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My understanding of all of the former El Toro base land (we live in Portola Springs) is that former hazardous chemicals in the soil from jet fuel etc have been addressed and the soil is safe, just don't eat any crops grown in it. These condos will probably have patios and no yards anyway. At...

Crowned king - having a dual income does help, I would not have been able to afford to purchase our home with just my salary. But, I will say we felt the same at 25 - looked around at the housing market and it felt like an impossible task to buy. We moved to a cheaper place(rental), took a hard...

I think it's worse to lead them to believe you might sell when you won't. Even if they did have the cash to go well above the value of your home they would probably not see that as a smart financial move and would resent you more for putting them in that position of getting their hopes up than...

Wasn't able to scan while driving last time I saw it, and we're not getting out too much these days. The sign wasn't there when we were out and about on Sunday afternoon.

Has anyone seen the large yellow sign at Irvine Blvd/Modjeska? It says something like "Are you safe living here?" In big letters, and "Labor Dispute" in smaller letters and had what looks like a QR code. No website or organization name that I could see. Any idea what this is about? I tried...

I just want to second that Tompkins did a great job on our floors & provided great service to us. We would highly recommend.

I'm not an expert on this but I believe a veteran's cemetery has long been planned in the great park to honor its history as a former military base and to provide a resting place for the men and women who served our country. I don't really see any cons to having a cemetery - quiet neighbors...

Appreciate the context! For the record, I have absolutely zero issue with criticizing her behavior and her record. Even with the context I still think it lacks basic decency/class to imply/call/nickname her a whore. Let me also say this, I'm not a fan of Trump but I never was ok with people...

Holy moly, are you telling me she had the gall to date someone??? I had no idea we were allowing women to do that now. What's next, showing ankles in public??? Well please excuse the heck out of me, it is clearly totally acceptable for someone to imply she's a whore.

Love that your nickname for the first female vice president in our nation's history is a play on the word for prostitute. Very classy & cool.

This wasn't our experience when buying a new construction home. The price for flooring upgrades was really high compared to an outside contractor, but when we compared the cost for backsplash, quartz countertops, bathroom floor tiles, and garage epoxy coating the builder's cost for upgrades was...

Sleepy - for what it's worth this was our thought as well. I see the advice (and I'm sure it's correct!) that a 3 level condo with kitchen/living on the second floor won't sell as well, but we're really happy with our home. Like you we view it as a starter home, had very limited options for our...

I have to add, Amazon has been out of a few items for the last two weekends so this weekend we tried Ralph's curbside pickup on their mobile app for the first time. You lose some points for convenience because you do have to drive to Ralph's but since you stay in your car the whole time it feels...

I have no proof of this but anecdotally this feels true. We have friends and coworkers who we know make similar or less money than we do, and they live in houses and drive cars that are more expensive than ours. I speculate that people live well above their means, or perhaps aren't saving for...

It feels like "they" are already collecting a lot of taxes. Our property tax rate is over 1% and we pay mello roos. I think this is true for every neighborhood in PS/GP so not paying taxes isn't the issue. Building more homes also isn't the issue in GP/PS...there is still a ton of new...

Agree completely. I can get to Target, Costco, Ralph's, Stater Bros, etc when I need to. But I would love to have a smaller neighborhood retail center with a small market, gas station, nail/hair salon, dry cleaners, coffee shop - any combo of just a few of those would be a welcome change...

Plans were approved by the City in October 2019. https://irvinewatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FPx-Project-.pdf There's been tension between FivePoint and the City over the Veteran's Cemetery. It's possible a combination of COVID delays and the negotiations over the Veteran's...

I agree completely, but I think with this location specifically since this project has been approved already this is what will be constructed unless the business decides not to move forward with construction/expansion to this location? I live off Modjeska so I would love to see retail that's...

I'm not an expert, but I think because construction hasn't even started this building won't be complete until a larger portion of the population is vaccination and some restrictions have been lifted. If this business is even still in a position to expand to Irvine, they are probably thinking...

No shopping plaza, there were plans to convert the warehouse that stood there into a food court kind of spot, but the warehouse ultimately had to be torn down for some reason. Instead they recently approved a large luxury gym at this location. It's going to be three or four stories plus a multi...