Recent content by zlo

We ended up not having to do anything since her TK school (Benson elementary) did not offer any ELM class and has just one TK class. So far she has been enjoying school and looks forward to going to school everyday. Guess TK is mostly play so the kids love it  ;)

My parents will be visiting for the first time in Sept/Oct and wanted to put together a list of places that I could take them to see and eat. It will be for me as well since I have only been here for a year and still haven't explored the area as much as I'd like... Any suggestions? So far I can...

Roger, I had mine installed on Sunday and was his first appointment. Just double checked all of mine and they all have the Norman branding on it so definitely check with him!

I just had shutters installed by Arvind @ Pacific Windecor. Total was 2800 for 9 windows - not sure about square footage but our living room windows were really big and needed two panels each. Pros - very responsive to both email and calls before installation - polite, removed shoes, installer...

Does anyone have any experience with the TUSD English Language Mainstream (ELM) program? Our 4 year old will be enrolling to TK this fall and she took her language placement test and fell into the intermediate rank. Apparently she will be assigned to the English Language Mainstream (ELM) program...

wow thanks - didn't know a lot of this, especially never thought about hiring a separate home inspection for a new construction.

Hi fellow TI'ers, We think we will be settling for a new construction in Irvine and pay higher mello roos! Before we go through with the process are there any tips that we should know about the process? We had a call from an agent we met at an open house and they mentioned they are able to...

so there is a chance that my daughter could be stuck with Veeh if the school we request for transfer to is full? hmmm not sure I want to take that chance/risk... why is it so hard to find a place with 4bd, good schools, with a 20min commute and within 700k!  I guess 700k really doesn't get you...

So i'm still looking for the 'perfect' house and haven't been able to find one yet. On qwerty's suggestion on my other post  ;D, I started looking at Sheldon and really like the area. However have some questions and was wondering if anyone had answers yet or do we need to wait until end of May...

is this it?http://www.standardpacifichomes.com/new-homes/southern-california/orange-county/sheldon-at-greenwood.aspx guessing it is going to be a major construction zone in the next 3-5 years and high mello roos... still can't get used to this mello roos concept as i'm originally from...

haha thank you all for the feedback. We ruled it out and it is mainly because of price point that we are looking around this area. Tustin Ranch seems interesting, going to look to see if there are any old threads to read on, but what are everyone's thoughts on Tustin Ranch?

Awesome thank you qwerty! this is exactly the type of insight we were looking for. i just checked the tustin station schedule and there seems to be quite a lot of trains that pass by... will try and drive by to see how bad it is in person. curious, why do people call this part the ghetto of...

hello! my family is new to Irvine and we are looking to purchase a 3br (+den/office) or 4 br with 700k in the Irvine area. Will love some feedback/opinions around the Parklane Walnut village area. How bad is the train noise for a home right by the train side? What other options do we have with...