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Depends on your layout. Some of the really open layouts look odd when you break up the flooring material between kitchen and great room. There's no good dividing line that doesn't look super choppy.  You can always get an indoor/outdoor rug to cover the wood in areas of the kitchen that are...

totally agree. Its not just the value of the commuting time. Its the additional cost spent for hiring out additional household services that we would not be able to do ourselves if we spent all that time commuting. Like hiring housekeeper, meal preparation/delivery service, afterschool...

I think that's why there's plenty of people here in Irvine who are living here while raising their kids and during their working years, then plan to move close to the beach in retirement, when they don't have to deal with the daily hassle of commuting in and out. Newport and Laguna are nice and...

Has anyone ever used Total Wireless, Net 10 Wireless, or StraightTalk  lower cost independent cell phone carriers, which piggyback off the Verizon network and can say whether they had a good/bad experience?  I'm off contract at Verizon, so now free to bring my own phone to one of these small...

Closed in June 2015. First placed on the market for resale July 2015. My bet is that it was always intended to be a flip from the get go. I would have so much schadenfreude if they fall flat on their faces due to the utter lack of upgrades and standard grade hideousness!

House looks nice, but that area is super loud due to all the air traffic from John Wayne. Its under the flight path. That's why that section of Newport usually sells for significantly cheaper than the rest of Newport.

older neighborhoods is the key single story homes with character and large yards Turtle Rock North Tustin Old Towne Tustin Old Towne Orange, Anaheim has some cute areas with awesome vintage craftsman houses Newport (CDM older neigborhoods, not Newport Coast mansions) if you no longer have...

I think it depends what stage you are in life. Buyers with young kids (such as us) probably prefer to have bedroom on the same floor with them. I wouldn't consider a house with master down (and secondary beds up)  until my kids were in high school, and even then, I think I would prefer to be on...

They probably made calls in the order of the priority list. Probably someone ahead of you on the list was called and decided to buy, so you never even got contacted. I too was on the list for one of the few decent size view lots in Capella. We were told the chances of us getting that lot were...

sent you a PM. We went through a very similar thought process.

does anyone know how long the driveways will be in Piedmont? That picture looks like an older neighborhood with a much deeper front yard setback (and longer driveway) than you usually see in newer Irvine neighborhoods, so it doesn't look so crowded. I wonder  what the overall effect will be...

Thank you for that info. I've also been looking too for a single story 2 BR for my parents and was seriously looking into Plan 1 Avalon specifically for that reason. I'm even pretty high up on the pre qual list. So much for the sales people's claims that all the ceilings and walls are extra well...

I haven't done it myself, but my work friend did, and he said the carpet company moved all their furniture/stuff for them as part of the installation. I thought that was a pretty sweet deal and takes the headache out of the replacement process! I got the standard carpet upstairs and intend to...

don't get it. sorry, that one went over my head. This is strictly for practicality sake. I am walking distance to OH school, and don't want to have to drive my kid to Hicks Canyon and deal with drop off/pick up and car lines.

Are you in Orchard Hills TUSD and wondering when the school will hopefully expand to include grades K-4? Please go to the TUSD website and fill out the Orchard Hills School Enrollment interest form. I have also attached the PDF version of the form. Who knows, it may still be years, but at...

Beckman over Crean Lutheran definitely. Unless you have a religious reason for choosing Crean. There are no really great private schools in this part of Orange County that are worth the tuition in my opinion.

so let's be honest here, is it mainly about perceived over-competitive nature of the schools when there are too many asian students? In other words, if you were asian, and you didn't have school age kids, would you still be bothered by the high asian population in irvine? 

Its amazing; this is by far the most active thread on talkirvine over the past couple of days. I think it illustrates the angst affecting many who are considering buying or staying in Irvine. I have to agree with bones; if you don't like it, vote with your feet. Expand your horizons. Ha ha...

I think the point is that being prepared for academic rigor/university life does not necessarily translate into being prepared for success in real life.  The mentality needed to grind to get that last 2 points on your test to make the 100% score is not the mentality that is going to make you a...