll soon make my decision of buying or not. Maybe more towards 'buy' just because the money factor. With my max budget of 450k for a 3-bed home, it's hard for me to find one at this time with non-remodeling condition since I have no extra money to change...

Not all asians are wealthy. There are asians (maybe more than half of them) who are striving for their life and trying to provide the best environment and education for their next generation. Probably the only privilege for them is that they might have the downpay from parents or in-laws for a...

I was informed the master is $175+ development HOA $191= total of $366 for a condo. I would assume the sub-HOA for SFR is cheaper since there is no fire insurance. Does it really sound "high" HOA in Irvine rioght now?

By the way, the sales finally got back to me with the current HOA I'll be paying after escrow close. The amount is like $50 more than the builder's fact sheet when she was selling to me. Is it normal? Although they circled the amount of HOA and told me this is how much you'll be paying while...

I was doing the same thing as you before I registered, and did a lot of research on the TCE plume and El Toro toxic base just because I was thinking about giving up the purchase I made in PS which escrow will be closing in May. I guess PS is just the same as any other new villages in Irvine...

Just got the renewal notice from leasing office of Orchard Hills Apartments, they automatically reduced about 6% of my current rent for a 12-month-term lease. And found they are offering the same discount to my neighbor too. It sounds pretty good deal but it could because my current lease...