Recent content by vchoi

Surprisingly, many people I knew in Fremont, or maybe in the Bay Area in general, would not send their kids to public school, even though the district is just as good as Irvine’s. They would spend half of their take home pay just for school. If I had that amount of money, I’d save it and buy...

It was something like this one. I lived in a new apartments built by, surprise surprise, the Irvine Company very close to it. I walked the trail next to it every week and would think about how wonderful it would be to afford a house like that. Well... time certainly have changed. Those Great...

Can't be picky for that zip code.:LOL: At least you got to see a little bit of the ocean.

Something like this would be good enough for me I guess. I think you are thinking about the Crystal Cove. That would be wayyyy above anyone's pay grade. Although I still remember 15 years ago my dream home was a 500k townhouse right next to a landfill in Milpitas. Now I'm complaining about the...

I can imagine that though. If I have a networth of $5m I would totally scramble everything I have and take a small loan of a million dollars to buy a $6m home in new port. Maybe I shouldn't?

Got it... So it's not something new, yet people are still paying $2M+ on motor court homes. Now go back to the main topic, how about $3.75M for a motor court in the portola spring? https://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/137-Trumpet-Flower-92618/home/173442157

How does garbage day work for motor court homes? If you don't mind me asking. Do you have to bring the bins out of the shared driveway? What if there's no more room? I've seen 12 units sharing a single dead-end driveway and I've always been curious how do they fit 36 garbage bins within like 80 ft.

Funny how the builders will not put roof tiles under the solar panels. They can save like what 500 dollars? I wonder if the Toll Brothers will do this for their $7M OH4 houses. They did this for their $3M Meadows. The only exception I know is Olivewood. Maybe they knew the price was too high...

Not so hot any more. Also did New Home Company change their name?

I found the old price sheet. It was listed new for $4,689,990 on 2/3/2024. For that price the seller is probably losing at least $500k among selling costs, landscaping and closing costs.

You are absolutely right! The ADU in the Skyline model house has a freaking mahjong table! I laughed so hard when I saw that. They know who's paying for sure.

Prep kitchen, or any enclosed kitchen, works very well with Chinese home cooking though. I've seen lots of prep kitchen in Altair have one giant wok burner instead of a regular cooktop.

I think the only new home in Irvine that still offers 3-car garage is one of the floor plan in Skyline at OH4, and it's a tandem garage, and you lose the prep kitchen if you opt for that... I heard this is the most popular plan there.

Maybe T-junction. It's a big no no for rich old Chinese. Considering it's a downhill road it's also a safety hazard.

Oh so the 3215 already included the loft. Good to know. It says open to below as default and the loft is optional on their website. So I thought it would be bigger. Not surprised though. California Pacific is not so good with showing floor plans on their website. Actually they are not good with...