Recent content by QHBruin_IHB

I'd check your HOA rules before you put down any wood flooring. Some condo's require carpeting in areas above another person's living space. This is to deaden sound and help with the sound-proofing between floors. My friend's place in Yorba Linda was like this. They could not install wall to...

Forecast for today: Slightly cloudy with high chance of snark....

Of all the high rise towers in the airport area, which is most secure? I know the Marquee has a manned gate guard at the entrance, but I'm not sure about the others. ( Plaza, Met, Watermarke, etc )

I don't know of any such list, but I grew up here and I'll try to list all of the gated neighborhoods I can think of. Breakdown by Neighborhood: Turtle Ridge: Almost all of it except the condos at the bottom of the hill Canyon's Edge off of Bonita Canyon Turtle Rock: Summit Estates...

I need to get my car smogged by Sunday, and I was wondering if anyone had recommendations. Thanks!

To start it off, as an Irvine-phile there are still a few things I dislike: 1) Nothing’s open past 10pm. 2) Everytime someone gets pulled over, there are 2-3 cops there. (Do they not have anything else better to do?) 3) The fact that I’ve lived in my house for years now and still manage...

In any good debate, its always good to argue the other side to get a clear picture of your own. I figure it'd be interesting to see what'd come out of this.

Well put graphrix, I think you nailed it right on the head. I hadn't noticed it before, but as one of the few pro-Irvine people, I do filter out all the positive comments and focus on the negatives since those are what grate me the most. However, I still feel that there is an overwhelming...

It’s about time someone stood up and said something. I’ve been feeling disgusted about this self-promotion too. Unfortunately, I completely disagree with your feng shui argument. Anyways, I find it hilarious that the all the top posters on this website are the most prevalent “haters” of...

Let's say all of these foreclosures hit the market today (all the P, A, B pins). At current sales rates, how long will it take for the market to absorb them all?

With California's drastic budget cuts and borrowing from local goverments, how does the Irvine Company plan on maintaining the funding for the IUSD over the long term? How will the budget cuts affect the quality of the Irvine schools and how does the Irvine Company plan on responding to this?

Thanks for the info. I'll tell my friends to wait it out until at least the end of this year. It seems like there will be better deals to be had later this year. They were worried because all the decent homes seem to be getting picked up quickly within a week of their listing.

I was wondering if anyone had any information about these two areas regarding a detached 3-4 bedroom 1500+ sq ft home purchase. My friends wish to move there and I noticed that the prices there are even more outrageous than those here in Irvine. The older homes they are looking at are built in...

Wow, this is coming from the guy who posted "What’s the difference between median household income and average household income?" I think I learned that in the 5th grade, btw. They don't call USC the University of the Stupid Chinese for nothing. Lol, j/k. I have a bunch of SC friends. They...

Be careful of any homes with land lease. There are these homes off of Tustin Ave and Fairhaven in Santa Ana that have been leasing their land for around $43/month for the last 30 years that are in a big lawsuit with the land owners because the land lease payment is being raised to $2000/month...