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Agree with last couple of posts. Would throw in "how big a factor" is location of school for you and your family. Cve is significantly further from its k-12 than legado. Not going to get into differences in school, see other posts, but it was something that came into play for my family.

agree, i THINK bosque is going to be a major artery, enough such that it changed which lot my wife and i purchased

In my experience the builder paid for one week rate lock extension

I suppose could get a right swinging door with bottom mount freezer. Limiting for sure. But not the end of the world.

Silvermist-Amber apx 2796 ft, apx 7.5k sq/ft lots, 12 ft ceilings.  . . . base 1.4mm, Rosemont-Lotus apx 1950ft, apx 6k sq ft lots, 12 ft celings. . base 975k haven't looked at Eastwood in awhile, but remember it being 600/ft?  might be wrong, but recall when capitalizing and adjusting for BP...

On higher priced homes, might be a bit more complicated,  agree in theory and it will have price impact,  however higher priced homes tend to have lower ltv levels if any mortgage at all.

Could be wrong,  but pretty sure Mello pays for K-8 and portola high. Most other communities have apartments to spread out that cost. At least that's how I justified the higher than normal Mello, just capitalize it and make comparisons, for sure higher cost than other newer communities, but much...

Have both teak and eucalyptus.  Teak for sure is nicer, make sure you get teak from the heart or center of the tree. Lots more oil. Think they're both good, nothing lasts forever, but teak set is much nicer after several years of sun.

probably should do return on equity type of calcs and do risk adj returns relative to other options.  on tax front.  loss of 2 out of 5 years as primary residence

Agree with JumpinJacks, demo cost on tile is expensive, carpet is cheap.  Seems logical that generally builder prices just above all in costs. 

All areas have their positives and negatives.  Can you provide us with a little more color on what is important to you? 

Irvine seems to check a lot of the boxes that your referencing.  Los Alamitos would be worth checking out. 

Don't forget the 25-30k in property tax.  And hoa. And opportunity cost.

I think it depends on the view. Im assuming only some have views and some are blocked?  Think dining would be cool for the ones with views on third floor. Prefer current setup of there isn't a view.

Yes. They're building soccer stadiums. Not sure if I'll ever use it.  But they look cool.

I don't or haven't checked all the communities. But the ones I follow are all about 66% sold. Pretty sure the larger cul de sac lots are last phases.

another strategy which may or not be for most.  we move into bp in jan.  Have a 1 year old, so we wanted it to be kid friendly, so basically did fake grass for 80% of the yard with the thought being that as the kids get older, play in the backyard less, we can change the yard as their usage...

3x value of house comment:  would probably look more at replacement costs (150-200/ft; land costs is usually larger component).  Most homes 2.5k ft have insured values of 500k, though may be "worth 1mm."  Could make argument that if SoCal gets hit, construction costs will rocket and may cost...

In all honesty, I think it's impossible to say for sure.  I think we're all just making our best decisions with all information available at the time.  I love PS, don't live there, live in BP, but if I could've transplanted the floorplan to PS and gotten PS pricing, MR etc, would've done it in...

groceries: East side of District next (other side of Irvine Blvd) is supposed to have retail (would imagine groceries).  May be a few years out though