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    Orchard Hills - Capella by Taylor Morrison

    How does an overpriced listing drag down comps?  There are several overpriced listings in my neighborhood and yeah I think they are idiots but I welcome overpriced listings as there may be a greater fool out there that will pay more than its worth and bring up the comps.
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    Beacon Park Ellwood owners check and recheck your home!!!!!

    We are in a Brookfield Home now and they have great customer service and better quality than Irvine Pacific. I think Irvine Pacific has good customer service but quality is lower in our experience (bought 3 homes from them in the past). Quality is not bad with Irvine pacific but better with...
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    Beacon Park Ellwood owners check and recheck your home!!!!!

    I had a similar incidence with a CalPac home (this was Irvine Pacific before they become a paper GC and subbed to New Home). We had some faulty stucco that leaked during a rain. It lead to black mold in the pantry in the kitchen. We didn't realize it until the drywall on the bottom became black...
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    Newer Irvine listings with crazy WTF asking prices from equity sellers

    But 28 acres tho. In Irvine residential land fetches for about $3 million/acre
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    Decisions Decisions... Need Advice

    I would also add that you should consider the tax benefit of appreciation in your current home.  Since you've lived there for at least 2 years, any gains in appreciation will be tax free (up to $500K for married filing joint).  You could rent it for 3 years and still take advantage of that (need...
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    Rental Market in Irvine

    Yeah, it's a 3 bed / 2.5 bath in Vista Scena.  I have MLS access and found the tenant that way.  I did post on Craigslist with no bites at all.  I decided to go with a 3 BD because of the supply of 2 bds from TIC just down the road.
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    Rental Market in Irvine

    Not sure when the price point narrows, but we rented out our home in Orchard Hills for almost $3500 per month and it took 1 day to get a good family in there
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    Great Park: Shea Homes - Sagewood

    I'll be at the open house cuz I saw the bottle of blue label in the kitchen
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    Terrazza - backyard

    Vista Scena (Irvine Pac) charges $10K premium for the lots that back up to Orchard Hills so there is no neighbor behind you, but the backyards are still small.  So 15K seems like a better deal
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    Adding a balcony to master bedroom

    I wanted to see if anyone has has experience with adding a balcony to an existing home.  We are looking into adding a balcony to the master bedroom.  There are nice mountain views that we can't really see without a balcony.  Also, I wanted to see if anyone has any recommendations for design...
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    What is being built on the corner of Trabuco and Jeffrey?

    I actually looked into this..there are only 3 daycares that have closed in Irvine in the last 10 years.  Two were Tutor Times and the third was the Montessori school that closed because Lennar (Five Point Communities) didn't renew the lease for the Great Park Neighborhoods.  One of The Tutor...
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    What is being built on the corner of Trabuco and Jeffrey?

    Community (Senior) Center on the left side of Vision and a Montessori School on the right side of Vision
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    Montessori / PreSchools Schools

    Just an FYI...I found out that Spectrum Montessori will be opening another location by Sept.  Its on Trabuco near Jeffrey in Woodbury
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    crown moulding recommendations

    He painted after the molding and wainsoting was installed.  No issues with taping, overspray, etc.  He sprayed the paint on and applied several coats.  He did a good job covering up the nails.  The issue I see with painting before installation is the seeing the nails.  I don't want to see the...
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