Recent content by wbresident

I recommend Ally bank - same 1.15% but offers same day transfers!

At least 20K for those huge backyards..

+3 since I have done 2 purchases + 1 refi with John, from his MetLife days to BofA.  Too bad the Kelso team took over the business for IP, or it would've been another one.  ;D

Good for folks to track the treasury yield too look at the trend:https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yield

Wow - what did they do for the buyers that bought in the first 3 phases?  Those buyers could get very pissed off.

Santiago Hills

For modern look, consider some good pattern quartz countertop that goes up to full height backsplash

As an existing buyer, no I haven't heard of or encountered any free upgrades/rebates. 

I went to Monta Vista High in the 90's... didn't feel nearly as Asian as Irvine today.

$1200 for 4 LED recessed light was for Belvedere.  Anyways, no brainer to do it post-close.  Even for the first floor, since I'm not going for premium paint and will paint afterward anyways. I don't think it voids any warranty like the bathroom floor, would anyone disagree? 

Really?  Builder is quoting mine at 1200 for 4 recessed light, and 3 external sources quoted for 1/2, 1/3 and 1/5 of that!  The first 2 sources have >100 5 star Yelp reviews and last one is a dependable handyman that I have used before

Any update on more completed Post Close Work? 

WTF?  Can't park on the driveway?!  Is that the case for all of Belvedere or the single story only?

They are about to release phase 5 - see attached.

Earlier immigrants (Vietnamese/Korean) in GG are very different from the late Chinese immigrants in Irvine in a lot of ways (they come with different intentions to begin with), and it's hard to draw a similar analogy.  It can be better or worse in a lot of ways, but it's going to be different...